Cluster Server 7.4 Agent for Oracle Installation and Configuration Guide - Linux
- 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 7.4 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
- Configuring VCS service groups for Oracle using the Veritas High Availability Configuration wizard
- Typical VCS cluster configuration in a virtual environment
- About configuring application monitoring using the High Availability solution for VMware
- Getting ready to configure VCS service groups using the wizard
- Before configuring application monitoring
- Launching the High Availability Configuration wizard
- Configuring the agent to monitor Oracle
- Understanding service group configurations
- Understanding configuration scenarios
- High Availability Configuration wizard limitations
- Troubleshooting
- Sample configurations
- 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
- About the resource type and attribute definitions
- Resource type definition for the Oracle agent
- Resource type definition for the Netlsnr agent
- Resource type definition for the ASMInst agent
- Resource type definition for the ASMDG agent
- 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 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
Infrastructure service groups
As part of configuring the application, the High Availability Configuration wizard:
Configures application specific service groups and resources.
Configures the VCS infrastructure service group (VCSInfraSG).
VCSInfraSG includes a resource called VCSNotifySinkRes. The type of this resource is Process. VCSNotifySinkRes configures and administers the notify_sink process on the guest. The notify_sink process sends the details about service groups and its attributes to the High Availability Console. This information is used for reporting purpose and is displayed on the Dashboard.
Note:
VCSInfraSG is an internal service group. You must not add or delete resources from this service group.
The following are the VCSInfraSG notes:
Before you configure the application for monitoring, ensure that SSO is configured between the High Availability Console and the guest. If SSO is not configured, VCSInfraSG fails to come online.
If VCSInfraSG or VCSNotifySinkRes faults, ensure that SSO is configured between the High Availability Console and the guest. Clear the faults and bring the resource online again.
VCSInfraSG or VCSNotifySinkRes must not be taken offline because it affects the information displayed on the Dashboard.