3.5.1 MxDB-Oracle-HiAv Installation and Administration Guide

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• Creates a virtual host that SQL*Net clients use to access the database.

• Creates a service monitor that checks the health of servers, database

instances, and listeners. When a virtual host has an associated service

monitor, it is known as a Virtual Oracle Service.

• Performs the initial boot of the database instance and the Net Services

listener.

Operations

The GUI supports a rich set of functionality for managing Virtual Oracle

Services. Operations include:

• Obtaining status

• Starting or stopping a Virtual Oracle Service

• Rehosting a Virtual Oracle Service

• Adding or removing servers from a Virtual Oracle Service

• Starting or stopping Maintenance Mode

• Deleting a Virtual Oracle Service

NOTE: The GUI does not actively pull for status updates. It is necessary

to click the Refresh button at the bottom of the GUI for updates if

the screen is allowed to sit idle for long periods of time.

MxDB-Oracle-HiAv Command Line Interface

The High Availability component of Matrix Server is a superuser

infrastructure. The mxdb command provides Database Administrators

with a secure, fixed set of administration functionality. The command can

be executed only by users in group DBA. This ensures that database

operations such as startup and shutdown can be performed only by

Oracle DBAs using mxdb or the MxDB-Oracle-HiAv GUI or by the

System Administrator through the PolyServe Management Console.