Clusterware Processes in 11g RAC R2 Environment

i).Cluster Ready Services (CRS)

$ ps -ef | grep crs | grep -v grep

root 25863 1 1 Oct27 ? 11:37:32 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/crsd.bin reboot

crsd.bin => The above process is responsible for start, stop, monitor and failover of resource. It maintains OCR and also restarts the resources when the failure occurs.

This is applicable for RAC systems. For Oracle Restart and ASM ohasd is used.

ii).Cluster Synchronization Service (CSS)

$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep css

root 19541 1 0 Oct27 ? 00:05:55 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/cssdmonitor

root 19558 1 0 Oct27 ? 00:05:45 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/cssdagent

oragrid 19576 1 6 Oct27 ? 2-19:13:56 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/ocssd.bin

cssdmonitor => Monitors node hangs(via oprocd functionality) and monitors OCCSD process hangs (via oclsomon functionality) and monitors vendor clusterware(via vmon functionality).This is the multi threaded process that runs with elavated priority.

Startup sequence: INIT --> init.ohasd --> ohasd --> ohasd.bin --> cssdmonitor

cssdagent => Spawned by OHASD process.Previously(10g) oprocd, responsible for I/O fencing.Killing this process would cause node reboot.Stops,start checks the status of occsd.bin daemon

Startup sequence: INIT --> init.ohasd --> ohasd --> ohasd.bin --> cssdagent

occsd.bin => Manages cluster node membership runs as oragrid user.Failure of this process results in node restart.

Startup sequence: INIT --> init.ohasd --> ohasd --> ohasd.bin --> cssdagent --> ocssd --> ocssd.bin

iii) Event Management (EVM)

$ ps -ef | grep evm | grep -v grep

oragrid 24623 1 0 Oct27 ? 00:30:25 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/evmd.bin

oragrid 25934 24623 0 Oct27 ? 00:00:00 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/evmlogger.bin -o /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/evm/log/evmlogger.info -l /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/evm/log/evmlogger.log

evmd.bin => Distributes and communicates some cluster events to all of the cluster members so that they are aware of the cluster changes.

evmlogger.bin => Started by EVMD.bin reads the configuration files and determines what events to subscribe to from EVMD and it runs user defined actions for those events.

iv).Oracle Root Agent

$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep orarootagent

root 19395 1 0 Oct17 ? 12:06:57 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/orarootagent.bin

root 25853 1 1 Oct17 ? 16:30:45 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/orarootagent.bin

orarootagent.bin => A specialized oraagent process that helps crsd manages resources owned by root, such as the network, and the Grid virtual IP address.

The above 2 process are actually threads which looks like processes. This is a Linux specific

v).Cluster Time Synchronization Service (CTSS)

$ ps -ef | grep ctss | grep -v grep

root 24600 1 0 Oct27 ? 00:38:10 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/octssd.bin reboot

octssd.bin => Provides Time Management in a cluster for Oracle Clusterware

vi).Oracle Agent

$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep oraagent

oragrid 5337 1 0 Nov14 ? 00:35:47 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/oraagent.bin

oracle 8886 1 1 10:25 ? 00:00:05 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/oraagent.bin

oragrid 19481 1 0 Oct27 ? 01:45:19 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/oraagent.bin

oraagent.bin => Extends clusterware to support Oracle-specific requirements and complex resources. This process runs server callout scripts when FAN events occur. This process was known as RACG in Oracle Clusterware 11g Release 1 (11.1).

ORACLE HIGH AVAILABILITY SERVICES STACK

i) Cluster Logger Service

$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep ologgerd

root 24856 1 0 Oct27 ? 01:43:48 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/ologgerd -m mg5hfmr02a -r -d /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/crf/db/mg5hfmr01a

ologgerd => Receives information from all the nodes in the cluster and persists in a CHM repository-based database. This service runs on only two nodes in a cluster

ii).System Monitor Service (osysmond)

$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep osysmond

root 19528 1 0 Oct27 ? 09:42:16 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/osysmond

osysmond => The monitoring and operating system metric collection service that sends the data to the cluster logger service. This service runs on every node in a cluster

iii). Grid Plug and Play (GPNPD):

$ ps -ef | grep gpn

oragrid 19502 1 0 Oct27 ? 00:21:13 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/gpnpd.bin

gpnpd.bin => Provides access to the Grid Plug and Play profile, and coordinates updates to the profile among the nodes of the cluster to ensure that all of the nodes have the most recent profile.

iv).Grid Interprocess Communication (GIPC):

$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep gipc

oragrid 19516 1 0 Oct27 ? 01:51:41 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/gipcd.bin

gipcd.bin => A support daemon that enables Redundant Interconnect Usage.

v). Multicast Domain Name Service (mDNS):

$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep dns

oragrid 19493 1 0 Oct27 ? 00:01:18 /opt/oracle/grid/product/11.2.0/bin/mdnsd.bin

mdnsd.bin => Used by Grid Plug and Play to locate profiles in the cluster, as well as by GNS to perform name resolution. The mDNS process is a background process on Linux and UNIX and on Windows.

vi).Oracle Grid Naming Service (GNS)

$ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep gns

gnsd.bin => Handles requests sent by external DNS servers, performing name resolution for names defined by the cluster.