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Oracle® Solaris Cluster 4 Compatibility Guide

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Updated: February 2020
 
 

Storage-Based Data Replication

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Remote Replication

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance (ZFS SA) Remote Replication may be used for replicating data in Oracle Solaris Cluster Distaster Recovery framework environments.

Global Zones and ZFS SA Remote Replication

ZFS SA Remote Replication for data replication is supported in global zones, and requires the following:

  • Starting with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1

  • Oracle ZFS Storage Software

    • 2013.1.8.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 8 and later

    • 2013.1.7.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 8 and later SRUs

    • 2013.1.6.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 3 and later SRUs

    • 2013.1.5.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 3 and later SRUs

    • 2013.1.4.x:

      • Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 and SRUs

      • Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and SRUs

    • 2013.1.3.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and SRUs

    • 2011.1.6.x, 2011.1.7.x, 2011.1.8.x, 2011.1.9.x, 2013.1.1.x, 2013.1.2.x:

      • Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and SRUs

      • Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 SRU 7 and later SRUs

    • 2011.1.5.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 and SRUs earlier than SRU 7

  • Not supported:

    • Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster multi-owner disk sets

    • Shared QFS

  • Storage: Oracle ZFS Storage Appliances

Zone Clusters and ZFS SA Remote Replication

    ZFS SA Remote Replication for data replication is supported in shared-IP and exclusive-IP zone clusters, and requires the following:

  • Starting with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1

  • Oracle ZFS Storage Software

    • 2013.1.8.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 8 and later

    • 2013.1.7.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 8 and later SRUs

    • 2013.1.6.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 3 and later SRUs

    • 2013.1.5.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 3 and later SRUs

    • 2013.1.4.x:

      • Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 and SRUs

      • Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and SRUs

    • 2013.1.3.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and SRUs

    • 2011.1.6.x, 2011.1.7.x, 2011.1.8.x, 2011.1.9.x, 2013.1.1.x, 2013.1.2.x:

      • Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2 and SRUs

      • Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 SRU 7 and later SRUs

    • 2011.1.5.x – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 and SRUs earlier than SRU 7

  • Not supported:

    • Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster multi-owner disk sets

    • Shared QFS

  • Oracle ZFS Storage Appliances Support, see:

solaris10 Branded Zone Clusters and ZFS SA Remote Replication

ZFS SA Remote Replication for data replication is supported in solaris10 branded exclusive-IP and shared-IP zone clusters, and requires the following:

  • Global zone – Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 and Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4

  • Zone cluster:

    • Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition 3.3 3/13

    • The solaris10 branded zone cluster requires patch 145333-29 or later for SPARC, patch 145334-29 or later for x86

    • For support of AK 2013.1.7.x and 2013.1.8.x, install patch 152877-01 or later for SPARC, patch 152878-01 or later for x64

    • For support of AK 2013.1.7.x and 2013.1.8.x, install v1.0.5 of package SUNWsczfsnfs and v1.0.10 of package ORCLscgezfssacli. Download the packages from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/sun-unified-storage/downloads/zfssa-plugins-1489830.html.

Note -  Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance AK 2013.1.5.x is not supported with solaris10 branded zone clusters.

EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility

EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) may be used for replicating data in Oracle Solaris Cluster Distaster Recovery framework environments.

See the Solutions Enabler Client/Server Configuration Example appendix – http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E56676_01/html/E58402/gqnwl.html#scrolltochttp://docs.oracle.com/cd/E56676_01/html/E58402/gqnwl.html#scrolltoc - in the Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility for an example configuration.

Global Zones and EMC SRDF

SRDF for data replication is supported in global zones, and requires the following:

  • Oracle Solaris Cluster releases: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and SRUs

  • Enginuity firmware version 5671 or later

  • EMC Solutions Enabler (SYMCLI) versions:

    • 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.x, 7.6.x

    • 8.0.x, 8.1.x

  • Storage:

    • EMC Symmetrix DMX

    • EMC VMAX

      See the Oracle Solaris Cluster Storage Partner Program page for additional information.

  • Not supported:

    • Solaris Volume Manager

    • Shared QFS

    • SRDF consistency groups

Zone Clusters and EMC SRDF

SRDF for data replication is supported in shared-IP and exclusive-IP zone clusters using Solutions Enabler client/server configurations and requires the following:

  • Oracle Solaris Cluster releases: 4.3 SRU 3 and later SRUs

  • Enginuity firmware version 5671 or later

  • EMC Solutions Enabler (SYMCLI) versions:

    • 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.x, 7.6.x

    • 8.0.x, 8.1.x

  • Storage:

    • EMC Symmetrix DMX

    • EMC VMAX

    See the Oracle Solaris Cluster Storage Partner Program page for additional information.

  • Not supported:

    • Solaris Volume Manager

    • Shared QFS

    • SRDF consistency groups

solaris10 Branded Zone Clusters and EMC SRDF

SRDF for data replication is not supported in solaris10 branded zone clusters.

Hitachi Data Systems Support for Oracle Solaris Cluster Distaster Recovery Framework

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) provides support for replicating data in Oracle Solaris Cluster Distaster Recovery framework environments.

For support information, see the Oracle Solaris Cluster Storage Partner Program page.

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