Oracle Applications Oracle TruCluster AS DIGITAL UNIX AlphaServer 8400 DIGITAL

This document provides a comprehensive overview and technical details of the DIGITAL HiTest Suite for Oracle Applications 10.7 running on a DIGITAL UNIX AlphaServer 8400 with TruCluster AS. The suite is designed to deliver a robust, high-performance, and highly available solution by integrating powerful application and database software with a leading hardware platform and operating system.

Key aspects covered include:

• HiTest Suite Concept: Defines HiTest Suites as prequalified computer systems for complete customer solutions, ensuring reliability, application performance, and upgradeability, with tested interoperability. It comprises a HiTest Foundation (hardware, OS, middleware, database) and a HiTest AppSet (application software), with an optional System Management Station.
• Suite Components: Specifically, the suite includes Oracle Applications 10.7 (General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable), Oracle7 Server, TruCluster Available Server, DIGITAL UNIX, AlphaServer 8400, and StorageWorks ESA 10000.
• Availability Features: Emphasizes high availability through Data Protection (backup/restore with a TL894 tape library), Data Availability (RAID 0+1 using HSZ70 controllers and Logical Storage Manager for mirroring), and Platform Availability (TruCluster for system failover and redundant components). Disaster tolerance was not explicitly tested.
• Installability & Manageability: The suite underwent thorough installation testing, with procedures detailed in the document. It also provides manageability features covering administration, alarms, performance, security, and accounting across all system components.
• Scalability & Year 2000 Compliance: The system is designed to be scalable, allowing hardware upgrades within specified limits. All listed components are noted as "Year 2000 ready" as of May 1998.
• Configuration Data: Details the hardware and software components, their revision levels, and minimum/maximum configuration ranges, forming the DIGITAL HiTest Template.
• System Installation and Setup: Provides step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring all hardware (AlphaServer 8400, HSZ70 Array Controllers, disk storage), operating system (DIGITAL UNIX kernel parameters, swap space), TruCluster Available Server (including ASE failover setup), Logical Storage Manager (LSM), Oracle7 Server, Oracle Applications 10.7, and the optional System Management Station and its software (ServerWORKS, StorageWorks Command Console).
• Tests and Results: Interoperability testing successfully verified the suite's installability, interoperability, availability, and manageability. Tests simulated Oracle General Ledger workloads for 400, 600, and 800 users, capturing performance metrics such as cache efficiency, recursive calls, and server statistics. Failover scenarios (e.g., node, SCSI path, network interface failures) were successfully handled by TruCluster AS. Backup and restore operations using NetWorker and Oracle7 Enterprise Backup Utility were also demonstrated, with results and procedures for both online and offline backups/restores provided.
• Problems and Solutions: Documents minor issues encountered during testing, such as a tape-related restore failure, Oracle7 installation hanging with a specific option, NetWorker administration not starting without an ASE service, missing adsetenv step for Oracle Applications, and an obsolete StorageWorks version, along with their respective solutions.