Installing the Agent Software

The VCS enterprise agent for Oracle is installed from the CD. You must install the Oracle Enterprise Agent on all systems that will host the Oracle service group.

Prerequisites

  Make sure that VCS is installed in the cluster.

  If a previous version of the agent is installed, uninstall it.

  Install and configure the Oracle Server for HP-UX and the add-on Listener. For more information, see the Oracle documentation.

Installation Instructions

To access the VCS enterprise agent software on the disc, you must mount the disc.

  To install the agent

1. Insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive installed on your local system.
2. Log in as root.
3. Set the display permission on your workstation:
   # xhost +myws
4. Configure the shell environment variable DISPLAY on your workstation. For example, if your workstation has the name "myws," type:

   For Bourne or Korn shell (sh or ksh):

   
       # DISPLAY=myws:0.0
       # export DISPLAY

   For C shell (csh or tcsh):

   
       # setenv DISPLAY myws:0.0

   Setting the DISPLAY environment variable in this way enables you to use the SD-UX graphical interface.

5. Create a mount point directory, /cdrom, if it does not exist. The directory must have read/write permissions.
6. Determine the block device file for the CD-ROM drive. The device file should have the form /dev/dsk/c#t#d#. Enter:
   # ioscan -fnC disk

   For example, the listing may indicate the CD-ROM drive's block device is /dev/dsk/c1t2d0; make a note of the device file as it applies to your system.

7. Run the following commands to start PFS (Portable File System):
   # nohup pfs_mountd &
   # nohup pfsd &
8. Mount the CD. For example, to mount the CD to the mount point /cdrom, enter:
   # /usr/sbin/pfs_mount -t rrip /dev/dsk/clt2d0 /cdrom

   where /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 is the drive's block device file.

9. Type the following commands to install the agent and the service group configuration wizard respectively:
   # swinstall -s /cdrom/depot VRTSvcsor
   # swinstall -s /cdrom/depot VRTScsocw

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     Note    Repeat step 1 through step 9 on each system that will become part of the Oracle service group.

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