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Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster 3.1 Software for Oracle Database 10g HA

Iris Zhu, May 2008

Introduction

This article is for those who have no experience with Sun Cluster software. After introducing some basic concepts, this article provides a demonstration of how to set up Sun Cluster 3.1 08/05 software for Oracle Database 10g HA with the Solaris 10 01/06 Operating System. (Note: The procedures were tested on the Solaris 10 1/06 release, but the concepts should also work with the Solaris 10 5/08 OS, because the procedures use general functionality of the OS.)

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Background
  • What Is a Cluster?
  • What Is a High Availability Cluster?
  • What Can Sun Cluster Software Do for HA Applications?
  • Physical Connections
    • Cluster Node
    • Cluster Interconnect
    • Public Network Interfaces
    • Multihost Devices
  • Key Concepts
    • Global Devices, Global Namespaces, and Cluster File System
    • Quorum and Quorum Device
    • Data Service
    • Resource, Resource Types, and Resource Groups
  • Cluster Topologies
• Installation and Configuration
  • Installing the Solaris 10 OS for SPARC Platforms
  • Configuring Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array
  • Installing the Sun Cluster 3.1 08/05 Software
  • Installing Sun Cluster HA Agent for Oracle Database 10g HA
  • Installing Oracle 10g HA
  • Configuring Sun Cluster 08/05 Software
  • Verifying Sun Cluster HA for Oracle
• Summary
• Appendix

For More Information

Here are additional resources:

• Sun download pages:
  • Solaris 10 OS
  • Sun Cluster software
  • Sun Cluster High Availability Agent
• These Sun training courses at http://www.sun.com/training/:
  • Sun Cluster 3.1 Administration (ES-338)
  • Sun Cluster 3.1 Advanced Administration (ES-438)
• Sun Cluster course catalog
• Support:
  • Register your Sun gear
  • Services
  • SunSolve Online
• Discussions such as the Clustering Forum
• The following documents at http://docs.sun.com:
  • Sun Cluster Concepts Guide for Solaris OS
  • Sun Cluster Overview for Solaris OS
  • System Administration Guide: IP Services
  • Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS
  • Sun Cluster Data Service for Oracle Guide for Solaris OS
  • Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS
  • Sun Cluster Data Service Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS
• SUN Cluster 3 Programming: Integrating Applications into the SunPlex Environment by Joseph Bianco, Peter Lees, and Kevin Rabito
• Sun wikis, for example:
  • Sun Cluster Wiki
  • Sun BluePrints Wiki
  • BigAdmin Wiki
• Related resources on BigAdmin:
  • Sun Cluster 3.1 8/05 for Solaris x86 Manuals on docs.sun.com
  • Installing and Configuring Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 With Sun Cluster 3.1 Software
  • Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster 3.1 09/04 Software for High-Availability Applications
  • Installation Guide for Solaris Cluster 3.2 Software and Oracle 10g Release 2 Real Application Clusters
  • Best Practices for Running Oracle Databases in Solaris Containers
• Events of interest to users of Sun products:
  • Worldwide developer events
  • Current events

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