User's Manual

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................5
2 Serviceguard toolkit for Oracle Data Guard...................................................6
Overview................................................................................................................................6
Advantages.........................................................................................................................6
Dependencies.....................................................................................................................7
Supported configuration............................................................................................................7
Single-instance Oracle database............................................................................................7
RAC environment.................................................................................................................9
Continentalclusters environment............................................................................................12
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
Setting up Oracle Data Guard toolkit........................................................................................19
Installing and uninstalling Oracle Data Guard toolkit..............................................................19
Configuring Oracle Data Guard toolkit.................................................................................23
Single-instance environment............................................................................................24
RAC environment..........................................................................................................28
Adding the package to the Serviceguard cluster.....................................................................30
Maintaining Oracle Data Guard toolkit.....................................................................................30
Single-instance environment ...............................................................................................31
RAC environment...............................................................................................................31
Cluster verification for Oracle Data Guard toolkit........................................................................31
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................32
Limitations.............................................................................................................................32
3 Serviceguard toolkit for DB2 High Availability Disaster Recovery....................34
Overview..............................................................................................................................34
Advantages.......................................................................................................................34
Dependencies...................................................................................................................34
Prerequisites......................................................................................................................34
Installing and uninstalling HP Serviceguard Toolkits for Database Replication Solutions....................35
Using the DB2 HADR toolkit.....................................................................................................35
Supported configuration.....................................................................................................35
When primary and standby packages are in the same cluster.............................................36
When primary and standby packages are in different clusters.............................................38
To provide high availability only to primary database........................................................39
Creating packages.............................................................................................................39
Managing packages..........................................................................................................42
Running packages.........................................................................................................42
Maintaining packages...................................................................................................42
Halting packages..........................................................................................................43
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................44
Limitations.............................................................................................................................45
4 Support and other resources......................................................................46
Information to collect before contacting HP.................................................................................46
How to contact HP..................................................................................................................46
Registering for software technical support and update service.......................................................46
How to use your software technical support and update service...............................................46
Warranty information.........................................................................................................47
HP authorized resellers............................................................................................................47
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