HP Serviceguard Toolkits for Database Replication Solutions User Guide, March 2012

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................5
2 Serviceguard toolkit for Oracle Data Guard...................................................6
Overview................................................................................................................................6
Advantages.........................................................................................................................6
Dependencies.....................................................................................................................7
Supported configuration............................................................................................................7
Single-instance Oracle database............................................................................................7
RAC environment.................................................................................................................9
Continentalclusters environment............................................................................................11
Metrocluster and extended distance cluster environments.........................................................14
Three data center configuration...........................................................................................17
Configuring multiple instances of Oracle Data Guard.............................................................18
High availability for data guard broker.................................................................................19
Setting up Oracle Data Guard toolkit........................................................................................19
Installing and uninstalling Oracle Data Guard toolkit..............................................................20
Configuring Oracle Data Guard toolkit.................................................................................23
Single-instance environment............................................................................................24
RAC environment..........................................................................................................28
Adding the package to the Serviceguard cluster.....................................................................30
Maintaining Oracle Data Guard toolkit.....................................................................................30
Single-instance environment ...............................................................................................31
RAC environment...............................................................................................................31
Cluster verification for Oracle Data Guard toolkit........................................................................31
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................32
Limitations.............................................................................................................................32
3 Serviceguard toolkit for DB2 High Availability Disaster Recovery....................34
Overview..............................................................................................................................34
Advantages.......................................................................................................................34
Dependencies...................................................................................................................34
Prerequisites......................................................................................................................34
Installing and uninstalling HP Serviceguard Toolkits for Database Replication Solutions....................35
Using the DB2 HADR toolkit.....................................................................................................36
Packaging methods............................................................................................................36
Supported configuration.....................................................................................................36
Combined packaging....................................................................................................36
Separate packaging......................................................................................................39
Creating packages.............................................................................................................44
Managing packages...............................................................................................................48
Running packages.............................................................................................................48
Maintaining packages........................................................................................................48
Halting packages..............................................................................................................49
Cluster verification for DB2 HADR toolkit....................................................................................49
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................51
Limitations.............................................................................................................................52
4 Support and other resources......................................................................53
Information to collect before contacting HP.................................................................................53
How to contact HP..................................................................................................................53
Registering for software technical support and update service.......................................................53
How to use your software technical support and update service...............................................53
Warranty information.........................................................................................................54
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