Cluster Server 7.3.1 Agent for Oracle Installation and Configuration Guide - Solaris
- Introducing the Cluster Server agent for Oracle
- About the Cluster Server agent for Oracle
- Supported software for VCS agent for Oracle
- Changes introduced in the 7.3.1 release
- How the agent makes Oracle highly available
- About Cluster Server agent functions for Oracle
- Oracle agent functions
- Startup and shutdown options for the Oracle agent
- Startup and shutdown options for the pluggable database (PDB)
- Recommended startup modes for pluggable database (PDB) based on container database (CDB) startup modes
- Monitor options for the Oracle agent in traditional database and container database
- Monitor for the pluggable database
- How the agent handles Oracle error codes during detail monitoring
- Info entry point for Cluster Server agent for Oracle
- Action entry point for Cluster Server agent for Oracle
- How the Oracle agent supports health check monitoring
- Netlsnr agent functions
- ASMInst agent functions
- ASMDG agent functions
- Oracle agent functions
- Typical Oracle configuration in a VCS cluster
- About setting up Oracle in a VCS cluster
- Installing and configuring Oracle
- About installing Oracle in a VCS environment
- Before you install Oracle in a VCS environment
- About VCS requirements for installing Oracle
- About Oracle installation tasks for VCS
- Installing ASM binaries for Oracle 11gR2 or 12c in a VCS environment
- Configuring Oracle ASM on the first node of the cluster
- Configuring and starting up ASM on remaining nodes for 11gR2 or 12c
- Installing Oracle binaries on the first node of the cluster
- Configuring the Oracle database
- Copying the $ORACLE_BASE/admin/SID directory
- Copying the Oracle ASM initialization parameter file
- Verifying access to the Oracle database
- Installing and removing the agent for Oracle
- Configuring VCS service groups for Oracle
- About configuring a service group for Oracle
- Configuring Oracle instances in VCS
- Before you configure the VCS service group for Oracle
- Configuring the VCS service group for Oracle
- Setting up detail monitoring for VCS agents for Oracle
- Enabling and disabling intelligent resource monitoring for agents manually
- Administering VCS service groups for Oracle
- Pluggable database (PDB) migration
- Troubleshooting Cluster Server agent for Oracle
- About troubleshooting Cluster Server agent for Oracle
- Error messages common to the Oracle and Netlsnr agents
- Error messages specific to the Oracle agent
- Error messages specific to the Netlsnr agent
- Error messages specific to the ASMInst agent
- Error messages specific to the ASMDG agent
- Troubleshooting issues specific to Oracle in a VCS environment
- Verifying the Oracle health check binaries and intentional offline for an instance of Oracle
- Disabling IMF for a PDB resource
- Appendix A. Resource type definitions
- Appendix B. Sample configurations
- About the sample configurations for Oracle enterprise agent
- Sample single Oracle instance configuration
- Sample multiple Oracle instances (single listener) configuration
- Sample multiple instance (multiple listeners) configuration
- Sample Oracle configuration with shared server support
- Sample configuration for Oracle instances in Solaris zones
- Zone root on local disk for single Oracle instance
- Zone root on shared disk for single Oracle instance
- Zone root on local disk for multiple Oracle instances
- Zone root on shared disk for multiple Oracle instances
- Zone root on local disk for Oracle instance with shared server support
- Zone root on shared disk for Oracle instance with shared server support
- Oracle instance in the context of project
- Sample VCS configuration file for zone root on local disk or on shared disk
- Sample Oracle ASM configurations
- Sample configuration of Oracle pluggable database (PDB) resource in main.cf
- Sample configuration of migratable Oracle pluggable database (PDB) resource in main.cf
- Sample Configuration of Oracle supported by systemD
- Sample configuration of ASMInst supported by systemD
- Appendix C. Best practices
- Appendix D. Using the SPFILE in a VCS cluster for Oracle
- Appendix E. OHASD in a single instance database environment
Installing the VCS agent for Oracle software
The agent binaries for Cluster Server agent for Oracle are part of VRTSvcsea package. The VRTSvcsea package is already installed if you chose to install all packages or recommended packages during VCS installation. You must manually install the VRTSvcsea package if you installed minimal packages during VCS installation.
You can install the Cluster Server agent for Oracle from the product disc. You must install the Oracle enterprise agent on all nodes that will host the Oracle service group.
To install the agent on a Solaris SPARC node
- Log in as superuser.
- 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 Oracle, you can skip this procedure.
- Create a temporary directory for installation:
# mkdir /tmp/install
Insert the disc into a drive connected to your node:
If you are running Solaris volume-management software, the software automatically mounts the disc as /cdrom/cdrom0. Type the following command to go to the location:
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0
If you are not running Solaris volume-management software, you must mount the disc manually. For example:
# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /cdrom
Where, in this example, /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 is the default for the CD drive.After the disc is mounted, go to the location where the package files are present:
# cd /cdrom
- Install the package from the
pkgsdirectory:# pkgadd -d VRTSvcsea.pkg
The VRTSvcsea package includes the agent binaries for Oracle, Netlsnr, ASMInst, and ASMDG agents. The package also installs the VCS agents for DB2 and Sybase.
To install the Japanese language pack on a Solaris SPARC node
- After installing the agent, insert the "Language" disc into a drive connected to the system.
Insert the disc into a drive connected to your system:
If you are running Solaris volume-management software, the software automatically mounts the disc as /cdrom/cdrom0. Type the following command to go to the location:
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0
If you are not running Solaris volume-management software, you must mount the disc manually. For example:
# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /cdrom
Where, in this example, /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 is the default for the CD drive.
After the disc is mounted, go to the location where the package files are present:
# cd /cdrom
- Install the Japanese package:
# pkgadd -d VRTSjacse.pkg
To install the agent on a Solaris x64 node
- Log in as superuser.
- 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 Oracle, you can skip this procedure.
- Create a temporary directory for installation:
# mkdir /tmp/install
Insert the disc into a drive connected to your node:
If you are running Solaris volume-management software, the software automatically mounts the disc as /cdrom/cdrom0. Type the following command to go to the location:
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0
If you are not running Solaris volume-management software, you must mount the disc manually. For example:
# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /cdrom
Where, in this example, /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 is the default for the CD drive.
After the disc is mounted, go to the location where the package files are present:
# cd /cdrom
- Install the package:
# pkgadd -d VRTSvcsea.pkg
The VRTSvcsea package includes the agent binaries for Oracle, Netlsnr, ASMInst, and ASMDG agents. The package also installs the VCS agents for DB2 and Sybase.