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- resource type for making simple network-aware and non-network-aware applications highly available or scalable
The Generic Data Service (GDS) is a mechanism that enables you to make simple network-aware and non-network-aware applications highly available or scalable by plugging them into the Oracle Solaris Cluster Resource Group Manager (RGM) framework.
The GDS contains a fully functional Oracle Solaris Cluster resource type, complete with callback methods (rt_callbacks(1HA)) and a Resource Type Registration (RTR) file (rt_reg(4)).
Modifies the recovery actions that the RGM takes when a resource fails to start or stop successfully, or when a resource monitor finds a resource to be unhealthy and consequently requests a restart or failover.
For more information on the Failover_mode property, see the r_properties(5) man page.
Optional
SOFT
Any time
A list of logical-hostname or shared-address network resources upon which this resource has a dependency. This list contains all network-address resources that appear in the properties Resource_dependencies, Resource_dependencies_weak, Resource_dependencies_restart, or Resource_dependencies_offline_restart.
This property is updated automatically by the RGM, based on the setting of the resource-dependencies properties. You do not set this property directly. Instead, use the Resource_dependencies property.
Conditional/Optional
The empty list
When disabled
Specifies a comma-separated list of port numbers on which the application listens. See the r_properties(5) man page.
The Port_list property must be specified in the start script that Agent Builder creates or with the clresource command if you are using Oracle Solaris Cluster administration commands.
Note - If the Network_aware property is set to False, the Port_list property is not required.
Appended to each port number is a slash (/) followed by the protocol that is being used by that port, for example, Port_list=80/tcp or Port_list=80/tcp6,40/udp6.
You can specify the following protocol values:
tcp, for TCP IPv4
tcp6, for TCP IPv6
udp, for UDP IPv4
udp6, for UDP IPv6
Conditional/Required
No default
Any time
Specifies a list of resources upon which a resource depends. This list includes any logical-hostname or shared-address network resources that are used by a resource. The default value for this property is null. If the Network_aware property is set to true, you must set this property to the logical-hostname or shared-address network resources on which the application is listening.
Before you create the GDS resource, a LogicalHostname or SharedAddress resource must already be configured.
You can specify one or more resource names. Each network resource can contain one or more logical hostnames. See the clreslogicalhostname(1CL) and clressharedaddress(1CL) man pages for more information.
You can specify an alternate kind of dependency by using the Resource_dependencies_weak, Resource_dependencies_restart, or Resource_dependencies_offline_restart property instead of the Resource_dependencies property. For more information, see the r_properties(5) man page.
Optional
The empty list
Any time
The number of times a monitor attempts to restart a resource if it fails.
For more information on the Retry_count property, see the r_properties(5) man page.
Conditional
2
Any time
The number of seconds in which to count attempts to restart a failed resource.
For more information on the Retry_interval property, see the r_properties(5) man page.
Conditional
370 seconds
Any time
Indicates whether the resource is scalable, that is, whether the resource uses the networking load balancing features of Oracle Solaris Cluster software.
If the Scalable property is set to TRUE, then additional properties such as Load_balancing_policy and Load_balancing_weights are used to configure the load balancing behavior.
For more information on the Scalable, Load_balancing_policy, and Load_balancing_weights properties, see the r_properties(5) man page.
Optional
FALSE
At creation
Specifies the timeout value, in seconds, for the start command.
Optional
60 seconds
300 seconds
Any time
Specifies the timeout value, in seconds, for the stop command.
Optional
60 seconds
300 seconds
Any time
Specifies the timeout value, in seconds, for the validate command.
Optional
60 seconds
300 seconds
Any time
Provides control over the processes that are monitored through the Process Monitor Facility (PMF). This property denotes the level to which the forked children processes are monitored. Omitting this property or setting this property to the default value is the same as omitting the -C option for pmfadm(1M): all children (and their descendents) are monitored.
Optional
-1
At creation
Allows the resource to fail over. If this property is set to False, failover of the resource is disabled. You can use this property to prevent the application resource from initiating a failover of the resource group.
Optional
True
When disabled
Note - The Failover_mode=RESTART_ONLY setting matches the behavior of the Failover_enabled=False setting. The Failover_mode=LOG_ONLY setting goes a step further and prevents resources from restarting. Use the Failover_mode property instead of the Failover_enabled extension property to better control failover behavior. For more information, see the descriptions of the LOG_ONLY and RESTART_ONLY values for Failover_mode in r_properties(5).
Specifies the level, or type, of diagnostic messages that are logged by GDS. You can specify None, Info, or Err for this property. When you specify None, diagnostic messages are not logged by GDS. When you specify Info, both information and error messages are logged. When you specify Err, only error messages are logged.
Optional
Info
Any time
This property specifies whether an application uses the network.
Optional
True
At creation
Specifies the command that periodically checks the health of a network-aware or non network-aware application. This command must be a complete command line that can be passed directly to a shell to probe the application. The probe command returns with an exit status of 0 if the application is running correctly.
The exit status of the probe command is used to determine the severity of the failure of the application. This exit status, called probe status, is an integer between 0 (for success) and 100 (for complete failure). The probe status can also be 201, which causes the application to fail over unless Failover_enabled is set to False.
The probe status is used within the GDS probing algorithm to determine whether to restart the application locally or to fail over the application to another node. If the probe command is omitted, the GDS provides its own simple probe that connects to the application on the network resource. If the connect succeeds, the GDS disconnects immediately. If both connect and disconnect succeed, the application is deemed to be running correctly.
The GDS does not provide “default” probing behavior for non-network-aware applications. However, a non-network-aware application is started under the PMF, which monitors the application and restarts the application if it fails. The pmfadm(1M) man page contains more information.
Optional
Null
When disabled
Specifies the timeout value, in seconds, for the probe command.
Optional
2 seconds
30 seconds
Any time
Specifies the command that starts the application. This command must be a complete command line that can be passed directly to a shell to start the application.
The start command, or one of its forked children, is expected to be a long-running program or daemon which actually provides the service to clients. The start command process tree is monitored by the Process Monitor Facility (PMF) as described under the Child_mon_level extension property. If the monitored processes exit, they are restarted according to the settings of the Retry_count and Retry_interval resource properties. If the retry count is exceeded, an attempt is made to relocate the resource group to a different node.
The exit status that is returned by the start command or its children is ignored.
Required
1
No default
When disabled
Specifies the command that stops the application. This command must be a complete command line that can be passed directly to a shell to stop the application. If this property is omitted, or if the stop command exits nonzero, the GDS stops the application by using signals.
Optional
Null
When disabled
Specifies the signal that stops the application. The values of this property are the same as those defined in signal(3HEAD).
Optional
1
37
15
When disabled
Specifies the absolute path to the command that validates the application. If you do not provide an absolute path, the application is not validated.
The exit status of the validate command is used to determine whether the creation or update of the GDS resource should be permitted. Before creating or updating the resource, the specified validate command is executed on each node of the node list of the resource group that contains the resource. If the validate command exits nonzero, the requested resource creation or update is not permitted. Any output that is written to stdout or stderr by the validate command will be passed back to the user who issued the administrative command to create or update the resource. Such output can be used to explain why the resource validation failed.
The validate command is also executed when bringing the gds resource online, before executing the Start_command extension property. If the validate command exits nonzero, it is treated as a start failure.
The validate command is also executed before performing the GIVEOVER option of the scha_control command to relocate the resource group to a new node. If the command exits nonzero, the giveover is blocked and the resource group remains mastered on its current node.
Optional
Null
When disabled
The following examples show how to use GDS to make an application named app highly available. You can also use Oracle Solaris Cluster Agent Builder (scdsbuilder(1HA)) to create scripts that contain these commands.
This example shows how to register the SUNW.gds resource type, create a resource group for the application, create the LogicalHostname resource for the logical host name hhead, create the network-aware application resource, manage the resource group, enable all its resources, and bring its resources online.
At this point, the application is running, highly available, and monitored by the simple probe that is provided by GDS. You can now check the status of the application.
# clresourcetype register SUNW.gds # clresourcegroup create rg1 # clreslogicalhostname create -g rg1 -h hhead # clresource create -g rg1 -t SUNW.gds \ -p Start_command="/usr/local/app/bin/start" \ -p Port_list="1234/tcp" -p Network_aware=True \ -p Resource_dependencies=hhead app-rs # clresourcegroup online -M rg1 # clresourcegroup status +
This example shows how to register the SUNW.gds resource type, create a resource group for the application, create the LogicalHostname resource for the logical host name hhead, create the network-aware application resource, log error messages only, manage the resource group, enable all the resources, and bring the resources online.
At this point, the application is running, highly available, and monitored by the fault monitor that is specified by Probe_command. You can now check the status of the application.
# clresourcetype register SUNW.gds # clresourcegroup create rg1 # clreslogicalhostname create -g rg1 -h hhead # clresource create -g rg1 -t SUNW.gds \ -p Start_command="/usr/local/app/bin/start" \ -p Stop_command="/usr/local/app/bin/stop" \ -p Validate_command="/usr/local/app/bin/config" \ -p Probe_command="/usr/local/app/bin/probe" \ -p stop_signal=9 -p failover_enabled=FALSE \ -p Start_timeout=120 -p Stop_timeout=180 \ -p Port_list="1234/tcp" -p Probe_timeout=60 \ -p Network_aware=True \-p Validate_timeout=120 -p Log_level=Err \ -p Resource_dependencies=hhead app-rs # clresourcegroup online -M rg1 # clresourcegroup status +
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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clreslogicalhostname(1CL), clresource(1CL), clresourcegroup(1CL), clresourcetype(1CL), clressharedaddress(1CL), rt_callbacks(1HA), scdsbuilder(1HA), scha_control(1HA), scha_resource_get(1HA), hatimerun(1M), pmfadm(1M), signal(3HEAD), rt_reg(4), attributes(5), r_properties(5), scalable_service(5)
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