Cluster Server 8.0 Application Note: Dynamic Reconfiguration for Oracle Servers - Solaris

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0)
Platform: Solaris

Restarting VCS in SF for Oracle RAC environment

If you used the procedure described in Stopping VCS in SF for Oracle RAC environment before dynamically reconfiguring a CPU/memory board, use the following procedures to restart VCS and bring the service groups on the domain online.

To restart LLT, GAB, VCS, and DBE/AC processes

  1. Restart LLT.

    # svcadm enable system/llt

  2. Restart GAB.

    # svcadm enable system/gab

  3. Restart the LMX driver.

    # svcadm enable system/lmx

  4. Restart the VCSMM driver.

    # svcadm enable system/vcsmm

  5. Restart the VXFEN driver

    # svcadm enable system/vxfen

  6. Restart the ODM driver.

    # svcadm enable system/odm

  7. Start VCS.

    # hastart

  8. Verify that the CVM service group is online.

    # hagrp -state cvm

  9. Verify the GAB memberships required for DBE/AC for Oracle9i RAC are configured.

    # /sbin/gabconfig -a

    GAB Port Memberships
============================================================
Port a gen 4a1c0001 membership 012
Port b gen g8ty0002 membership 012
Port d gen 40100001 membership 012
Port f gen f1990002 membership 012
Port h gen g8ty0002 membership 012
Port o gen f1100002 membership 012
Port q gen 28d10002 membership 012
Port v gen 1fc60002 membership 012
Port w gen 15ba0002 membership 012
  10. Bring the service groups that had been take offline in See Step 3.

    # hagrp -online service_grp_name -sys dom1

  11. Start the Oracle instances that are outside VCS control using the following commands:

    # srvctl start database -d db_name

    Mount the CFS files systems and start the application using the native application commands that are not managed by VCS.