Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 for Oracle RAC Configuration Guide Extracts for HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite, Second Edition, May 2008

Configuring the Repository Database for Oracle

Creating and Configuring the Repository Database for Oracle

Chapter 3

Creating and Configuring the Repository Database for

Oracle

Before running the sfua_db_config script, review the following requirements:

• Make sure a disk group exists with at least one volume, which should not be shared.

A VxFS file system must be created on the disk group.

• The volume must be mounted.

• Obtain an unique virtual IP address for public NIC interface.

• Obtain a device name for the public NIC interface (for example: lan0).

• Obtain a subnet mask for the public NIC interface.

NOTE The volume is used to store the repository database.

Table 3-1 indicates the options available for the sfua_db_config script.

To create and configure the repository database

1. Run the sfua_db_config script:

# /opt/VRTSdbcom/bin/sfua_db_config

2. The following is an example of configuring SF Oracle RAC:

Welcome to the SFORA configuration script.

This script creates repository for standalone and HA configuration.

Please create a Veritas File System on a Veritas Volume and mount it,

before starting configuration using this script. This mount point will

be used to store repository. The following is required to configure

Table 3-1 sfua_db_config options

Options Description

-ssh Use this option in a high availability (HA) configuration. The

option indicates that ssh and scp are to be used for

communication between systems. Either ssh or rsh should be

preconfigured so that you can execute the commands without

being prompted for passwords or confirmations.

-o dropdb Drops the repository database.

-o dbstatus Verifies the status of the database and database server.

-o stopserver Stops the database server.

-o startserver Starts the database server.

-o serverstatus Reports the database server status.

-o stopdb Detaches the repository database from the database server.

-o startdb Attaches the repository database to the database server.