Oracle solaris 11 includes ips, a new networkcentric package management framework with automatic dependency checking. Dear all i have one networksg which is becoming online and offline on node 2 whereas it is consistently online on node1. Beginners lesson veritas cluster services for system admin. Veritas cluster server bundled agents reference guide solaris 6. You can switchover service group from online cluster node to offline cluster node in case of power outage, hardware failure, schedule shutdown and reboot. Solaris patch 12022227 is a minimum version that has been qualified for the emulex. Running 7601 on solaris and my windows guy patched a bunch of nodes as per subject.
Solaris cluster messages during a failover event is written to the varadmmessages file. For more information, refer to the veritas cluster server installation guide. You can use this pattern on the now platform using kingston patch 8, london, or madrid. About netbackup on a veritas cluster server on unixlinux 27. Hi, we have a 2nodevcs with one wholerootzone installed. Installing the patch run the installer script to automatically install the patch. Take an instance, there are sol1 and sol2 nodes and having two failover zones like sozone1rg and sozone2rg and currently.
A solaris recommended patchset to bind them all oracle. Bmc proactivenet performance management veritas cluster server monitoring. Vcs uses the group membership servicesatomic broadcast gab protocol for cluster membership and reliable cluster communications. Before using the veritas webbased installer 155 starting the veritas webbased installer 156 obtaining a security exception on mozilla firefox 156 performing a preinstallation check with the veritas webbased.
How to log into the cluster remotely ccp command commandline interface how to log into the cluster remotely changing cluster name, how to change the cluster name cluster name if you use veritas cvm, how to change the cluster name if you use veritas cvm numsecondaries property, how to set the desired number of secondaries for a device group. This file has messages regarding cluster functions, acsls errors and info messages. The discovery log shows the error for os discovery step even if the. There are two type of repositories are available in oracle to update solaris. Only the active node writes cluster messages to the varadmmessages file. Ensure that the optvrtsvcsbin directory is included in your path environment variable so that you can execute all the vcs commands. I need to install a kernel patch to both nodes which requires reboot both nodes. What are the cluster software available in the market, today.
Beginners lesson veritas cluster services for system. I am looking for a checklist, to audit the existing vcs veritas cluster setup on solaris platform. We have veritas cluster running on 2 database server solaris 8. Ensure that the opt vrtsvcs bin directory is included in your path environment variable so that you can execute all the vcs commands. Location of vcs log files veritas services and operations. Solaris introducing the veritas cluster server for sybase whats new in this release 12. Symantec netbackup clustered master server administrators guide. Vcs uses two components, llt and gab, to share data over the private networks among systems. Use the trace flag 2205 to get high availabilityrelated debugging information. Therefore, the package version itself indicates the patch version of the installed vcs.
Cluster server on solaris, patch detail sort veritas. After reading that article, found that i need to update to solaris 10 811 u10 i have got the oracle solaris 10 811 information library and the oracle solaris 10 811 installation guide. An agent is a program that is designed to manage the availability of a particular resource or application. Typically, for every english vcs log file there is a. Vcs error v16267 nodexxxx agent is calling clean for resourcelvbprddbipres because the resource became offline unexpectedly, on its own. Ips has integrated package and patching, and can seamlessly manage system updates to oracle solaris zones environments. In most cases it is fine to apply the patch cluster in a system running in multiuser mode. Veritas cluster server administrators guide thesoftwaredescribedinthisbookisfurnishedunderalicenseagreementandmaybeused only in accordance with the terms of the. But the failover will failover the service group to the other node when vcs heartbeat link down, damaged, broken because of some disaster or system hung. The local zones that are not controlled by vcs, do. Jun 04, 2011 veritas volume manager is a storage management application by symantec, which allows you to manage physical disks as logical devices called volumes. Please let me know pointsthings that should be auditedverified. If you plan to use dirty region logging drl with vxvm in a cluster, leave a.
If you plan to use dirty region logging drl with vxvm in a cluster, leave a small. Veritas installationpatching and live upgrade on solaris 10. Solaris 10 64bit for solaris, symantec recommends applying the latest solaris operating system patches available from sun. Find answers to sun solaris 10 patching question on vertias cluster servcers from the expert community at experts exchange. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcswe have seen many post about solaris 1. Availablememory,diskspace,andnicinformation operatingsystem versionandpatchlevel networktopology router,gateway,andipaddressinformation problemdescription. Location of sun cluster ha for oracle log files sun cluster. Technical support symantec technical support maintains support centers globally. The hagetcf command gathers information about the installed software, cluster configuration, systems, logs, and related information and creates a gzip file. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. By default, native commands are available on a system and can be used with. Support agreement resources if you want to contact symantec regarding an existing support agreement, please contact the support agreement administration team for your region as follows. Veritas file system vxfs can now take advantage of that flag, which can result in significant performance improvements on operations that depend on flushing, such as fsync.
Uncompress the patch that you downloaded from veritas. If you want to apply signed patches, you must first set up the package keystore. Veritas cluster server rebranded as veritas infoscale availability and also known as vcs and also sold bundled in the sfha product is a highavailability cluster software for unix, linux and microsoft windows computer systems, created by veritas technologies. See the hagetcf 1m manual page for more information. File system on solaris, patch detail sort home veritas.
Jul 16, 2011 the purpose of this post is to make the cluster concept easy for those young brothers who have just started their career as system administrator. Here the global zone is part of veritas cluster and couple of zones are controlled by vcs and one zone is non cluster. Hi gurus i am not able to find the patching procedure for solaris 10 sol10 u11 to latest patchset with sun cluster having failover zones so that same i should follow. The ultimate veritas cluster server vcs interview questions the. For starting the wholerootzone on both nodes, all the nodes and the zone must have the same kernel version. Vxvm uses two types of objects to perform the storage management 1. But not every body will get the opportunity to work on it since vcs will be running on critical environment. Location of vcs log files on all cluster nodes, look at the following log files for any errors or status messages.
Two node vcs cluster on solaris everyone wants to be expert on any of the cluster technologies. Veritas technical support uses the output of these scripts to assist with analyzing and solving any vcs problems. To install the patch perform the following steps on at least one node in the cluster. This section includes troubleshooting information about common errors. Veritas cluster server agent for sybase installation and. Sep 05, 2007 veritas cluster server solaris cluster 2 1. I knew the patch set was good because i had installed. Physical objects are direct mappings to physical disks 2. Can i do rolling upgrade of oracle 11g not rac in a veritas. Veritas cluster server management console implementation guide aix, esx, hpux, linux, solaris, windows 5. All backups continued fine apart from sql cluster nodes and they veritas. Oct 11, 2016 the following deployment option was added for the october 2005 solaris 10 recommended patch cluster. Access the above patch site from the managed node to obtain the correct patch for that platform. Use this procedure to download either a signed or an unsigned solaris patch and then apply it to your system.
Each instance of the sun cluster ha for oracle data service maintains log files in subdirectories of the varoptsunwscor directory. We have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. The veritas cluster file system or vxcfs is a cache coherent posix compliant shared file system built based upon veritas file system. Here the global zone is part of veritas cluster and couple of zones are controlled by vcs and one zone is noncluster. Cannot install veritas storage foundation for oracle rac on system testserver01 as its sunos version is 5. The hamsg utility displays the contents of a specified log data file ldf in any language supported by vcs. Apr 22, 2007 vrtsvcs veritas cluster servervrtsvcswz veritas cluster server wizardvrtscsga veritas cluster server graphical administratorvrtsgab veritas group membership and atomic broadcastvrtsllt veritas low latency transportvrtsvcsor veritas cluster server oracle enterprise extensionvrtsvcssy veritas cluster server sybase enterprise extensionvrtsperl veritas perl for vrtsvcscluster name of your ha. Symantec s maintenance offerings include the following.
A range of support options that give you the flexibility to select the right amount of service for any size organization telephone and webbased support that provides rapid response and. Vxvm requires an ap upgrade and a solaris operating system patch. Solaris 10 patching using live upgrade with vxvm unix. Figure two ethernet connections connecting two nodes. Llt low latency transport provides fast, kerneltokernel comms and monitors network connections. If the server owner or applicationdb teams is requesting you to patch the solaris 11, you have to update the system using pkg commands. Note that this does not apply if you are applying the patch cluster to an alternate boot environment. Log in to the system where you want to apply the patch. When large amounts of data are written, multiple log files may be required. Sun solaris 10 patching question on vertias cluster servcers.
Some of them native to the operating system, and others from the third party vendor. Log into the local zones, and shut them down nicely. Technical supports primary role is to respond to specific queries about product features. Introducing veritas cluster server 24 about vcs basics. Veritas infoscale availability now supports oracle solaris 11. Discovery uses the unix cluster veritas cluster pattern to find veritas. For more information about gab or llt, or how to configure them in veritas cluster server configurations, consult the veritas cluster server 2. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. Solaris recommended patch clusters do not upgrade solaris to the next minor revision, for example from 0404 to 0408, you stay on the same revision as you was. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. These components provide the performance and reliability required by vcs. The filesystems are all ufs, so i will creating a new boot environment on other disks, and moving over the shared filesystems. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and before choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem. This is command used for installing recommended cluster, the most.
This article is a reference for numerous cluster server vcs commands. The following isql session turns on the debugging and redirects its messages to the console. Configure two node vcs cluster in linux step by step. To make the change persistent across reboots, do the following. How to configure two node vcs cluster on solaris using.
Volume manager on solaris, patch detail sort veritas. Veritas quick assist collects data to identify potential issues and facilitates the transfer of evidence directly to technical support. Jul 04, 2012 we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. Sun solaris 8, 9, 10, supported by bmc patrol agent 3. Gain access to the system in one of the following ways. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. Cluster server on solaris, patch detail veritas services and. Log in as superuser on the system where you are installing the patch.
How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Cluster server on solaris, patch detail sort home veritas. Here we are going to see traditional os patching where your root filesystem is ufs. Hi all, i have been tasked with patching a solaris 10 cluster, and there is one thing i cannot seem to get my head around. Sep 05, 2007 the veritas cluster server agent portfolio is smaller than the solaris cluster agent portfolio, so there is a good chance that you can use fully supported solaris cluster agents instead of the inhouse veritas agents you were required to write.
Dynamic reconfiguration for oracle servers solaris 6. Solaris cluster monitors the health of acsls with a probe once every. Veritas cluster server installation guide thesoftwaredescribedinthisbookisfurnishedunderalicenseagreementandmaybeused only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The compilation is most accurate and have been compiled from live server use. Migrating from veritas cluster server to solaris cluster. You have to at least bounce the db an start it with new patched binaries. Live upgrade and upgrade planning will continue working from here. There are many, depending on the operating system and application to be supported. Vxvm cheat sheet these are the commonly used commands used for semantecs veritas volume manager. It is distributed with a builtin cluster volume manager vxcvm and components of other veritas storage foundation products particularly veritas cluster server, veritas file system, and veritas volume manager. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs unixarena. Especially on veritas cluster due to its market capitalization.