HP Serviceguard Oracle DataGuard Toolkit User Guide, April 2011

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................4
Overview................................................................................................................................4
2 Serviceguard support for Oracle Data Guard.................................................5
Features of the Toolkit for Oracle Data Guard...............................................................................5
Dependencies..........................................................................................................................6
Supported configurations...........................................................................................................7
Single-Instance Oracle database............................................................................................7
RAC Environment.................................................................................................................8
Continentalclusters environment............................................................................................11
Metrocluster and Extended Distance Cluster environments........................................................14
Three data center configuration...........................................................................................17
Configuring multiple instances of Oracle Data Guard.............................................................18
High Availability for Data Guard Broker...............................................................................19
3 Setting Up Oracle Data Guard...................................................................20
4 Installation and configuration of the toolkit...................................................21
Setting up the toolkit...............................................................................................................21
Oracle Data Guard package configuration example...................................................................24
Single-Instance Environment................................................................................................24
RAC environment...............................................................................................................30
Adding the package to the cluster.............................................................................................32
Oracle Data Guard maintenance..............................................................................................32
Single-instance environment ...............................................................................................33
RAC environment...............................................................................................................33
5 Cluster verification for Oracle Data Guard toolkit..........................................34
Sample demonstration.............................................................................................................34
6 Troubleshooting........................................................................................35
7 Limitations/Restrictions..............................................................................36
8 Support and other resources......................................................................37
Information to collect before contacting HP.................................................................................37
How to contact HP..................................................................................................................37
Registering for software technical support and update service.......................................................37
How to use your software technical support and update service...............................................37
Warranty information.........................................................................................................37
HP authorized resellers............................................................................................................38
Documentation feedback.........................................................................................................38
Related information.................................................................................................................38
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................38
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