Configuring the Agent Manually

This section describes how to configure the agent using the Java Console in global and replicated data clusters.

Configuring the Agent in a Global Cluster

1. If the SRDF resource type is not added to your configuration, add it.
   1. Start Cluster Manager and log on to the cluster.
   2. From the Cluster Explorer File menu, choose Import Types and select /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/SRDFTypes.cf.
   3. Click Import.
   4. Save the configuration.

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     Note    You can also add the resource type by running the following command: /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/sample_srdf/addSRDFType.sh.

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2. Configure the Symm heartbeat at each cluster:
   1. From Cluster Explorer Edit menu, choose Configure Heartbeats.
   2. On the Heartbeats Configuration dialog box, enter the name of the heartbeat.
   3. Select the check box next to the name of the cluster to add it to the cluster list for the heartbeat.
   4. Click the icon in the Configure column to open the Heartbeat Settings dialog box.
   5. Specify as the value of the Arguments attribute the Symmetrix ID of the array in the other cluster. Set the value of the AYARetryLimit attribute for this heartbeat to 1 less than the value for the ICMP heartbeat.
   6. Click OK.
3. Perform the following tasks for each service group in each cluster that uses replicated data:
   1. Add a resource of type SRDF at the bottom of the service group. See Sample Configuration for more information.
   2. Configure the attributes of the SRDF resource. See Attribute Definitions for more information.
   3. If the service group is not configured as a global group, configure the service group using the Global Group Configuration Wizard. See the VERITAS Cluster Server User's Guide for more information.
   4. Change the ClusterFailOverPolicy from the default, if necessary. VERITAS recommends keeping the default, which is Manual, to minimize the chance of failing over on a split-brain.
   5. To configure the agent to manage volumes used by VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC, configure the SupportedActions attribute for the CVMVolDg resource and add import and deport as keys to the list. Note that SupportedActions is a resource type attribute and defines a list of action tokens for the resource.

   The agent supports importing and deporting a VERITAS Volume Manager diskgroup when failing over Real Application Clusters across replicating arrays. Failing to do so might leave disk groups imported on hosts where the storage is read-only. While this is not an error, any attempted writes to the disk group will be rejected, causing the disk group to be disabled. You must deport and reimport the disk group to enable it.