This guide provides information about configuring IRIS FailSafe™ systems with the IRIS FailSafe Oracle® database option. This option enables Oracle database resources to be failed over from one node to another if a component fails. This guide is intended as a supplement to the information about configuring IRIS FailSafe included in the IRIS FailSafe Administrator's Guide .
This guide was prepared in conjunction with the initial release of the IRIS FailSafe Oracle option and the 1.1 Release of the IRIS FailSafe software product. It describes IRIS FailSafe Oracle software for Oracle 7.2 and Oracle 7.3.
This guide is written for system administrators who are responsible for configuring and administering an IRIS FailSafe system with the optional IRIS FailSafe Oracle software. These system administrators must be able to customize several shell scripts and must be familiar with Oracle configuration and Oracle startup and shutdown procedures.
This guide contains three chapters and an appendix:
Chapter 1, “IRIS FailSafe Oracle Overview,” describes the IRIS FailSafe components that are included in the IRIS FailSafe Oracle option. It also provides an overview on the steps required to add Oracle databases as highly available services to an IRIS FailSafe cluster.
Chapter 2, “Configuring IRIS FailSafe for Oracle,” explains the procedures for adding Oracle databases as highly available services.
Chapter 3, “Configuration File Blocks for Oracle,” contains reference information for the Oracle blocks in IRIS FailSafe configuration files.
Appendix A, “Messages About Configuration File Errors,” explains the error messages and warnings from the ha_cfgverify command that are related to Oracle.
For Oracle installation information, see the Oracle7 for MIPS ABI Systems Installation and Configuration Guide.
Besides this guide, other documentation for the IRIS FailSafe system includes
IRIS FailSafe Administrator's Guide (007-3109-xxx)
IRIS FailSafe Programmer's Guide (007-3298-xxx)
IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX Administrator's Guide (007-3268-xxx, IRIS/FailSafe INFORMIX option)
IRIS FailSafe Sybase Administrator's Guide (007-3306-xxx, IRIS FailSafe Sybase option)
The IRIS FailSafe reference pages are as follows:
ha_admin(1M)
ha_appmon(1M)
ha_cfgchksum(1M)
ha_cfginfo(1M)
ha_cfgverify(1M)
ha_exec(1M)
ha_hbeat(1M)
ha_ifa(1M)
ha_ifmx(1M) (IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX® option)
ha_killd(1M)
ha_nc(1M)
ha_orcl(1M) (IRIS FailSafe Oracle option)
ha_spng(1M)
ha_sybs(1M) (IRIS FailSafe Sybase® option)
http_ping(1M) (IRIS FailSafe Web option)
macconfig(1M)
ha.conf(4)
failsafe(7M)
Release notes are included with each IRIS FailSafe product. The names of the release notes are as follows:
| ha_base | release notes for IRIS FailSafe | |
| ha_nfs | release notes for IRIS FailSafe NFS® | |
| ha_www | release notes for IRIS FailSafe Web | |
| ha_ orcl | release notes for IRIS FailSafe Oracle | |
| ha_ ifmx | release notes for IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX | |
| ha_ sybs | release notes for IRIS FailSafe Sybase |
These type conventions and symbols are used in this guide:
| Bold | Literal command-line arguments and literal parameter values | |
| Italics | Command names, filenames, new terms, the names of inst subsystems, manual/book titles, variable command-line arguments, and variables to be supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements | |
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| # | IRIX shell prompt for the superuser (root) |