Overview of Geographic Edition Administration Tasks

This section provides a starting point for administering the Geographic Edition software. This section contains the following tasks:

Prerequisite Administration Tasks
Geographic Edition Administration Tasks

Prerequisite Administration Tasks

Before you begin administering the Geographic Edition software, you must identify the Oracle Solaris Cluster installations you need to host protection groups. Then, you need to adjust the Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration and environment to support the formation of partnerships and protection groups with the Geographic Edition software. The following table describes these prerequisite tasks.

Table 2-2 Geographic Edition Prerequisite Tasks

Task	Description
Set the `SC-clustername` to the cluster name you want to use with the Geographic Edition software.	Use the `cluster`(1CL) command. For more information, see How to Enable Geographic Edition Software.
Set up the IP address and host maps for the cluster that is enabled to run Geographic Edition software.	See Chapter 2, Installing Software on Global-Cluster Nodes, in Oracle Solaris Cluster Software Installation Guide.
Install and configure your data replication product.	See the Availability Suite documentation. This step is required before you can create protection groups with the `geopg create` command.
Port and configure application configuration and corresponding resource groups on clusters that are candidates for partnership.	See Creating and Modifying a Partnership.
Enable the common agent container on all nodes of both clusters.	See Enabling the Geographic Edition Software.

Geographic Edition Administration Tasks

After you have completed the prerequisite administration tasks, you can install, configure, and administer the Geographic Edition software as described in the following table.

Table 2-3 Geographic Edition Administration Tasks

Task	Description and Documentation
Install Geographic Edition software.	See the Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Installation Guide.
Set up security between the candidate partner clusters.	Exchange certificates, as described in Configuring Secure Cluster Communication Using Security Certificates. (Optional) Configure a secure logical hostname that uses IP Security Architecture (IPsec), as described in Configuring Secure Cluster Communication Using IPsec.
Enable the Geographic Edition software.	Use the `geoadm start` command. For more information, see Enabling the Geographic Edition Software.
Create partnerships.	See How to Create a Partnership. This procedure includes the following: Modifying the default heartbeat. For more information, see Chapter 6, Administering Heartbeats. Configuring loss of heartbeat notification. For more information, see Configuring Heartbeat-Loss Notification.
Configure data replication.	For information about replicating data by using Availability Suite, see Chapter 1, Replicating Data With theAvailability Suite Feature of Oracle Solaris, in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite.
Create protection groups.	Create a protection group. See the following data replication guide: How to Create and Configure an Availability Suite Protection Group in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite Add data replication device groups. See the following data replication guide: How to Add a Data Replication Device Group to an Availability Suite Protection Group in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite Add application resource groups to the protection group. See the following data replication guide: How to Add an Application Resource Group to an Availability Suite Protection Group in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite Create a protection group that does not require data replication. See Creating a Protection Group That Does Not Require Data Replication.
Bring the protection groups online.	See the following data replication guide: How to Activate an Availability Suite Protection Group in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite
Test the configured partnership and protection groups to validate the setup.	Perform a trial switchover or takeover and test some simple failure scenarios. See the following data replication guide: Chapter 3, Migrating Services That Use Availability Suite Data Replication, in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite
Migrate services to the partner cluster.	See the following data replication guide: How to Switch Over an Availability Suite Protection Group From Primary to Secondary in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite
Take over services from primary to secondary during a disaster.	See the following data replication guide: How to Force Immediate Takeover of Availability Suite Services by a Secondary Cluster in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite
Recover from a takeover.	Data recovery and error repair outside of the Geographic Edition infrastructure. See the Availability Suite documentation. Resynchronize the partner clusters. See Recovering Availability Suite Data After a Takeover in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite.
Take a protection group offline.	See How to Deactivate an Availability Suite Protection Group in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite.
Delete a protection group.	See How to Delete an Availability Suite Protection Group in Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite.
Delete a partnership.	See Leaving or Deleting a Partnership.
Disable the Geographic Edition software.	See How to Disable the Geographic Edition Software.
Uninstall the Geographic Edition software.	See the Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Installation Guide.

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