Building an Oracle Grid with Oracle VM on Dell Blade Servers and EqualLogic iscsi storage

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1 Building an Oracle Grid with Oracle VM on Dell Blade Servers and EqualLogic iscsi storage Kai Yu Sr. System Engineer Consultant Dell Global Solutions Engineering David Mar Engineering Manager Dell Global Solutions Engineering

2 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Kai Yu is a Senior System Engineer and works within the Dell Oracle Solutions Lab. He has over 14 years Oracle DBA and Solutions Engineering experience. His specialties include Oracle RAC, Oracle EBS and OVM. He is an avid author of various Oracle technology articles and frequent presenter at Oracle Open World and Collaborate. He is also the Oracle RAC SIG US Event Chair. David Mar is an Engineering Manager for the Dell Oracle Solutions group. He directs a team across the globe to create Oracle RAC reference configurations and build best practices based upon tested and validated configurations. He has worked for Dell since 2000 and has a MS in Computer Science and BS in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University. 2

3 COMPONENTS WITHIN THE GRID 3

4 Physical View Logical View

5 Physical View Scalability dom1 dom3 dom2 dom4 OVM Servers Scale out blades Database 1 Database 2 Database 3 Database 4 Volume 1 Volume 3 Volume 2

6 Compute Virtualization Roles / Components Virtual Grid Physical Grid RAC DB DB / app DB / app DB 1 OS OS OS OS VM Server Pool OS DB 2 DB 3 OS OS OS OS OS Oracle VM Partitioning single server Consolidation Oracle RAC Scale-up through scale-out of hw DB Scalability only

7 OVM VIRTUALIZATION S ROLE Testing Oracle RAC infrastructure with minimal hardware Testing Oracle RAC pre-production areas App Servers testing and production Good to maximize server utilization rates Consolidation for low utilization servers Partitioning one application from another

8 OVERVIEW OF EQUALLOGIC Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 4 Gigabit network ports per controller 2 GB cache per controller Intelligent automated management tools Self Managing Array Linear Scalability Data Protection Software Storage Pool

9 STORAGE LAYER ON EQUALLOGIC Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Storage Pool EqualLogic and ASM work well together Performance Implications of running Oracle ASM with Dell EqualLogic TM PS series storage EqualLogic ASM Best Practices for Oracle Best Practices for Deployment of Oracle ASM with Dell TM EqualLogic TM PS iscsi Storage System Peer Storage architecture Setup Quickly Linear Performance Improvements

10 SERVER LAYER ON BLADES Oracle RAC Servers Front View Energy efficient PowerEge M100e enclosure 11 th generation blade servers available Intel Nehalem processors Intel QuickPath memory technology Three redundant fabrics 16 half height blade servers Back View

11 GRID Reference Configuration POC Project 11

12 1 PHYSICAL GRID

13 2 THE VIRTUAL GRID

14 3 MANAGEMENT Oracle Grid Control to manage both physical Grid and virtual Grid Consider HA for production management Manage externally out of the Blade Cluster, to avoid single point of failure Dell Servers enable health monitoring from EM

15 4 - STORAGE

16 GRID IMPLEMENTATION 16

17 GRID IMPLEMENTATION Implementation Tasks Configure Grid Control Management Infrastructure Configure EqualLogic Shared storage Configure Physical Grid Configure Virtual Grid Grid Control Management Infrastructure Configuration OEL bit was installed for Grid control server Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid control installed: with OMS server and repository database and Grid control agent Grid control with patch _10205_x84_64 Apply to OMS server, repository, and the agent Enable Virtual Management Pack with patch to OMS, Install TightVnc Java Viewer to OMS server Restart OMS server 17

18 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: EQUALLOGIC STORAGE EqualLogic shared storage configuration Storage volumes for the physical Grid Volume Size Raid Used for OS Mapping blade_crs 2GB 10 OCR/Votingdisk Yes blade_data1 100GB 10 Data for DB1 ASM diskgroup1 blade_data2 100GB 10 Data for DB2 ASM diskgroup2 blade_data3 150GB 10 Data for DB3 ASM diskgroup3 blade_data5 150GB 10 Data for DB4 ASM diskgroup5 Storage volumes for the virtual Grid Volume Size Raid Used for OS Mapping blade_data4 400GB 10 VM Repositories /OVS blade_data6 500GB 10 VM Repositories /OVS/9A87460A7EDE43 EE92201B8B7989DBA6 vmcor1-5 1GB each 10 OCR/vogtingdisk 2XOCRs/3Xvotingdisks vmracdb1 50GB 10 Data for RAC DB ASM diskgroup1 vmracdb2 50GB 10 Data for RAC DB ASM diskgroup2 18

19 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: EQUALLOGIC STORAGE EqualLogic storage management console 19

20 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: PHYSICAL GRID Physical Grid Configuration : 8-node 11g RAC Network configuration Network Interface IO modules Connections IP address eth0 A1 Public Network eth2 B1 iscsi connection (odd) eth3 B2 iscsi connection (odd) eth4,eth5 C1,C2 Bonded to bond VIP Virtual IP for 11g RAC iscsi storage connections Open-iSCSI administration utility to configure host access to storage volumes: eth2-iface on eth2, eth3-iface on eth3 Linux Device Mapper to establish mutipath devices to storage alias: /etc/multipath: multipaths { multipath { wwid 36090a028e093dc7c aae1c7 alias ocr-crs } Check multipath devices in /dev/mapper: /dev/mapper/ocr-crsp1 20

21 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: PHYSICAL GRID Use block devices for 11g Clusterware and RAC databases OEL 5 no longer supports raw devices, Use block devices for 11g clusterware/rac databases /etc/rc.local to set proper ownerships and permissions Configure 11g RAC database Infrastructure 11g RAC clusterware configuration: private interconnect : bond0: x OCRs and 3 X votingdisks on mutipath devices 11g ASM configuration: ORA_ASM_HOME =/opt/oracle/product/ ASM instances provide the storage virtualization 11g RAC software to provide the database service ORA_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1 Grid control agent to connect to OMS server Consolidate multiple databases 21

22 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: PHYSICAL GRID Sizing the DB requirement: CPU, IO and memory Determine storage needs and # of DB instances Determine which nodes to run the database Provision the storage volumes and create the ASM diskgroup User DBCA to create the database using the ASM diskgroups For some ERP applications, convert the installed DB to RAC Examples of Pre-created Databases 22

23 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: PHYSICAL GRID 23

24 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: PHYSICAL GRID Scale out the physical Grid Infrastructure Consolidate more databases to the Grid Increase capability of the existing databases Scale out the storage: a. add additional Equallogic array to the storage group b. expand existing or create new volumes c. make new volume accessible to the servers d. create ASM diskgroup or add partition to the existing diskgroup or resize the partition of an diskgroup [1] Scale the Grid by adding servers: Use 11g RAC add node procedure to add new node to the cluster and add the Expand the database to additional RAC nodes: Use the adding instance procedure of enterprise manager to add new database instance to the database [2] Dynamically move the database to less busy node: User the adding instance and removing instance of enterprise manager to add new database instance to the database [2] 24

25 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: VIRTUAL GRID Implementation Tasks Virtual servers Installation Virtual server network and stroage configuration. Connect VM servers to the Grid Control Management VM infrastructure through Grid control Create guest VM using VM template Manage the resources of guest VMs. Virtual servers Installation Prepare local disk and enable virtualization on BIOs Install Oracle VM server Change Dom0 memory : /boot/grub/menu.lst: edit line: kernel /xen-64bit.gz dom0_mem=1024m Ensure VM agent working: #service ovs-agent status 25

26 ORACLE VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION Oracle VM server network configuration eth0 : public in dom0, presented to domu through xenbr0 eth2, eth3: iscsi connections eh4 and eth4 bonded to bond0 for the private interconnect between VMs for 11g RAC configuration through xenbr1 Secure OVM agent is running: service ovs-agent status 26

27 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: VIRTUAL GRID dom0 IO modules connection IP domu eth0 A1 Public Network eth0 eth2,eth 3 eth4,eth 5 B1, B2 iscsi connections C1,C2 Bonded to bond eth1 Customize the default Xen bridge configuration a. Stop the default bridges /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridges stop b. Edit /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp: replace line: (network-script network-bridges) with (network-script network-bridges-dummy) a. Edit /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridges-dummy : /bin/true b. Create infcg-bond0, ifcfg-xenbr0, ifcfg-xenbr1 scripts in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts 27

28 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: VIRTUAL GRID ifcfg-eth0: ifcfg-eth4 ifcfg-bond0 ifcfg-xenbr0 ifcfg-xenbr1 DEVICE=eth0 DEVICE=eth4 DEVICE=bond0 DEVICE=xenbr0 DEVICE=xenbr1 ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet ONBOOT=yes ONBOOT=yes ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=none MASTER=bond0 BOOTPROTO=none TYPE=Bridge TYPE=Bridge BRIDGE=xenbr0 USERCTL=no BRIDGE=xenbr1 IPADDR= TYPE=Bridge ONBOOT=yes NETMASK= NETMASK= restart network services: #service network restart check Xen bridges: scripts]# brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces xenbr d1ded0 no eth0 xenbr d1ded2 no bond0 Configure shared storages on dom0 for VM servers For OVM repositories : blade_data4: 400GB, Blade_data6_ 500GB For 11g RAC shared disks: OCRs, votingdisks, ASM diskgroups Configure iscsi and multipath devices on dom0 Use iscsi admin tool and Linux DM as the physical server Check the multipath devices : ls /dev/mapper/* /dev/mapper/blade-data6 /dev/mapper/mpath5 /dev/mapper/ovs_data4p1 /dev/mapper/blade-data6p1 /dev/mapper/vmocr-css1 /dev/mapper/vmocr-css1p1 /dev/mapper/vmracdb1 /dev/mapper/vmracdb1p1 /dev/mapper/ovs_data4 28

29 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: VIRTUAL GRID Convert OVM repository to the shared disks: configure OCFS2 a) Edit /etc/ocfs2/clutser.conf b) service o2cb stop C) Fcb d) # mkfs.ocfs2 -b 4k -C 64k -L ovs /dev/mapper/ovs_data4p1 e) umount /OVS f) edit /etc/fstab: #/dev/sda3 /OVS ocfs2 defaults 1,0 /dev/mapper/ovs_data4p1 /OVS ocfs2 _netdev,datavolume,nointr

30 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: VIRTUAL GRID g) mount ocfs2 partitions: mount -a -t ocfs2 h) create directories under /OVS: running_pool, seed_pool,shareddisk i) repeat steps a-h on all the VM servers Add additional volume to the OVS repositories Connect the VM servers to Enterprise Manager Grid Control Meet pre-requisites: a. Oracle user with oinstall group b. Oracle user s ssh user equivalence between dom0 & OMS 30

31 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: VIRTUAL GRID c. Create /OVS/provxy d. Oracle user sudo privileges: visudo /etc/sudoers Add line: oracle ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL Comment out line: Defaults requiretty Create VM server Pool: login to Grid control 31

32 GRID IMPLEMENTATION: VIRTUAL GRID Add additional VM servers to the VM server pool 32

33 ORACLE VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION Create Guest VMs using VM template Virtual Machine as node of Virtual Grid Methods of guest VMs: VM template; install media; PXE boot Import a VM template Download OVM_EL5U2_X86_64_11GRAC_PVM.gz to repository Discover VM template from Grid control Virtual Central 33

34 ORACLE VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION Create VM using the template 34

35 ORACLE VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION Add additional disk to the VM Attach shared disk to the VM s 35

36 ORACLE VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION Images files in repository: Local disk: Shared disk Disks as resources for VM: 36

37 ORACLE VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION Disks shown in VM as the virtual disk partitions: Attached the storage to to the guest VM a) vm.cfg: disk = [''file:/ovs/shareddisk/racdb.img,xvdc,w!', b) vm.cfg: disk = [' phy: /dev/mapper/vmracdbp1, xvdc,w!', Exposed Xen bridge for virtual network interface vm.cfg: vif = ['bridge=xenbr0,mac=00:16:3e:11:8e:ce,type=netfront', 'bridge=xenbr1,mac=00:16:3e:50:63:25,type=netfront',] xenbr0 - eth0 in the guest VM xenbr1 eth1 in the guest VM 37

38 ORACLE VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION Storage/Network configuration for 11g RAC on VMs: 38

39 ORACLE VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION Consolidate enterprise applications on the Grid Applications and middleware on the virtual Grid Create a guest VM using Oracle OEL 5.2 template Deploy application on the guest VM Build the VM template of the VM Create new guest VMs based on the VM template Deploy database service on the physical Grid Provision adequate size of storage volume from SAN Make the volume accessible to all the physical Grid Nodes Create the ASM diskgroup Create database service on the ASM diskgroup Create application database schema on the database Establish the application database connections Deploy DEV/Test Application suite on the virtual Grid Multi-tier nodes are on the VMs Fast deployment based on templates 39

40 CASE STUDIES OF GRID HOSTING APPLICATIONS Grid Architecture to host applications Oracle Applications E-Business suites on RAC/VM Three Applications Tier nodes on three VMs Two Database Tier nodes on Two node RAC. Oracle E-Business Suite single node on Virtual Grid Both Applications tier and Database tier node on VMs Banner applications on physical/virtual Grid Two Applications Tier nodes on two VMs Two Database Tier nodes on Two node RAC Provisioning Oracle 11g RAC on Virtual Grid Two Database RAC nodes on two VMs 11g RAC provisioning by Grid control Provisioning Pack 11g RAC provisionging procedure Add additonal RAC node on new VM Grid control Provisioning Pack Add node Procedure 40

41 CASE STUDIES OF GRID HOSTING APPLICATIONS Grid Architecture to host applications 41

42 CASE STUDIES OF GRID HOSTING APPLICATIONS Virtual Grid shown on Grid Control Virtual Central 42

43 SUMMARY Dell Grid POC Project: Pre-built Grid with physical and virtual grids Grid control as the unified management solution for the Grid Dell blades as the platform of the Grid: RAC node and VM servers EqualLogic provides the shared storage for the physical and virtual Grid The Grid provides the infrastructure to consolidate the enterprise applications as well as the RAC databases Acknowledge the support of Oracle engineers: Akanksha Sheoran, Rajat Nigam, Daniel Dibbets, Kurt Hackel, Channabasappa Nekar, Premjith Rayaroth, and Dell Engineer: Roger Lopez Related OpenWorld Presentations: ID#: S308185, Provisioning Oracle RAC in a Virtualized Environment, Using Oracle Enterprise Manager, 10/11/09 13:00-14:00, Kai Yu & Rajat Nigam ID#: S310132, Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle RAC and Oracle VM: Architecture and Implementation, 10/14/09 10:15-11:15 Kai Yu and John Tao 43

44 References: 1. Best Practices of Deployment of Oracle ASM with Dell EqualLogic PS iscsi Storage System, Dell White Paper 2. Oracle Press Release: Oracle Enterprise Manager Extends Management to Oracle VM Server Virtualization 3. Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts 10g Release 5 ( ) Part Number B Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control ReadMe for Linux x g Release 5 ( ) April How to Enable Oracle VM Management Pack in EM Grid Control , Metalink Note #: Oracle VM: Converting from a Local to Shared OVS Repository, Metalink note # How to Add Shared Repositories to Oracle VM Pools with Multiple Servers, Metalink Note # Implementing Oracle Grid: A successful Customer Case Study, Kai Yu, Dan Brint, IOUG Select Journal Volume 16, Number 2, Second Quarter Deploying Oracle VM Release 2.1 on Dell PowewrEdge servers and Dell/EMC storage Dell white paper 10. Dell Reference Configuration Deploying Oracle Database on Dell EqualLogic PS5000XV iscsi Storage A Dell Technical White Paper 11. Technical Best Practices for Virtualization & RAC Oracle RAC SIG webseminar slides, Michael Timpanaro-Perota & Daniel Dibbets 44