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Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Service for MaxDB Guide
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Preface

1.  Installing and Configuring HA for MaxDB

HA for MaxDB Overview

Overview of the Installation and Configuration Process for HA for MaxDB

Planning the HA for MaxDB Installation and Configuration

Configuration Requirements

MaxDB Software Version Requirements

HA for MaxDB Configuration Requirements

SAP xserver Configuration Requirements

Supported Configurations of This Data Service

Configuration Considerations

Device Group for the MaxDB Application

Dependencies of the MaxDB Application on SAP xserver

Administration of SAP xserver by a User Other Than Root

Configuration Planning Questions

Installing and Configuring MaxDB

How to Install and Configure MaxDB

How to Enable MaxDB to Run in a Cluster

Verifying the MaxDB Installation and Configuration

How to Verify MaxDB Installation and Configuration on Each Node

Installing the HA for MaxDB Packages

How to Install the HA for MaxDB Packages

Configuring the HAStoragePlus Resource Type to Work With HA for MaxDB

How to Register and Configure an HAStoragePlus Resource

Registering and Configuring HA for MaxDB

Setting HA for MaxDB Extension Properties

Administering SAP xserver as a User Other Than Root

How to Register and Configure an SAP xserver Resource

How to Register and Configure a MaxDB Resource

Tuning the HA for MaxDB Fault Monitors

Factors That Affect the Interval Between Fault Monitor Probes

Operations by the HA for MaxDB Fault Monitors During a Probe

Operations by the MaxDB Fault Monitor During a Probe

Operations by the SAP xserver Fault Monitor During a Probe

Faults Detected by the HA for MaxDB Fault Monitors

Faults Detected by the MaxDB Fault Monitor

Faults Detected by the SAP xserver Fault Monitor

Recovery Actions in Response to Detected Faults

Forcing the MaxDB Database Instance to Be Restarted if the Parent Kernel Process Is Terminated

Verifying the HA for MaxDB Installation and Configuration

How to Verify the Operation of the MaxDB Fault Monitor

How to Verify the Operation of the SAP xserver Fault Monitor

Upgrading the SUNW.sap_xserver Resource Type

Information for Registering the New Resource Type Version

Information for Migrating Existing Instances of the Resource Type

A.  HA for MaxDB Extension Properties

Index

HA for MaxDB Overview

To eliminate single points of failure in an MaxDB system, HA for MaxDB provides the following features:

For conceptual information about failover data services and scalable data services, see the Oracle Solaris Cluster Concepts Guide.

Each component of MaxDB has data service that protects the component when the component is configured in Oracle Solaris Cluster. See the following table.


Note - The files that are associated with the SUNW.sap_xserver resource type are supplied with the Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for SAP liveCache data service. The Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for SAP liveCache data service is installed when you install HA for MaxDB data service.


Table 1-1 Protection of MaxDB Components by Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services

MaxDB Component
Data Service
MaxDB
HA for MaxDB

The resource type is SUNW.sapdb.

SAP xserver
Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for SAP liveCache

The resource type is SUNW.sap_xserver.

NFS file system
Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for NFS

The resource type is SUNW.nfs.

For more information about this data service, see Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Service for Network File System (NFS) Guide.