Planning the Sun Cluster HA for Oracle Installation and Configuration

This section contains the information you need to plan your Sun Cluster HA for Oracle installation and configuration.

Configuration Requirements

Your data service configuration might not be supported if you do not adhere to these requirements.

Use the requirements in this section to plan the installation and configuration of Sun Cluster HA for Oracle. These requirements apply to Sun Cluster HA for Oracle only. You must meet these requirements before you proceed with your Sun Cluster HA for Oracle installation and configuration.

For requirements that apply to all data services, see “Identifying Data Service Special Requirements” on page 3.

• Oracle application files – These files include Oracle binaries, configuration files, and parameter files. You can install these files either on the local file system, the highly available local file system, or on the cluster file system.

  See “Configuration Guidelines for Sun Cluster Data Services” in Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service Planning and Administration Guide for the advantages and disadvantages of placing the Oracle binaries on the local file system, highly available local file system, and the cluster file system.

• Database-related files – These files include the control file, redo logs, and data files. You must install these files on the highly available local file system or the cluster file system as either raw devices or regular files.

Configuration Planning Questions

Use the questions in this section to plan the installation and configuration of Sun Cluster HA for Oracle. Insert the answers to these questions into the data service worksheets in the Sun Cluster 3.1 Release Notes.

• What resource groups will you use for network addresses and application resources and the dependencies between them?

• What is the logical hostname (for failover services) or shared address (for scalable services) for clients that will access the data service?

• Where will the system configuration files reside?

  See “Determining the Location of the Application Binaries” on page 3 of the Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service for Oracle for the advantages and disadvantages of placing the Oracle binaries on the local file system as opposed to the cluster file system.