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Preface

1.  Installing and Configuring HA for SAP Web Application Server

HA for SAP Web Application Server Overview

Overview of the Installation and Configuration Process for HA for SAP Web Application Server

Planning the HA for SAP Web Application Server Installation and Configuration

Configuration Restrictions

Configuration Requirements

Supported Data Service Configurations

Configuration Considerations

Configuration Planning Questions

Installing and Configuring SAP Web Application Server

Configuring Your Highly Available Database

How to Install and Configure the SAP Web Application Server and the SAP J2EE Engine

How to Modify the Installation for a Scalable SAP Web Application Server Component

How to Enable the SAP Web Application Server to Run in a Cluster

How to Enable the Stand-Alone SAP J2EE Engine to Run in a Cluster

Verifying the SAP Web Application Server Installation and Configuration

How to Verify the Installation and Configuration of the SAP Enqueue Server and the SAP Replica Server

How to Verify That the Configuration for the SAP Message Server Is Correct for the Data Service

How to Verify That the Configuration for the SAP Web Application Server and SAP J2EE Engine Components Is Correct for the Data Service

Installing the HA for SAP Web Application Server Packages

How to Install the HA for SAP Web Application Server Packages

Registering and Configuring HA for SAP Web Application Server

Before You Begin

Setting HA for SAP Web Application Server Extension Properties

Tools for Registering and Configuring HA for SAP Web Application Server

How to Register and Configure the HA for SAP Web Application Server by Using clsetup

Setting Up the SAP Web Application Server on Non-Global Zones for HAStoragePlus Configuration

How to Set Up the SAP Web Application Server on Non-Global Zones for HAStoragePlus Configuration

Registering and Configuring the HA for SAP Web Application Server by using Oracle Solaris Cluster Command Line Interface (CLI)

How to Register and Configure HAStoragePlus Resources for the SAP Central Services Components

How to Register and Configure an SAP Enqueue Server Resource

How to Register and Configure an SAP Replica Server Resource

How to Register and Configure an SAP Message Server Resource

How to Register and Configure an SAP Web Application Server Component

Examples of Configuring the SAP Web Application Server

Using Alternate Project Identification

Tuning the HA for SAP Web Application Server Fault Monitors

Operation of the Fault Monitor for the SAP Enqueue Server Resource Type

Operation of the Fault Monitor for the SAP Replica Server Resource Type

Operation of the Fault Monitor for the SAP Message Server Resource Type

Operation of the Fault Monitor for the SAP Web Application Server and SAP J2EE Engine Component Resource Type

Verifying the HA for SAP Web Application Server Installation and Configuration

How to Verify the Operation of the Fault Monitor for the SAP Enqueue Server

How to Verify the Operation of the Fault Monitor for the SAP Replica Server

How to Verify the Operation of the Fault Monitor for the SAP Message Server

How to Verify the Operation of the Fault Monitor for the SAP Web Application Server and SAP J2EE Engine Components

Migrating Existing SAP Web Application Server and SAP J2EE Engine Resource Types to Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3

A.  HA for SAP Web Application Server Extension Properties

Index

Installing and Configuring SAP Web Application Server

To enable HA for SAP Web Application Server to make SAP Web Application Server highly available, additional installation and configuration operations are required. These operations supplement the standard installation and standard configuration of the SAP Web Application Server.

The procedures in this section describe the installation and configuration of the following components of the SAP Web Application Server.

Configuring Your Highly Available Database

SAP supports various databases. You must configure the resource type, the resource group, and the resources for the database that you plan to use so that the database will be highly available. See details in the appropriate Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services document for the database that you plan to use.

How to Install and Configure the SAP Web Application Server and the SAP J2EE Engine

  1. For failover resource only: On one node of the cluster, install the SAP Web Application Server software.

    Refer to the SAP installation documentation.


    Note - If you are installing SAP 7.0 or NW2004 SR1, use the SAPINST_USE_HOSTNAME parameter to install the SAP application using the logical host. You can also use the High Availability installation option to separate the SAP central services from the central instance automatically.


  2. For scalable resource only: On each node on which you plan to run the scalable SAP web application server component resource group.
    1. Create a local file system.

      This file system can be defined as you choose, as in the following example.

      # mkdir /usr/sap/local/SAPSID/INSTANCE_NAME
      # chown sapsidadm:sapsys /usr/sap/local/SAPSID/INSTANCE_NAME

      Note that SAPSID represents the SAP system identification and INSTANCE_NAME represents the name of the SAP web application server instance.

    2. As user sapsidadm, create symbolic links to the dialog instance.

      On each node, create a symbolic link to the local file system from the required directory path for the installation, as in the following example.

      $ ln -s  /usr/sap/local/SAPSID/INSTANCE_NAME \ 
      /usr/sap/SAPSID/INSTANCE_NAME
  3. For scalable resource only: On all the nodes or zones of the cluster install the SAP Web Application Server or SAP J2EE engine.

    Install the same SAP Web Application Server or SAP J2EE engine software using the same SAPSYSTEM number separately on each node or zone that can potentially master the corresponding resource. This requirement is applicable only if you are creating the corresponding resource to be scalable.

    Refer to the SAP installation documentation.

  4. If profiles for the SAP enqueue server and the SAP replica server have not been created during installation, create them manually.

    Refer to the SAP documentation at http://service.sap.com/ha.


    Note - The SAPSYSTEM parameter in the SAP enqueue server profile and in the SAP replica server profile must have the same value.


  5. Remove the startup of the SAP enqueue server from the SAP start profile.

    In the Oracle Solaris Cluster environment, the SAP enqueue server resource starts the SAP enqueue server application. Therefore, if the SAP start profile contains the startup of the SAP enqueue server, remove it. Otherwise, the SAP enqueue server will be started more than once.

  6. Are you using SAP 6.4 or SAP 7.0 or NW2004 SR1?
  7. Become user sapsidadm.

    In the home directory of sapsidadm, create a wrapper script that invokes the appropriate startsap and stopsap script generated by the SAP installer with necessary parameters.

    # echo "/usr/sap/SID/SYS/exe/run/startsap r3 instance-name logical-host" \
    > $SAPSID_HOME/startsap_instance-number
    # chmod 755 $SAPSID_HOME/startsap_instance-number
    # echo "/usr/sap/SID/SYS/exe/run/stopsap r3 instance-name logical-host" \
    > $SAPSID_HOME/stopsap_instance-number
    # chmod 755 $SAPSID_HOME/stopsap_instance-number

    Proceed to Step 11

  8. Create a script to return logical hostnames for the SAP message server and the SAP web application server components.

    Create a script named loghost, which returns the logical hostnames for each instance of both the SAP message server and the SAP web application server components. The script must be located in the directory $HOME, where $HOME specifies the home directory of the SAP user. The following commands provide an example of the loghost script.

    if [ "$1" = "DVEBMGS00" ]; then
        echo loghost-1;
    fi
    if [ "$1" = "SCS01" ]; then
        echo loghost-2;
    fi
    if [ "$1" = "D02" ]; then
        echo loghost-3;
    fi

    Note - If the SAP web application server component is configured as a scalable resource, you will modify this script in a later section, How to Modify the Installation for a Scalable SAP Web Application Server Component.


  9. If you are using the SAP J2EE engine, modify the loghost script to return logical hostnames for the SAP J2EE engine.

    Modify the script loghost, which was created in Step 8, to return the logical hostnames for each instance of the SAP J2EE engine. The script is located in the directory $HOME, where $HOME specifies the home directory of the SAP user. The following commands provide an example of the modification of the loghost script.

    if [ "$1" = "JC00" ]; then
        echo loghost-4;
    fi
    if [ "$1" = "SCS02" ]; then
        echo loghost-5;
    fi
    if [ "$1" = "J02" ]; then
        echo loghost-6;
    fi
  10. Set the file permissions for the script so that it is executable.
    # chmod 755 $HOME/loghost
  11. Modify the SAP start and stop scripts as follows:

    Note - In the following steps you will be updating the SAP start and stop scripts. The initial set of updates pertain to all SAP instances being put under the control of Oracle Solaris Cluster and the second set of updates depend on the instance being put under Oracle Solaris Cluster.


    1. Create copies of the original SAP start and stop scripts, as in the following example.
      $ cp /sapmnt/SID/exe/startsap /sapmnt/SID/exe/startsap.orig
      $ cp /sapmnt/SID/exe/stopsap /sapmnt/SID/exe/stopsap.orig
    2. Ensure the uniqueness of the instance names.

      Add a sort -u command to the end of the line that begins with INSTANCE= in the SAP start and stop scripts. This command sorts all the instance names that are found and retains only the unique names.

      The original line is the following, where arg is the argument number, for example, 1 or 2.

      INSTANCE=`echo $arg | awk '/SCS[0-9][0-9]/{print $1}
      /ASCS[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} /DVEBMGS[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} 
      /JC[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} /D[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} 
      /J[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} /G[0-9][0-9]/{print $1}'`

      After you add a pipe to a sort -u command at the end, the line is the following, where arg is the argument number, for example, 1 or 2.

      INSTANCE=`echo $arg | awk '/SCS[0-9][0-9]/{print $1}
      /ASCS[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} /DVEBMGS[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} 
      /JC[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} /D[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} 
      /J[0-9][0-9]/{print $1} /G[0-9][0-9]/{print $1}' | sort -u`
    3. In order to source the user's profile and thus also source the SAP-specific environment files, add the following line as the second line of the SAP start and stop scripts.

      . $HOME/.profile


      Note - The preceding steps affect both SAP message server and SAP web application server.


    4. For SAP message server only — create a copy of the SAP start and stop scripts, as in the following example. This copy of the SAP start script will be used to start up the SAP message server resources.
      $ cp /sapmnt/SID/exe/startsap /sapmnt/SID/exe/startsap_msg_server
      $ cp /sapmnt/SID/exe/stopsap /sapmnt/SID/exe/stopsap_msg_server
    5. For SAP web application server only — create a copy of the SAP start and stop scripts, as in the following example. This copy of the SAP start script will be used to start up the SAP web application server resources.
      $ cp /sapmnt/SID/exe/startsap /sapmnt/SID/exe/startsap_webas_server
      $ cp /sapmnt/SID/exe/stopsap /sapmnt/SID/exe/stopsap_webas_server
    6. Update the SAP start and stop scripts to call the script that returns logical hostnames.

      You need to run the following command for SAP central services and SAP Web Application Server resources.


      Note - This step is not applicable for SAP 7.0 or NW2004 SR1.


      In the section for setting HOSTNAME, insert the name of the script $HOME/loghost, which you created in Step 8. This action is accomplished by replacing the line HOSTNAME='hostname' with the lines in the following example.

      < remove
      > add
      
      # Set HOSTNAME
      case `uname` in
         OS/390* | z/OS* | AIX* | BOS*)
           HOSTNAME=`hostname -s`
           ;;
         *)
      <    HOSTNAME=`hostname`
      >    if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
      >         HOSTNAME=`$HOME/loghost $2`
      >    else
      >         HOSTNAME=`hostname`
      >    fi
           ;;
      esac
  12. If you are configuring a resource for SAP 7.0 or NW2004 SR1, add the following to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the end of the .profile filename in the home directory of user sapsidadm.

    /usr/sap/sapsid/SYS/exe/run:/oracle-client-dir/instantclient

  13. Remove the /net entry from /etc/auto_master.

    This task disables name service maps and enables the SAP central services instance to fail over in case of network failures.

  14. If the Process Monitor Facility (PMF) will be used with the SAP web application server component, the saposcol program must be started outside of the cluster environment on all the nodes that will run the SAP Web Application Server.

    The SUNW.sapwebas resource type represents the SAP web application server component in a Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration. The extension property Webas_Use_Pmf for this resource type determines if PMF will be used with the SAP web application server component.

    If PMF is used, you must start the saposcol program outside of the cluster environment so that PMF does not stop the saposcol program when it stops the resource for the SAP web application server component.

    The saposcol program must be available to all the nodes that are running the SAP Web Application Server. Therefore, the program must be either in a global file system or in the local file system of each node.

    1. If the saposcol program is on the global file system and you want it to be on the local file systems, copy the program to the local file systems by performing the following actions on each node:
      • On the installation node, if the saposcol program was started separately, stop the saposcol program.

      • If the SAP system is running, stop the SAP system.

      • If the file system is not mounted, mount it to the installation node.

      • Copy the saposcol executable file from the installation node to a local directory on the target node.

        # cp /usr/sap/SAPSID/SYS/exe/saposcol destination-directory

        Note that SAPSID is the SAP system identification.

    2. Remove the startup of the saposcol program from the SAP start script of the SAP web application server component that will be configured to use PMF. This action is also mentioned in Step 11, together with other modifications to the SAP start and stop scripts.
    3. Start the saposcol program.
      • If the program is on the global file system, start the program from the global location.

      • If the program is on the local file system, start the program from the local directory on each node.

  15. Modify the file names and contents to use logical hostnames instead of physical hostnames.

    Note - This step is not applicable for SAP 7.0 or NW2004 SR1.


    The standard SAP Web Application Server installation uses the physical hostname of the node on which the SAP system is installed. You must modify SAP Web Application Server to use a logical hostname so that SAP Web Application Server works in a Oracle Solaris Cluster environment.


    Note - If the SAP web application server component is configured as a scalable resource, you will make additional modifications in a later section, How to Modify the Installation for a Scalable SAP Web Application Server Component.


    1. Make sure that the names of the “.” files in the home directory of the SAP user do not contain the physical hostname.

      In the following example, the physical hostname is removed from the names of the “.” files.

      for i in .*physical-hostname.*
              > do 
              > mv $i  echo $i | sed "s/_physical-hostname//"  
              > done
    2. Make sure that the names and contents of the database “.” files refer to logical hostname that is used by the database and not to physical hostnames.

      Note - The following substeps (c, d, and e) are not applicable for scalable SAP web application server and SAP J2EE engine instances.


    3. Change the file names and contents of the profile files to use the logical hostname corresponding to the individual component instead of physical hostnames.

      These files are located in /usr/sap/SAPSID/SYS/profile, where SAPSID is the SAP system identification.

    4. Add the following logical hostname entries to each SAPSID_INSTANCE_NAMESYSTEM_NUMBER_logical-hostname file that is located in the SAP profile directory.

      Note that SAPSID is the SAP system identification, INSTANCE_NAME is the SAP instance name, and SYSTEM_NUMBER is the SAP system number.

      SAPLOCALHOST=logical-hostname

      SAPLOCALHOSTFULL=logical-hostname.domain

    5. Replace the physical hostname with the logical hostname in the file /usr/sap/SAPSID/INSTANCE_NAME/igs/conf/igs.xml.

      Note that SAPSID is the SAP system identification and INSTANCE_NAME is the SAP instance name.

  16. Add or modify the parameter enq/serverhost in the SAP instance profile.

    Note - This step is not applicable for SAP 7.0 or NW2004 SR1.


    After installation, the parameter enq/serverhost in the SAP instance profile is set to the physical hostname. Modify this parameter to contain the name of the logical host on which the SAP enqueue server will be running.

  17. Make sure that the database is online and under the control of Oracle Solaris Cluster.

    For information about setting up the Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for MaxDB database, see Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Service for MaxDB Guide.

  18. If you are using the SAP J2EE engine, modify the SAP J2EE engine settings to reference the logical hostname.

    Note - This step is not applicable for SAP 7.0 or NW2004 SR1.


    1. Determine the location of the configuration scripts.
      • If the ABAP engine component is installed without the SAP J2EE engine component, or if the SAP J2EE engine component is installed as a standalone component, the scripts are located in the directory /usr/sap/SAPSID/JCINSTANCE_NUMBER/j2ee/configtool.

      • If The ABAP engine component is installed with the SAP J2EE engine, the scripts are located in the directory /usr/sap/SAPSID/DVEBMGSINSTANCE_NUMBER/j2ee/configtool.

    2. Run the configtool.sh script, which is located in the directory that was determined in Step a.

      Use this script to change all occurrences of a physical hostname to the corresponding logical hostname. This action includes setting the instance host and the JDBC URL to point to the logical host for the database.

    3. Bring online the database with the logical host for the database.
    4. Use the SAP configuration tool to modify the settings in the remaining steps of this procedure.

      To start the SAP configuration tool, you can use the script offlinecfgeditor.sh, which is located in the directory that was determined in Step a.

    5. In the LockingManager section, modify enqu.host to refer to the logical hostname for the SAP enqueue server.

      Change this entry under all the settings (the general and the instance-specific).

    6. In the LockingManager section, modify all occurrences of enq.profile.filename to use the logical hostname.

      Change this entry under all the settings (the general and the instance-specific).

      For example, change SAPSID_JCINSTANCE_NUMBER_physicalhost to SAPSID_JCINSTANCE_NUMBER_logicalhost. The new file name should be the same as the file name in the file /sapmnt/SAPSID/profile.

    7. In the ClusterManager section, change instance.ms.host to refer to the logical hostname for the SAP message server.

      Change this entry under all the settings (the general and the instance-specific).

    8. Modify the instance.properties.IDxxxxxx to refer to the logical host.

      For each instance.properties.IDxxxxxx, modify all occurrences of a physical hostname to the corresponding logical hostname.

    9. Ensure that the enqu.port parameter and the URL in the dbpool parameter have the correct settings.

    Note - For information about updates to SAP profiles, see the SAP documentation at http://service.sap.com/ha.


How to Modify the Installation for a Scalable SAP Web Application Server Component

The SAP web application server component of the SAP Web Application Server platform can be configured either as a failover resource or as a scalable resource.

  1. Update the script $HOME/loghost to return the physical hostname or a string.

    A scalable resource group does not contain a logical host. Therefore, if a resource group for the SAP web application server component is a scalable SAP J2EE engine resource, you must update the script $HOME/loghost to return the physical hostname. In the following example, J85 is the full name of the dialog instance.

    if [ "$1" = "J85" ]; then
      echo `hostname`; 
    fi
  2. Create a copy of the SAP start and stop scripts, as in the following example.
    $ cp /sapmnt/SID/exe/startsap_webas_server /sapmnt/SID/exe/startsap_webas_server_scal
    $ cp /sapmnt/SID/exe/stopsap_webas_server /sapmnt/SID/exe/stopsap_webas_server_scal
  3. Update the SAP start and stop scripts that you created in the previous step with unique names for the log files.

    When the SAP web application server component resource group is configured to be scalable, multiple instances of the application can be running simultaneously on different nodes. If all instances write to the same log file, they overwrite previously written information. Therefore, change the names of the log files that are specified in the SAP start and stop scripts so that they have unique names. Renaming the log files ensures that each node writes to a unique file. In the following example, the node name is appended to the log file name.

    Example of entry in script before updating:

    LOGFILE=$R3S_LOGDIR/`basename ${0}_${INSTANCE}.log`

    Example of entry in script after updating:

    LOGFILE=$R3S_LOGDIR/`basename ${0}_${INSTANCE}`_`uname -n`.log

    For more information on how to update the SAP start and stop scripts, see How to Install and Configure the SAP Web Application Server and the SAP J2EE Engine

  4. Make sure that the parameter enq/serverhost in the SAP instance profile contains the logical hostname of the SAP enqueue server.
  5. Verify the instance parameters.

    Note - This step is only applicable to SAP J2EE engine instances.


    Start the configuration tool with the script offlinecfgeditor.sh, which is located in the directory /usr/sap/SAPSID/JCINSTANCE_NUMBER/j2ee/configtool.

    • Ensure that the cluster_data instance parameter is set to Propertysheet instance.properties.IDxxxxxx.

    • Ensure that instance.ms.host is set to the logical hostname.

How to Enable the SAP Web Application Server to Run in a Cluster

The following resource groups are created in this procedure:

Note that the procedure to enable the SAP J2EE engine to run in a cluster is located in a separate section. See How to Enable the Stand-Alone SAP J2EE Engine to Run in a Cluster.

  1. Become superuser on a cluster node.
  2. Create a resource group for the SAP central services.

    The SAP central services resource group is a failover resource group to contain the SAP enqueue server resource, the SAP message server resource, and the logical hostname for these resources.

    # clresourcegroup create central-rg
    central-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group to be created. Choose a unique name for each resource group within the cluster.

  3. Add a logical hostname resource to the resource group that you created in Step 2.
    # clreslogicalhostname create -g central-rg central-logical-hostname
    -g central-rg

    Specifies that the logical hostname resource is to be added to the resource group named central-rg that you created in Step 2.

    central-logical-hostname

    Specifies that the logical hostname of the SAP central services resource is central-logical-hostname.


    Note - If you require a fully qualified hostname, you must specify the fully qualified name with the -h option and you cannot use the fully qualified form in the resource name.


  4. Bring online the SAP central services resource group.
    # clresourcegroup online -M central-rg
    -M

    Specifies that the resource group is to be brought over into the managed state.

  5. Create a resource group for the SAP replica server.

    The SAP replica server resource group is a failover resource group to contain the SAP replica server resource and the logical hostname for this resource.

    # clresourcegroup create repl-rg
  6. Add a logical hostname resource to the resource group that you created in Step 5.
    # clreslogicalhostname create -g repl-rg saprepl-logical-hostname
    -g repl-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group.

    saprepl-logical-hostname

    Specifies the logical hostname of the SAP replica server resource.


    Note - If you require a fully qualified hostname, you must specify the fully qualified name with the -h option and you cannot use the fully qualified form in the resource name.


  7. Bring online the SAP replica server resource group.
    # clresourcegroup online -M repl-rg
    -M

    Specifies that the resource group is to be brought into the managed state.

  8. Set weak positive affinity between the SAP central services resource group and the SAP replica server resource group.

    The weak positive affinity setting ensures that, in case of failover, the SAP central services resource group fails over to the node where the SAP replica server resource group has been running.

    # clresourcegroup set -p RG_affinities=+repl-rg central-rg
    central-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group to be modified.

    -p RG_affinities=+repl-rg

    Specifies that the central-rg resource group has weak positive affinity with the repl-rg resource group.

    central-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group central-rg to be modified

  9. If the SAP central services resource group and the SAP replica server resource group are online on the same node, switch one of them to another node.

    The two resource groups must be mastered on different nodes or zones before the strong negative affinity can be set between the resource groups.

    # clresourcegroup switch -n node repl-rg
    -n node

    Specifies the node to which the resource group is to be switched.

    repl-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group to be switched. This resource group can be either the SAP central services resource group or the SAP replica server resource group.

  10. Set strong negative affinity between the SAP replica server resource group and the SAP central services resource group.

    The strong negative affinity setting ensures that node failover behavior is appropriate. The SAP central services resource group fails over to the node where the SAP replica server resource group has been running. The SAP replica server resource group then fails over to another available node.

    The SAP replica server resource group is never brought online nor allowed to remain online on a node on which the SAP central services resource group is online.

    # clresourcegroup set -p RG_affinities=--central-rg repl-rg
    -p RG_affinities=--central-rg

    Specifies that the repl-rg resource group has strong negative affinity with the central-rg resource group.

    repl-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group to be modified.

  11. Create a resource group for the SAP web application server component.

    The SAP web application server resource group can be configured as a failover or scalable resource group to contain the resource for the SAP web application server component. If the SAP web application server is configured as a failover resource, the logical hostname for this resource is also contained in the SAP web application server resource group.

    • To create a failover resource group, run the following command.

      # clresourcegroup create webas-rg
    • To create a scalable resource group, run the following command.

      # clresourcegroup create \
      -p Maximum_primaries=value -p Desired_primaries=value webas-rg
    -p Maximum_primaries=value

    Specifies the maximum number of primary nodes for this scalable resource group.

    -p Desired_primaries=value

    Specifies the desired number of primary nodes for this scalable resource group.

    webas-rg

    Specifies the name of the failover resource group to be added. This name can be your choice but must be unique for the resource groups within the cluster.

  12. If the resource group that you created in Step 11 is configured as a failover resource group, add a logical hostname resource to the resource group.

    If the resource group that you created in Step 11 is configured as a scalable resource group, skip this step.

    # clreslogicalhostname create -g webas-rg webas-logical-hostname
    -g webas-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group.

    webas-logical-hostname

    Specifies the logical hostname saprepl-logical-hostname of the SAP replica server resource. By default the name of the logical-host resource is set to the same name as this. If you wish to specify a separate name then place the name of the resource at the end of the command listing.


    Note - If you require a fully qualified hostname, you must specify the fully qualified name with the -h option and you cannot use the fully qualified form in the resource name.


  13. Bring online the SAP web application server resource group.
    # clresourcegroup online -M webas-rg
    -M

    Specifies that the resource group is to be brought into the managed state.

    webas-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group that needs to be brought online.

  14. (Optional) Consider configuring your cluster to off-load noncritical resource groups.

    You might plan to run a noncritical, lower-priority SAP web application server component resource on a node to which a critical, higher-priority SAP central services resource can fail over. In this situation, consider setting strong negative affinity between the resource groups. This setting ensures that, if a higher-priority SAP central services resource fails over to the node where a lower-priority SAP web application server component resource is running, the lower-priority resource is off-loaded, thereby automatically freeing the node's resources to be used for the critical SAP central services resource.

    # clresourcegroup set -p RG_affinities=--central-rg webas-rg
    -p RG_affinities=--central-rg

    Specifies that the webas-rg resource group has strong negative affinity with the central-rg resource group. If the central-rg resource group fails over to the node where the webas-rg resource group is running, the webas-rg resource group is off-loaded.

    webas-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group to be modified.

  15. Copy all system files that were changed during the SAP Web Application Server installation and configuration process to all the nodes or zones that are to run the SAP Web Application Server resources.

    These files might include the following:

    • /etc/hosts

    • /etc/group

    • /etc/passwd

    • /etc/services

  16. Become super user on all of the nodes or zones.
  17. Configure the /etc/nsswitch.conf file so that SAP web application server starts and stops correctly if a switchover or a failover occurs.

    On each node that can master the logical host that runs SAP web application server, include the following entries in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.

    passwd:    files [NOTFOUND=return] nis [TRYAGAIN=0]
    publickey: files [NOTFOUND=return] nis [TRYAGAIN=0]
    project:   files [NOTFOUND=return] nis [TRYAGAIN=0]
    group:     files [NOTFOUND=return] nis [TRYAGAIN=0]

    SAP web application server uses the su - user command to start, stop, and probe the service.

    The network information name service might become unavailable when a cluster node's public network fails. Adding the preceding entries ensures that the dpmon -p command does not refer to the NIS/NIS+ name services if the network information name service is unavailable.

How to Enable the Stand-Alone SAP J2EE Engine to Run in a Cluster

  1. Create a resource group for the SAP J2EE engine.

    The SAP J2EE engine resource group can be configured as a failover or scalable resource group to contain the resource for the SAP J2EE engine. If the SAP J2EE engine is configured as a failover resource, the logical hostname for this resource is also contained in this resource group.

    • To create a failover resource group, run the following command.

      # clresourcegroup create j2ee-rg
    • To create a scalable resource group, run the following command.

      # clresourcegroup create \
      -p Maximum_primaries=value -p Desired_primaries=value j2ee-rg
    -p Maximum_primaries=value

    Specifies the maximum number of primary nodes for the scalable resource group.

    -p Desired_primaries=value

    Specifies the desired number of primary nodes for the scalable resource group.

    j2ee-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group to be added. This name can be your choice but must be unique for the resource groups within the cluster. Use this name when configuring the SAP J2EE engine resource.

  2. If the resource group that you created in Step 1 is configured as a failover resource group, add a logical hostname resource to the resource group.

    If the resource group that you created in Step 1 is configured as a scalable resource group, skip this step.

    # clreslogicalhostname create -g j2ee-rg j2ee-logical-hostname
    -g j2ee-rg

    Specifies the logical hostname resource to be added to the resource group that you created in Step 1.

    j2ee-logical-hostname

    Specifies the logical hostname of the SAP J2EE engine resource. Use this name when configuring the SAP J2EE engine resource.


    Note - If you require a fully qualified hostname, you must specify the fully qualified name with the -h option and you cannot use the fully qualified form in the resource name.


  3. Bring online the SAP J2EE engine resource group.
    # clresourcegroup online -M j2ee-rg
    -M

    Specifies that the resource group is to be brought into the managed state.

    j2ee-rg

    Specifies the name of the resource group that needs to be brought online.