Planning the HA for PeopleSoft Application Server Installation and Configuration

This section contains the information you need to plan your HA for PeopleSoft application server installation and configuration.

Configuration Restrictions for HA for PeopleSoft Application Server

The configuration restrictions in the subsections that follow apply only to HA for PeopleSoft application server.

For restrictions that apply to all data services, see the Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 Release Notes.

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Caution - Your data service configuration might not be supported if you do not observe these restrictions.

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• Failover support only - PeopleSoft application server can be configured only as a failover data service and not as a scalable data service.

• Multiple application server domains - The Oracle Solaris Cluster resource of resource type ORCL.PeopleSoft_app_server can manage exactly one PeopleSoft application server domain. To manage multiple PeopleSoft application server domains, configure multiple Oracle Solaris Cluster resources of resource type ORCL.PeopleSoft_app_server, each resource managing exactly one PeopleSoft application server domain.

Configuration Requirements for HA for PeopleSoft Application Server

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

Information about how to install PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools is published at http://support.oracle.com/. For PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools version 8.50, refer to document ID 887277.1 and select the guide for the database you use.

For requirements that apply to all data services, see Chapter 1, Planning for Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services, in Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide.

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

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• UNIX user and group - The UNIX user and group that are used to install, operate, and manage the PeopleSoft application server domain must exist on all cluster nodes where the corresponding resource for the PeopleSoft application server domain is configured to come online.

• File systems - The file systems used to store the required binaries and data for the PeopleSoft application server domain must be configured on highly available local file systems. If you choose to install the binaries on local storage, install and keep them identical on all the cluster nodes. The directory specified for Psft_Cfg_Home must reside on a highly available local file system, which needs to be accessible where the corresponding resource for the PeopleSoft application server domain come online.

• Environment variables - In addition to the required environment variables that are explained in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools installation guide, you must set up the following variables before you configure the PeopleSoft application server domain:

  • SC_LHOSTNAME

  • LD_PRELOAD_32

  • LD_PRELOAD_64

  Set SC_LHOSTNAME to the logical hostname under which the PeopleSoft application server domain must be reachable from the web tier. For more details, refer to the libschost.so.1(1) man page.

  Set these environment variables for the profile of the user that operates the PeopleSoft application server domain. Ensure that the login for the user is noninteractive. If you invoke as user root, you must see these variables displayed in the psadmin command output:

  # su - Psft_User -c "/Psft_Home/appserv/psadmin -env"

• Database tier dependency - If the database tier is deployed on the same global cluster, the resource for the PeopleSoft application server domain must define a strong resource dependency to the resources for the database instance and database listener. This ensures that the PeopleSoft application server domain will only try to start when the corresponding database is already operational. This configuration is required for a successful startup of the PeopleSoft application server domain.

• Database client network connection - The database client used by the PeopleSoft application server domain configuration must be configured to connect to the network address that is managed by the cluster framework for the corresponding database server.