Preface

This guide describes how to configure ServiceGuard OPS Edition to enable the Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) RDBMS to run on HP 9000 High Availability clusters under the HP-UX operating system. The contents are as follows:

Chapter 1, "Chapter 1 “ServiceGuard OPS Edition at a Glance”," describes an OPS cluster and provides a roadmap for using this guide.
Chapter 2, "Chapter 2 “Understanding the Hardware Configurations Used by ServiceGuard OPS Edition”," provides a general view of the hardware configurations used by ServiceGuard OPS Edition.
Chapter 3, "Chapter 3 “Understanding the Software Components of ServiceGuard OPS Edition”," describes the software components of ServiceGuard and shows how they function within the HP-UX operating system.
Chapter 4, "Chapter 4 “Planning and Documenting an OPS Cluster”," steps through the planning process and provides a set of worksheets for organizing information about the cluster.
Chapter 5, "Chapter 5 “Building an OPS Cluster Configuration”," describes the creation of the cluster configuration.
Chapter 6, "Chapter 6 “Configuring Packages and Their Services”," describes the creation of high availability packages and the control scripts associated with them.
Chapter 7, "Chapter 7 “Cluster and Package Maintenance”," presents the basic cluster administration tasks.
Chapter 8, "Chapter 8 “Troubleshooting Your Cluster”," explains cluster testing and troubleshooting strategies.
Appendix A, "Appendix A “ServiceGuard OPS Edition Commands”," lists the commands used by ServiceGuard OPS Edition and reprints summary information from each man page.
Appendix B, "Appendix B “Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit ”," describes a group of tools available for creating specialized cluster configurations.
Appendix C, "Appendix C “Designing Highly Available Cluster Applications”," describes how to create or port applications for HA operation.
Appendix E, "Appendix D “Blank Planning Worksheets”," is a group of empty planning worksheets.
Appendix F, "Appendix E “Migrating from LVM to VxVM Data Storage ”," describes how to convert from LVM data storage to VxVM data storage.

Related Publications

The following documents contain additional useful information:

Clusters for High Availability: a Primer of HP Solutions. Hewlett-Packard Professional Books: Prentice Hall PTR, 2001 (ISBN 0-13-089355-2)
Managing MC/ServiceGuard (B3936-90065)
Using High Availability Monitors (B5736-90022)
Using the Event Monitoring Service (B7612-90009)
Using Advanced Tape Services (B3936-90032)
Designing Disaster Tolerant High Availability Clusters (B7660-90009)
Managing ServiceGuard Extension for SAP/R3 (B7885-90004)
Managing Systems and Workgroups (B2355-90157)
Managing Highly Available NFS (B5125-90001)
HP Auto Port Aggregation Release Notes

Before attempting to use VxVM storage with ServiceGuard, please refer to the following:

VERITAS Volume Manager Administrator's Guide. This contains a glossary of VERITAS terminology.
VERITAS Volume Manager Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide
VERITAS Volume Manager Reference Guide
VERITAS Volume Manager Migration Guide
VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX Release Notes

Use the following URL to access HP's high availability web page:

http://www.hp.com/go/ha

Use the following URL for access to a wide variety of HP-UX documentation:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux

Problem Reporting

If you have any problems with the software or documentation, please contact your local Hewlett-Packard Sales Office or Customer Service Center.

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