InfoScale™ 9.0 Cluster Server Agent for Sybase Installation and Configuration Guide - AIX

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: AIX
  1. Introducing the Cluster Server agent for Sybase
    1.  
      About the Cluster Server agent for Sybase
    2.  
      Supported software for the VCS agent for Sybase
    3.  
      How the agent makes Sybase highly available
    4.  
      How the Sybase and SybaseBk agents support intelligent resource monitoring
    5. About the Sybase agent functions
      1.  
        Sybase agent functions
      2.  
        SybaseBk agent functions
      3.  
        Using the IPC Cleanup feature for the Sybase agent
    6.  
      Monitoring options for the Sybase agent
    7.  
      Action function for the VCS agent for Sybase
    8.  
      Typical Sybase configuration in a VCS cluster
  2. Installing and configuring Sybase
    1. VCS requirements for installing Sybase
      1.  
        Sybase installation directory
      2.  
        SYBASE directory on shared disks
      3.  
        System Group and User for Sybase home directory
      4.  
        Database dbspaces
      5.  
        Transparent TCP/IP failover
      6.  
        Changes required in Sybase RUN_Server file for AMF offline monitoring
      7.  
        Language settings for the Sybase agent
      8.  
        AMF kernel driver limitation for process offline event notification
    2.  
      Installing Sybase in a VCS environment
    3.  
      Configuring Sybase for detail monitoring
  3. Installing, upgrading, and removing the agent for Sybase
    1.  
      Before you install or upgrade the agent for Sybase
    2.  
      Installing the agent for Sybase
    3.  
      Disabling the agent for Sybase
    4.  
      Removing the agent for Sybase
    5.  
      Upgrading the agent for Sybase
  4. Configuring VCS service groups for Sybase
    1.  
      About configuring service groups for Sybase
    2. Before configuring the service group for Sybase
      1.  
        Importing the SybaseTypes.cf file
    3.  
      Configuring the service groups for Sybase
    4.  
      Configuring the service group for Sybase from Cluster Manager (Java console)
    5.  
      Configuring the service group for Sybase using the command line
    6.  
      Encrypting passwords for Sybase
    7. About setting up detail monitoring for the agent for Sybase
      1.  
        Enabling detail monitoring for the agent for Sybase
      2.  
        Disabling detail monitoring for the agent for Sybase
    8.  
      Enabling and disabling intelligent resource monitoring (IMF) for agents
    9.  
      Administering the AMF kernel driver
  5. Administering VCS service groups for Sybase
    1.  
      About administering service groups for Sybase
    2.  
      Bringing the Sybase service group online
    3.  
      Taking the Sybase service group offline
    4.  
      Switching the Sybase service group
    5.  
      Modifying the Sybase service group configuration
    6.  
      Viewing the agent log for Sybase
  6. Appendix A. Resource type definitions for Sybase
    1.  
      About the resource type and attribute definitions for Sybase
    2. Sybase resource type
      1.  
        Type definition for the Sybase agent
      2.  
        Attribute definitions for the Sybase agent
    3. SybaseBk resource type
      1.  
        Type definition for the SybaseBk agent
      2.  
        Attribute definitions for the SybaseBk agent
  7. Appendix B. Sample configurations for Sybase
    1.  
      About the sample configuration for the Sybase agent
    2.  
      Resource dependency graph for the Sybase agent
    3.  
      Sample configuration for a Sybase service group on AIX systems

Installing the agent for Sybase

The agent binaries for Cluster Server agent for Sybase are a part of the VRTSvcsea fileset. The VRTSvcsea fileset is already installed if you chose to install all packages or recommended packages during VCS installation. You must manually install the VRTSvcsea fileset if you installed minimal packages during VCS installation.

You can also install the Cluster Server agent for Sybase from the product disc.

Install the agent for Sybase on each node in the cluster.

To install the agent on AIX systems

  1. Log in as superuser.
  2. Make sure that the agent is not already installed.

    Navigate to /opt/VRTSagents/ha/bin and list the contents of the directory. If the command returns the VCS agents for Sybase, you can skip this procedure.

  3. Find the device access name of the disk drive, using the following commands:
    # cd /dev
# lsdev -C -c cdrom

    The system output resembles the following:

    cd0 Available 10-60-00-4,0 16 Bit SCSI Multimedia 
CD-ROM Drive

    Note:

    In this example, cd0 is the device access name of the disk.

  4. Insert the disk with the VCS software into the drive that is connected to the node.
  5. Use the following command to mount the software disk using the device access name found in 3.
    # mkdir -p /dvdrom
# mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /dvdrom
# cd /dvdrom
  6. To navigate to the directory containing the filesets and then to install the agent, run the following commands:
    # cd pkgs

    Caution:

    The VRTSvcsea fileset includes the agent binaries for the Sybase agent. The fileset also installs the VCS agents for DB2 and Oracle.

    # installp -ac -d VRTSvcsea.rte.bff VRTSvcsea
  7. Copy the SybaseTypes.cf file from /etc/VRTSagents/ha/conf/Sybase/ to /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config.