Before you configure Oracle MaxRep for SAN, you will need to set up your Oracle FS Systems for replication and install the necessary Oracle MaxRep agent on the application server that will be accessing or managing the Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine.
Initially, you need to configure the source and target LUNs for your replication pairs on your Oracle FS Systems, and, if you are using application consistency, install the Oracle MaxRep agent on your application servers. Use the Oracle MaxRep agent if you have application servers that need application consistency checks. If you do not have application servers to protect, then Oracle MaxRep for SAN provides crash consistent recovery.
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Oracle MaxRep Agents
Create an Administrator Account
Create an Administrator Account
You can create administrator accounts to allow users to perform various tasks on the Oracle FS System.
1 From Oracle FS System Manager (GUI), navigate to System > Global Settings > Administrator Accounts.
2 Select Actions > Create.
3 Enter the name of the account in the Login Name field.
4 Select a role from the Role list.
Note: Refer to the Administrator Account Description that is provided on the dialog for a full description of each role.
5 Enter the remaining information about the account owner. Required information:
• Full Name
• Email Address
• Password
• Confirm Password
Note: If you do not enter an email address for an administrator account, administrators cannot reset their own passwords using the Reset
password feature in Oracle FS System Manager.
6 (Optional) To disable the account, select the Disable Account option. Use the Disable Account option when you want to create accounts that you want to enable the option later.
7 Click OK. Related Links
Source and Target LUNs
Oracle MaxRep Administrator Accounts Create an Oracle MaxRep User Account
Oracle MaxRep Agents
The Oracle MaxRep agents provide file system and application consistency protection for data that is hosted by Windows, Solaris, or Linux servers. The agents enable Oracle MaxRep for SAN to replicate consistent application data by tagging the data with consistency bookmarks.
Oracle MaxRep for SAN ships with the agent from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). If you require additional information or an agent software package for a specific operating system, please contact your account
representative.
Oracle MaxRep for SAN supports application consistency agents for standalone and clustered applications.
Table 4: Supported agents for standalone applications
Application consistency Application Operating system
Oracle Oracle 11g R2 Solaris 10 U9
RHEL5-U5 Microsoft Exchange Exchange 2007
Exchange 2007 SP1 Exchange 2007 SP2 Exchange 2007 SP3 Exchange 2010 Exchange 2010 SP1 Windows 2003 Windows 2003 SP2 Windows 2008 Windows 2008 R2 Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Configure Oracle FS Systems and Servers
Table 4: Supported agents for standalone applications (continued) Application consistency Application Operating system
Microsoft SQL server SQL 2005 SQL 2005 SP1 SQL 2005 SP2 SQL 2005 SP3 SQL 2005 SP4 SQL 2008 SQL 2008 SP1 SQL 2008 SP2 SQL 2008 SP3 SQL 2008 R2 SQL 2008 R2 SP1 SQL 2008 R2 SQ2 Windows 2003 Windows 2003 SP2 Windows 2008 Windows 2008 R2 Windows 2008 R2 SP1
Fileserver not applicable Windows 2003
Windows 2003 SP2 Windows 2008 Windows 2008 R2 Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Table 5: Supported agents for clustered applications
Application consistency Application Operating system
Oracle Oracle 11g R2 + VCS 5.1 Solaris 10 U9
RHEL5-U5 Microsoft Exchange Exchange 2007
Exchange 2007 SP1 Exchange 2007 SP2 Exchange 2007 SP3 Exchange 2010 Exchange 2010 SP1 Windows 2008 Cluster Windows 2008 R2 Cluster Windows 2008 R2 Cluster SP1 Configure Oracle FS Systems and Servers
Table 5: Supported agents for clustered applications (continued) Application consistency Application Operating system
SQL SQL 2005 SQL 2005 SP1 SQL 2005 SP2 SQL 2005 SP3 SQL 2005 SP4 SQL 2008 SQL 2008 SP1 SQL 2008 SP2 SQL 2008 SP3 SQL 2008 R2 SQL 2008 R2 SP1 SQL 2008 R2 SQ2 Windows 2008 Cluster Windows 2008 R2 Cluster Windows 2008 R2 Cluster SP1
Fileserver not applicable Windows 2008 Cluster
Windows 2008 R2 Cluster Windows 2008 R2 Cluster SP1 Related Links
Oracle MaxRep Agent Settings
Monitor Replication Engine Communication Verify Oracle MaxRep Agent Installation Display Host Logs
Oracle MaxRep Agent Settings
Allows you to configure the Oracle MaxRep Replication Engine agents.
To view the agent settings from the Oracle MaxRep for SAN GUI, navigate to Settings > Settings > Agent Settings.
Agent Settings
Server Indicates the primary and secondary Oracle FS System.
Agent Type Indicates the type of agent installed on the Oracle FS System.
Agent Timeout Indicates the number of seconds the agent waits before sending notification alerts to the users.
Replication Engine IP for File Agent
Identifies the IP address of the Replication Engine.
Replication
Engine NAT IP Identifies the IP address of the Address Translation (NAT) table.Replication Engine Net
Alias Allows you to provide an easily understood, alternate name for the Replication Engine.
Save Allows you to keep the changes made to the screen. Process Service
IP Address Identifies the name and IP address of the process service.
NAT IP Address Identifies the IP address of the process service Net Address Translation (NAT) table.
Save Allows you to keep the changes made to the screen. Retention Reserve Space Setting
Unused space Allows you to specify the amount of storage to allocate for LUN retention.
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Verify Oracle MaxRep Agent Installation Display Host Logs