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

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: Solaris
  1. Introducing the Cluster Server for Sybase
    1.  
      About the Cluster Server 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
      1.  
        Monitoring Sybase instances running in Solaris Containers
    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.  
        Language settings for the Sybase agent
    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
      1.  
        Resource dependency for Sybase configured in Solaris zones
    3.  
      Sample configuration for agent for Sybase on Solaris systems
    4. Sample main.cf files for Sybase ASE CE configurations
      1.  
        Sample main.cf for a basic Sybase ASE CE cluster configuration under VCS control with shared mount point on CFS for Sybase binary installation
      2.  
        Sample main.cf for a basic Sybase ASE CE cluster configuration with local mount point on VxFS for Sybase binary installation
      3.  
        Sample main.cf for a primary CVM VVR site
      4.  
        Sample main.cf for a secondary CVM VVR site
    5.  
      Sample configuration for the Sybase agent in Solaris zones

Configuring Sybase for detail monitoring

This section describes the tasks to be performed to configure a Sybase server for detail monitoring.

Note:

The steps that are described here are specific to the sample script, SqlTest.pl, provided with the agent. If you use a custom script for detail monitoring, you must configure the Sybase database accordingly.

Perform these steps only once in a Sybase cluster.

To configure Sybase for detail monitoring

  1. Source the SYBASE.sh file or SYBASE.csh file (depending on the user shell) to set the $SYBASE and $SYBASE_ASE environment variables.
  2. Start the Sybase server.
    # startserver -f ./$SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/install/RUN_server_name
  3. Start the Sybase client on any cluster node.
    # isql -Usa -SSYBASE_SERVER_NAME

    Enter the administrator password when prompted to do so.

  4. Connect to the master database.
    # use master
    # go
  5. Create a Sybase user account.
    # sp_addlogin user_name, password
    # go

    The detail monitor script should use this account to make transactions on the database.

  6. Create a database.
    # create database database_name
    # go

    The detail monitor script should make transactions on this database.

  7. If required, restrict the size of the log file for the database.
    # sp_dboption database_name, "trunc log on chkpt", true
    # go
  8. Connect to the database that is created in step 6.
    # use database_name
    # go
  9. Associate the user created in step 5 with the database created in step 6.
    # sp_adduser user_name
    # go
  10. Change the user to the one created in step 5.
    # setuser "user_name"
    # go
  11. Create a table in the database.
    # create table table_name (lastupd datetime)
    # go

    The detail monitor script should make transactions on this table.

    If you use the SqlTest.pl for detail monitoring, make sure you create a table with a lastupd field of type datetime.

  12. Verify the configuration by adding an initial value to the table.
    # insert into table_name (lastupd) values (getdate())
    # go
  13. Exit the database.
    # exit