Limitations

–Log file location

–Temp file location

–Log archive destination

All other attributes will either remain commented or will be initialized to default values.

Storage configuration considerations

The following types of storage are supported for the ECMT Oracle Single Instance DB toolkit package:

•CFS storage

•LVM/VxVM storage

There are a few considerations that need to be taken care of while using any of the above storage types for Oracle Single Instance DB package Easy Deployment:

•If CFS storage has been used, the ECMT Oracle Easy Deployment operation will require CFS mount point and disk group packages to be up and running for mount points used by Oracle. The Easy Deployment operation will discover whether mount point and disk group packages for the Oracle mount points are created or not. If these packages are configured, it will update the ECMT Oracle toolkit package configuration file with the dependency parameters.

Note:

If there are no mount point and disk group packages configured for the CFS storage used by the Oracle files, they will not be configured automatically.

•If LVM/VxVM storage has been used for any of the data files or Oracle binaries, the ECMT Oracle Easy Deployment operation will discover the file system, mount points, and volume groups used for the same and will update the package configuration file with the storage values required for setting up the package.

•If the user prefers to use a local disk for Oracle binaries, no storage parameters will be updated in the package configuration file for Oracle binaries.

Error and exception handling

An error message will appear in the Serviceguard Manager package Easy Deployment operation log window if the Oracle Single Instance DB package deployment fails for one or more of the following reasons:

•The package directory that the operation is trying to create for the package already exists.

•An unexpected error occurs during the Oracle Single Instance DB package deployment operation.

The Easy Deployment feature for the ECMT Oracle Single Instance DB toolkit:

•Supports only modular style of packaging

•Does not support Oracle database using ASM storage

•Supports CFS storage type only if the SG-CFS-pkg (SMNP), mount point, and disk group packages are configured for the mount points used by the Oracle files

ECMT Oracle package Easy Deployment in Metrocluster Environment

In a Metrocluster environment, the ECMT Oracle Single Instance DB Easy Deployment operation will discover the values as in a basic Serviceguard cluster. Additionally, if a volume group/disk group is configured on a replication pair, the appropriate Metrocluster module will be configured. Please refer to the Prerequisites and Restrictions in the Metrocluster environment for each supported module.