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

Importing the SybaseTypes.cf file

Before you configure the Sybase service group, you must import the SybaseTypes.cf file to the VCS engine.

To import the SybaseTypes.cf file using the Cluster Manager (Java Console)

  1. On one of the nodes in the cluster, start the Cluster Manager (Java Console).
  2. Log in to the cluster and wait for the Cluster Explorer to launch.
  3. From the File menu select Import Types. Switch to the read/write mode if prompted.
  4. In the Import Types dialog box, select the file:
    /etc/VRTSagents/ha/conf/Sybase/SybaseTypes.cf
  5. Click Import and wait for the file to import.
  6. Save the configuration.

To import the SybaseTypes.cf file using the command line

  1. Log in to a cluster system as superuser.
  2. Make the cluster configuration as read-only. This action ensures that all changes to the existing configuration have been saved and further changes are prevented while you modify main.cf:
    # haconf -dump -makero
  3. To ensure that VCS is not running while you edit main.cf, issue the following command to stop the VCS engine on all systems. Leave the resources that are available online.
    # hastop -all -force
  4. Make a backup copy of the main.cf file.
    # cd /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config
# cp main.cf main.cf.orig
  5. Edit the main.cf file to include the SybaseTypes.cf file.
    # include "/etc/VRTSagents/ha/conf/Sybase/SybaseTypes.cf"

    The Sybase types definition is imported to the VCS engine. The agent for Sybase can be configured without interrupting or stopping VCS.