Validating an SRDF Protection Group
When the geoadm status output displays that the Configuration status of a protection group is Error, you can validate the configuration by using the geopg validate command. This command checks the current state of the protection group and its entities.
If the protection group and its entities are valid, then the Configuration status of the protection groups is set to OK. If the geopg validate command finds an error in the configuration files, then the command displays a message about the error and the configuration remains in the error state. In such a case, you can fix the error in the configuration, and run the geopg validate command again.
During protection group validation, the SRDF data replication layer of the Geographic Edition software validates the following:
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The SYMCLI is installed on each of the nodes in the Nodelist property.
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The specified device group is a valid Geographic Edition device group. The data replication layer uses the cldevicegroup list command if the Cluster_dgs property is specified. The data replication layer also verifies that the device group is of a valid type.
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The properties are valid for each SRDF device group that has been added to the protection group.
This section contains the following information:
How the Data Replication Subsystem Validates the Device Group
The Geographic Edition data replication layer validates the protection group's replication role against the configuration of the SRDF RDF1 and RDF2 devices. If the configurations do not match, the validation returns an error.
If the Cluster_dgs property is specified, then the data replication layer verifies that the device group specified is a valid Geographic Edition device group. The data replication layer also verifies that the device group is of a valid type.
Note - The device groups that are specified in the Cluster_dgs property must be written to only by applications that belong to the protection group. This property must not specify device groups that receive information from applications outside the protection group.
An Geographic Edition replication resource group is automatically created when the protection group is created.
 | Caution - Do not change, remove, or bring offline these resources or resource groups. Use only Geographic Edition commands to administer replication resource groups and resources that are internal entities managed by Geographic Edition software. Altering the configuration or state of these entities directly with Geographic Edition commands might result in unrecoverable failure. |
How to Validate an SRDF Protection Group
Note - You can also accomplish this procedure by using the Oracle Solaris Cluster Manager GUI. Click Partnerships, then click the partnership name. Highlight the protection group name and click Validate. For more information about Oracle Solaris Cluster Manager, see Chapter 13, Using the Oracle Solaris Cluster GUI, in Oracle Solaris Cluster System Administration Guide .
Before You Begin
Ensure that the protection group you want to validate exists locally and that the common agent container is online on all nodes of both clusters in the partnership.
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Log in to one of the cluster nodes.
You must be assigned the Geo Management RBAC rights profile to complete this procedure. For more information about RBAC, see Securing Geographic Edition Software in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Installation and Configuration Guide .
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Validate the configuration of the protection group.
This command validates the configuration of the protection group on the local cluster only. To validate the protection group configuration on the partner cluster, run the command again on the partner cluster.
# geopg validate protection-group
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Specifies a unique name that identifies a single protection group
This example validates the protection group srdfpg.
# geopg validate srdfpg