Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 for Oracle RAC Release Notes (5900-1513, April 2011)

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Changes in the SF Oracle RAC installer for Oracle tasks (continued)
DescriptionOracle task
A new option Configure CSSD agent is introduced in the SF
Oracle RAC installer that enables you to configure the CSSD
agent after installing Oracle RAC.
During the configuration, the installer creates the CSSD
resource in the VCS configuration file and sets the OCR, voting
disk, and IP address dependencies, such that they are online
before Oracle Clusterware starts.
CSSD agent configuration
Silent installation of Oracle RAC using response files
SF Oracle RAC supports the completion of the following Oracle RAC tasks using
SF Oracle RAC response files:
■ Creating Oracle user and groups
■ Creating storage for OCR and voting disk
■ Configuration of private IP addresses and corresponding PrivNIC/MultiPrivNIC
resources
■ Installation of Oracle Clusterware and Oracle database by specifying the path
of the Oracle RAC response files in the appropriate response file variable
definitions. For more information, see the Veritas Storage Foundation for
Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide.
■ Configuration of the CSSD resource
■ Relinking the SF Oracle RAC libraries with Oracle RAC
Note: You can now use the SF Oracle RAC response file in tandem with the Oracle
RAC response files for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle database to perform silent
end-to-end installation of SF Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC.
Support to enable rolling upgrades to future releases
This release of SF Oracle RAC establishes the necessary framework to support
rolling upgrades in future releases. The framework enables you to use the installer
to perform a phased upgrade of your cluster with minimal application and server
downtime during the upgrade process.
17Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Release Notes
Changes introduced in version 5.1 Service Pack 1