Cluster Server 8.0.2 Agent for DB2 Installation and Configuration Guide - Solaris

Last Published:
Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0.2)
Platform: Solaris
  1. Introducing the Cluster Server Agent for DB2
    1.  
      About the Cluster Server Agent for DB2
    2.  
      How Cluster Server Agent for DB2 makes DB2 highly available
    3.  
      How the DB2 agent supports intelligent resource monitoring
    4.  
      Supported software for VCS agent for DB2
    5. About agent functions for VCS agent for DB2
      1.  
        About the online agent function for VCS agent for DB2
      2.  
        About the offline agent function for VCS agent for DB2
      3.  
        About the monitor agent function for VCS agent for DB2
      4.  
        About the clean agent function for VCS agent for DB2
      5.  
        About the info agent function for VCS agent for DB2
      6.  
        About the action agent function for VCS agent for DB2
      7. About IMF Integration functions for VCS Agent for DB2
        1.  
          About the imf_init function for VCS agent for DB2
        2.  
          About the imf_register function for VCS agent for DB2
        3.  
          About the imf_getnotification function for VCS agent for DB2
      8.  
        About running the info agent function to get database information for VCS agent for DB2
    6.  
      Typical DB2 configuration in a Cluster Server
    7.  
      Road map for setting up DB2 UDB in a VCS environment
  2. Installing and configuring DB2
    1. VCS requirements for installing DB2
      1.  
        Preparing to install DB2 UDB non-MPP versions
      2.  
        Preparing to install DB2 UDB MPP versions
      3.  
        Creating the file systems for non-MPP instances for DB2
      4.  
        Creating the shared file systems for MPP instances for DB2
      5. Defining user and group accounts for DB2
        1.  
          Creating user group accounts for DB2
        2.  
          Adding user accounts for DB2 on Solaris
    2.  
      Installing DB2 in a VCS environment
    3. Setting up the DB2 configuration
      1.  
        Checking /etc/services for DB2
      2.  
        Enabling password less communication for DB2 users among all cluster nodes
      3.  
        Modifying the $DB2InstHome/sqllib/db2nodes.cfg file for DB2
      4.  
        Confirming the DB2 installation
  3. Installing and removing the Cluster Server Agent for DB2
    1.  
      Before you install or upgrade the VCS agent for DB2
    2.  
      Installing the VCS agent for DB2 software
    3.  
      Upgrading the VCS agent for DB2
    4.  
      Disabling the VCS agent for DB2
    5.  
      Removing the VCS agent for DB2
  4. Configuring VCS service groups for DB2
    1.  
      About configuring service groups for DB2
    2. About DB2 configurations in VCS
      1.  
        Non-MPP configuration service groups for DB2
      2. MPP configuration service groups for DB2
        1.  
          Parallel CVM service group for MPP configuration for DB2
        2.  
          Failover service group for MPP configuration for DB2
      3.  
        DB2 instances that are configured in Solaris zones
    3. Before configuring the service group for DB2
      1.  
        Importing the Db2udbTypes.cf file
    4. Configuring the VCS Agent for DB2 from Cluster Manager (Java Console)
      1.  
        Adding service group for DB2 MPP using the Cluster Manager (Java Console)
      2.  
        Adding a service group for DB2 non-MPP with the Cluster Manager (Java Console)
    5. Configuring the VCS agent for DB2 by editing the main.cf file
      1.  
        Configuring the agent to use the DB2 MPP configuration
      2.  
        Configuring the agent to use the DB2 non-MPP configurations
      3.  
        Verifying the configuration for VCS agent for DB2
    6. Setting up in-depth monitoring of a DB2 instance
      1.  
        Enabling in-depth monitoring of a DB2 instance
      2.  
        Enabling in-depth monitoring from the command line for DB2
      3. Enabling and disabling intelligent resource monitoring for Db2udb resource
        1.  
          Administering the AMF kernel driver
      4.  
        Handling DB2 error codes during in-depth monitoring
      5.  
        Disabling in-depth monitoring for DB2
  5. Administering VCS service groups for DB2
    1.  
      About administering service groups for DB2
    2.  
      Bringing the DB2 service group online
    3.  
      Taking the DB2 service group offline
    4.  
      Switching the DB2 service group
    5.  
      Disabling the agent for DB2
  6. Appendix A. Troubleshooting Cluster Server Agent for DB2
    1.  
      Creating a db2profile for environment variables for DB2
    2.  
      Setting the RestartLimit attribute for VCS agent for DB2
    3.  
      Partition/Node switch-over scenarios for DB2 in MPP mode
  7. Appendix B. Resource type information for Cluster Server Agent for DB2
    1. About the resource type definitions for DB2
      1.  
        DB2 UDB type definition file: Db2udbTypes.cf on Solaris
  8. Appendix C. Resource type attributes for DB2
    1.  
      About the Db2udb resource types and attribute definitions
  9. Appendix D. Sample configurations
    1. Sample configuration files for VCS agent for DB2 on Solaris
      1.  
        Non-MPP main.cf configuration for VCS agent for DB2 on Solaris
      2.  
        MPP main.cf configuration for VCS agent for DB2 on Solaris

DB2 instances that are configured in Solaris zones

The following examples describe a service group that monitors the state of a DB2 instance in a Solaris zone.

Figure: Db2udb resource that is configured in a Solaris zone illustrates the dependencies among the resources that are configured for a Db2udb resource that is configured in a Solaris zone.

Figure: Db2udb resource that is configured in a Solaris zone

Db2udb resource that is configured in a Solaris zone

The shared disk groups and volumes in the cluster are configured as resources of type DiskGroup and Volume respectively. The volumes are mounted using the Mount agent. The Solaris Zone is monitored through a Zone resource, which is dependent on the Mount and NIC resources. The DB2 server can be started after each of these resources is brought online.

The DB2 instance's home directory is mounted in the global zone. To make this file system available to the non-global zone, you must execute the following command on the global zone.

The lines in the following example specify that you mount /zones/db2data in the global zone as /db2inst1 in the non-global zone named zone1. The file system type to use is LOFS. The /db2inst1 directory in this example is the home directory for the DB2 instance.

   # zonecfg -z zone1
   zonecfg:zone1> add fs
   zonecfg:zone1:fs> set dir=/db2inst1
   zonecfg:zone1:fs> set type=lofs
   zonecfg:zone1:fs> set special=/zones/db2data
   zonecfg:zone1:fs> end

For more information on setting up VCS to work with Solaris non-global zones, see the Veritas InfoScale 8.0.2 Virtualization Guide.