Oracle Solaris Cluster essentials

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 18
About the Author......Page 20
 The Value of the Solaris Cluster Software......Page 22
  High Availability, High Performance Computing, and Fault-Tolerant Systems......Page 24
  Benefits of the Solaris Cluster Framework......Page 25
  Server Configurations......Page 27
  Storage Connectivity......Page 28
  Server-to-Storage Connectivity Topologies......Page 29
 How to Protect Your Data......Page 34
  Disksets, Disk Groups, and Zpools......Page 35
  Data Protection Using Storage-Based Replication......Page 39
 Public Networking......Page 42
  Configuring IPMP for Your Public Networks......Page 43
  Solaris Cluster Public Network Monitoring Daemon......Page 44
  Network Performance: Jumbo Frames  and Link Aggregation......Page 45
 Private Networking......Page 47
  Stretching Cluster Node Separation to the Limit......Page 49
  Performance Impact of Separating Data Centers......Page 51
 Cluster Architecture......Page 56
 Object Request Broker Subsystem......Page 59
 High-Availability Framework......Page 60
  Cluster Configuration Repository......Page 63
  Membership......Page 65
  Majority Voting......Page 66
 Reconfiguration......Page 76
 Version Manager......Page 77
  Disk Fencing......Page 78
  Disk Failfast Driver......Page 79
  Global Devices......Page 80
  Device ID......Page 82
  Device Namespace......Page 85
  Disk Path Monitoring......Page 86
  Choosing the Correct Device to Use......Page 87
  The Cluster File System......Page 89
  SAM-QFS Software......Page 100
  Highly Available Local (Failover) File Systems......Page 105
  Logical (Virtual) Hosts......Page 107
  Global Networking Service......Page 110
  Private Interconnect Topology......Page 120
  Private Interconnect Traffic......Page 121
  clprivnet o Virtual Network Interface......Page 122
  Benefits of clprivnet o to Oracle RAC......Page 123
  TCP/IP......Page 124
  Choosing Your Subnet Allocation for the Private Network......Page 125
 Data Service and Application Agents......Page 126
  Resource Group Manager Daemon......Page 128
  Resource Types......Page 129
  Resources......Page 133
  Resource Groups......Page 138
  Parallel Services......Page 144
 Daemon Processes......Page 147
Chapter 3  Combining Virtualization Technologies with Oracle Solaris Cluster Software......Page 152
 Defining a Cluster Node......Page 153
 Comparison of “Black-Box” and “Fine-Grained” Control of Virtualized Entities......Page 154
 Dynamic System Domains......Page 155
 Oracle VM Server for SPARC......Page 157
  I/O Domains......Page 159
  Guest Domains......Page 160
  Failover Guest Domains......Page 162
 Oracle Solaris Zones......Page 164
  Minimal Performance Overhead......Page 165
  Oracle Solaris Zones Root Directory......Page 166
  Branded Zones (BrandZ)......Page 167
  HA Containers......Page 168
  Global-Cluster Non-Voting Node......Page 169
 Zone Clusters......Page 171
  Security Isolation......Page 172
  Resource Management......Page 173
  Single Point of Administration......Page 174
  Zone-Cluster Architecture......Page 175
  Storage Devices......Page 179
  Networks......Page 181
 Installing the Oracle Solaris OS on a Cluster Node......Page 184
  Root Disk Partition Requirement for the Solaris Cluster Software......Page 185
  Planning for Upgrades......Page 186
  Operating Environment Minimization......Page 187
  Operating System Hardening......Page 189
 Solaris Cluster Software Installation......Page 190
 Time Synchronization......Page 193
  Command-Line Interface......Page 194
  The Solaris Cluster Manager Graphical User Interface......Page 196
  Solaris Cluster Wizards......Page 198
  Role-Based Access Control......Page 199
 Cluster Monitoring......Page 201
  Sun Management Center Integration......Page 202
  Solaris Cluster SNMP Management Information Base......Page 203
 Service-Level Management and Telemetry......Page 204
  Gathering Telemetry from the Solaris Cluster Software......Page 206
 Patching and Upgrading Your Cluster......Page 210
  Upgrade Methods......Page 211
  Upgrading Nodes Using Oracle Solaris Zones......Page 217
  Root Disk Backup......Page 219
  Backing Up Application Data on a Cluster......Page 220
  Highly Available Backup Servers......Page 221
  Application Suitability......Page 222
  Generic Data Service......Page 224
  Supporting New Applications Using the Advanced Agent Toolkit......Page 228
  Developing Resource Types by Creating a Subclass of the GDS......Page 229
  scdsbuilder GUI......Page 233
  Resource Type Registration File......Page 237
  Data Service Development Library......Page 239
  Useful Utilities for Building Custom Data Services......Page 240
 Tuning and Troubleshooting......Page 241
 Why Have a Disaster Recovery Solution?......Page 244
 Choosing an Appropriate Disaster Recovery Solution......Page 245
 Benefits of a Third-Party Disaster Recovery Framework......Page 246
  Comparison of Automated and Automatic Service Migration......Page 247
 Protecting Your Data Using Replication......Page 248
  Storage-Based Replication: EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility and Hitachi Universal Replicator......Page 249
  Host-Based Replication: StorageTek Availability Suite......Page 251
  Application-Based Replication......Page 253
  Protecting File Systems with Host-Based and Storage-Based Replication......Page 254
 Connection Topologies Supported by Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition......Page 256
  Three-Data-Center Architectures: Combining Campus and Geographic Options......Page 258
  Using Geographic Edition with Dynamic System Domains......Page 263
  Using Geographic Edition with Oracle Solaris Zones......Page 264
  Using Geographic Edition with Logical Domains......Page 265
Chapter 6 Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition: Features and Architecture......Page 268
  Solaris Cluster Resource Groups and Resources......Page 269
  Geographic Edition Common Agent Container Modules......Page 270
  Storage of Geographic Edition Configuration Information......Page 273
 Creating Trust between Clusters......Page 274
 Partnerships......Page 275
 Geographic Edition Heartbeat Messages......Page 278
  Heartbeat Module......Page 279
  Failure Notification......Page 280
 Protection Groups......Page 281
 Replication Components......Page 284
  StorageTek Availability Suite Software......Page 286
  EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility......Page 294
  Hitachi Data Systems TrueCopy and Universal Replicator......Page 303
  Oracle Data Guard for Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases......Page 312
  MySQL Replication......Page 321
  Script-Based Plug-In Module......Page 327
  Null (none) Data Replication Type......Page 333
 Starting and Stopping Protection Groups......Page 334
 Switchover and Takeover......Page 336
 Installing and Removing the Geographic Edition Software......Page 342
 Cluster Management......Page 345
 Monitoring......Page 346
 Troubleshooting......Page 348
 Creating Additional Data Replication Modules......Page 350
 Test-Driving Solaris OS and Solaris Cluster Software Using Oracle VM VirtualBox Software......Page 352
 Installing the Solaris Cluster Software to Create a Two-Node Cluster......Page 360
 Creating a Highly Available Oracle 11g Release 1 Database......Page 379
 Setting Up Solaris Cluster Telemetry......Page 393
 Creating a Scalable Web Service Using Global-Cluster Non-Voting Nodes......Page 398
 Creating an HA-Oracle Database Instance in a Zone Cluster......Page 408
 Configuring Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition......Page 416
 Protecting a Scalable Web Service Using StorageTek Availability Suite......Page 419
 References......Page 428
 Additional Resources......Page 431
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