Installation Overview
You can install Disaster Recovery framework software
on a running cluster without disruption. Because the Disaster Recovery framework installation process does
not require you to restart Oracle Solaris Cluster software, the cluster remains in production
with services running.
For zone clusters that are already created, when you install the Disaster Recovery framework software,
the software is propagated to the zone-cluster nodes by default. If you create a zone cluster after
Disaster Recovery framework software is installed in the global cluster, you must install the Disaster Recovery framework
software in the new zone-cluster nodes.
Prerequisite Configuration Tasks
Before you begin administering the Disaster Recovery framework, 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 Disaster Recovery framework. The following table describes these prerequisite tasks.
Table 4 Prerequisite Configuration Tasks
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1. Set the cluster name to the name you want to use with the Disaster Recovery framework.
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2. Set up the IP address and host maps for the cluster that is enabled to run Geographic
Edition software.
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3. Install and configure your data replication product.
Note -
This step is required before you can create protection groups with the geopg
create command.
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See the Oracle Solaris Cluster data replication guide for the product you are using. A list of
available guides is provided in Cluster Protection Groups.
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4. Port and configure application configuration and corresponding resource groups on clusters
that are candidates for partnership.
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Installation and Configuration Tasks
After you have completed the prerequisite configuration tasks, you can install and configure
the Disaster Recovery framework as described in the following table.
Table 5 Disaster Recovery Framework Installation and Configuration Tasks
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1. Install Disaster Recovery framework software.
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2. Set up security between the candidate partner clusters.
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3. If using a zone cluster as a partner, prepare the zone cluster for membership.
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4. Enable the Disaster Recovery framework software.
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5. Create partnerships.
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6. Configure data replication.
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See the Oracle Solaris Cluster data replication guide for the product you use. A list of
available guides is provided in Cluster Protection Groups.
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7. Create and validate protection groups.
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See the Oracle Solaris Cluster guide for the data replication product you use.
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8. Add data replication device groups and application resource groups to the protection
group.
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See the Oracle Solaris Cluster guide for the data replication product you use.
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9. Bring online (activate) the protection groups.
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10 (Optional) Create sites and multigroups.
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Set up sets of clusters and protection groups on which to perform switchover or takeover in a
single operation. For more information, see Configuring Sites and Multigroups.
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11. Test the configured partnership and protection groups to validate the setup.
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Note -
You cannot perform personality swaps if you are running EMC Symmetrix Remote Data
Facility/Asynchronous data replication.
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