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Contents
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
What's New in Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation?
New Features for Release 2 (11.2.0.4)
Desupported Options for Release 2 (11.2.0.4)
New Features for Release 2 (11.2.0.3)
New Features for Release 2 (11.2.0.2)
New Features for Release 2 (11.2)
New Features for Release 1(11.1)
1
Preinstallation Checklist
1.1
Before You Start: Planning Your Installation
1.1.1
Check My Oracle Support
1.1.2
Consider Using Software Updates Option
1.1.3
Check Oracle Technology Network
1.1.4
Review Installation Steps for Oracle RAC
1.1.5
Review How to Use Cluster Verification Utility (CVU)
1.1.6
Review and Back Up Existing Oracle Installations
1.1.7
Review Globalization Requirements
1.1.8
Review Documentation
1.2
Overview of Server Hardware, Network and Operating System
1.2.1
Review Server Hardware and Software Requirements
1.2.2
Overview of Server Environment Configuration
1.2.3
Overview of Oracle Base
1.2.4
Overview of Network Connection Requirements
1.2.5
Overview of Secure Shell (SSH) Configuration
1.2.6
Overview of Browser Requirement
1.2.7
Overview of Platform-Specific Server Configuration
1.3
Overview of Oracle RAC Storage
1.3.1
Where to Review Storage System Requirements
1.3.2
Overview of Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
1.3.3
Overview of Oracle Database and Recovery File Options
1.3.4
General Storage Considerations for Oracle RAC
1.3.5
Using Logical Volume Managers with Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
1.4
Additional Information to Prepare for Installation
1.4.1
Oracle ASM is Installed with Oracle Grid Infrastructure
1.4.2
Obtain the Oracle ASM ASMSNMP Password for Oracle Enterprise Manager
1.4.3
Oracle Clusterware and Vendor Clusterware
1.4.4
Shared Components of Oracle RAC Installations
1.4.5
Simplified Upgrade of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE Data
1.4.6
Ensure an External Jobs User Is Created for HP-UX
1.4.7
Oracle Database 11
g
Real Application Clusters Release Compatibility
1.5
Confirming Cluster Readiness for Oracle RAC Installation with CVU
1.6
Stopping Existing Oracle Processes for Upgrades or Coexisting Databases
2
Installing Oracle Database 11
g
with Oracle Real Application Clusters
2.1
Reviewing Oracle Application Express Requirements
2.1.1
Browser Requirements for Oracle Application Express
2.1.2
Installing with Existing Oracle HTML Server Installations
2.1.3
Oracle Text Requirement for Oracle Application Express
2.1.4
Oracle XML DB Requirement for Oracle Application Express
2.2
Selecting a Configuration Option
2.3
Oracle Database Vault Installation and Configuration
2.3.1
Oracle Database Vault Requirements
2.3.2
Oracle Database Vault Accounts
2.3.2.1
Oracle Database Vault Owner
2.3.2.2
Oracle Database Vault Account Manager
2.3.3
Multiple Oracle Database Vault Homes
2.3.4
Starting the Listener with Oracle Database Vault Installations
2.3.5
Installing Oracle Database Vault
2.3.5.1
Configuring Oracle Database Vault During Oracle RAC Installation
2.3.5.2
Configuring Oracle Database Vault After Oracle RAC Installation
2.4
Oracle Database Configuration Type Descriptions
2.4.1
General Purpose and Transaction Processing, and Data Warehouse Configuration Types
2.4.2
Using the Advanced Install Type
2.5
Oracle Configuration Manager Option
2.6
Database Security Options
2.7
Changing Administrative Account Database Passwords
2.8
Actions of OUI and DBCA During Installation
2.9
Installing Oracle Database with Other Languages
2.10
Selecting a Database Name
2.11
Using Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle RAC
2.12
Using Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle RAC One Node
2.13
Using DBCA to Configure Oracle RAC One Node
3
Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases with Database Configuration Assistant
3.1
Using Database Configuration Assistant with Oracle RAC
3.2
Benefits of Using Database Configuration Assistant
3.3
Automatic Listener Migration from Earlier Releases
3.4
Setting Environment Variables for Enterprise Manager DB Control
3.5
Verifying Requirements for DBCA
3.6
Creating an Oracle RAC Database with DBCA
3.7
Deleting an Oracle RAC Database with DBCA
4
Oracle Real Application Clusters Postinstallation Procedures
4.1
Required Postinstallation Tasks
4.1.1
Downloading and Installing Patch Updates
4.1.2
Setting External Jobs Ownership for Installations on HP-UX
4.1.3
Configuring Oracle Products
4.1.4
Relocating Instance-Related Memory-Mapped files from OCFS2 Using Symbolic Links
4.2
Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
4.2.1
Backing Up the root.sh Script
4.2.2
Setting the Oracle User Environment Variables
4.2.3
Recompiling all PL/SQL modules
4.2.4
Setting Up Additional User Accounts
4.2.5
Running Oracle RAC Configuration Audit Tool
4.3
Oracle Configuration Manager Postinstallation Configuration for Oracle RAC
4.4
Enabling and Disabling Database Options After Installation
5
Configuring the Server Parameter File in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
5.1
Parameter Files and Oracle RAC
5.2
Using Server Parameter Files with Oracle RAC
5.2.1
About the Server Parameter File
5.3
Parameter File Search Order in Oracle RAC
5.4
Migrating to the SPFILE in Oracle RAC Environments
5.4.1
Server Parameter File Placement in Oracle RAC
5.4.2
Procedures for Migrating to the Server Parameter File
5.5
Server Parameter File Errors in Oracle RAC
6
Configuring Server Pools and Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
6.1
Understanding Server Pools
6.1.1
Oracle RAC One Node and Server Pools
6.1.2
Policy-Based Cluster and Capacity Management
6.2
Configuring Database Control During and After Installation
6.2.1
Understanding Using EMCA with Oracle RAC
6.2.2
Configuring Database Control During Installation
6.2.3
Configuring Database Control with DBCA
6.2.4
Configuring Database Control After Installation Using EMCA
6.2.5
Using an Input File for EMCA Parameters
6.2.6
Specifying the Ports Used by Database Control
6.2.7
EMCA Troubleshooting Tips
6.2.7.1
Using EMCA After Changing the Database Listener Port
6.2.7.2
Upgrading 11g Release 2 Grid Control Agents
6.2.7.3
Using EMCA When Database Host Name or IP Address Changes
6.2.7.4
Using EMCA When the TNS Configuration Is Changed
7
Understanding the Oracle Real Application Clusters Installed Configuration
7.1
Understanding the Configured Environment in Oracle RAC
7.2
Understanding Time Zone Settings on Cluster Nodes
7.3
Oratab Configuration for Oracle RAC
7.4
Database Components Created Using Database Configuration Assistant
7.4.1
Tablespaces and Data files
7.4.2
Control Files
7.4.3
Redo Log Files
7.5
Managing Undo Tablespaces in Oracle RAC
7.6
Initialization Parameter Files
7.7
Oracle Database Default Audit Policy and Initialization Parameters
7.8
Understanding Service Registration-Related Parameters
7.8.1
Understanding Single Client Access Name (SCAN) and Load-balancing
7.8.2
Understanding Load-Balancing, Failover, and High Availability
7.9
Configuring the Listener File (listener.ora)
7.9.1
Grid Naming Service (GNS) and Listeners
7.9.2
About Local Listeners
7.9.3
About Multiple Listeners
7.9.4
How Oracle Database Uses the Listener File (listener.ora)
7.9.4.1
Listener Registration and PMON Discovery
7.10
Net Service Names (tnsnames.ora File)
7.10.1
Net Service Names for Database Connections
7.10.2
Net Service Name Instance Connections
7.10.3
tnsnames.ora Example File
7.11
Net Services Profile (sqlnet.ora File)
8
Removing Oracle Real Application Clusters Software
8.1
Overview of Deinstallation Procedures
8.2
Identifying All Instances On a Cluster
8.3
Deinstalling Oracle RAC Software
8.3.1
About the Deinstallation Tool
8.3.2
Example of Running the Deinstall Command for Oracle RAC
8.3.3
Example of a Deinstallation Parameter File for Oracle RAC
A
Troubleshooting Oracle Real Application Clusters Installations
A.1
Troubleshooting Oracle Real Application Clusters Installations
A.1.1
General Installation Issues
A.1.2
Oracle RAC Installation Error Messages
A.1.3
Performing Cluster Diagnostics During Oracle Clusterware Installations
A.1.4
Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session
A.1.5
Configuration Assistant Errors
A.1.5.1
Configuration Assistant Failures
A.1.5.2
Fatal Errors
A.2
About Using CVU Cluster Healthchecks After Installation
B
Using Scripts or Response Files to Create Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
B.1
Using DBCA to generate Installation Scripts for Oracle RAC
B.2
About DBCA Noninteractive (Silent) Configuration for Oracle RAC
B.3
Using DBCA Noninteractive (Silent) Configuration for Oracle RAC
B.4
How Response Files Work
B.4.1
Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
B.4.2
Creating a Database Using Oracle ASM for Database Files
B.4.3
General Procedure for Using Response Files
B.5
Preparing Response Files
B.5.1
Editing a Response File Template
B.5.2
Recording Response Files
B.6
Running Oracle Universal Installer Using a Response File
B.7
Running Net Configuration Assistant Using Response Files
B.8
Running Configuration Assistants Using Response Files
B.8.1
About Database Configuration Assistant in Response File Mode
B.8.2
Running Database Configuration Assistant in Response File or Silent Mode
B.9
Postinstallation Configuration Using Response Files
B.9.1
About the Postinstallation Configuration File
B.9.2
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
C
Converting to Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC One Node from Single-Instance Oracle Databases
C.1
Administrative Issues for Converting Databases to Oracle RAC
C.2
Converting to Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC One Node with DBCA
C.2.1
Converting Oracle Database 11
g
Installations to Oracle RAC Using DBCA
C.2.1.1
Back Up the Original Single-Instance Database
C.2.1.2
Complete Oracle Clusterware Installation
C.2.1.3
Validate the Cluster
C.2.1.4
Copy the Preconfigured Database Image
C.2.1.5
Install Oracle Database 11
g
Software with Oracle RAC
C.2.2
Converting Single Instance on a Cluster to Oracle RAC One Node Using DBCA
C.2.3
Converting Single Instance on a Cluster to Oracle RAC Using DBCA
C.2.3.1
Single Instance on a Cluster Running from a Cluster-Enabled Oracle Home
C.2.3.2
Single Instance on a Cluster Running from an Oracle RAC-Disabled Oracle Home
C.2.3.3
Single Instance on a Cluster Running from a Single-Instance Installed Oracle Home
C.2.4
Converting Oracle RAC One Node to Oracle RAC
C.3
Preparing to Convert with rconfig and Oracle Enterprise Manager
C.3.1
Prerequisites for Converting to Oracle RAC Databases
C.3.2
Configuration Changes during Oracle RAC Conversion Using RCONFIG
C.3.3
Converting Databases to Oracle RAC Using RCONFIG or Oracle Enterprise Manager
C.3.4
Converting Databases to Oracle RAC Using Oracle Enterprise Manager
C.4
Converting Databases to Oracle RAC Using RCONFIG
C.5
Example of Rconfig XML Input Files for ConvertToRAC
C.6
Post-Conversion Steps
D
Directory Structure for Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
D.1
Understanding the Oracle RAC Directory Structure
D.2
Directory Structures for Oracle RAC
E
How to Stop Processes in an Existing Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
E.1
Backing Up the Oracle RAC Database
E.2
Shutting Down Oracle RAC Databases
E.3
Stopping All Oracle Processes
E.3.1
Stopping Oracle Database Processes Before Adding Products or Upgrading
E.3.2
Stopping Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM Instances
E.4
Using CVU to Validate Readiness for Oracle RAC Upgrades
E.4.1
About the CVU Database Upgrade Validation Command Options
E.4.2
Example of Verifying System Upgrade Readiness for Oracle RAC Infrastructure
E.4.3
Verifying System Readiness for Oracle Database Upgrades
F
Managing Oracle Database Port Numbers
F.1
About Managing Ports
F.2
Viewing Port Numbers and Access URLS
F.3
Port Numbers and Protocols of Oracle Components
F.4
Changing the Oracle Management Agent Port
F.5
Changing the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Console Ports
F.6
Changing the Oracle XML DB Ports
Index
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