Resource Group Name Standards

The concept of Resource Group is used here in a larger scope than it is used in HACMP. In Mt Xia's environment, a resource group is any logical collection of resources, this may include disk, I/O, users, applications, etc. A resource group should be viewed as being independent from any machine or data center. The resource group name is used as the basis of all other naming structures for all entities whether or not they are controlled by HACMP. The resource group name shall be an enterprise wide unique value in order to eliminate conflicts during manual, automated, or disaster recovery failovers.

When designing any new system, the first step is to determine the resource group name(s). The names of volume groups, logical volumes, mount points, major numbers, WLM classes, etc, are all derived from the resource group name(s).

The resource group name shall consist of exactly 8 characters with the following structure:

ApplicationCode + Environment + Function + Company + Sequence ID
     3 char     +    1 char   +  1 char  +  2 char +   1 char

The detailed information for each component of the resource group name is described below:

RG Name
Component 		Number of
Characters 		Values
Application Code 3 
atl = Atlas
ega = EGATE
nim = NIM
ora = Oracle
tps = Maximo
vio = Virtual I/O
Environment 1 
a = acceptance
a = pre-production
d = test/development
p = production
t = test
x = disaster recovery
x = pre-production
Function 1 
a = application
c = combination/multi-purpose
d = database
m = management
u = utility
Company 2 
mx = Mt Xia
mi = Mt Xia - India
ib = IBM
tw = Time Warner
cg = Capgemini
Sequence ID 1 
0-9,A-Z,a-z

Examples of Resource Group (RG) names:

  • egapdmx0
    EGATE Production database RG for Mt Xia, first instance

  • egapdmx1
    EGATE Production database RG for Mt Xia, second instance

  • nimpuib0
    Network Information Manager production utility RG for IBM, first instance

  • nimpuib1
    Network Information Manager production utility RG for IBM, second instance

  • viopuib1
    Virtual I/O production utility RG for IBM, first instance

  • viopuib2
    Virtual I/O production utility RG for IBM, second instance

  • viopuib3
    Virtual I/O production utility RG for IBM, third instance

  • viopuib4
    Virtual I/O production utility RG for IBM, fourth instance

  • vioauib1
    Virtual I/O acceptance utility RG for IBM, first instance

  • vioauib2
    Virtual I/O acceptance utility RG for IBM, second instance

  • vioauib3
    Virtual I/O acceptance utility RG for IBM, third instance

  • vioauib4
    Virtual I/O acceptance utility RG for IBM, fourth instance

  • tpspdmx0
    Maximo production database RG for Mt Xia, first instance

  • tpspdmx1
    Maximo production database RG for Mt Xia, second instance