Cluster Server 8.0.1 Database Agent for Oracle Configuration Guide - Windows

Last Published:
Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0.1)
Platform: Windows
  1. Introducing the VCS agent for Oracle
    1. About the VCS agent for Oracle
      1.  
        About the Oracle agent
      2.  
        About the Netlsnr agent
      3.  
        About the Info function
      4.  
        About the Action function
    2.  
      How application availability is achieved in a physical environment
    3.  
      How the agent makes Oracle highly available
    4.  
      Typical Oracle configuration in a VCS cluster
  2. Installing the product and configuring VCS
    1.  
      About installing the VCS agents
    2. Configuring the cluster using the Cluster Configuration Wizard
      1.  
        Configuring notification
      2.  
        Configuring Wide-Area Connector process for global clusters
  3. Installing and configuring Oracle
    1.  
      About installing Oracle
    2. Prerequisites for installing Oracle
      1.  
        Privilege requirements
    3.  
      Installing Oracle
    4.  
      About creating and configuring Oracle
    5.  
      Prerequisites for configuring Oracle
    6. Managing Storage using SFW
      1.  
        Creating disk groups
      2.  
        Importing disk groups
      3.  
        Creating volumes
      4.  
        Mounting volumes
    7.  
      Creating a temporary service group
    8. Configuring Oracle on the first node
      1.  
        Bringing the temporary service group online
      2.  
        Creating the Oracle database on shared disks
      3.  
        Creating the listener service
      4.  
        Configuring the listeners to use the virtual IP address
      5. Associating the database with the listener
        1.  
          Prerequisites to associate the databases with the listeners
      6. Configuring the Oracle database
        1.  
          Updating the tnsnames.ora files
        2.  
          If you use a PFILE (initSID.ora)
        3.  
          If you use an SPFILE
        4.  
          Modifying the SPFILE
        5.  
          Moving the initialization file to shared disks
        6.  
          Setting the Oracle database parameters
        7.  
          Verifying the initialization file settings
      7.  
        Configuring the Oracle and listener services
      8.  
        Dismounting a volume
    9.  
      Configuring Oracle on failover nodes
  4. Configuring the Oracle service group
    1.  
      About configuring the Oracle service group
    2.  
      Deleting the temporary service group
    3. About configuring the Oracle service group using the wizard
      1.  
        Prerequisites for configuring the Oracle service group
      2. Creating an Oracle service group using the wizard
        1.  
          About the modifications required for tagged VLAN or teamed network
      3.  
        Configuring dependent services
    4. Verifying the Oracle service group configuration
      1.  
        Bringing the service group online
      2.  
        Taking the service group offline
      3.  
        Switching the service group
      4.  
        Disabling the service group
    5.  
      Reconfiguring the Oracle service group
  5. Administering the Oracle service group
    1.  
      About administering the Oracle service group
    2. About modifying an Oracle service group
      1.  
        Prerequisites for modifying the Oracle service group
      2.  
        Modifying an Oracle service group
    3.  
      Deleting an Oracle service group
    4. Configuring detail monitoring
      1.  
        Enabling detail monitoring
      2.  
        Disabling detail monitoring
  6. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      About troubleshooting VCS agents
    2.  
      Troubleshooting common problems
    3. VCS logging
      1.  
        VCS Cluster Configuration Wizard (VCW) logs
      2.  
        VCWsilent logs
    4. Agent error messages and descriptions
      1.  
        NetApp agents
      2.  
        Oracle agent
      3.  
        Netlsnr agent
  7. Appendix A. Resource type definitions
    1.  
      About resource type definitions
    2. Oracle agent
      1.  
        Resource type definition
      2.  
        Attribute definitions
    3. Netlsnr agent
      1.  
        Resource type definition
      2.  
        Attribute definitions
  8. Appendix B. Sample configuration
    1.  
      About Oracle sample configurations
    2.  
      Sample configuration file
  9. Appendix C. Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control with VCS
    1.  
      About Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control with VCS
    2.  
      Installing the VCS agent for Oracle
    3.  
      Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager server
    4.  
      Installing Oracle
    5.  
      Installing the Oracle Management Agent
    6.  
      Creating and configuring Oracle database and listener on the first node
    7.  
      Configuring Oracle on failover nodes
    8.  
      Configuring the Oracle service group
    9.  
      Configuring a virtual network name
    10.  
      Configuring the listener for virtual network name
    11.  
      Configuring the database service for virtual network name
    12.  
      Configuring an additional Oracle management agent
    13.  
      Adding the database to the OEM 10g Grid Control
    14. Making the additional agent highly available
      1.  
        Sample Configuration

Managing Storage using SFW

Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) manages data by creating disk groups from physical disks. These disk groups are further divided into volumes, which can be mounted from the cluster nodes.

Create volumes on the shared disks for the following:

  • database files

  • control files

  • log files, including the redo logs, archive logs, background_dump_dest (bdump), core_dump_dest (cdump), and user_dump_dest (udump) files

  • Flash Recovery Area and the Archiving location

The Oracle background_dump_dest (bdump), core_dump_dest (cdump), and user_dump_dest (udump) files must be on the same volume as that of the redo logs.

Note:

If your storage devices are SCSI-3 compliant, and you wish to use SCSI-3 Persistent Group Reservations (PGR), you must enable SCSI-3 support using the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA > Control Panel > Storage Agent > System Settings > SCSI Support). See the Storage Foundation Administrator's Guide for more information.

Perform the following tasks to create volumes and make them accessible from the cluster nodes: