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Oracle® Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual Part No: 821–1558–10 September 2010, Revision A...
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▼ How to Remove a Logical Volume ..................... 21 Maintaining a StorageTek Array ....................... 25 FRUs That Do Not Require Oracle Solaris Cluster Maintenance Procedures ......25 Maintaining Storage Arrays ....................... 26 ▼ How to Upgrade Storage Array Firmware ................26 ▼...
This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Oracle software and hardware. Do not use this document as a planning or presales guide. You should have already determined your system requirements and purchased the appropriate...
If you plan to use this documentation in a hardcopy format, ensure that you have these books available for your reference. The following books support the Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 release. You can also access the documentation for the Sun Cluster 3.1 and 3.2 releases. All Sun Cluster and Oracle Solaris Cluster documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.
■ Oracle Solaris Operating System man pages ■ Getting Help If you have problems installing or using Oracle Solaris Cluster, contact your service provider and provide the following information. Your name and email address (if available) ■ Your company name, address, and phone number ■...
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Discuss technical problems and solutions on the Discussion Forums ■ (http://forums.oracle.com). Get hands-on step-by-step tutorials with Oracle By Example (http://www.oracle.com/ ■ technology/obe/start/index.html). Download Sample Code (http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/ ■ index.html). Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual • September 2010, Revision A...
The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.
Restrictions and Requirements This chapter includes only restrictions and requirements that have a direct impact on the procedures in this book. For general support information, contact your Oracle service provider. Requirements If you are replacing a Host Bus Adapter (HBA), you must re-mask the HBA's World Wide Name (WWN) numbers to the respective Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) on the array.
C H A P T E R Installing and Configuring a StorageTek Array This chapter contains the procedures about how to install and configure Oracle's StorageTek RAID arrays. These procedures are specific to an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment. This chapter contains the following main topics: “Installing Storage Arrays”...
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StorageTek Array Switched Configuration FIGURE 2–2 Node 1 Node 2 Switch Switch Controller module Expansion tray Figure 2–2 shows a switched configuration for a two-node storage array. Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual • September 2010, Revision A...
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Installing Storage Arrays Direct Connections from Three Data Hosts with Dual HBAs FIGURE 2–3 You can connect one or more hosts to a storage array. Figure 2–3 shows an example of a direct host connection from each data host with dual HBAs. For maximum hardware redundancy, you should install a minimum of two HBAs in each Note –...
Hook up the cards for the storage array. For instructions, see your storage array documentation. Power on the storage array and the nodes. For instructions, see your storage array documentation. Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual • September 2010, Revision A...
All cluster nodes have joined the cluster. ■ If you need to add a node to your cluster, see your Oracle Solaris Cluster system administration documentation. Ensure that you install the required Solaris patches for storage array support.
Task Map: Configuring a Storage Array TABLE 2–2 Task Information Create a logical volume “How to Create a Logical Volume” on page 19 Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual • September 2010, Revision A...
■ device is configured as described in the installation procedure. If you are using Solaris I/O multipathing (MPxIO) for the Oracle Solaris 10 OS, previously ■ called Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager in the Solaris 9 OS, verify that the paths to the storage device are functioning.
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To determine whether any devices that are associated with the volume you created are at an unconfigured state, use the following command. # cfgadm -al | grep disk To configure the Oracle Solaris I/O multipathing paths on each node that is connected to Note – the storage device, use the following command.
Oracle Solaris Cluster System Administration Guide. To create a new resource or configure a running resource to use the new logical volume, see ■ Chapter 2, “Administering Data Service Resources, ” in Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide. ▼...
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Determine the resource groups and device groups that are running on all nodes. Record this information because you use it in Step 14 Step 15 of this procedure to return resource groups and device groups to these nodes. Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual • September 2010, Revision A...
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# clnode evacuate nodename Shut down and reboot Node A. To shut down and boot a node, see Chapter 3, “Shutting Down and Booting a Cluster, ” in Oracle Solaris Cluster System Administration Guide. On Node A, remove the paths to the logical volume that you removed. Remove obsolete device IDs.
Maintaining a StorageTek Array This chapter contains the procedures about how to maintain a StorageTek array. These procedures are specific to an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment. This chapter contains the following procedures: “How to Upgrade Storage Array Firmware” on page 26 ■...
Use this procedure to upgrade storage array firmware in a running cluster. Storage array firmware includes controller firmware, unit interconnect card (UIC) firmware, EPROM firmware, and disk drive firmware. Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual • September 2010, Revision A...
Back up the data before you proceed. If you are using Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition, you might need to back up all database tables, data services, and volumes that are associated with each partner group that is affected.
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On all nodes, remove the obsolete Oracle Solaris links and device IDs. # devfsadm -C # cldevice clear Repeat Step 3 Step 4 for each node that is connected to the storage array. Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual • September 2010, Revision A...
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