Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 for Oracle RAC Administrator"s Guide (5900-1512, April 2011)

Note: Symantec does not support a configuration where multiple CP servers are
configured on the same machine.
Deployment and migration scenarios for CP server
Table 1-3 describes the supported deployment and migration scenarios, and the
procedures you must perform on the SF Oracle RAC cluster and the CP server.
Table 1-3
CP server deployment and migration scenarios
Action requiredSF Oracle RAC
cluster
CP serverScenario
On the designated CP server, perform the following
tasks:
1
Prepare to configure the new CP server.
2
Configure the new CP server.
On the SF Oracle RAC cluster nodes, configure server-based
I/O fencing.
See the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
Installation and Configuration Guide for the procedures.
New SF Oracle
RAC cluster
using CP server
as coordination
point
New CP serverSetup of CP server
for a SF Oracle
RAC cluster for the
first time
On the SF Oracle RAC cluster nodes, configure server-based
I/O fencing.
See the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
Installation and Configuration Guide for the procedures.
New SF Oracle
RAC cluster
Existing and
operational CP
server
Add a new SF
Oracle RAC cluster
to an existing and
operational CP
server
On the designated CP server, perform the following
tasks:
1
Prepare to configure the new CP server.
2
Configure the new CP server.
3
Prepare the new CP server for use by the SF Oracle
RAC cluster.
See the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
Installation and Configuration Guide for the procedures.
On a node in the SF Oracle RAC cluster, run the vxfenswap
command to move to replace the CP server:
See “Replacing coordination points for server-based fencing
in an online cluster” on page 143.
Existing SF
Oracle RAC
cluster using CP
server as
coordination
point
New CP serverReplace the
coordination point
from an existing
CP server to a new
CP server
Overview of Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
About preventing data corruption with I/O fencing
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