Upgrading the SUNW.oracle_server Resource Type (Sun Cluster Data Service for Oracle Guide for Solaris OS)

Sun Cluster Data Service for Oracle Guide for Solaris OS

Upgrading the `SUNW.oracle_server` Resource Type

The information that you require to complete the upgrade of the SUNW.oracle_server resource type is provided in the subsections that follow.

Information for Registering the New Resource Type Version

The relationship between the version of the SUNW.oracle_server resource type and the release of Sun Cluster data services is shown in the following table. The release of Sun Cluster data services indicates the release in which the version of the resource type was introduced. The table also summarizes the changes that were introduced in each new version.

`SUNW.oracle_server` Resource Type Version	Sun Cluster Data Services Release	Summary of Changes
1	1.0	Not applicable
1.1	3.0 5/02 asynchronous release	Directives to enable upgrades of this resource type introduced `Auto_End_Bkp` extension property introduced
3.1	3.1 5/03	`Restart_type` extension property introduced
4	3.1 10/03	`Custom_action_file` extension property introduced
5	3.1 8/05	Default values of extension properties changed as follows: Default value of `Probe_timeout` extension property increased to 300 seconds Default value of `Restart_type` extension property changed to `RESOURCE_RESTART`

To determine the version of the resource type that is registered, use one command from the following list:

scrgadm -p
scrgadm -pv

The resource type registration (RTR) file for this resource type is /opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/etc/SUNW.oracle_server.

Information for Migrating Existing Instances of the Resource Type

The information that you require to edit each instance of the SUNW.oracle_server resource type is as follows:

You can perform the migration at any time.
If you need to use the features of the SUNW.oracle_server resource type that were introduced in version 3.1 10/03, the required value of the Type_version property is 4.
If you need to use the features of the SUNW.oracle_server resource type that were introduced in version 3.1 8/05, the required value of the Type_version property is 5.
If you customized the behavior of the server fault monitor, set the Custom_action_file extension property. For more information, see Customizing the Sun Cluster HA for Oracle Server Fault Monitor.

Note –

If you are using version 4 of the SUNW.oracle_server resource type, upgrade to version 4 only if you require the new default values. If the default values in version 4 are satisfactory, you do not need to upgrade.

The following example shows a command for editing an instance of the SUNW.oracle_server resource type.

Example 7 Editing an Instance of the `SUNW.oracle_server` Resource Type

# scrgadm -cj oracle-srs -y Type_version=4 \
  -x custom_action_file=/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/etc/srv_mon_cust_actions

This command edits a SUNW.oracle_server resource as follows:

The SUNW.oracle_server resource is named oracle-srs.
The Type_version property of this resource is set to 4.
Custom behavior for the fault monitor of this resource is specified in the file /opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/etc/srv_mon_cust_actions.