Oracle® Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide 10g Release 1 (10.1) for AIX-Based Systems, hp HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit), hp Tru64 UNIX, Linux, Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-bit), and Windows (32-bit) Platforms Part Number B10766-02 |
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The Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide explains how to install and configure Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC). With the exception of the platform-specific sections, information in this manual applies to Oracle Database 10g RAC as it runs on most operating systems. This preface contains the following topics:
See Also: Oracle Database System Administration Guide 10g Release 1 (10.1) for IBM z/OS (OS/390) for more information about installing RAC on the IBM z/OS platform |
Note: Some platforms, such as hp Itanium64, MAC OS X, and Solaris x86, are not included in this document. Refer to the Oracle Database 10g release notes for additional platform information. |
The Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide is primarily for network or Database Administrators (DBAs) who install and configure RAC.
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This document contains the following five parts:
Part I introduces the RAC installation process.
This chapter describes the RAC installation process and provides RAC installation planning information.
Part II describes the platform-specific pre-installation procedures for installing RAC.
This chapter describes the pre-installation procedures for installing RAC on IBM AIX systems.
This chapter describes the pre-installation procedures for installing RAC on HP-UX systems.
This chapter describes the pre-installation procedures for installing RAC on HP Tru64 UNIX systems.
This chapter describes the pre-installation procedures for installing RAC on Linux-based systems.
This chapter describes the pre-installation procedures for installing RAC on Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit) systems.
This chapter describes the pre-installation procedures for installing RAC on Windows-based systems.
Part III describes how to install Cluster Ready Services and Oracle Database 10g with Real Application Clusters on UNIX- and Windows-based systems.
This chapter describes how to install Cluster Ready Services on UNIX-based systems.
This chapter describes how to install Cluster Ready Services on Windows-based systems.
This chapter describes how to install Oracle Database 10g with Real Application Clusters on all operating systems.
This chapter explains how to use the Database Configuration Assistant to create RAC databases.
This chapter describes the post-installation tasks for RAC.
Part IV provides Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters environment configuration information.
This chapter describes the use of the server parameter file (SPFILE) in Real Application Clusters.
This chapter describes the Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters installed configuration.
Part V provides reference information for the installation and configuration of RAC.
This appendix provides RAC installation and configuration troubleshooting information.
This appendix explains how to use scripts in RAC.
This appendix explains how to configure shared disk subsystems using raw devices in RAC environments.
This appendix describes how to convert to Oracle Database 10g RAC from single-instance Oracle databases.
This appendix describes the directory structure for the installed RAC software on both UNIX- and Windows-based systems.
For more information, refer to these Oracle resources:
Oracle Real Application Clusters Administrator's Guide
Oracle Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance Guide
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Oracle Diagnostics Pack Installation
Note: Some platforms, such as hp Itanium64, MAC OS X, and Solaris x86, are not included in this document. Refer to the Oracle Database 10g release notes for additional platform information. |
Oracle Database Administrator's Reference, 10g Release 1 (10.1) for UNIX Systems
Oracle Database System Administration Guide 10g Release 1 (10.1) for IBM z/OS (OS/390)
Oracle Real Application Clusters Administrator's Guide
Oracle 2 Day DBA
Getting Started with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack
Oracle Database New Features
Oracle Net Services Administrator's GuideOracle Database Concepts
Oracle Net Services Administrator's Guide
Oracle Database Reference
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We use various conventions in text to help you more quickly identify special terms. The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.
Convention | Meaning | Example |
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Bold | Bold typeface indicates terms that are defined in the text or terms that appear in a glossary, or both. | When you specify this clause, you create an index-organized table. |
Italics | Italic typeface indicates book titles or emphasis. | Oracle Database Concepts
Ensure that the recovery catalog and target database do not reside on the same disk. |
UPPERCASE monospace (fixed-width) font |
Uppercase monospace typeface indicates elements supplied by the system. Such elements include parameters, privileges, datatypes, RMAN keywords, SQL keywords, SQL*Plus or utility commands, packages and methods, as well as system-supplied column names, database objects and structures, usernames, and roles. | You can specify this clause only for a NUMBER column.
You can back up the database by using the Query the Use the |
lowercase monospace (fixed-width) font |
Lowercase monospace typeface indicates executables, filenames, directory names, and sample user-supplied elements. Such elements include computer and database names, net service names, and connect identifiers, as well as user-supplied database objects and structures, column names, packages and classes, usernames and roles, program units, and parameter values.
Note: Some programmatic elements use a mixture of UPPERCASE and lowercase. Enter these elements as shown. |
Enter sqlplus to start SQL*Plus.
The password is specified in the Back up the datafiles and control files in the The Set the Connect as The |
lowercase italic monospace (fixed-width) font |
Lowercase italic monospace font represents placeholders or variables. | You can specify the parallel_clause .
Run |
Code examples illustrate SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, or other command-line statements. They are displayed in a monospace (fixed-width) font and separated from normal text as shown in this example:
SELECT username FROM dba_users WHERE username = 'MIGRATE';
The following table describes typographic conventions used in code examples and provides examples of their use.
Convention | Meaning | Example |
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[ ] |
Brackets enclose one or more optional items. Do not enter the brackets. |
DECIMAL (digits [ , precision ]) |
{ } |
Braces enclose two or more items, one of which is required. Do not enter the braces. |
{ENABLE | DISABLE} |
| |
A vertical bar represents a choice of two or more options within brackets or braces. Enter one of the options. Do not enter the vertical bar. |
{ENABLE | DISABLE} [COMPRESS | NOCOMPRESS] |
... |
Horizontal ellipsis points indicate either:
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CREATE TABLE ... AS subquery; SELECT col1, col2, ... , coln FROM employees; |
. . . |
Vertical ellipsis points indicate that we have omitted several lines of code not directly related to the example. |
SQL> SELECT NAME FROM V$DATAFILE; NAME ------------------------------------ /fsl/dbs/tbs_01.dbf /fs1/dbs/tbs_02.dbf . . . /fsl/dbs/tbs_09.dbf 9 rows selected. |
Other notation | You must enter symbols other than brackets, braces, vertical bars, and ellipsis points as shown. |
acctbal NUMBER(11,2); acct CONSTANT NUMBER(4) := 3; |
Italics |
Italicized text indicates placeholders or variables for which you must supply particular values. |
CONNECT SYSTEM/system_password DB_NAME = database_name |
UPPERCASE |
Uppercase typeface indicates elements supplied by the system. We show these terms in uppercase in order to distinguish them from terms you define. Unless terms appear in brackets, enter them in the order and with the spelling shown. However, because these terms are not case sensitive, you can enter them in lowercase. |
SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM employees; SELECT * FROM USER_TABLES; DROP TABLE hr.employees; |
lowercase |
Lowercase typeface indicates programmatic elements that you supply. For example, lowercase indicates names of tables, columns, or files.
Note: Some programmatic elements use a mixture of UPPERCASE and lowercase. Enter these elements as shown. |
SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM employees; sqlplus hr/hr CREATE USER mjones IDENTIFIED BY ty3MU9; |
The following table describes conventions for Windows operating systems and provides examples of their use.
Convention | Meaning | Example |
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Choose Start > | How to start a program. | To start the Database Configuration Assistant, choose Start > Programs > Oracle - HOME_NAME Configuration and Migration Tools > Database Configuration Assistant. |
File and directory names | File and directory names are not case sensitive. The following special characters are not allowed: left angle bracket (<), right angle bracket (>), colon (:), double quotation marks ("), slash (/), pipe (|), and dash (-). The special character backslash (\) is treated as an element separator, even when it appears in quotes. If the file name begins with \\, then Windows assumes it uses the Universal Naming Convention. |
c:\winnt"\"system32 is the same as C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 |
C:\> |
Represents the Windows command prompt of the current hard disk drive. The escape character in a command prompt is the caret (^). Your prompt reflects the subdirectory in which you are working. Referred to as the command prompt in this manual. |
C:\oracle\oradata> |
Special characters | The backslash (\) special character is sometimes required as an escape character for the double quotation mark (") special character at the Windows command prompt. Parentheses and the single quotation mark (') do not require an escape character. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information on escape and special characters. |
C:\>exp scott/tiger TABLES=emp QUERY=\"WHERE job='SALESMAN' and sal<1600\" C:\>imp SYSTEM/password FROMUSER=scott TABLES=(emp, dept) |
HOME_NAME |
Represents the Oracle home name. The home name can be up to 16 alphanumeric characters. The only special character allowed in the home name is the underscore. |
C:\> net start OracleHOME_NAMETNSListener |
ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE |
In releases prior to Oracle8i release 8.1.3, when you installed Oracle components, all subdirectories were located under a top level ORACLE_HOME directory that by default used one of the following names:
This release complies with Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) guidelines. All subdirectories are not under a top level All directory path examples in this guide follow OFA conventions. Refer to Oracle Database Platform Guide for Windows for additional information about OFA compliances and for information about installing Oracle products in non-OFA compliant directories. |
Go to the ORACLE_BASE \ ORACLE_HOME \rdbms\admin directory. |