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 installing the VCS agents

Install Arctera InfoScale Availability on all the systems where you want to configure the application. During installation, the product installer installs the VCS agents required for making the applications highly available.

Refer to the Arctera InfoScale™ Installation and Upgrade Guide for instructions.

For the latest information about supported operating systems and software, see the Software Compatibility List at:

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