TableofContentsRac10gR2OnHPUX............................................................................................................................................11.*Introduction.......................................................................................................................................11.1.*Whatyouneedtoknow....................................................................................................12.*PreparetheclusternodesforOracleRAC.....................................................................................................23.*PreparethesharedstorageforOracleRAC...................................................................................................24.OracleClusterwareInstallationandConfiguration.........................................................................................35.OracleClusterwarePatching..........................................................................................................................125.1.PatchOracleClusterwareto10.2.0.4.............................................................................................126.OracleASMHomeSoftwareInstall..............................................................................................................157.OracleASMSoftwareHomePatching..........................................................................................................188.OracleASMListenerCreation......................................................................................................................218.1.CreateNodespecificnetworklisteners..........................................................................................218.2.DeletingandAddingListeners......................................................................................................219.OracleASMInstanceanddiskgroupCreation..............................................................................................2510.OracleRACDatabaseHomeSoftwareInstall.............................................................................................2911.OracleRACSoftwareHomePatching........................................................................................................3012.OracleRACDatabaseCreation...................................................................................................................3212.1.CreatingtheRACDatabase.........................................................................................................3212.2.OracleInterconnectConfiguration..............................................................................................3212.3.PublicNetworkRedundancyConfiguration................................................................................34iRac10gR2OnHPUX1.*Introduction1.1.*WhatyouneedtoknowThisguidedetailsthetasksrequiredforinstallingOracleRealApplicationClusters(10.2.0.2)ontheHP-UX(11.17)platform.Thetechnolgiesconfiguredaspartofthisdeploymentareasfollows:OracleRealApplicationClusters•OracleASMoverSLVM(SharedLogicalVolumes)•HPServiceguardextensionsforRAC•Agraphicaldepictionofthisisshownbelow(picturetakenfromHP/OracleCTCpresentation):Thehighleveloverviewofthetasks(fromanOracleperspective)isasfollows:InstallOracleClusterware•PatchOracleClusterware•InstallASM•PatchASM•InstallRAC•PatchRAC•CreateRACDatabase•ItshouldbenotedthatHPServiceguardextensionsforRACisnotmandatoryfordeployingRAC10gR2.NorisitnecessarytodeployASMoverSLVM.ThisdocumentdoesnotincludeinformationwithrespecttothebuildingoftheHPServiceguardclusternortheconfigurationofSLVM.Forthoseinterestedinobtainingthatinformation,pleaserefertotheHP/OracleCTCsiteat:*PreparetheclusternodesforOracleRAC3.*PreparethesharedstorageforOracleRACThesharedstoragewillbeusedtoplacethefollowingfiles:OracleClusterwareOracleClusterRegistry(OCR)♦VotingDisk♦•OracleAutomaticStorageManagement(ASM)FilesOracleDatabasefiles♦•SincethisparticulardeploymentusesASMoverSLVM,theconfigurationistypicallyperformedbyasystemadministrator.ThatistosaytheSA,configurestheLUN'srequiredforOracleClusterwareandASM.Thesewillbelogicalvolumesthatwillbemadeavailableforthestorageofthefilesmentionedabove-generallytheentirephysicaldiskwillbeusedforalogicalvolume-whichmeanstherewouldbea1-1mappingoflogicalvolumestodisks.Now,typicallyavolumegroupiscreatedwhichactsasalogicalcontainerforlogicalvolumes.Whatthismeans,isthatalogicalvolumegroupcanconsistofmanylogicalvolumes-whichinturnmaptophysicaldisks.Soforexample,youcanhaveavolumegroupfortheoracleclusterwarefiles,thatconsistsof2logicalvolumes(ifthereisexternalredundancy)-1fortheOCRfileandtheotherforthevotingdisk.Toaddtothat,youcanhaveanothervolumegroupthatconsistsoflogicalvolumestostoretheoracledatabasefiles-tobeusedbyASM.Themanagementandcontrolofthesevolumegroup'sfallunderHP'sSLVM-notehoweverthatthisisnottheonlywaytodeployASM,atthetimeofthisparticulardeploymentsinceHPserviceguardextensionsforRACwasalsobeingusedthiswasrequired.Howeveronecando