Contents

List of Figures

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Getting Started

• System Requirements
  • Client Options
  • Server Options
  • Storage Array Options
  • Network Requirements
  • Software Requirements
• Pre-Installation Checklist for ACSLS HA
  • Oracle Support Personnel
  • Customer Support Personnel
  • Hardware for the ACSLS HA System
  • Network Information
    • IP Addresses and Host Names Assigned to the Two ACSLS HA Servers
    • Communication with HLI Libraries
    • Firewalls
    • SCSI Media Changer Using Fibre
  • Installation Media
  • Client (Backup or ILM) Applications that Communicate with ACSLS
  • ACSLS User IDs and Group
• High Level Installation Procedure

2 Configuring the Solaris System for ACSLS HA

• Configuring /etc/hosts
• Access Configuration for root
• Multipath Network Configuration
• The Public Interface and IPMP
• The Library Interface
• Multipath Disk Configuration

3 File System Configuration with ZFS

• Creating a Mirrored Root File System
• Creating a Mirrored File System for the ACSLS Application

4 Downloading Software Packages

• Downloading Software Packages
  • Downloading ACSLS 8.4
  • Downloading PostgreSQL 8.4 (optional)
  • Downloading Oracle Cluster 4.2
    • Downloading the Solaris Cluster Base Image
    • Determining if You Need the Solaris Patch Update
  • Downloading ACSLS HA 8.4
• Downloading Patches
• Downloading Product Documentation

5 Installing ACSLS 8.4

• Installing on the First Node
• Installing on the Adjacent Node

6 Installing Solaris Cluster 4.2

• Cluster Package Installation
• The scinstall Routine
• Run scinstall
• Verify Cluster Configuration

7 ACSLS HA 8.4 Installation and Startup

• Basic Installation Procedure
• Configuring ACSLS HA
• Monitoring ACSLS Cluster Operation
• The ha_console.sh Utility
• Verifying Cluster Operation

8 Fine Tuning ACSLS HA

• Defining a Failover Policy for Library Communications
• Libraries with Redundant Electronics (RE)
• Setting the Failover Pingpong_interval
• Registering for Email Notification of System Events

9 ACSLS Cluster Operation

• Starting Cluster Control of ACSLS
• Setting the Failover Policy for acsls-storage
• ACSLS Operation and Maintenance Under Cluster Control
• Suspending Cluster Control
• Powering Down the ACSLS HA Cluster
• Powering Up a Suspended ACSLS Cluster System
• Creating a Single Node Cluster

10 Installing, Upgrading, and Removing Software Components

• Installing Patches for ACSLS
• Removing the ACSLS Package
• Installing Upgrade Releases of ACSLS
• Reinstalling ACSLS HA or Installing Upgrades
• Upgrading Solaris Cluster
• Removing Solaris Cluster

11 Cluster Logging, Diagnostics, and Testing

• Monitoring Overall Cluster Operation
• Cluster Monitoring Utilities
• Recovery and Failover Testing
  • Recovery Conditions
  • Recovery Monitoring
  • Recovery Tests
  • Failover Conditions
  • Failover Monitoring
  • Failover Tests
  • Additional Tests

12 Troubleshooting Tips

• Verifying that ACSLS is Running
• Addressing Connection to the Shared Disk Resource
• When the Logical Host Cannot be pinged
• Checking the Interconnection Between Nodes

Index