11gR2 Clusterware and Grid Home - What You Need to Know (文档 ID 1053147.1)

Don't let this picture scare you too much.  You aren't responsible for managing all of these processes, that is the Clusterware's job!

Short summary of the startup sequence: INIT spawns init.ohasd (with respawn) which in turn starts the OHASD process (Oracle High Availability Services Daemon).  This daemon spawns 4 processes.

Level 1: OHASD Spawns:

• cssdagent - Agent responsible for spawning CSSD.
• orarootagent - Agent responsible for managing all root owned ohasd resources.
• oraagent - Agent responsible for managing all oracle owned ohasd resources.
• cssdmonitor - Monitors CSSD and node health (along wth the cssdagent).

Level 2: OHASD rootagent spawns:

• CRSD - Primary daemon responsible for managing cluster resources.
• CTSSD - Cluster Time Synchronization Services Daemon
• Diskmon
• ACFS (ASM Cluster File System) Drivers 

Level 2: OHASD oraagent spawns:

• MDNSD - Used for DNS lookup
• GIPCD - Used for inter-process and inter-node communication
• GPNPD - Grid Plug & Play Profile Daemon
• EVMD - Event Monitor Daemon
• ASM - Resource for monitoring ASM instances

Level 3: CRSD spawns:

• orarootagent - Agent responsible for managing all root owned crsd resources.
• oraagent - Agent responsible for managing all oracle owned crsd resources.

Level 4: CRSD rootagent spawns:

• Network resource - To monitor the public network
• SCAN VIP(s) - Single Client Access Name Virtual IPs
• Node VIPs - One per node
• ACFS Registery - For mounting ASM Cluster File System
• GNS VIP (optional) - VIP for GNS

Level 4: CRSD oraagent spawns:

• ASM Resouce - ASM Instance(s) resource
• Diskgroup - Used for managing/monitoring ASM diskgroups.  
• DB Resource - Used for monitoring and managing the DB and instances
• SCAN Listener - Listener for single client access name, listening on SCAN VIP
• Listener - Node listener listening on the Node VIP
• Services - Used for monitoring and managing services
• ONS - Oracle Notification Service
• eONS - Enhanced Oracle Notification Service
• GSD - For 9i backward compatibility
• GNS (optional) - Grid Naming Service - Performs name resolution

This image shows the various levels more clearly: