Installing Storage Foundation on the secondary site
Important requirements for global clustering:
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Cluster names on the primary and secondary sites must be unique.
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Node and resource names must be unique within a cluster but not across clusters.
You can set up a multi-node or single-node cluster on the secondary site. The only difference between setting up a single node-cluster and a multi-node cluster is the fencing configuration.
To install Storage Foundation on a multi-node cluster
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Prepare to install Storage Foundation by planning your installation, reviewing the requirements, and performing pre-installation tasks.
See SF Oracle RAC prerequisites
See Performing pre-installation tasks
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Install Storage Foundation.
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Set up storage on the secondary site and configure I/O fencing.
See Setting up I/O fencing
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Verify the shared storage on the secondary site supports SCSI-3 reservations.
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Set up the coordinator disks.
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Configure I/O fencing for two-node clusters.
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Update the
main.cf file on the secondary site.
See Enabling fencing in the VCS configuration
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Shut down and restart all nodes on the secondary site. After starting the cluster nodes, check the
cvm group is online:
# hagrp -state cvm
See Enabling fencing in the VCS configuration
To install Storage Foundation on a one-node cluster
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Prepare to install Storage Foundation by planning your installation, reviewing the requirements, and performing pre-installation tasks.
See SF Oracle RAC prerequisites
See Performing pre-installation tasks
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Install Storage Foundation.
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Set up storage on the secondary site.
Note
For a single node cluster, the steps to create a co-ordinator disk group and editing the fencing configuration files need not be performed. Fencing will run in disabled mode.
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Shut down and restart the node on the secondary site. After starting the cluster node, check the
cvm group is online:
# hagrp -state cvm
