HP Serviceguard Toolkit for Oracle on Linux User Guide (May 2013)

2 Installing and uninstalling HP Serviceguard toolkit for
Oracle
NOTE:
• The steps described here are applicable to both legacy and modular style packages.
• Oracle toolkit RPM must be installed on all the nodes of the cluster that is configured to run
the Oracle toolkit package.
• For a fresh installation of the Oracle toolkit, run the following command:
rpm -ivh serviceguard-oracle-toolkit-<version
number>.<OS_destro>.noarch.rpm
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For example :
rpm -ivh serviceguard-oracle-toolkit-A.05.01.01-00. sles11.noarch.rpm
• To upgrade an already installed version of the Oracle toolkit, run the following command:
rpm -Uvh --noscripts serviceguard-oracle-toolkit-<version
number>.<OS_destro>.noarch.rpm
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For example:
rpm -Uvh --noscripts serviceguard-oracle-toolkit-A.05.01.01-00.
redhat.noarch.rpm
The files are installed in the following directories:
• $SGROOT/oracletoolkit
• $SGCONF/scripts/tkit/oracle
• $SGCONF/modules/tkit/oracle
The packages that are created before the installation of RPM will continue to run and you can halt
these packages, and failover them without any issues. However, they cannot be modified and
reapplied.
To use the new features bundled with this RPM, delete the old packages and recreate them using
the new scripts.
To uninstall the Oracle toolkit:
• To search the version of Oracle toolkit, run the following command:
# rpm –qa | grep oracle-toolkit
• To remove the earlier version of Oracle toolkit, run the following command:
# rpm –e <oracle toolkit name retrieved after executing the # rpm
–qa | grep oracle-toolkit>
Files and directories created for HP Serviceguard toolkit for Oracle after
installation
The following table describes the scripts and files that are installed.
6 Installing and uninstalling HP Serviceguard toolkit for Oracle