Sun Cluster 2.2 Data Services Update: SAP With Oracle, SAP With Informix

Overview of Procedures (SAP With Oracle)

Table 1-1 summarizes the tasks you must complete to configure SAP.

Table 1-2 Sun Cluster HA for SAP Installation Overview (SAP With Oracle)

Task 

Description 

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Plan the SAP installation 

- Read through all guidelines and procedures 

"Sun Cluster HA for SAP Overview" and

"Configuration Guidelines for Sun Cluster HA for SAP"

- Complete the SAP installation worksheet 

"Installation Worksheet for Sun Cluster HA for SAP (SAP With Oracle)"

Prepare the environment for SAP 

- Perform all pre-requisite installation tasks 

- Set up Solaris 

- Set up the volume manager 

- Create disk groups or disksets 

- Create volumes and file systems 

- Install Sun Cluster 

- Set up PNM 

- Set up logical hosts and mount points 

- Set up HA-NFS, if necessary 

- Adjust kernel parameters 

- Create swap space 

- Create user and group accounts 

"How to Prepare the Cluster Environment for SAP and the Database (SAP With Oracle)"

 

See also: Chapter 3, "Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster Software," Appendix B, "Configuring Solstice DiskSuite," and Appendix C, "Configuring Sun StorEdge Volume Manager and Cluster Volume Manager," all in the Sun Cluster 2.2 Software Installation Guide

Install and configure SAP and the database 

- Install the SAP central instance and database instance 

- Load the database 

- Load all reports 

- Install the GUI 

"How to Install SAP and the Database (SAP With Oracle)"

Enable SAP to run in the cluster 

- Set up the SAP central instance admin environment 

- Modify SAP profile files 

- Modify the database environment 

- Update /etc/services and create /usr/sap/tmp

- Test the SAP installation 

"How to Enable SAP to Run in the Cluster Environment (SAP With Oracle)"

Configure the HA-DBMS 

- Shut down SAP and the database 

- Adjust Oracle alert files and listener files 

- Register and activate the database 

- Set up the database instance 

- Start fault monitoring for the database 

- Test switchover of the database 

"How to Configure Sun Cluster HA for Oracle"

 

Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP 

- Install and register Sun Cluster HA for SAP 

"How to Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP (SAP With Oracle)"

- Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP 

"How to Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP (SAP With Oracle)", and "Configuration Parameters for Sun Cluster HA for SAP (SAP With Oracle)"

- Set dependencies, if necessary 

"Setting Data Service Dependencies for SAP (SAP With Oracle)"

- Test switchover of Sun Cluster HA for SAP 

"How to Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP (SAP With Oracle)"

- Customize and test start and stop scripts for the application servers and test/development systems 

"Configuration Options for Application Servers and Test/Development Systems"