Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Disaster Recovery Introduction

• 1.1 Disaster Recovery Overview
  • 1.1.1 Problem Description and Common Solutions
  • 1.1.2 Terminology
• 1.2 Disaster Recovery for Oracle Application Server Components
  • 1.2.1 Oracle Application Server Disaster Recovery Architecture Overview
  • 1.2.2 Components Described in this Document
  • 1.2.3 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Application Server Components
    • 1.2.3.1 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Web Cache
    • 1.2.3.2 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle HTTP Server
    • 1.2.3.3 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Containers for J2EE
    • 1.2.3.4 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle BPEL Process Manager
    • 1.2.3.5 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Enterprise Service Bus
    • 1.2.3.6 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Web Services Manager
    • 1.2.3.7 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for B2B
    • 1.2.3.8 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Business Activity Monitoring
    • 1.2.3.9 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Internet Directory
    • 1.2.3.10 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Single Sign-On
    • 1.2.3.11 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Access Manager
    • 1.2.3.12 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Discoverer
    • 1.2.3.13 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Forms
    • 1.2.3.14 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Reports
    • 1.2.3.15 Disaster Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Portal

2 Implementing the Solution

• 2.1 Design Considerations
  • 2.1.1 Design Starting Point
  • 2.1.2 Designing with an Existing Production Site
    • 2.1.2.1 Implementing Symmetric Host Names with an Existing Production Site
    • 2.1.2.2 Implementing Symmetric Ports with an Existing Production Site
    • 2.1.2.3 Implementing Symmetric Storage Configuration with an Existing Production Site
    • 2.1.2.4 Implementing Symmetric Oracle Central Inventories with an Existing Production Site
  • 2.1.3 Designing a New Production Site and Standby Site
  • 2.1.4 Planning Host Names for the Production Site and Standby Site
  • 2.1.5 Host Name Resolution
  • 2.1.6 Making /etc/hosts File Entries for Local Host Name File Resolution
  • 2.1.7 Resolving Host Names Using DNS Host Name Resolution
    • 2.1.7.1 Making Host Name Entries in the Corporate DNS
    • 2.1.7.2 Making Host Name Entries in the Production Site DNS
    • 2.1.7.3 Making Host Name Entries in the Standby Site DNS
• 2.2 Environment Preparation
  • 2.2.1 Database Considerations
  • 2.2.2 Creating Volumes, Mount Points, and Symbolic Links
    • 2.2.2.1 Creating Volumes for the Application Server Host Clusters
    • 2.2.2.2 Creating Mount Points, Symbolic Links, and Oracle Home Directories
    • 2.2.2.3 Creating Mount Points, Symbolic Links, and Oracle Central Inventory Directories
    • 2.2.2.4 Creating Mount Points, Symbolic Links, and Static HTML Pages Directories
  • 2.2.3 Testing the Host Name Resolution
• 2.3 Installing the Oracle Application Server Instances for the Production Site
  • 2.3.1 Assigning the Application Server Host Name During Installation
  • 2.3.2 Specifying the Oracle Home Directory During Installation
• 2.4 Finishing the Disk Replication Setup
• 2.5 Synchronization Steps and Frequency
• 2.6 Failover Steps
• 2.7 Switchover Steps
• 2.8 Performing Periodic Testing of the Standby Site

A Using Databases in the OracleAS Disaster Recovery Solution

• A.1 Installing the Oracle Databases in the Production Site
• A.2 Creating Standby Databases at the Standby Site
• A.3 Setting Up the Oracle Data Guard Configuration
• A.4 Making TNSNAMES.ORA Entries for Databases
• A.5 Manually Forcing Database Synchronization with Oracle Data Guard
• A.6 Setting Up Database Host Name Aliases

B Setting Up Oracle Business Activity Monitoring

• B.1 Setting Up Oracle Business Activity Monitoring in an Oracle Application Server Disaster Recovery Topology

C Creating an Asymmetric Topology

• C.1 Steps for Creating an Asymmetric Topology
  • C.1.1 Creating an Asymmetric Standby Site with Fewer Hosts and Instances
  • C.1.2 Creating an Asymmetric Standby Site with Fewer Hosts and the Same Number of Instances
  • C.1.3 Creating an Asymmetric Standby Site with a Different Database Configuration

D Using Peer to Peer File Copy for Testing

• D.1 Using rsync and Oracle Data Guard for Oracle Application Server Disaster Recovery Topologies
  • D.1.1 Using rsync for Oracle Application Server Middle Tier Components
  • D.1.2 Performing Failover and Switchover Operations

E Disaster Recovery for Collocated Infrastructure Deployments

• E.1 Setting Up Disaster Recovery for Infrastructure Deployments with Collocated Identity Management and Metadata Repository

F Wide Area DNS Operations

• F.1 Using a Global Load Balancer
• F.2 Manually Changing DNS Names

G Troubleshooting Disaster Recovery

• G.1 Troubleshooting OracleAS Disaster Recovery Topologies
  • G.1.1 Heartbeat Failure After Failover in Alert Logs
  • G.1.2 Recommended Method of Patching an Oracle Application Server Disaster Recovery Site
  • G.1.3 Changing the LockFile Directive for 10.1.2.x and 10.1.3.x Oracle HTTP Server Instances
  • G.1.4 Use the DEFAULT_DMS_DIR Environment Variable for Oracle HTTP Server 10.1.3.x Instances
• G.2 Need More Help?

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