HP Serviceguard Extension for RAC (SGeRAC) manual Contents

Contents
Advantages of using SGeRAC	8
User Guide Overview	9
Where to find Documentation on the Web	11
1 Introduction to Serviceguard Extension for RAC	12
What is a Serviceguard Extension for RAC Cluster?	12
Group Membership	13
Using Packages in a Cluster	13
Serviceguard Extension for RAC Architecture	14
Group Membership Daemon	14
Overview of SGeRAC and Cluster File System (CFS)/Cluster Volume Manager (CVM)	14
Package Dependencies	15
Storage Configuration Options	15
About Veritas CFS and CVM from Symantec	15
Overview of SGeRAC and Oracle 10g, 11gR1, and 11gR2 RAC	16
Overview of SGeRAC Cluster Interconnect Subnet Monitoring	17
How Cluster Interconnect Subnet Works	17
Configuring Packages for Oracle RAC Instances	18
Configuring Packages for Oracle Listeners	18
Node Failure	19
Larger Clusters	20
Up to Four Nodes with SCSI Storage	20
Point-to-Point Connections to Storage Devices	21
Extended Distance Cluster Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC	22
GMS Authorization	22
Overview of Serviceguard Manager	23
Starting Serviceguard Manager	23
Monitoring Clusters with Serviceguard Manager	23
Administering Clusters with Serviceguard Manager	23
Configuring Clusters with Serviceguard Manager	24
2 Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 10g, 11gR1, or 11gR2 RAC	25
Interface Areas	25
Group Membership API (NMAPI2)	25
SGeRAC Detection	25
Cluster Timeouts	25
Serviceguard Cluster Timeout	25
CSS Timeout	26
RAC IMR Timeout	26
Oracle Cluster Software	26
Automated Oracle Cluster Software Startup and Shutdown	26
Monitoring	26
Allowed Characters for Oracle 10g/11gR1/11gR2 RAC Cluster Names	26
Shared Storage	26
Multipathing	27
OCR and Vote Device	27
Mirroring and Resilvering	27
Shared Storage Activation	27
Listener	27
Automated Startup and Shutdown	27
Manual Startup and Shutdown	28

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