InfoScale™ 9.0 Cluster Server Agent for Oracle 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 Oracle
    1.  
      About the Cluster Server agent for Oracle
    2.  
      About the agent for Oracle ASM
    3.  
      Supported software for VCS agent for Oracle
    4. How the agent makes Oracle highly available
      1.  
        How the Oracle and Netlsnr agents support intelligent resource monitoring
      2.  
        How the agent makes Oracle ASM instance highly available
      3.  
        How the agent supports Oracle container databases (CDBs) and pluggable databases (PDBs)
    5. About Cluster Server agent functions for Oracle
      1. Oracle agent functions
        1.  
          Startup and shutdown options for the Oracle agent
        2.  
          Monitor options for the Oracle agent in traditional database and container database
        3.  
          Startup and shutdown options for the pluggable database (PDB)
        4.  
          Monitor for the pluggable database
        5.  
          Recommended startup modes for pluggable database (PDB) based on container database (CDB) startup modes
        6.  
          How the agent handles Oracle error codes during detail monitoring
        7.  
          Info entry point for Cluster Server agent for Oracle
        8.  
          Action entry point for Cluster Server agent for Oracle
        9. How the Oracle agent supports health check monitoring
          1.  
            Generating the executable required for Oracle health check monitoring
          2.  
            Prerequisites for linking Oracle libraries using the build_oraapi.sh script
          3.  
            Considerations for running build_oraapi.sh
          4.  
            Building Oracle agent executable using build_oraapi.sh
      2.  
        Netlsnr agent functions
      3. ASMInst agent functions
        1.  
          ASMInst agent Startup options
        2.  
          ASMInst agent Shutdown options
      4.  
        ASMDG agent functions
    6.  
      Typical Oracle configuration in a VCS cluster
    7.  
      About setting up Oracle in a VCS cluster
  2. Installing and configuring Oracle
    1.  
      About installing Oracle in a VCS environment
    2.  
      Before you install Oracle in a VCS environment
    3. About VCS requirements for installing Oracle
      1.  
        Location of the $ORACLE_HOME
      2.  
        Failing over Oracle after a VCS node failure during hot backup
    4. About Oracle installation tasks for VCS
      1.  
        Installation tasks for $ORACLE_HOME on shared disks
      2.  
        Installation tasks for $ORACLE_HOME on local disks
      3.  
        Installation tasks for Oracle using ASM
    5. Installing ASM binaries in a VCS environment
      1.  
        Configuring VCS to support Oracle Restart function
    6. Configuring Oracle ASM on the first node of the cluster
      1.  
        Enabling the clustering daemon for ASM-managed database
      2.  
        Disabling automatic startup of ASM
    7.  
      Configuring and starting up ASM on remaining nodes
    8. Installing Oracle binaries on the first node of the cluster
      1.  
        Disabling the clustering daemon
    9.  
      Configuring the Oracle database
    10.  
      Copying the $ORACLE_BASE/admin/SID directory
    11.  
      Copying the Oracle ASM initialization parameter file
    12.  
      Verifying access to the Oracle database
  3. Installing and removing the agent for Oracle
    1.  
      Before you install or upgrade the agent for Oracle
    2.  
      Installing the VCS agent for Oracle software
    3.  
      Upgrading the VCS agent for Oracle
    4.  
      Disabling the Cluster Server agent for Oracle
    5.  
      Removing the Cluster Server agent for Oracle
  4. Configuring VCS service groups for Oracle
    1.  
      About configuring a service group for Oracle
    2. Configuring Oracle instances in VCS
      1.  
        Configuring a single Oracle instance in VCS
      2.  
        Configuring multiple Oracle instances (single listener) in VCS
      3.  
        Configuring multiple Oracle instances (multiple listeners) in VCS
      4.  
        Configuring an Oracle instance with shared server support in VCS
    3. Before you configure the VCS service group for Oracle
      1.  
        Importing the type definition files for Cluster Server agent for Oracle
    4. Configuring the VCS service group for Oracle
      1.  
        Configuring the VCS service group for Oracle using Cluster Manager (Java console)
      2. Configuring the VCS service group for Oracle using the command-line
        1.  
          Encrypting Oracle database user and listener passwords
      3. Setting up detail monitoring for VCS agents for Oracle
        1. Setting up detail monitoring for Oracle
          1.  
            Enabling and disabling detail monitoring for Oracle resource
        2.  
          Setting up detail monitoring for Netlsnr
      4. Enabling and disabling intelligent resource monitoring for agents manually
        1.  
          Administering the AMF kernel driver
  5. Administering VCS service groups for Oracle
    1.  
      About administering VCS service groups
    2.  
      Bringing the service group online
    3.  
      Taking the service group offline
    4.  
      Switching the service group
    5.  
      Modifying the service group configuration
  6. Pluggable database (PDB) migration
    1.  
      Migrating Pluggable Databases (PDB) between Container Databases (CDB)
  7. Troubleshooting Cluster Server agent for Oracle
    1.  
      About troubleshooting Cluster Server agent for Oracle
    2.  
      Error messages common to the Oracle and Netlsnr agents
    3.  
      Error messages specific to the Oracle agent
    4.  
      Error messages specific to the Netlsnr agent
    5.  
      Error messages specific to the ASMInst agent
    6.  
      Error messages specific to the ASMDG agent
    7.  
      Troubleshooting issues specific to Oracle in a VCS environment
    8. Verifying the Oracle health check binaries and intentional offline for an instance of Oracle
      1.  
        Verifying the intentional offline behavior of the VCS Oracle agent
    9.  
      Disabling IMF for a PDB resource
  8. Appendix A. Resource type definitions
    1.  
      About the resource type and attribute definitions
    2. Resource type definition for the Oracle agent
      1.  
        Attribute definitions for the Oracle agent
      2.  
        About the Sid attribute in a policy managed database
    3. Resource type definition for the Netlsnr agent
      1.  
        Attribute definition for the Netlsnr agent
    4. Resource type definition for the ASMInst agent
      1.  
        Attribute definition for the ASMInst agent
    5. Resource type definition for the ASMDG agent
      1.  
        Attribute definition for the ASMDG agent
  9. Appendix B. Sample configurations
    1.  
      About the sample configurations for Oracle enterprise agent
    2. Sample single Oracle instance configuration
      1.  
        Sample VCS configuration file for single Oracle instance
    3. Sample multiple Oracle instances (single listener) configuration
      1.  
        Sample VCS configuration file for multiple Oracle instances (single listener)
    4. Sample multiple instance (multiple listeners) configuration
      1.  
        Sample VCS configuration file for multiple Oracle instances (multiple listeners)
    5. Sample Oracle configuration with shared server support
      1.  
        Sample VCS configuration file for Oracle instance configured with shared server support
    6. Sample Oracle ASM configurations
      1. Sample configuration for ASM disks as raw disks
        1.  
          Sample VCS configuration file for ASM-managed Oracle instance
      2. Sample configuration for ASM disks as VxVM volumes
        1.  
          Sample VCS configuration file for ASM disks as VxVM disks
      3. Sample configuration for ASM disks as CVM volumes
        1.  
          Sample VCS configuration file for ASM that uses CVM volumes
    7.  
      Sample configuration of Oracle pluggable database (PDB) resource in main.cf
    8.  
      Sample configuration of migratable Oracle pluggable database (PDB) resource in main.cf
    9.  
      Sample Configuration of Oracle supported by systemD
    10.  
      Sample configuration of ASMInst supported by systemD
  10. Appendix C. Best practices
    1.  
      Best practices for multiple Oracle instance configurations in a VCS environment
  11. Appendix D. Using the SPFILE in a VCS cluster for Oracle
    1.  
      About the Oracle initialization parameter files
    2.  
      Starting an Oracle instance
    3.  
      Using the SPFILE in a VCS cluster
  12. Appendix E. OHASD in a single instance database environment
    1.  
      About OHASD in a single instance database environment
    2.  
      Configuring the Application agent to make OHASD highly available

Installing the VCS agent for Oracle software

The agent binaries for Cluster Server agent for Oracle are part of VRTSvcsea fileset. The VRTSvcsea fileset is already installed if you chose to install all filesets or recommended filesets during VCS installation. You must manually install the VRTSvcsea fileset if you installed minimal filesets 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 an AIX node

  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 Oracle, you can skip this procedure.

  3. Determine the device access name of the disc drive. For example, enter:
    # cd /dev
# lsdev -C -c cdrom

    The output might resemble:

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

    In this example, cd0 is the disc's device access name.

  4. Insert the disc with the VCS software into a drive that is connected to the node.
  5. Mount the software disc using the device access name that you found in step 3:
    # mkdir -p /cdrom
# mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /cdrom
# cd /cdrom
  6. Install the Oracle agent software from the pkgs directory.
    # installp -ac -d VRTSvcsea.bff VRTSvcsea

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

  7. Repeat step 1 through step 6 on each node that will become part of the Oracle service group.