Configuring Sun QFS Shared File Systems With Oracle Solaris Cluster

This chapter contains instructions for configuring the shared Sun QFS software in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment. These instructions are for the following configurations:

• Oracle Real Application Cluster (SC-RAC) – the only scalable application that the Sun QFS software supports in Oracle Solaris Cluster environments. For more information, see Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Service for Oracle Real Application Clusters. Also see, Troubleshooting an Issue With Oracle RAC.

• SAM-QFS archiving (HA-SAM) – For more information, see Chapter 5, Configuring SAM-QFS Archiving in an Oracle Solaris Cluster Environment (HA-SAM)Chapter 5, Configuring SAM-QFS Archiving in an Oracle Solaris Cluster Environment (HA-SAM).

• Shared QFS with clients outside the cluster (SC-COTC) – all clients exist outside of the Oracle Solaris Cluster to access data. The metadata operations are handled by a node inside the cluster with an optional passive metadata node available for failover capabilities.

Before carrying out the configuration procedures in this chapter, you must have installed the Sun QFS software as described in Chapter 5, Installing Sun QFS and SAM-QFS, in Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager 5.3 Installation Guide.

You can also add a shared file system to an existing Oracle Solaris Cluster environment.