Using Symantec ApplicationHA in the LDOMs in combination with Symantec Cluster Server (VCS) in the control domain provides an end-to-end availability solution for LDOMs and their resources.
Symantec ApplicationHA provides the following for Applications in the LDOMs:
Full visibility and control over applications with the ability to start, stop, and monitor applications running inside guest domains.
Graded application fault-management responses such as:
Standardized way to manage applications using a single interface that is integrated with the Veritas Operations Manager (VOM) console.
Specialized Application Maintenance mode, in which ApplicationHA allows you to intentionally take an application out of its purview for maintenance or troubleshooting.
VCS provides the following for LDOMs:
VCS in the host (control domain) enables logical domain availability.
VCS-initiated, external reboot (hard reboot) of guest domain
Failover of the guest domain to another VCS node.
ApplicationHA running in the LDOM can notify VCS running in the control domain to trigger a logical domain (LDOM) failover.
The following figure illustrates how Symantec ApplicationHA and VCS are deployed in a typical Oracle VM Server for SPARC virtualization environment.
Figure: Symantec ApplicationHA in the guest domain and Symantec Cluster Server in the control domain
For more information on Symantec ApplicationHA features, refer to the Symantec ApplicationHA User's Guide.
For more information on Symantec Cluster Server features, refer to the Symantec Cluster Server Administrator's Guide.