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Oracle® Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek
RAID Arrays Manual

Part No: 821–1558–10
September 2010, Revision A

Summary of Contents for Solaris Cluster 3.3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays

Page 1: ...Oracle Solaris Cluster 3 3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual Part No 821 1558 10 September 2010 Revision A ...

Page 2: ...h in FAR 52 227 19 Commercial Computer Software License December 2007 Oracle America Inc 500 Oracle Parkway Redwood City CA 94065 This software or hardware is developed for general use in a variety of information management applications It is not developed or intended for use in any inherently dangerous applications including applications which may create a risk of personal injury If you use this ...

Page 3: ...nstall Storage Arrays in a New Cluster 16 How to Add Storage Arrays to an Existing Cluster 17 Configuring Storage Arrays 18 How to Create a Logical Volume 19 How to Remove a Logical Volume 21 3 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 How to Remove a Storage Arr...

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Page 5: ...rms unless otherwise specified This book assumes that you are performing one or more of the following tasks You want to replace an array component to prevent a failure You want to replace an array component because you have an existing failure You want to add to an established cluster or install to a new cluster a storage array Who Should UseThis Book This book is for Oracle representatives who ar...

Page 6: ...rrays March 2008 Replaced outdated information about SunSolve with information about Sun Connection Update Manager September 2010 Updated book with new product name and removed old CLI commands Related Documentation The following books provide conceptual information or procedures to administer hardware and applications If you plan to use this documentation in a hardcopy format ensure that you have...

Page 7: ...r software documentation that you received with your system 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 The model number and serial number of your systems The release number...

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Page 9: ...e is rm filename AaBbCc123 Book titles new terms and terms to be emphasized Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide A cache is a copy that is stored locally Do not save the file Note Some emphasized items appear bold online Shell Prompts in Command Examples 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 d...

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Page 11: ...BA s World Wide Name WWN numbers to the respective Logical Unit Numbers LUNs on the array Restrictions When using arrays that support storage based replication for example Oracle s StorageTek 9900 array do not configure a replicated volume as a quorum device Locate any quorum devices on an unreplicated volume See Using Storage Based Data Replication Within a Cluster in Oracle Solaris Cluster Syste...

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Page 13: ...nd installation see Related Documentation on page 6 Installing Storage Arrays This section contains the procedures listed in Table 2 1 TABLE 2 1 Task Map Installing Storage Arrays Task Information Install a storage array in a new cluster before the OS and Oracle Solaris Cluster software are installed How to Install Storage Arrays in a New Cluster on page 16 Add a storage array to an existing clust...

Page 14: ...configuration Figure 2 2 shows a switched configuration for a two node storage array FIGURE 2 1 StorageTek Array Direct Connect Configuration Node 1 Node 2 Controller module FIGURE 2 2 StorageTek Array Switched Configuration Node 1 Node 2 Switch Switch Controller module Expansion tray Installing Storage Arrays Oracle Solaris Cluster 3 3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual September 2010 Revision A ...

Page 15: ...s between these HBAs A single dual port HBA can provide both data paths to the storage array but does not ensure redundancy if the HBA fails Figure 2 4 shows that three hosts can be connected directly or through a switch FIGURE 2 3 Direct Connections from Three Data Hosts with Dual HBAs FIGURE 2 4 Mixed Topology Three Hosts Connected Through a Switch or Connected Directly Installing Storage Arrays...

Page 16: ...el FC switch for the storage array if the switch is not already installed For the procedure about how to install an FC switch see the documentation that shipped with your FC switch hardware Connect the nodes to the storage array SAN Configuration Connect the FC switches to the storage array Direct Attached Configuration Connect each node directly to the storage array SAS Direct Attached Configurat...

Page 17: ...ter To install a new storage array in an Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration that is not running the nodes are in noncluster mode use the procedure in How to Install Storage Arrays in a New Cluster on page 16 This procedure relies on the following assumptions Veritas Volume Manager Only You have a version of Veritas Volume Manager that includes Array Support Library ASL You have enough host adapt...

Page 18: ... 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 Configure the storage array if needed For instructions see Configuring Storage Arrays on page 18 and consult your storage array documentation To create a logical volume see How to Create a Logical Volume on page 19 ...

Page 19: ...l uses logical volume to refer to all such logical constructs This procedure relies on the following prerequisites and assumptions All nodes are booted in cluster mode and attached to the storage device The storage device is installed and configured If you are using multipathing the storage device is configured as described in the installation procedure If you are using Solaris I O multipathing MP...

Page 20: ...ny devices that are associated with the volume you created are at an unconfigured state use the following command cfgadm al grep disk Note To configure the Oracle Solaris I O multipathing paths on each node that is connected to the storage device use the following command cfgadm o force_update c configure controllerinstance To configure multipathing see the Solaris Fibre Channel Storage Configurat...

Page 21: ...in working Note Sun storage documentation uses the following terms Logical volume Logical device Logical unit number LUN This manual uses logical volume to refer to all such logical constructs This procedure relies on the following prerequisites and assumptions All nodes are booted in cluster mode and attached to the storage device The logical volume and the path between the nodes and the storage ...

Page 22: ...sk group For more information see your Solaris Volume Manager or Veritas Volume Manager documentation Note Volumes that were managed by Veritas Volume Manager must be completely removed from Veritas Volume Manager control before you can delete them from the Oracle Solaris Cluster environment After you delete the volume from any disk group use the following commands on both nodes to remove the volu...

Page 23: ...evice group that you want to return to the original node cldevicegroup switch n nodename devicegroup1 devicegroup2 n nodename The node to which you are restoring device groups devicegroup1 devicegroup2 The device group or groups that you are restoring to the node Optional Restore the resource groups to the original node Do the following for each resource group that you want to return to the origin...

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Page 25: ...atDoNotRequireOracleSolarisClusterMaintenance Procedures In general the following is a list of administrative tasks that require no cluster specific procedures See the base product documentation for these procedures Refer to your documentation for components not listed below Depending on your configuration type and the state of your cluster a few of the following FRUs might require cluster specifi...

Page 26: ...orEdge A3500FC System Manual Replace a disk drive How to Replace a Failed Disk Drive in a Running Cluster in Oracle Solaris Cluster 3 3 With Sun StorEdge A3500FC System Manual Add a node to the storage array Oracle Solaris Cluster system administration documentation Remove a node from the storage array Oracle Solaris Cluster system administration documentation Note Most storage arrays are maintain...

Page 27: ...adm probe Restart all I O to the storage arrays You stopped I O to these storage arrays in Step 1 How to Remove a Storage Array Use this procedure to permanently remove a storage array from a running cluster Caution During this procedure you lose access to the data that resides on the storage array that you are removing Back up the data before you proceed If you are using Oracle Solaris Cluster Ge...

Page 28: ...s links and device IDs devfsadm C cldevice clear Repeat Step 3 and Step 4 for each node that is connected to the storage array 4 5 Maintaining Storage Arrays Oracle Solaris Cluster 3 3 with StorageTek RAID Arrays Manual September 2010 Revision A 28 ...

Page 29: ... pools 19 volume groups 19 D deleting logical volumes 21 23 disk drives adding 25 E Ethernet cables replacing 25 F firmware upgrade storage array firmware 26 27 FRUs 25 H help 7 8 I initiator groups 19 installing See also adding storage arrays 16 17 L logical devices See logical volumes logical unit numbers See logical volumes logical volumes creating 19 21 removing 21 23 LUN masking 11 LUNs See l...

Page 30: ...trollers 25 cooling units 25 Ethernet cables 25 midplane 25 power cables 25 power supplies 25 power units 25 S storage array firmware upgrading 26 27 storage arrays adding 17 18 installing 16 17 removing 27 28 storage based replication 11 storage pools 19 systems See storage arrays T technical support 7 8 U upgrading storage array firmware 26 27 V volume groups 19 Index Oracle Solaris Cluster 3 3 ...

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