canuck_tech_at_yahoo.com (Grant) wrote in message news:<5868625b.0210212131.339c6d59_at_posting.google.com>...
> Greetings,
> I have two SuSE 7.2 Pro servers, one acting as a primary, the other a
> standby for hosting an Oracle database. There is nothing specific per
> se in terms of apps/Linux setup that makes one the primary and the
> other the standby. They are just two machines sitting there each with
> their own IP and the database will be running on one of them at any
> given time.
> I'm trying to find out how to setup a virtual IP/hostname for these
> machines, so that I can make accessing the database transparent as to
> what server it's running on. I've used Vertias' clustering software
> on Solaris previously, and I'm trying to replicate it on Linux..
> without the automated failover of course.
> How can I do this? I've done some research and sorta-know about LVS,
> but I'm an Oracle DBA, not a Linux techie, so I'm looking for the
> easiest solution without having to get really fancy or require kernel
> rebuilds etc.
> What's the easiest solution?
> Thanks!
> Grant
PS
I forgot to mention that the failover capabilities provided by SQL*Net
won't suffice, as my main concern is in regards to the intelligent
agent that is running on the server. The Intelligent Agent must be
brought up with a virtual IP/hostname in order for OEM to not care
which machine the database is being hosted on.
Received on Tue Oct 22 2002 - 14:09:16 CDT
