Oracle RAC 12c Best Practices with Appendices DOAG2013

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About This Presentation

Oracle RAC 12c Best Practices
+ appendices with advanced configuration examples


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Oracle Real Application
Clusters (RAC) 12c
Best Practices
Markus Michalewicz
Director of Product Management
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)

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Agenda
! Oracle RAC 12c and Standardization
! Preparation of the Servers for Oracle RAC 12c
! Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
! Installation of the Oracle Database Home
! Oracle (RAC) Database Creation using DBCA
! Post-install Steps and Configuration
! Summary and Q&A
! Appendices A-C

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Standardize on Clusters
Clusters increase scalability and HA regardless of DB types used later
Oracle GI
Oracle GI Oracle GI for a Cluster
Oracle GI
for a
Cluster
High Availability
Scalability License Costs

Oracle GI
Standalone
Oracle GI
Re-configuration
to enable cluster
MOS note: 1584742.1
Support Impact of the
Deprecation Announcement
of Oracle Restart with Oracle
Database 12c
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Standardize on Oracle RAC
For all the flexibility you need
Oracle GI
DB
A

DB
A

Oracle GI
DB
A

DB
A

DB
A

Oracle RAC One Node
Oracle RAC
Flexibility
Scalability
Online
upgrade
DB
A

Oracle Restart
Oracle GI
Online (rolling) Patch and PSU Application

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Standardize on Oracle RAC and Oracle Multitenant
The new standard for Oracle Database Consolidation
Oracle GI
Oracle RAC One Node
Consolidation
Agility
Oracle GI
Oracle RAC
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Agenda
! Oracle RAC 12c and Standardization
! Preparation of the Servers for Oracle RAC 12c
! Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
! Installation of the Oracle Database Home
! Oracle (RAC) Database Creation using DBCA
! Post-install Steps and Configuration
! Summary and Q&A
! Appendices A-C

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Preparation of the Servers
! Setup of the Servers include:
– Setting up network connections
! Public and private with switch
– Setting up shared storage for all servers
! Shared storage required
– Setting up the OS image – here OL 6.4
! Suggestion:
– Use cloning to deploy OS images faster
vixen comet
dancer dasher
OS OL 6.4 OS OL 6.4
OS OL 6.4 OS OL 6.4
OS image setup and more
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Preparation of the Servers
! Recommendations:
– Use OL 6.4+ UEK
– Use the Oracle preinstall package
! Available for
– Oracle Database 11g Rel. 2
– Oracle Database 12c Rel. 1
– Additional steps to perform after using the
pre-install package for an Oracle RAC cluster:
! Add a “grid” user & “dba” group
! Align UIDs / GUIDs across servers
! Set SELinux to “permissive”, if possible
! Check large / huge pages settings
Kernel and Oracle preinstall package
[root@dasher ~]# uname –a
Linux dasher 2.6.39-400.17.1.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 22
18:16:18 PST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


#Get the pre-install package
[root@dasher Desktop]# yum list oracle-*
oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall.x86_64 1.0-7.el6 ol6_latest
oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall.x86_64 1.0-8.el6 ol6_latest

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Agenda
! Oracle RAC 12c and Standardization
! Preparation of the Servers for Oracle RAC 12c
! Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
! Installation of the Oracle Database Home
! Oracle (RAC) Database Creation using DBCA
! Post-install Steps and Configuration
! Summary and Q&A
! Appendices A-C
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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
What is the default when keeping the preselection in steps 1-4…?
! GI for a Cluster Installation
! Standard Cluster
! Typical Installation

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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
Step 3: Double-check the cluster topology to deploy!
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Oracle Flex Cluster
The new standard for resource management in the cluster
DB
A

DB
A

DB
A

DB
B

DB
B

Hub Nodes
Leaf Nodes
! Oracle Flex Cluster:
– The new standard for flexible
resource management in the cluster
! Use it as demand requires it
! Inherits all Flex ASM HA capabilities
! Will support more use cases in future
– Efficient High Availability and
resource management across tiers
! Lightweight cluster stack on leaf nodes
– Benefit from virtualization and
physical deployments in one cluster

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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
For now, “Standard Cluster” is the default given the preselection
! Oracle Flex Cluster
– Can consist of only HUB-nodes
! If a Leaf-node has access to shared storage,
it can perform a role change to a HUB-node
– A Standard Cluster can be converted to a
Flex Cluster at any time after the installation
! Once a cluster is configured as a Flex Cluster
this configuration is irreversible without a re-
configuration of the cluster.

! Recommendation:
– An all-HUB-node Flex Cluster behaves the
same as a Standard Cluster using Flex ASM.
– Either can be used, but if in doubt, you can
choose standard cluster and convert later.
More Information in Appendix A
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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
Step 4: Do not accept the default – choose “Advanced Installation”
! Typical Installation
– Does not provide an option to use “Flex ASM”
– Does not provide an option to create the “Mgmt
DB / Grid Infrastructure Management Repository”
! Enhancement Requests for later
releases have been filed already
! Advanced Option
– Recommended for all configurations

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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
“Advanced Installation” – SCAN & GNS requirement
! Recommendations:
– SCAN remains to be required for the cluster
– Choose cluster-specific unique SCAN names
– OUI will try to enforce it as much as possible
! http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/
clustering/overview/scan-129069.pdf

– Choose “Configure GNS” if:
! You want to use dynamic IP management
(DHCP assigned / IPv6 Stateless Address
Autoconfiguration) for client connectivity
– In this case, GNS requirements remain as
with previous version for standard cluster
! You chose to install an Oracle Flex Cluster
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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
“Advanced Installation” – Network Interface Usage
! Recommendations:
– Use “Redundant Interconnect Usage” feature
! Bonding can be used underneath if required
! MOS notes explain further configuration – e.g.:
– MOS note 1210883.1 - 11gR2 Grid
Infrastructure Redundant Interconnect
and ora.cluster_interconnect.haip
•  It is recommended to align the
ASM network with the private
interconnect.
•  Using different subnets for the
private interconnect is required.

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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
“Advanced Installation” – Grid Infrastructure Management Repository
! Grid Infrastructure Management Repository (GIMR)
– A Single Instance Oracle Database 12c
– It will be installed on one of the nodes
! It is managed as a failover database

– It contains the Cluster Health Monitor (CHM) data
– It is stored in the first ASM disk group created

– As part of the configuration, Quality of Service
Management (QoS) required resources are
added to the cluster configuration (e.g. OC4J)
! Recommendation: configure the GIMR!
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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
“Advanced Installation” – Storage Options
! For Standard Cluster Installations
three storage options are available:

1. Standard ASM
! ASM configuration as known
from previous releases
2. Oracle Flex ASM
! Recommended option available
with Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
– Flex Cluster requires Flex ASM
3. Shared File System
! Alternative

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Oracle ASM 12c – Overview
Oracle ASM 12c Standard Deployment
ASM Cluster Pool of Storage
Disk Group B Disk Group A Shared Disk
Groups

Wide File Striping

One to One
Mapping of ASM
Instances to
Servers
ASM Instance
Database Instance
ASM Disk
RAC Cluster
Node4 Node3 Node2 Node1 Node5 ASM ASM ASM ASM ASM
ASM Instance
Database Instance
DB
A
DB
A
DB
C
DB
B
DB
B
DB
B

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Introducing Oracle Flex ASM
Removal of One to One Mapping and HA
ASM Cluster Pool of Storage
Disk Group B Disk Group A Shared Disk
Groups

Wide File Striping

Databases share
ASM instances
ASM Instance
Database Instance
ASM Disk
RAC Cluster
Node5 Node4 Node3 Node2 Node1
Node5
runs as
ASM Client
to Node4
Node1
runs as
ASM Client
to Node2
Node1
runs as
ASM Client
to Node4
Node2
runs as
ASM Client
to Node3
ASM ASM ASM
ASM Instance DB
A
DB
A
DB
C
DB
B
DB
B
DB
B

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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
Use Oracle Flex ASM for storage management
! Recommendations:
– Use Oracle Flex ASM for storage
! For better HA of database instances
! Reserve per-node spare memory

[GRID]> ps -ef |grep pmon
grid 3822 1 0 08:05 ? 00:00:00 asm_pmon_+ASM1
grid 4865 1 0 08:06 ? 00:00:00 mdb_pmon_-MGMTDB
grid 9592 1 0 08:09 ? 00:00:00 apx_pmon_+APX1
grid 19114 19003 0 09:22 pts/0 00:00:00 grep pmon
More Information in Appendix B
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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
“Advanced Installation” – Create ASM Disk Group
! Recommendations:
– Create Infrastructure Disk Group (DG) first
! Use it to host OCR / Voting Disk
– Choose Redundancy accordingly
– Normal (+) redundancy is recommended
– Create Data and FRA disk groups
post installation and as required.
! Optional: Use it to host shared DB homes
by creating an ACFS file system on top of it
– http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/cloud-storage/
oop-patching-of-acfs-shared-oh-1885763.pdf
– ADVM volumes can be of lower
redundancy than the underlying DG

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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
“Advanced Installation” – Prerequisite Checks Part 1
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New Memory Requirements
Just something to consider
[GRID]> srvctl status asm
ASM is running on comet,dasher,dancer

[GRID]> srvctl status mgmtdb
Database is enabled
Instance -MGMTDB is running on node dasher

[GRID]> ps -ef |grep pmon
grid 3227 1 0 13:54 ? 00:00:02 asm_pmon_+ASM1
grid 3868 1 0 13:55 ? 00:00:01 mdb_pmon_-MGMTDB
grid 7364 1 0 13:57 ? 00:00:01 apx_pmon_+APX1
oracle 7917 1 0 13:57 ? 00:00:02 ora_pmon_raccdb1_4

[RAC]> df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
...
tmpfs 1.7G 1.3G 475M 73% /dev/ shm
...
Physical memory requirements
with Oracle RAC 12c: 4GB

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Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
“Advanced Installation” – Prerequisite Checks Part 2
Do fix
later!
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Agenda
! Oracle RAC 12c and Standardization
! Preparation of the Servers for Oracle RAC 12c
! Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
! Installation of the Oracle Database Home
! Oracle (RAC) Database Creation using DBCA
! Post-install Steps and Configuration
! Summary and Q&A
! Appendices A-C

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Install the Oracle Database Home
Nothing special – just a quick walk through
Not the
default…
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Install the Oracle Database Home
A few things to point out
ACFS based
shared home …

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Before Creating Databases
Create Server Pools and additional disk groups as required
[GRID]$ srvctl add srvpool –serverpool backoffice
–min 1 –max 2 –i 1

[GRID]$ srvctl add srvpool –serverpool frontoffice
–min 1 –max 4 –i 2


Create additional disk
groups as required.
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Agenda
! Oracle RAC 12c and Standardization
! Preparation of the Servers for Oracle RAC 12c
! Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
! Installation of the Oracle Database Home
! Oracle (RAC) Database Creation using DBCA
! Post-install Steps and Configuration
! Summary and Q&A
! Appendices A-C

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Create an Oracle Database
What is the default when keeping the preselection in steps 1-4…?
! Policy-managed
! Oracle RAC-based
! Non-CDB Database
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Create an Oracle RAC Database
A few tips and tricks…
Create an empty
multitenant CDB.

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Create an Oracle RAC Database
A few tips and tricks…
This is the default…,
but not recommended
! Recommendations:
– Use a different disk group than the “database file
location”-disk group as the Fast Recovery Area.
– Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
recommendation remains unchanged
! Use it for any current production database

! New in Oracle Database 12c:
ACFS can be used to host database files
– Use ACFS for database files, if you want to
! manage “all data” on a file system
! use advanced functionality such as
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Milestone
What has been installed and configured so far?
vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: backoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
OS OL 6.4 OS OL 6.4
OS OL 6.4 OS OL 6.4
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
[RAC]> srvctl status database -d raccdb1
Instance raccdb1_1 is running on node comet
Instance raccdb1_2 is running on node dancer

[RAC]>srvctl status srvpool -serverpool backoffice -detail
Server pool name: backoffice
Active servers count: 2
Active server names: comet,dancer
NAME=comet STATE=ONLINE
NAME=dancer STATE=ONLINE

[RAC]> srvctl status srvpool
Server pool name: Free
Active servers count: 0
Server pool name: Generic
Active servers count: 0
Server pool name: backoffice
Active servers count: 2
Server pool name: frontoffice
Active servers count: 2

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Create Pluggable Databases
Create HR PDB on running instances
vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: backoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
Create a PDB on a node
that hosts a multintenant
CDB instance
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Create Pluggable Databases
Create CRM PDB on running instances
vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: backoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1

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Agenda
! Oracle RAC 12c and Standardization
! Preparation of the Servers for Oracle RAC 12c
! Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
! Installation of the Oracle Database Home
! Oracle (RAC) Database Creation using DBCA
! Post-install Steps and Configuration
! Summary and Q&A
! Appendices A-C
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Post-Creation Steps
Create services to balance the workload – part 1
vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: backoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1 [RAC]> srvctl add service -d raccdb1 -s hrsvc -pdb hr -
serverpool backoffice

[RAC]> srvctl add service -d raccdb1 -s crmsvc -pdb crm -
serverpool frontoffice

! Dynamic Database Services
– For easier management of multitenant CDBs
– For better workload management in the cluster
! Start services after creation and as required

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! Pluggable Databases
– By default are in mount status after creation
– They need to be opened in either r/o or w/r
– Startup and distribution of Pluggable databases
can be automated and optimized using services
Post-Creation Steps
Create services to balance the workload – part 2
vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: backoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle GI for a cluster Oracle GI for a cluster
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
[RAC]> srvctl status database -d raccdb1
Instance raccdb1_1 is running on node comet
Instance raccdb1_2 is running on node dancer
Instance raccdb1_3 is running on node vixen
Instance raccdb1_4 is running on node dasher



[RAC]> srvctl status service -d raccdb1
Service crmsvc is running on nodes: vixen,dasher
Service hrsvc is running on nodes: comet,dancer

More Information in Appendix C
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Post-Install Steps
Check your environment regularly using CVU and RACcheck
#CVU is run regularly by default

[GRID]> srvctl status cvu
CVU is enabled and running on node comet



! CVU is run regularly as part of the GI stack
! Use RACcheck - RAC Configuration Audit Tool
– For details see MOS note 1268927.1
– New features in 2.2.2 included (latest version 2.2.3):
! Execution as the root user for sysadmin
profile e.g. ./raccheck -profile sysadmin
! RACcheck daemon feature to automate
execution of RACcheck non-interactively
at predefined interval
! Support for Solaris Sparc 11
! Upgrade best practices for 11.2.0.3,
11.2.0.4 and Oracle Database 12c
! Standard health check is now
included in post upgrade

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Log Collection Essentials
dasher
comet
Use Trace File Analyzer (TFA) to collect Data
! Goals
– Improved comprehensive first
failure diagnostics collection
– Efficient collection, packaging
and transfer of data for customers
– Reduce round trips between
customers and Oracle
– Supports 10.2, 11.1, 11.2 and 12.1
– Included in the 11.2.0.4 patch set
and future versions – including 12c
Oracle GI
Oracle RAC
Oracle GI
Oracle RAC
LOGs
LOGs
TFA
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Log Collection Essentials
dasher
comet
Use Trace File Analyzer (TFA) to collect Data
! Approach
– Collect for all relevant components
(OS, Grid Infrastructure, ASM, RDBMS)
– One command to collect all information
– Prune large files based on temporal criteria
– Collect time relevant IPS (incident)
packages on RAC nodes
– Collect time relevant CHM/OS,
OSWatcher data on all Oracle RAC nodes
– On-demand (default) and
Event Driven diagnostic collections
! TFA Collector – MOS note ID 1513912.1
Oracle GI
Oracle RAC
Oracle GI
Oracle RAC
LOGs
LOGs
TFA

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TFA – Usage Example
Sending diagcollect request to host : myhost2
Getting list of files satisfying time range [Tue Sep 03 14:17:43 PDT 2013, Tue Sep 03 18:17:43 PDT 2013]
myhost1: Zipping File: /opt/oracle/oak/oswbb/archive/oswiostat/myhost1_iostat_13.09.03.1500.dat.gz
myhost1: Zipping File: /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/bill/bill1/trace/alert_bill1.log
Trimming file : /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/bill/bill1/trace/alert_bill1.log with original file size : 109kB
myhost1: Zipping File: /opt/oracle/oak/oswbb/archive/oswtop/myhost1_top_13.09.03.1500.dat.gz
myhost1: Zipping File: /opt/oracle/oak/log/myhost1/oak/oakd.log
Trimming file : /opt/oracle/oak/log/myhost1/oak/oakd.log with original file size : 9.2MB
myhost1: Zipping File: /u01/app/11.2.0.3/grid/log/myhost1/gipcd/gipcd.log
myhost1: Zipping File: /u01/app/11.2.0.3/grid/log/myhost1/agent/ohasd/oraagent_grid/oraagent_grid.log
Trimming file : /u01/app/11.2.0.3/grid/log/myhost1/agent/ohasd/oraagent_grid/oraagent_grid.log with original filesize 4.3MB
myhost1: Zipping File: /var/log/messages
…Truncated for brevity
myhost1: Zipping File: /opt/oracle/oak/oswbb/archive/oswslabinfo/myhost1_slabinfo_13.09.03.1800.dat
Collecting ADR incident files...
Total Number of Files checked : 10543
Total Size of all Files Checked : 3.9GB
Number of files containing required range : 68
Total Size of Files containing required range : 129MB
Number of files trimmed : 10
Total Size of data prior to zip : 144MB
Saved 63MB by trimming files
Zip file size : 8.6MB
Total time taken : 47s.


Logs are collected to:
/opt/oracle/tfa/tfa_home/repository/collection_Tue_Sep_3_18_17_24_PDT_2013_node_all/myhost1.tfa_Tue_Sep_3_18_17_24_PDT_2013.zip
/opt/oracle/tfa/tfa_home/repository/collection_Tue_Sep_3_18_17_24_PDT_2013_node_all/myhost2.tfa_Tue_Sep_3_18_17_24_PDT_2013.zip
OS Watcher files
Pruning
47 seconds! – 1 command, 2 nodes, 4 databases, ASM, Clusterware, OS
Relevant files only
$ sudo ./tfactl diagcollect
144MB pruned and compressed down to 8.6MB
One simple command
ADR Incident files
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Post-Install Steps
Monitor best practices notes and announcements
! RACcheck - RAC Configuration Audit Tool
– For details see MOS note 1268927.1
! Great, but as any tool, RACcheck has a release cycle
! Best practices My Oracle Support (MOS) notes:
– MOS note 810394.1 - RAC and Oracle Clusterware Best Practices and Starter Kit (Platform Independent)
! MOS note 811306.1 - RAC and Oracle Clusterware Best Practices and Starter Kit (Linux)
! MOS note 811280.1 - RAC and Oracle Clusterware Best Practices and Starter Kit (Solaris)
– Note: Engineered Systems with the same OS will have additional recommendations
! MOS note 811271.1 - RAC and Oracle Clusterware Best Practices and Starter Kit (Windows)
! MOS note 811303.1 - RAC and Oracle Clusterware Best Practices and Starter Kit (HP-UX)
! MOS note 811293.1 - RAC and Oracle Clusterware Best Practices and Starter Kit (AIX)
! MOS note 1452965.2 –
– Information Center: Oracle Scalability Grid Infrastructure / Clusterware and Real Application Clusters (RAC)

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Agenda
! Oracle RAC 12c and Standardization
! Preparation of the Servers for Oracle RAC 12c
! Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
! Installation of the Oracle Database Home
! Oracle (RAC) Database Creation using DBCA
! Post-install Steps and Configuration
! Summary and Q&A
! Appendices A-C
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Questions
and
Answers

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Agenda
! Oracle RAC 12c and Standardization
! Preparation of the Servers for Oracle RAC 12c
! Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
! Installation of the Oracle Database Home
! Oracle (RAC) Database Creation using DBCA
! Post-install Steps and Configuration
! Summary and Q&A
! Appendices A-C
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Appendix A:
Converting to an Oracle
Flex Cluster with Node
Conversion Example

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Oracle Flex Cluster
Some configuration details
! Oracle Flex Cluster
– Will be the basis for more uses cases
in future releases (for resource mgmt)
– Can consist of only HUB-nodes
– If a Leaf-node has access to shared storage,
it can perform a role change to a HUB-node
– A Standard Cluster can be converted to a
Flex Cluster at any time after the installation
– Once a cluster is configured as a Flex Cluster
this configuration is irreversible without a re-
configuration of the cluster.

! More Information:
– http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/rac.121/e17886/
bigcluster.htm#CWADD92560
[GRID]> crsctl get cluster mode config
Cluster is configured as "standard"

[GRID]> crsctl get cluster mode status
Cluster is running in "standard" mode

[GRID]> olsnodes -s -a -t
dasher Active Hub Unpinned
vixen Active Hub Unpinned
dancer Active Hub Unpinned
comet Active Hub Unpinned

• Not a Flex Cluster yet.
• An all-Hub Flex Cluster is
basically a Standard Cluster
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Oracle Flex Cluster
Converting to Flex Cluster
! More Information:
– http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/rac.121/e17886/
bigcluster.htm#CHDJGBII
! Flex Cluster implementations require GNS
! Converting a Flex Cluster requires a cluster restart
– Use “crsctl stop crs” followed by “crsctl start crs” as root
– Hence the difference between “status” and “config”
– Nodes can be restarted in a rolling fashion:

[GRID]> srvctl config gns
PRKF-1110 : Neither GNS server nor GNS client is configured on
this cluster

[GRID]> more /etc/hosts |grep gns
10.1.1.99 mygns mygns.localdomain

#Change to root
[GRID]> su
Password:
[GRID]> srvctl add gns -vip mygns
[GRID]> srvctl start gns


[GRID]> crsctl set cluster mode flex
Cluster mode set to " flex »

[GRID]> crsctl get cluster mode status
Cluster is running in "standard" mode

[GRID]> crsctl get cluster mode config
Cluster is configured as "flex"

[GRID]> date ; hostname ;
crsctl get cluster mode status
Sat Sep 14 14:43:45 PDT 2013
dasher
Cluster is running in "flex" mode
[GRID]> date ; hostname ;
crsctl get cluster mode status
Sat Sep 14 14:43:37 PDT 2013
dancer
Cluster is running in "standard" mode

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Oracle Flex Cluster
Standard to Flex Cluster conversion – what has changed?
vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: backoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
[GRID]> crsctl get cluster mode status
Cluster is running in "flex" mode

[GRID]> olsnodes -a -s -t
dasher Active Hub Unpinned
vixen Active Hub Unpinned
dancer Active Hub Unpinned
comet Active Hub Unpinned

[RAC]> srvctl status database -d raccdb1
Instance raccdb1_1 is running on node comet
Instance raccdb1_2 is running on node dancer
Instance raccdb1_3 is running on node vixen
Instance raccdb1_4 is running on node dasher
! Nothing at first glance…
– An all-Hub Flex Cluster behaves
like a Standard Cluster
– When converting from Standard Cluster
all nodes are converted into HUB-nodes
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Oracle Flex Cluster
Changing node roles – server vixen becomes a Leaf node
! More Information:
– http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/rac.121/e17886/
bigcluster.htm#BABHCEAE
[GRID]> hostname
vixen

[GRID]> srvctl config vip -node vixen
VIP exists: network number 1, hosting node vixen
VIP Name: vixen-vip
VIP IPv4 Address: 10.1.1.33
VIP IPv6 Address:

[GRID]> crsctl get node role config
Node 'vixen' configured role is 'hub'

#Change to root …
[GRID]> su
Password:

[GRID]> crsctl set node role leaf
CRS-4408: Node 'vixen' configured role successfully changed; restart
Oracle High Availability Services for new role to take effect.

[GRID]> crsctl stop crs
[GRID]> crsctl start crs

[GRID]> crsctl get node role config
Node 'vixen' configured role is 'leaf'

[GRID]> srvctl config vip -node vixen
VIP exists: network number 1, hosting node vixen
VIP Name: vixen-vip
VIP IPv4 Address: 10.1.1.33
VIP IPv6 Address:

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Oracle Flex Cluster
Node role change to Leaf – what has changed?
vixen srvpool: FREE comet srvpool: backoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | LEAF Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
[RAC]> srvctl status database -d raccdb1
Instance raccdb1_1 is running on node comet
Instance raccdb1_2 is running on node dancer
Instance raccdb1_4 is running on node dasher

[RAC]> srvctl status server -servers vixen -detail
Server active pools: Free
Server name: vixen
Server state: ONLINE
Server state details:
! Server vixen has converted to a Leaf node
! Leaf nodes do not host DB instances in 12.1
! Server vixen moved to Server Pool “FREE” as
Server Pool “frontoffice” is a database pool
– Note: all nodes in this example have access
to shared storage, which means only the node
role changes – storage access is preserved.
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Oracle Flex Cluster
Revert role change – server vixen becomes a HUB again
comet srvpool: backoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
vixen srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_3
#As root
[GRID]> crsctl set node role hub
CRS-4408: Node 'vixen' configured role successfully changed;
restart Oracle High Availability Services for new role to take
effect.

[GRID]> crsctl stop crs
[GRID]> crsctl start crs


[RAC]> srvctl status database -d raccdb1
Instance raccdb1_1 is running on node comet
Instance raccdb1_2 is running on node dancer
Instance raccdb1_3 is running on node vixen
Instance raccdb1_4 is running on node dasher

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Appendix B:
Oracle Flex ASM –
Details and Test Scenarios
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Oracle Flex ASM
Configuration details
! Flex ASM introduces new local resources:
– At least one ASM listener
– One “proxy_advm” (per node)
! Used for ACFS access to Flex ASM instances

! Connections from a database instance to an ASM
instance are based on SQLnet using listeners.
– The listener directs the connection to the least loaded
ASM instance based on the load metric it maintains.
– The connection details are fetched from CSS global data
– The ASM instance to which the database instance
connects to is listed in the database alert log:
! NOTE: ASMB connected to ASM instance
+ASM1 (Flex mode; client id 0x10004)
– The userid and password supplied are also managed
automatically. They are supplied while establishing the
session, not while connecting.
[GRID]> crsctl stat res -t
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Target State Server State details
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Local Resources
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ora.ASMNET1LSNR_ASM. lsnr
ONLINE ONLINE comet STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE dancer STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE dasher STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE vixen STABLE
...
ora.DATA.dg
ONLINE ONLINE comet STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE dancer STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE dasher STABLE
OFFLINE OFFLINE vixen STABLE
...
ora.INFRA.dg
ONLINE ONLINE comet STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE dancer STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE dasher STABLE
OFFLINE OFFLINE vixen STABLE
...
ora.proxy_advm
ONLINE ONLINE comet STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE dancer STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE dasher STABLE
ONLINE ONLINE vixen STABLE

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Oracle Flex ASM
Administering Flex ASM
! Check ASM mode using asmcmd
! Check where ASM instances are running using srvctl
! Check the configuration of ASM using srvctl
! Modify the ASM configuration using srvctl
! Cluster ASM listener:
– Flex ASM can have its own network or overlap with the
private interconnect network used by RAC DB instances
– It is recommended to configure a full overlap of the private
interconnect and the ASM network in current use cases:
[GRID]> asmcmd
ASMCMD> showclustermode
ASM cluster : Flex mode enabled

[GRID]> srvctl status asm
ASM is running on comet,dasher,dancer

[GRID]> srvctl config asm -detail
ASM home: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid
Password file: +INFRA/orapwASM
ASM listener: LISTENER
ASM is enabled.
ASM instance count: 3
Cluster ASM listener: ASMNET1LSNR_ASM,ASMNET2LSNR_ASM

[GRID]> srvctl modify asm -count all

[GRID]> srvctl status asm
ASM is running on comet,dasher,dancer

[GRID]> srvctl start asm

[GRID]> srvctl status asm
ASM is running on comet,vixen,dasher,dancer
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Oracle Flex ASM
Some test scenarios…
! A failure of an ASM instance is without effect for the
databases using ASM disk groups (here: -MGMTDB)
– If an ASM instance is running on all nodes (count all)
the ASM instance is restarted upon failure
– If an ASM instance is running on a subset of nodes
the ASM instance might be restarted on another node
– The client using the ASM instance may change

! A failure of an ASM instance is without effect for
the APX (ADVM proxy) running on the same node

! A failure of the APX will lead to a restart of the database
instance (on the node) that uses an ACFS file system.
! More information:
– http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/server.121/e17612/
asminst.htm#OSTMG95329
[GRID]> ps -ef |grep pmon
grid 3840 1 0 09:11 ? 00:00:01 mdb_pmon_-MGMTDB
grid 4093 1 0 11:35 ? 00:00:00 asm_pmon_+ASM1
grid 4548 1 0 11:36 ? 00:00:00 apx_pmon_+APX1
oracle 5092 1 0 11:36 ? 00:00:00 ora_pmon_raccdb1_4

[GRID]> kill -9 4093
[GRID]> ps -ef |grep pmon
grid 3840 1 0 09:11 ? 00:00:01 mdb_pmon_-MGMTDB
grid 4548 1 0 11:36 ? 00:00:00 apx_pmon_+APX1
oracle 5092 1 0 11:36 ? 00:00:00 ora_pmon_raccdb1_4


[GRID]> ps -ef |grep pmon
grid 3840 1 0 09:11 ? 00:00:01 mdb_pmon_-MGMTDB
grid 4548 1 0 11:36 ? 00:00:00 apx_pmon_+APX1
oracle 5092 1 0 11:36 ? 00:00:00 ora_pmon_raccdb1_4
grid 5748 1 0 11:39 ? 00:00:00 asm_pmon_+ASM1
grid 5793 19013 0 11:39 pts/1 00:00:00 grep pmon

[GRID]> asmcmd lsct data
DB_Name Status Software_Version Compatible_version Instance_Name Disk_Group
+APX CONNECTED 12.1.0.1.0 12.0.0.0.0 +APX1 DATA

[GRID]> ssh vixen /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/asmcmd lsct data
DB_Name Status Software_Version Compatible_version Instance_Name Disk_Group
+APX CONNECTED 12.1.0.1.0 12.0.0.0.0 +APX2 DATA
+APX CONNECTED 12.1.0.1.0 12.0.0.0.0 +APX3 DATA

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Appendix C:
Policy-Managed Databases
and with Oracle RAC 12c
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Policy-Managed Databases with Oracle RAC 12c
Database Services
vixen srvpool: frontoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
[GRID]> srvctl status serverpool
Server pool name: frontoffice
Active Servers count: 2
Server pool name: backoffice
Active Servers count: 2


[RAC]> srvctl status service -d raccdb1
Service crmsvc is running on nodes: dasher,vixen
Service hrsvc is running on nodes: comet,dancer
! Database Services
– Ensure that workload is hosted in the respective
server pool with the cardinality defined as part of
the policy definition.
comet srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_1

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Improved HA Management - Startup
raccdb1
[GRID]> srvctl config serverpool
Server pool name: frontoffice
Importance: 10, Min: 2, Max 2
Server pool name: backoffice
Importance: 5, Min: 1, Max 1
Server pool name: Free
Importance: 0, Min: 0, Max -1
! Defining a Service Startup Order
– Ensure services are started in specified groups
and specified order.
– Leverages Serverpool Min and Importance properties
dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_4
1
st

vixen srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_3
2
nd

comet srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_1
4
th

dancer srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_2
3
rd

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dancer srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_2
dancer srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_2
Policy-Managed Databases with Oracle RAC 12c
Improved HA Management – New Failover Strategy
raccdb1
[GRID]> srvctl config serverpool
Server pool name: frontoffice
Importance: 10, Min: 2, Max 2
Server pool name: backoffice
Importance: 5, Min: 1, Max 1

[GRID]> srvctl status serverpool
Server pool name: frontoffice
Active Servers count: 2
Server pool name: backoffice
Active Servers count: 1
dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_4
vixen srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_3
comet srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_1
! Servers “Move” to Replace Failed node
– Protects against cascade failures due to load
– Ensures workload isolation between pools
– Less important workloads shutdown transactionally

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dancer srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_2
dancer srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_2
Policy-Managed Databases with Oracle RAC 12c
Improved HA Management – Manage Last Service Standing
raccdb1
[RAC]> srvctl config serverpool
Server pool name: frontoffice
Importance: 10, Min: 2, Max 2
Server pool name: backoffice
Importance: 5, Min: 1, Max 1

[RAC]> srvctl status service –db
Service crmsrv is running on nodes comet,vixen
Service hrsvc is not running
dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_4
vixen srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_3
comet srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_1
! Business Critical Services survive multiple failures
– Most important pool always gets the servers
– Services preserved across multiple failures
– Less important workloads shutdown transactionally
comet srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_1
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Policy-Managed Databases with Oracle RAC 12c
Improved HA Management – Dynamic Provisioning
vixen srvpool: frontoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
[GRID]> srvctl modify serverpool
–serverpool backoffice –max 1

[RAC]> srvctl config serverpool
Server pool name: frontoffice
Importance: 10, Min: 2, Max 4
Server pool name: backoffice
Importance: 5, Min: 1, Max 1

[RAC]> srvctl status service –db
Service crmsrv is running on nodes dasher,dancer,vixen
Service hrsvc is not running
comet srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_1
! Add Servers Just-In Time to meet demand
– Server Pools sized via Min and Max properties
– Dynamically controlled by QoS Management
– Planned control via Clusterware or QoSM Policies
dancer srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_2

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Support for Multiple Policies tracking business objectives
! More Information:
– http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/rac.121/e17886/pbmgmt.htm

! New in Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
– Server Categories
! Server Categories use server attributes to allow
for an active use of differently sized servers
– Policy Sets
! Policy Sets allow for dynamic adjustment
to demand changes in an atomic transaction
Server Categories
•  NAME
•  ACL
•  EXPRESSION
•  …
Server Attributes
•  NAME
•  MEMORY_SIZE!
•  CPU_COUNT
•  CPU_CLOCK_RATE!
•  CPU_HYPERTHREADING!
•  CPU_EQUIVALENCY
• …!
[GRID]> crsctl modify policyset –attr
"LAST_ACTIVATED_POLICY= NightTime“
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop
'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'comet'
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop
'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'dancer'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on
'comet' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to start
'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'comet'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on
'dancer' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start
'ora.raccdb1.hrsvc.svc' on 'dancer‘


QoS Management


OR
Oracle Clusterware - CRSCTL
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Setting up policy sets – Provision Server Pools and creating a PolicySet
! Add another server pool “backup”

! Set up policy set with 3 server pools & 3 policies as follows:
–  DayTime:
! frontoffice uses three servers (MIN_SIZE=3)
! backoffice uses one server (MIN_SIZE=1)
! backup does not run during daytime (MIN_SIZE=0)
– NightTime:
! frontoffice uses one server (MIN_SIZE=1)
! backoffice uses two servers (MIN_SIZE=2)
! backup uses only one server (MIN_SIZE=1)
– Weekend:
! frontoffice uses one server (MIN_SIZE=1)
! backoffice uses one server (MIN_SIZE=1)
! backup uses two servers (MIN_SIZE=2)
[GRID]> srvctl add serverpool
–serverpool backup –min 0 –max 2 –importance 20

[GRID] srvctl status serverpool
Server pool name: frontoffice
Active Servers count: 3
Server pool name: backoffice
Active Servers count: 1
Server pool name: backup
Active Servers count: 0

[GRID]> crsctl modify policyset
-file /u01/app/…/policyset.txt

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Policy-Management with Oracle RAC 12c
Using Policy Sets – part 1: Activate a policy
! Activate the policy for the weekend
[GRID]> crsctl modify policyset
-attr "LAST_ACTIVATED_POLICY= Weekend"

[GRID]> srvctl config serverpool
Server pool name: Free
Importance: 0, Min: 0, Max: -1
Category:
Candidate server names:
Server pool name: Generic
Importance: 0, Min: 0, Max: -1
Category:
Candidate server names:
Server pool name: backoffice
Importance: 0, Min: 1, Max: 1
Category:
Candidate server names:
Server pool name: backup
Importance: 1, Min: 2, Max: 2
Category:
Candidate server names:
Server pool name: frontoffice
Importance: 0, Min: 1, Max: 1
Category:
Candidate server names:
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Policy-Management with Oracle RAC 12c
Using Policy Sets – part 2: check the result
vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: backup
dancer srvpool: backup dasher srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
[RAC]> srvctl status database -d raccdb1
Instance raccdb1_1 is running on node comet
Instance raccdb1_2 is running on node dancer
Instance raccdb1_3 is running on node vixen
Instance raccdb1_4 is running on node dasher



[RAC]> srvctl status service -d raccdb1
Service backup is running on nodes: comet,dancer
Service crmsvc is running on nodes: vixen
Service hrsvc is running on nodes: dasher
! With an activated weekend policy

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Policy-Management with Oracle RAC 12c
Adding Server Categories to the picture – part 1
! Assume you have 2 servers that have better IO
– Use these servers for backups whenever possible
! Here comet and dancer have better IO by definition
! What you need to do:
– Set up a server category that identifies the servers
– Add the use of the server category to the server pool
! Define the server pools that utilize the category
and during which policy activation it shall be used.
! You need to restart the cluster stack on
the servers that you modify in this fashion
[GRID]> su
Password:
[GRID]> crsctl set server label IOplus
...
#On dancer
[GRID]> crsctl set server label Ioplus

[GRID]> crsctl get server label
CRS-4972: Current SERVER_LABEL parameter value is Ioplus

[GRID]> crsctl status server comet dancer –f
Comet Dancer
NAME=comet
MEMORY_SIZE=3338
CPU_COUNT=1
CPU_CLOCK_RATE=2132
CPU_HYPERTHREADING=0
CPU_EQUIVALENCY=1000
DEPLOYMENT=other
CONFIGURED_CSS_ROLE=hub
RESOURCE_USE_ENABLED=1
SERVER_LABEL=IOplus
...
NAME=dancer
MEMORY_SIZE=3338
CPU_COUNT=1
CPU_CLOCK_RATE=2247
CPU_HYPERTHREADING=0
CPU_EQUIVALENCY=1000
DEPLOYMENT=other
CONFIGURED_CSS_ROLE=hub
RESOURCE_USE_ENABLED=1
SERVER_LABEL=IOplus
...
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Adding Server Categories to the picture – part 2
! What you need to do:
– Set up a server category that identifies the servers -
done
– Add the use of the server category to the server pool
! Define the server pools that utilize the category
and during which policy activation it shall be used
! Note: Add the server category usage to the
server pool(s) that require it & specify the
policies that should be altered accordingly
– In this example the backup server pool is the one
that will benefit the most and the policies will only
start this server pool as required.
[GRID]> crsctl add category moreIO
–attr "EXPRESSION='SERVER_LABEL co IOplus'"

[GRID]> crsctl status category moreIO
NAME=moreIO
ACL=owner:grid:rwx,pgrp:oinstall:rwx,other ::r--
ACTIVE_CSS_ROLE=hub
EXPRESSION=(SERVER_LABEL co IOplus)

[GRID]> crsctl modify serverpool ora.backup
-attr "SERVER_CATEGORY=moreIO" -all_policies

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Before After
[GRID]> crsctl status policy DayTime
POLICY
NAME=DayTime
DESCRIPTION=
SERVERPOOL
NAME=Free
...
SERVERPOOL
NAME=ora.backoffice
IMPORTANCE=0
MAX_SIZE=1
MIN_SIZE=1
SERVER_CATEGORY=
SERVER_NAMES=
SERVERPOOL
NAME=ora.backup
IMPORTANCE=0
MAX_SIZE=0
MIN_SIZE=0
SERVER_CATEGORY=
SERVER_NAMES=
SERVERPOOL
NAME=ora.frontoffice
IMPORTANCE=0
MAX_SIZE=3
MIN_SIZE=3
SERVER_CATEGORY=
SERVER_NAMES=
[GRID]> crsctl status policy DayTime
POLICY
NAME=DayTime
DESCRIPTION=
SERVERPOOL
NAME=Free
...
SERVERPOOL
NAME=ora.backoffice
IMPORTANCE=0
MAX_SIZE=1
MIN_SIZE=1
SERVER_CATEGORY=
SERVER_NAMES=
SERVERPOOL
NAME=ora.backup
IMPORTANCE=0
MAX_SIZE=0
MIN_SIZE=0
SERVER_CATEGORY=moreIO
SERVER_NAMES=
SERVERPOOL
NAME=ora.frontoffice
IMPORTANCE=0
MAX_SIZE=3
MIN_SIZE=3
SERVER_CATEGORY=
SERVER_NAMES=
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Using Policy Sets and the effect of Server Categories
vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: backup
dancer srvpool: backup dasher srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
vixen srvpool: backoffice comet srvpool: frontoffice
dancer srvpool: frontoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1

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[GRID]> crsctl modify policyset –attr
"LAST_ACTIVATED_POLICY= DayTime“

[GRID] srvctl status serverpool
Server pool name: frontoffice
Active Servers count: 3
Server pool name: backoffice
Active Servers count: 1
Server pool name: backup
Active Servers count: 0

[RAC]> srvctl status service -d raccdb1
Service backup is not running.
Service crmsvc is running on nodes: dasher,vixen,comet
Service hrsvc is running on nodes: dancer



Policy-Management with Oracle RAC 12c
Using Policy Sets means changing policies on a push of a button
raccdb1
vixen srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_3
dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_4
comet srvpool: backup
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_1
dancer srvpool: backup
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_2
dancer srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_2
comet srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC
raccdb1_1
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vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: backup
dancer srvpool: backup dasher srvpool: backoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
vixen srvpool: backoffice comet srvpool: frontoffice
dancer srvpool: frontoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
[GRID]> date; crsctl modify policyset -attr
"LAST_ACTIVATED_POLICY= DayTime"; date

Mon Sep 16 19:26:42 PDT 2013
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'dancer'
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'comet'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'dancer' succeeded
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'comet' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'dancer'
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'comet'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'dancer' succeeded
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'comet' succeeded
Mon Sep 16 19:26:43 PDT 2013

" Time to execute: 1 second!

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What-If evaluation of policy changes
[RAC]> srvctl status service -d raccdb1
Service backup is not running.
Service crmsvc is running on nodes: dancer,vixen,dasher
Service hrsvc is running on nodes: comet



[GRID]> crsctl eval activate policy Weekend
Stage Group 1:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stage Number Required Action
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 Y Server 'comet' will be moved from pools
[ ora.frontoffice] to pools [ora.backup]
Y Server 'dancer' will be moved from pools
[ ora.frontoffice] to pools [ora.backup]
Y Resource 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' (1/1) will be
in state [OFFLINE]
Y Resource 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' (2/1) will be
in state [OFFLINE]

2 Y Resource 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' (1/1) will be
in state [ONLINE|INTERMEDIATE] on server[comet]
Y Resource 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' (2/1) will be
in state [ONLINE|INTERMEDIATE] on server
[dancer]
vixen srvpool: frontoffice comet srvpool: frontoffice
dancer srvpool: backoffice dasher srvpool: frontoffice
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle GI | HUB Oracle GI | HUB
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC Oracle RAC
raccdb1
raccdb1_3
raccdb1_4 raccdb1_2
raccdb1_1
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What-If evaluation of policy changes – in various levels
[RAC]> srvctl status service -d raccdb1
Service backup is not running.
Service crmsvc is running on nodes: dancer,vixen,dasher
Service hrsvc is running on nodes: comet


[GRID]> crsctl eval activate policy Weekend -admin -l 'serverpools'


NAME = Free
ACTIVE_SERVERS =

NAME = Generic
ACTIVE_SERVERS =

NAME = ora.backoffice
ACTIVE_SERVERS = vixen

NAME = ora.backup
ACTIVE_SERVERS = comet dancer

NAME = ora.frontoffice
ACTIVE_SERVERS = dasher
[RAC]> srvctl status service -d raccdb1
Service backup is not running.
Service crmsvc is running on nodes: dancer,vixen,dasher
Service hrsvc is running on nodes: comet


[GRID]> crsctl eval activate policy Weekend -admin -l 'resources'

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Target State Server Effect
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cluster Resources
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ora.mgmtdb
1 ONLINE ONLINE dasher
ora.raccdb1.backup.svc
1 ONLINE ONLINE comet Started
2 ONLINE ONLINE dancer Started
ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc
1 ONLINE OFFLINE Stopped
2 ONLINE OFFLINE Stopped
3 ONLINE ONLINE dasher
ora.raccdb1.db
1 ONLINE ONLINE comet
2 ONLINE ONLINE dancer
3 ONLINE ONLINE vixen
4 ONLINE ONLINE dasher
ora.raccdb1.hrsvc.svc
1 ONLINE ONLINE vixen
2 ONLINE OFFLINE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Information on each step on the way
Before After
[GRID]> crsctl modify policyset -attr
"LAST_ACTIVATED_POLICY= NightTime“

CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'dancer'
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'comet'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'dancer' succeeded
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'comet' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'dancer'
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'comet'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'dancer' succeeded
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'comet' succeeded
[GRID]> crsctl modify policyset -attr
"LAST_ACTIVATED_POLICY= DayTime"

CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'dancer'
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'comet'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'dancer' succeeded
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.raccdb1.backup.svc' on 'comet' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'dancer'
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'comet'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'dancer' succeeded
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.raccdb1.crmsvc.svc' on 'comet' succeeded
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