Contents
- Intended Audience
- Documentation Accessibility
- Structure
- Related Documents
- Conventions
- Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2) New Features for RAC Installation and Configuration
- 1.1 Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Documentation Overview
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- 1.1.1 Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide
- 1.2 General System Installation Requirements
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- 1.2.1 Overview of Cluster Verification Utility
- 1.2.2 Overview of Oracle Universal Installer
- 1.2.3 Overview of Upgrading and Multiple-release Systems
- 1.2.4 Shared Oracle Homes with Oracle Cluster File System
- 1.2.5 Hardware Requirements for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters
- 1.2.6 Software Requirements for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters
- 1.3 Configuration Tasks for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters
- 1.4 Overview of Installation Procedures
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- 1.4.1 Pre-Installation Overview for Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters
- 1.4.2 Installation Overview for Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters
- 1.4.3 Post-Installation Overview for Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters
- 1.5 Oracle Universal Installer and Real Application Clusters
- 1.6 Storage Considerations for Installing Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters
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- 1.6.1 Overview of Automatic Storage Management
- 1.6.2 Shared Storage for Database Recovery Area
- 1.7 Additional Considerations for Using Oracle Database 10g Features in RAC
- 1.8 Oracle Database 10g and Real Application Clusters Components
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- 1.8.1 Oracle Clusterware
- 1.8.2 The Installed Real Application Clusters Components
- 1.9 Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters Release Compatibility
- 1.10 Required Operating System Groups
- 1.11 Cloning Oracle Clusterware and RAC in Grid Environments
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- 1.11.1 Cloning Oracle Clusterware Homes
- 1.11.2 Cloning RAC Homes
- 2.1 Understanding and Using Cluster Verification Utility
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- 2.1.1 Entering Cluster Verification Utility Commands
- 2.1.2 Using CVU to Determine if Installation Prerequisites are Complete
- 2.1.3 Using the Cluster Verification Utility Help
- 2.1.4 Using Cluster Verification Utility with Oracle 10g Release 1
- 2.1.5 Verbose Mode and "Unknown" Output
- 2.2 Logging In to the System as root
- 2.3 Creating Required Operating System Groups and User
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- 2.3.1 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group
- 2.3.2 Creating the OSDBA Group
- 2.3.3 Creating an OSOPER Group (Optional)
- 2.3.4 Creating the Oracle Software Owner User
- 2.3.5 Verifying That the User nobody Exists
- 2.3.6 Creating Identical Users and Groups on Other Cluster Nodes
- 2.3.7 Configuring SSH on All Cluster Nodes
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- 2.3.7.1 Configuring SSH on Cluster Member Nodes
- 2.3.7.2 Enabling SSH User Equivalency on Cluster Member Nodes
- 2.3.7.3 Preventing Oracle Clusterware Installation Errors Caused by stty Commands
- 2.4 Configuring the oracle User's Environment
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- 2.4.1 Installing the cvuqdisk Package for Linux
- 2.5 Checking the Hardware Requirements
- 2.6 Checking the Network Requirements
- 2.7 Checking the Network Setup with CVU
- 2.8 Identifying Software Requirements
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- 2.8.1 Software Requirements List for x86 (32-bit) Platforms
- 2.8.2 Software Requirements List for x86 (64-bit) Platforms
- 2.9 Checking the Software Requirements
- 2.10 Configuring Kernel Parameters
- 2.11 Checking the Hardware and Operating System Setup with CVU
- 2.12 Checking the Operating System Requirements Setup with CVU
- 2.13 Identifying Required Software Directories
- 2.14 Identifying or Creating an Oracle Base Directory
- 2.15 Creating the Oracle Clusterware Home Directory
- 2.16 Checking the Configuration of the Hangcheck-timer Module
- 2.17 Stopping Existing Oracle Processes for Upgrades or Co-existing Databases
- 3.1 Reviewing Storage Options for Oracle Clusterware, Database, and Recovery Files
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- 3.1.1 Overview of Storage Options
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- 3.1.1.1 Overview of Oracle Clusterware Storage Options
- 3.1.1.2 Overview of Oracle Database and Recovery File Options
- 3.1.1.3 General Storage Considerations
- 3.1.1.4 After You Have Selected Disk Storage Options
- 3.1.2 Checking for Available Shared Storage with CVU
- 3.2 Configuring Storage for Oracle Clusterware Files on a Supported Shared File System
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- 3.2.1 Requirements for Using a File System for Oracle Clusterware Files
- 3.2.2 Deciding to Use a Cluster File System for Data Files
- 3.2.3 Checking NFS Buffer Size Parameters
- 3.2.4 Creating Required Directories for Oracle Clusterware Files on Shared File Systems
- 3.3 Configuring Storage for Oracle Clusterware Files on Raw Devices
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- 3.3.1 Clusterware File Restrictions for Logical Volume Manager on Linux
- 3.3.2 Identifying Required Raw Partitions for Clusterware Files
- 3.3.3 Creating the Required Raw Partitions on IDE, SCSI, or RAID Devices
- 3.3.4 Binding the Partitions to Raw Devices
- 3.3.5 Completing Supported Shared Storage Configuration
- 3.4 Choosing a Storage Option for Oracle Database Files
- 3.5 Configuring Disks for Automatic Storage Management
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- 3.5.1 Identifying Storage Requirements for Automatic Storage Management
- 3.5.2 Using an Existing Automatic Storage Management Disk Group
- 3.5.3 Configuring Disks for Automatic Storage Management with ASMLIB
- 3.5.4 Configuring Database File Storage on ASM and Raw Devices
- 3.6 Configuring Database File Storage on Raw Devices
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- 3.6.1 Database File Restrictions for Logical Volume Manager on Linux
- 3.6.2 Identifying Required Raw Partitions for Database Files
- 3.6.3 Creating Required Raw Partitions for Database Files on IDE, SCSI, or RAID Devices
- 3.6.4 Binding Partitions to Raw Devices for Database Files
- 3.6.5 Creating the Database Configuration Assistant Raw Device Mapping File
- 4.1 Verifying Oracle Clusterware Requirements with CVU
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- 4.1.1 Troubleshooting Oracle Clusterware Setup
- 4.2 Preparing to Install Oracle Clusterware with OUI
- 4.3 Installing Oracle Clusterware with OUI
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- 4.3.1 Running OUI to Install Oracle Clusterware
- 4.3.2 Installing Oracle Clusterware Using a Cluster Configuration File
- 4.3.3 Troubleshooting Oracle Clusterware Installation Verification
- 4.3.4 Oracle Clusterware Background Processes
- 5.1 Verifying System Readiness for installing Oracle Database with CVU
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- 5.1.1 Troubleshooting Installation Setup for Linux
- 5.2 Selecting a Configuration Option
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- 5.2.1 Automatic Storage Management Configuration
- 5.2.2 Database Configuration Type Descriptions
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- 5.2.2.1 General Purpose, Transaction Processing, and Data Warehouse Configuration Types
- 5.2.2.2 Using the Advanced Configuration Type
- 5.2.3 Actions of OUI, DBCA, and Other Assistants During Installation
- 5.3 Installation of Oracle Database 10g with RAC Using Oracle Universal Installer
- 5.4 De-Installing Oracle Real Application Clusters Software
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- 5.4.1 De-Installing Oracle Database 10g RAC Software and ASM
- 5.4.2 De-Installing Oracle Clusterware
- 6.1 Using Database Configuration Assistant in Oracle Real Application Clusters
- 6.2 Benefits of Using Database Configuration Assistant
- 6.3 Oracle Real Application Clusters High Availability Services
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- 6.3.1 Service Configuration and Instance Preferences
- 6.3.2 Transparent Application Failover Policies
- 6.4 Automatic Listener Migration from Release 10.1 to 10.2
- 6.5 Verifying Requirements for DBCA
- 6.6 Creating an Oracle Real Application Clusters Database with DBCA
- 6.7 Deleting an Oracle Real Application Clusters Database with DBCA
- 7.1 Required Post-Installation Tasks
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- 7.1.1 Back Up the Voting Disk After Installation
- 7.1.2 Download and Install Patch Updates
- 7.1.3 Configure Oracle Products
- 7.1.4 Create Symbolic Links for Oracle Real Application Clusters 10g Installed on OCFS
- 7.2 Recommended Post-Installation Tasks
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- 7.2.1 Verifying Oracle Enterprise Manager Operations
- 7.2.2 Recommended Post-Installation Tasks
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- 7.2.2.1 Back Up the root.sh Script
- 7.2.2.2 Set Up Users Accounts
- 7.2.2.3 Set the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID Environments
- 8.1 Parameter Files and Oracle Real Application Clusters
- 8.2 Using Server Parameter Files in Real Application Clusters
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- 8.2.1 Location of the Server Parameter File
- 8.3 Parameter File Search Order in Real Application Clusters
- 8.4 Migrating to the Server Parameter File in Real Application Clusters Environments
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- 8.4.1 Server Parameter File Placement in Real Application Clusters
- 8.4.2 Procedures for Migrating to the Server Parameter File
- 8.5 Server Parameter File Errors in Real Application Clusters
- 9.1 Understanding the Configured Environment in Oracle Real Application Clusters
- 9.2 Oracle Cluster Registry in Oracle Real Application Clusters
- 9.3 Oratab Configuration for Oracle Real Application Clusters
- 9.4 Database Components Created Using Database Configuration Assistant
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- 9.4.1 Tablespaces and Data files
- 9.4.2 Control Files
- 9.4.3 Redo Log Files
- 9.5 Managing Undo Tablespaces in Real Application Clusters
- 9.6 Initialization Parameter Files
- 9.7 Configuring Service Registration-Related Parameters in Real Application Clusters
- 9.8 Configuring the Listener File (listener.ora)
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- 9.8.1 Local Listeners
- 9.8.2 Multiple Listeners
- 9.8.3 How Oracle Database Uses the Listener (listener.ora File)
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- 9.8.3.1 Listener Registration and PMON Discovery
- 9.9 Directory Server Access (ldap.ora File)
- 9.10 Net Service Names (tnsnames.ora File)
- 9.11 Net Services Profile (sqlnet.ora File)
- A.1 Troubleshooting the Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation
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- A.1.1 General Installation Issues
- A.1.2 Real Application Clusters Installation Error Messages
- A.1.3 Performing Cluster Diagnostics During Real Application Clusters Installations
- B.1 Creating a Database Using Scripts
- C.1 Raw Devices Required by DBCA for Non-OCFS Environments
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- C.1.1 Planning Your Raw Device Creation Strategy
- D.1 Single-Instance to Cluster-Enabled Conversion Administrative Issues
- D.2 Converting with DBCA
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- D.2.1 Single Instance on a Non-Cluster Computer to Oracle Database 10g with RAC
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- D.2.1.1 Back Up the Original Single-Instance Database
- D.2.1.2 Perform the Pre-Installation Steps
- D.2.1.3 Set Up the Cluster
- D.2.1.4 Validate the Cluster
- D.2.1.5 Copy the Preconfigured Database Image
- D.2.1.6 Install Oracle Database 10g Software with Real Application Clusters
- D.2.2 Single Instance on a Cluster to Oracle Database 10g RAC
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- D.2.2.1 Single Instance on a Cluster Running from a Cluster-Enabled Oracle Home
- D.2.2.2 Single Instance on a Cluster Running from a RAC-Disabled Oracle Home
- D.2.2.3 Single Instance on a Cluster Running from a Single-Instance Installed Oracle Home
- D.3 Converting with rconfig and Oracle Enterprise Manager
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- D.3.1 Prerequisites for Converting to RAC Databases
- D.3.2 Single-Instance to RAC Conversion Scenarios
- D.3.3 Converting Single-Instance Databases to RAC Using rconfig
- D.3.4 Example of an rconfig XML Input File
- D.3.5 Converting Single-Instance Databases to RAC Using Oracle Enterprise Manager
- D.3.6 Converting Single-Instance ASM to Cluster ASM
- D.4 Post-Conversion Steps
- E.1 Understanding the Real Application Clusters Directory Structure
- E.2 Directory Structures for Real Application Clusters
- F.1 Back Up the Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
- F.2 Shut Down Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
- F.3 Stop All Oracle Processes
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- F.3.1 Stopping Oracle Clusterware or Cluster Ready Services Processes
- F.3.2 Stopping Oracle Database 10g Processes Before Adding Products or Upgrading
- G.1 About Managing Ports
- G.2 Viewing Port Numbers and Access URLS
- G.3 Port Numbers and Protocols of Oracle Components
- G.4 Changing the Oracle Enterprise Management Agent Port
- G.5 Changing the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Console Ports
- G.6 Changing the iSQL*Plus Ports
- G.7 Changing the Oracle Ultra Search Ports
- G.8 Changing the Oracle XML DB Ports
