Introduction to Serviceguard * High Availability with Serviceguard * Serviceguard features and benefits * How Serviceguard works * Serviceguard packages * Minimizing planned downtime * Serviceguard and Integrity VM * Cluster File System * Oracle RAC and CFS * Multi-Node Packages and Package Dependencies * Serviceguard Manager * MetroCluster * Continentalclusters High Availability Planning * Ways to reduce risks * Disk configurations * Network configurations * Routed networks and Serviceguard clusters * Serviceguard Components * Configuration roadmap Storage for Servicegard * Serviceguard Disk Space Management Overview * Review of LVM Concepts * LVM Issues with Serviceguard * VxVM Terminology Overview * Serviceguard/VxVM Software Overview * Configure VxVM Disks * Import/Deport the Disk Group on the Other Node * CFS Filesystem Cluster Concepts and Configuration * Major Components of a Cluster * Network Interface Configuration * Cluster Lock Configuration * Heartbeat Configuration * Cluster formation requirements * Cluster management options Additional Cluster Features * Serviceguard volume groups * Cluster formation and reformations * Node failures and node joins * Local LAN card failover Packages and Services * Packaging concepts * Viewing and modifying package status * Legacy and Modular Package Comparison * Package scripts * Package configuration procedures * Package script log file Package Policies * Package and failover policies * Failback policies and automatic failback * Package dependencies * Package priorities * Package weight and node capacity Application Monitoring Scripts * Actions performed by run script * Control script * Modular package startup and shutdown * Rules for service processes * Application monitoring script * HA Toolkit overview * Legacy vs Modular Cluster Troubleshooting * Approaches to identifying problems * Log files * Package script troubleshooting * Useful troubleshooting commands * System administration errors * Package movement errors * Causes of cluster reformations * Debugging options * Serviceguard Flight Recorder * The built-in safety net * Testing cluster operations Cluster and Package Online Reconfiguration * Serviceguard online reconfiguration * Add or remove a node while a cluster is running * Add or remove a package while a cluster is running * Modify a package while the cluster is running and the package may, or may not, be running * Preview functionality * Maintenance Mode Highly Available NFS * Highly available NFS package * NFS toolkit files * Using the NFS toolkit * NFS script variables The Highly Available Oracle Database * Serviceguard and database toolkits and contents * Oracle control script modification * Oracle monitor script * Oracle cookbook WBEM, EMS Resources and Serviceguard Packages * EMS Overview * Configuration of EMS Requests * What can be configured * Select EMS Resources * Select EMS Configuration * Resource Dependency * Setting Up a Package to Use an EMS Resource * WEBM Overview and Terminology * WEBM Services Value Proposition * WEBM relative to SNMP, DMI and EMS * HP WEBM Based Enterprise Management * HP-UX 11i WEBM Providers High Availability Networking * Network Redundancy * Multi-Network Environment * Redundant LAN Cards, Hubs and Routers * Redundant Client Networks * Multiple IP Addresses * Cross-subnet support * Serviceguard Command Changes * Serviceguard Package Configuration Changes * Cross subnet network configuration requirements * APA Auto-Port Aggregation (APA) Overview * APA/LAN Monitor Requirements * Configuring APA * IPv6 Networks * IP Monitor * Failures and Recovery Rolling Upgrade * Minimizing Planned Downtime * Rules for Rolling Upgrade * Rolling Upgrade CM to CM2 Process * Serviceguard Rolling Upgrades * Operating System Rolling Upgrades * When a Rolling Upgrade Is Not Possible * Dynamic Root Disk (DRD) for Serviceguard Storage Maintenance for Packages Storage Maintenance for Packages * Storage Maintenance for Packages * Modifying a Volume Group/Logical Volume * Make a Logical Volume/File System Larger or Smaller * LVM Maintenance to a Package * Add Disk to Volume Group Owned by aPackage * Add Logical Volume/File System to Volume Group Owned by a Package * Add a Volume Group to a Package * Manage VxVM Disk Groups * Manage VxVM Volumes Serviceguard Manager * HP Cluster Monitoring Tools * Serviceguard Manager B.02 for System Management Homepage (SMH) * Topology Map * Navigation Using HP Serviceguard with Integrity Virtual Machines * HP Integrity Virtual Machines Overview * VM Concepts – Terminology * Virtual Machine Resources * Backing Store * Virtual Switches (vswitch) * Integrity VM Commands * Serviceguard and Integrity VM Use Models * Availability Model for Integrity Virtual Machines as Serviceguard Nodes * VMs as Nodes – Virtual/Physical Cluster * VMs as Nodes – Virtual/Virtual Cluster * VMs as Nodes – "Cluster in a Box" * Cluster in a Box – Sharing Backing Store * VMs as Nodes – Standby Server Consolidation * VMs as Nodes – Multiple Cluster Standby Server Consolidation * Configuring VM Guests as Serviceguard Nodes – Considerations * Integrity VMs as Serviceguard Packages * Serviceguard and Online VM Guest Migration * VMs as Packages Usage Considerations * Configuring VM Guests as Packages * Configuring an Integrity Multi-Server Environment * Configure VM Guest on All Nodes * HPVM toolkit * HPVM Toolkit – Updating the Cluster * Starting a Serviceguard Packaged VM * Shutting down a Serviceguard Packaged VM * Serviceguard on VM Host - LAN failover Appendix A — Serviceguard Command Summary * Serviceguard commands Appendix B — Managing Serviceguard with HP Software * HP Software Products to Manage Serviceguard * SNMP * HP Systems Insight Manager * HP Software and HP SIM * What Is Network Node Manager? * Event Configuration Integration * Operations Manager Integration * Other HP Software Products Appendix C — Serviceguard Worksheets * Serviceguard Worksheets Appendix D — Introduction to High Availability * What Causes a System to Go Down * Causes of Failures * Average Cost per Hour of Downtime * What Is High Availability * Computer System Availability * Network Availability * Three Pillars of High Availability * 5 nines Support Partnerships * High Availability Terms * High Availability Percentages * Availability Continuum Hierarchy Appendix E — Alternate Lab: New Package Configuration : xclock Package * Create and Edit the Package Configuration File * Create and Edit the Package Control Script, and Distribute this Script to All Nodes * Create and Distribute the Binary File, and Start the Package * Modifying FAILBACK_POLICY * Adding a Package Monitoring Script to the Package Appendix F — HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite for HP-UX 11i * Oracle Is Pivotal to your Business * Common Customer Pain Points * What Is the Serviceguard Storage Management Suite? * Oracle Disk Manager (ODM) RAW Performance and File System Manageability * Realize a Performance Gain in Oracle Environments with Serviceguard SMS * Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) Protect Against I/O Path Failure * Off-Host Processing with Volume Snapshots * RAW versus File System * Common Management Activities * Cluster File System * Standard Recovery from Backup * Integrated, Instant Recovery: Storage Rollback * Dynamic Storage Tiers: Policy-based Tiered Storage