Oracle 10gClusterware (CRS)Overview18 Aug 2005.ppt

Hello Topics What is the Oracle Clusterware Clusterware components Daemons VIP OCR Voting Files Managing the Oracle Clusterware QA Key Software Components What is the Oracle Clusterware? Oracle’s cluster manager layer for 10g + Provides Cluster Management Services Provides High Availability Services Incorporates clustering technology licensed from True64 True Clusters No additional cost – supplied with 10g Database Same implementation on all platforms Eliminates the need for 3rd party clusterware cost, integration, and support Clusterware Components crsd – Cluster Resource Services Daemon cssd – Cluster Synchronization Services Daemon evmd – Event Manager Daemon oprocd / hangcheck_timer – Node hang detector VIP – Virtual IP OCR – Oracle Cluster Repository Voting Disk – Establishes quorum Clusterware Components GSD – Global Services Daemon ONS – Oracle Notification Services Daemon crsd – CRS Daemon Monitors the resources that are part of the cluster Resource can be: Listener VIP ASM Instance Database Instance AWM Service Starts/Stops/Checks/Fails-over resources Maintains config information in the OCR cssd – CSS Daemon Provides Group Services to the cluster Tracks who is part of the cluster Notifies CRS, RAC, and other cssds when nodes join/leave cluster Provides CRS locking services Locking w/in clusterware to coordinate actions across the cluster Entirely separate from Cache Fusion locking Basically, CSS is the “Node Monitor” evmd – Event Manager Daemon Provides an event-based messaging channel between crsd, cssd, and other processes Can be extended with custom event handler scripts which evmd executes upon receipt of an event Example: Node down ? send e-mail alert Node down ? log a trouble ticket VIP – Virtual IP Each server has: Static IP racnode1 (01) VIP racnode1-vip (01) Clients always use the VIP VIP allows rapid detection of server failures VIP Failover VIP Failover VIP Failover OCR Voting Disks Oracle Cluster Repository (OCR) Binary file containin