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Startup and shutdown of the combined Oracle RAC-SGeRAC stack	85
How Serviceguard Extension for RAC starts, stops and checks Oracle Clusterware	86
How Serviceguard Extension for RAC Mounts, dismounts and checks ASM disk groups	86
How Serviceguard Extension for RAC Toolkit starts, stops, and checks the RAC database
instance	87
How Serviceguard Extension for RAC Toolkit interacts with storage management subsystems	87
Use Case 1: Oracle Clusterware storage and database storage in SLVM/CVM	87
Use Case 2: Oracle Clusterware storage and database storage in CFS	88
Use case 3: Database storage in ASM over SLVM	88
How to create a Serviceguard Extension for RAC modular package	89
How Serviceguard Extension for RAC Toolkit maintenance mode works	89
Use Case 1: Performing maintenance with Oracle Clusterware	89
Use Case 2: performing maintenance with ASM disk groups	89
Use Case 3: performing maintenance with Oracle RAC database instance	90
Serviceguard Extension for RAC Toolkit internal file structure	90
Support for the SGeRAC Toolkit	92
Conclusion	112
Additional Documentation on the Web	112
5 Maintenance	113
Reviewing Cluster and Package States with the cmviewcl Command	113
Types of Cluster and Package States	113
Examples of Cluster and Package States	113
Types of Cluster and Package States	115
Cluster Status	116
Node Status and State	116
Package Status and State	116
Package Switching Attributes	117
Status of Group Membership	117
Service Status	117
Network Status	118
Failover and Failback Policies	118
Examples of Cluster and Package States	118
Normal Running Status	118
Quorum Server Status	119
CVM Package Status	119
Status After Moving the Package to Another Node	120
Status After Package Switching is Enabled	121
Status After Halting a Node	121
Viewing Data on Unowned Packages	121
Checking the Cluster Configuration and Components	122
Checking Cluster Components	123
Setting up Periodic Cluster Verification	125
Example	125
Limitations	126
Online Reconfiguration	126
Online Node Addition and Deletion	126
Managing the Shared Storage	127
Making LVM Volume Groups Shareable	127
Making a Volume Group Unshareable	128
Activating an LVM Volume Group in Shared Mode	128
Deactivating a Shared Volume Group	128
Making Offline Changes to Shared Volume Groups	128
Adding Additional Shared LVM Volume Groups	130
Changing the CVM Storage Configuration	130

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