1. Achieving High Availability and Disaster Recovery of Oracle 10g and Solaris Zones
Joe D’Angelo, Sr. Systems Engineer Serverware Corp.
Sam Brunacini, Sr. Systems Engineer Serverware Corp.
Minakshi Sehgal, Symantec Corporation.
June 13th, 2007

2. Agenda Overview of Storage Foundation HA 1
Project Scope (Serverware and NYISO) 2
Implementing Solaris Zones with VCS 3
Oracle and SAN Components 4
Disaster Recovery vs. Alternate Data Center 5
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3. Veritas Cluster Server: Intelligent Clustering
SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT
IMPROVED UTILIZATION
RELIABLE DR
One console for all clusters
All major operating systems
All major applications
Larger clusters
Roaming spares
Integrated with replication
Non-disruptive testing
Uptime reports
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4. Serverware Corporation
Vendor Overview
Serverware Corporation
Rochester-based with both sales and technical resources deployed across New York State
Specializing in Data Center Solutions, Data Management and Managed Services
Go-to partner for top technology providers like Sun, Symantec, Oracle and Hitachi
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5. Customer Overview New York State Independent System Operator (NYISO)
Management Entity Responsible for the New York State Electrical Transmission Grid (~20 Million NY Residents)
Currently oversees NYS wholesale Electricity Market as a Not-for-Profit Organization
$50 Billion worth of Transactions since its inception in 1999
The most sophisticated and comprehensive energy management system in the United States.
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6. Customer Concerns and Needs
Manageability of Infrastructure
Heterogeneous and Complex
Operations Monitoring
Deployment Time
Reducing Go-To-Market for systems and new applications
Reliability
Bullet-Proof Infrastructure and DR
Capital Expenditures and ROI
Maximize physical system usage to maximize return
“Cost vs. Value”
Implication
Loss of Revenue
Solution Architecture
Joint design between vendor and customer
Insure compatibility with current environment
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7. Customer Technical Requirements
Highly Available Infrastructure
Disaster Recovery (4 Hours Downtime Max)
Leverage Solaris Zones
Portable Data
No Idle Boxes
Oracle 10g Support
Integration with Current HDS SAN Infrastructure
Shadow Image and TrueCopy (VCS, VxVM)
Integration with Pre-Existing NBU Infrastructure on AIX
Minimal Impact to their Operations Support Model
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8. Infrastructure Considerations
Solaris 10 on the Sunfire V890 Platform
Boot from SAN (No internal Disk)
Zone Root on Shared Storage
Loop-Back File Systems
Oracle 10g R2 Installed in each Non-Global Zone
HDS TagmaStore USP Storage/SAN
HW Based Replication (TrueCopy)
NetBackup on Different Platform
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9. Solution Design and Software Components
Veritas Storage Foundation™ for Oracle 5.0 by Symantec
Veritas Volume Manager (CDS)
Veritas Cluster Server with GCO
Veritas File System
TrueCopy™ Replication Agent
Oracle Application Agent
ODM
FireDrill™
Veritas Storage Foundation™ for AIX
Hitachi Data Systems TrueCopy™ and Shadow Image™
CCI Version /04
Oracle 10g R2 Enterprise Edition
Solaris 10
NetBackup 6.0 for AIX
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10. Local Clustering and Zone Failover
Primary Site VCS Cluster
Each Non-Global Zone contains an Oracle environment which can be switched between physical servers in the cluster.
All data is on the SAN, so the Oracle Zone is live on the server where the storage is active.
Each Zone is independent of all others.
To the DBA, Oracle looks like it exists on its own server.
Oracle benefits from Storage Foundation’s version of ODM.
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11. Storage Foundation HA for Oracle Storage Foundation HA for Oracle
Zone Failover Example
Prod Zone
Prod Zone
STG Zone
STG Zone
Prod Zone
Prod Zone
Prod Zone
STG Zone
STG Zone
Dev Zone
Dev Zone
Dev Zone
Dev Zone
Dev Zone
Enterprise Agents
Enterprise Agents
Storage Foundation HA for Oracle
Storage Foundation HA for Oracle
Solaris 10 Global Zone
Solaris 10 Global Zone
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12. Remote Cluster Failover and Replication
A Global Cluster and Replicated Data
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13. Oracle Service Group
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14. Service Group Dependencies
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15. Remote Cluster View
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16. Backup and Recovery Off-Host Backup Using Storage Foundation (VxVM)
Cross Platform Data Share (CDS Disk Group)
Shadow Image/CCI vs. Disk Group Split and Join
Netbackup
Disaster Recovery v.s. Alternate Data Center
Leverage All Capital Investments
Distribute Resource Load (Thresholds)
ROI Achieved Much Sooner
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17. FireDrill Site Failover Verification
Currently being Implemented
Allows for Non-Disruptive Site Failover Testing
Integrates with TrueCopy® Agents and Shadow Image®
Compliance and Audits
FireDrill Service Group
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18. Realized Benefits and Results
Reduction in Server Count
Configuration Complexity Reduced
Cross Platform/Off-Host Processing
Reduced Admin Time and Cost
Tangible ROI (Maximize HW Investments)
Portable Operational Environments (Dev/Test/Prod)
“Have Disk Will Replicate”
Physical Server Moves are Less Complex
Application Hosting Options
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19. Deployments Considerations
Oracle
Binaries Local vs. Shared Storage
ODM library
SAN
Bi-Directional Replication
IP Resources for HORCM Always Active
Zone Configuration
Ensure Container Name is Defined (VCS Resources)
Default Global Zone Defined
Dev/Test/Staging
Create a Sandbox
Reduce Complexity
Cross Platform Tools (VCS, VEA, SF Management Server)
Documentation
Log all Changes and Updates
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20. &
QUESTIONS
ANSWERS
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21. Thank You