InfoScale™ 9.0 Cluster Server Implementation Guide for Oracle - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: Windows
  1. Introducing the VCS agents for Oracle and NetApp
    1.  
      About the VCS agents for Oracle and NetApp
    2. 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
    3. About the VCS hardware replication agent for NetApp
      1.  
        About the NetApp Filer agent
      2.  
        About the NetApp SnapDrive agent
      3.  
        About the NetApp SnapMirror agent
    4.  
      How the agent makes Oracle highly available
    5.  
      Typical Oracle configuration in a VCS cluster
  2. Installing 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.  
      Configuring Microsoft iSCSI initiator
    7. Managing storage using Windows Logical Disk Manager
      1.  
        Reserving disks (if you use Windows LDM)
      2.  
        Creating volumes (if you use Windows LDM)
      3.  
        Mounting volumes (if you use Windows LDM)
      4.  
        Unassigning a drive letter
      5.  
        Releasing disks (if you use Windows LDM)
    8. Managing storage using NetApp filer
      1.  
        Connecting virtual disks to the cluster node
      2.  
        Disconnecting virtual disks from the cluster nodes
    9.  
      Creating a temporary service group
    10. Configuring Oracle on the first node
      1.  
        Dismounting a volume
      2.  
        Bringing the temporary service group online
      3.  
        Creating the Oracle database on shared disks
      4.  
        Creating the listener service
      5.  
        Configuring the listeners to use the virtual IP address
      6. Associating the database with the listener
        1.  
          Prerequisites to associate the databases with the listeners
      7. 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 PFILE (Oracle 9i only)
        5.  
          Modifying the SPFILE
        6.  
          Moving the initialization file to shared disks
        7.  
          Setting the Oracle database parameters
        8.  
          Verifying the initialization file settings
      8.  
        Configuring the Oracle and listener services
      9.  
        Disconnecting virtual disks from the first node
      10.  
        Releasing disks (if you use Windows LDM)
    11.  
      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.  
        Oracle agent
      2.  
        Netlsnr agent
      3.  
        NetApp agents
  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
      1.  
        Sample configuration file
      2.  
        Sample configuration file using iSCSI initiator
      3.  
        Sample configuration file using FC initiator
  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

About the NetApp Filer agent

The NetApp Filer agent monitors the state of the filer device. The agent is represented by the NetAppFiler resource type in VCS. NetAppFiler resources are persistent, meaning that they are not brought online or taken offline.

NetApp Filer agent function

The NetApp Filer agent function is as follows:

Monitor

Performs the following tasks:

  • Verifies the state of the filer attached to the host by sending an ICMP ping command to the filer. If the filer does not respond, the agent reports the state of the filer as faulted.

  • Opens a filer connection and checks if ONTAPI version is supported by the filer. If the connection fails or the ONTAPI version is not supported, the agent reports the state as offline.

The NetApp Filer agent resource type definition and attribute definitions are as follows. This information will assist you during the agent configuration.

NetAppFiler agent resource type definition

The NetApp Filer agent is configured as a resource of type NetAppFiler.

type NetAppFiler (
           static int MonitorInterval = 30
           static i18nstr ArgList[] = { FilerName, StorageIP }
           static str Operations = None
           str FilerName
           str StorageIP
    )
NetAppFiler agent attribute definitions

The following table describes the NetApp Filer agent attributes.

Attribute

Description

FilerName

DNS-resolvable name or IP address of the locally attached filer.

Type and dimension: string-scalar

StorageIP

The private storage IP address of the filer.

Type and dimension: string-scalar