Preface
The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Data Guard provides procedures for administering Oracle Data Guard data replication with SunTM Cluster Geographic Edition software on both SPARC® and x86 based systems.
Note –
This Sun Cluster release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC, SPARC64, AMD64, and Intel 64. In this document, x86 refers to the larger family of 64-bit x86 compatible products. Information in this document pertains to all platforms unless otherwise specified.
Who Should Use This Book
This document is intended for system administrators, support personnel, and application developers who work with the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition product, Oracle® RAC, and Oracle Data Guard software.
To understand the concepts that are described in this book, you need to be familiar with the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS) and also have expertise with Sun Cluster software and with the Oracle RAC software that is supported for use with Sun Cluster software.
How This Book Is Organized
This guide contains the following chapters and appendix:
Chapter 1, Replicating Data With Oracle Data Guard Software describes how to configure data replication with Oracle Data Guard software.
Chapter 2, Administering Oracle Data Guard Protection Groups describes how to administer data replication with Oracle Data Guard software.
Chapter 3, Migrating Services That Use Oracle Data Guard Data Replication describes how to migrate services for maintenance or in the event that your cluster fails.
Appendix A, Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Properties for Oracle Data Guard Broker Configurations describes the properties for Sun Cluster Geographic Edition data replications that use Oracle Data Guard.
Related Documentation
Information about related Sun Cluster Geographic Edition topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Sun Cluster Geographic Edition documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.
Information about related Sun Cluster topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Sun Cluster documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.
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Topic |
Documentation |
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Overview | |
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Concepts | |
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Hardware installation and administration |
Sun Cluster 3.1 - 3.2 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS Individual hardware administration guides |
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Software installation | |
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Data service installation and administration |
Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS Individual data service guides |
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Data service development | |
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System administration | |
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Software upgrade | |
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Error messages | |
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Command and function references |
Sun Cluster Reference Manual for Solaris OS |
For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your release of Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software at http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunCluster/Home/.
Getting Help
If you have problems installing or using the Sun Cluster software, contact your service provider and provide the following information:
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Your name and email address (if available)
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Your company name, address, and phone number
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The model and serial numbers of your systems
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The release number of the operating system (for example, the Solaris 10 11/06 OS)
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The release number of Sun Cluster software (for example, 3.2 1/09)
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The contents of the /var/adm/messages file
Use the following commands to gather information about your systems for your service provider.
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Command |
Function |
|---|---|
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prtconf -v |
Displays the size of system memory and reports information about peripheral devices. |
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psrinfo -v |
Displays information about processors. |
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showrev -p |
Reports which patches are installed. |
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SPARC: prtdiag -v |
Displays system diagnostic information. |
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/usr/cluster/bin/clnode show-rev |
Displays Sun Cluster release and package version information. |
Documentation, Support, and Training
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:
Typographic Conventions
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions|
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
|---|---|---|
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
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AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
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aabbcc123 |
Placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
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AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online. |
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts|
Shell |
Prompt |
|---|---|
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C shell |
machine_name% |
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C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |
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Bourne shell and Korn shell |
$ |
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Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser |
# |
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