Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC Version A.11.20 - (August 2011)

Removing Serviceguard Extension for RAC from a System..........................................................130
Monitoring Hardware ...........................................................................................................131
Using Event Monitoring Service..........................................................................................131
Using EMS Hardware Monitors..........................................................................................131
Adding Disk Hardware .........................................................................................................131
Replacing Disks....................................................................................................................132
Replacing a Mechanism in a Disk Array Configured with LVM...............................................132
Replacing a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Exclusive LVM............................132
Online Replacement of a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Shared LVM (SLVM)...133
Offline Replacement of a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Shared LVM (SLVM)...134
Replacing a Lock Disk.......................................................................................................134
Online Hardware Maintenance with Inline SCSI Terminator ..................................................134
Replacement of I/O Cards.....................................................................................................136
Replacement of LAN Cards....................................................................................................136
Offline Replacement.........................................................................................................136
Online Replacement.........................................................................................................136
After Replacing the Card..................................................................................................136
Monitoring RAC Instances......................................................................................................137
6 Troubleshooting......................................................................................138
A Software Upgrades ...............................................................................139
Rolling Software Upgrades....................................................................................................139
Upgrading Serviceguard to SGeRAC cluster........................................................................140
Upgrading from an existing SGeRAC A.11.19 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109
HA-OE/DC-OE...........................................................................................................140
Upgrading from an existing Serviceguard A.11.19 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109 HA-OE/DC-OE
along with SGeRAC....................................................................................................140
Upgrading from an existing Serviceguard A.11.19 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109
HA-OE/DC-OE along with SGeRAC (Alternative approach).........................................141
Upgrading from Serviceguard A.11.18 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109 HA-OE/DC-OE along
with SGeRAC.............................................................................................................141
Upgrading from Serviceguard A.11.20 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109 HA-OE/DC-OE along
with SGeRAC.............................................................................................................142
Steps for Rolling Upgrades ...............................................................................................142
Keeping Kernels Consistent...........................................................................................143
Example of Rolling Upgrade .............................................................................................143
Step 1. ......................................................................................................................144
Step 2. .....................................................................................................................144
Step 3. .....................................................................................................................145
Step 4. .....................................................................................................................146
Step 5. .....................................................................................................................146
Limitations of Rolling Upgrades .........................................................................................147
Non-Rolling Software Upgrades.............................................................................................148
Limitations of Non-Rolling Upgrades ..................................................................................148
Migrating an SGeRAC Cluster with Cold Install....................................................................148
Upgrade Using DRD.............................................................................................................149
Rolling Upgrade Using DRD..............................................................................................149
Non-Rolling Upgrade Using DRD.......................................................................................149
Restrictions for DRD Upgrades...........................................................................................149
B Blank Planning Worksheets......................................................................151
LVM Volume Group and Physical Volume Worksheet.................................................................151
Oracle Logical Volume Worksheet..........................................................................................151
Index.......................................................................................................153
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