Oracle® Real Application Clusters - Computer Science

1 oracle real Application ClustersInstallation and Configuration Guide 10g Release 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) PlatformsPart No. B10766-02 March 2004 oracle real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide 10g Release 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 No. B10766-02 Copyright 2004 oracle . All rights Authors: David Austin, Mark Bauer, Kevin Flood, Emily MurphyContributing Authors: Jonathan Creighton, Raj KumarContributors: Chris Allison, Karin Brandauer, Jack Cai, Rajiv Jayaraman, Diana Lorentz, Randy Neville, Michael Polaski, Sudheendra Sampath, Janelle Simmons, Clive Simpkins, Khethavath P. SinghThe Programs (which include both the software and documentation) contain proprietary information; they are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are also protected by copyright, patent, and other intellectual and industrial property laws.

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5 XviiStructure .. xviiiRelated Documents .. xxConventions .. xxiWhat's New in oracle Database 10g RAC Installation and Configuration?.. xxvOracle Database 10g Release 1 ( ) New Features for RAC Installation and Configuration .. xxviPart I oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters Installation Planning and Requirements 1 Introduction to Installing and Configuring oracle Database 10g RACG eneral System Installation Requirements for real Application 1-2 Hardware and Network Requirements for oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters . 1-2 Software Requirements for oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters .. 1-2 cluster Setup and Pre-Installation Configuration Tasks for real Application 1-3 Pre-Installation, Installation, and Post-Installation 1-3 Pre-Installation for oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters .. 1-3 Installation for oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters .

6 1-3 Post-Installation for oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters .. 1-4 The oracle Universal Installer and real Application 1-4 Storage Considerations for Installing oracle Database 10g real Application 1-5 Overview of Automatic Storage Management .. 1-5 Additional Considerations for Using oracle Database 10g Features in 1-7 oracle Database 10g and real Application Clusters 1-7 The cluster Ready Services 1-8 The Installed real Application Clusters 1-8 oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters Version 1-8 Additional real Application Clusters 1-9 oracle real Application Clusters Administrator's Guide .. 1-9 oracle real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance Guide .. 1-9ivRequired UNIX 1-9 Part II real Application Clusters Platform-Specific Pre-Installation Procedures2 Pre-Installation Tasks for Installing RAC on AIX-Based SystemsLog In to the System as 2-2 Check the Hardware 2-3 Check the Network 2-4 Network Hardware Requirements.

7 2-4IP Address Requirements .. 2-4 Checking the Network 2-5 Checking the Software 2-6 Check for Required Software .. 2-6 Check for Required 2-7 Create Required UNIX Groups and 2-9 Creating the oracle Inventory Group .. 2-10 Determine Whether the oracle Inventory Group 2-10 Create the oracle Inventory 2-11 Creating the OSDBA Group .. 2-11 Creating an OSOPER Group (Optional) .. 2-11 Creating the oracle Software Owner User .. 2-12 Determine Whether an Existing oracle Software Owner User Exists .. 2-12 Create a New oracle Software Owner User .. 2-12 Modifying an Existing oracle Software Owner User .. 2-13 Verifying That the UNIX User nobody 2-13 Create Identical Users and Groups on Other cluster Nodes .. 2-13 Identifying the User and Group IDs .. 2-14 Create the User and Groups on the Other cluster Nodes .. 2-14 Set Up User Equivalence for rsh and rcp on All cluster Nodes.

8 2-15 Configure Shell Limits and Kernel 2-16 Configure Shell 2-16 Configure System Configuration Parameters .. 2-16 Identify Required Software 2-17 oracle Base Directory .. 2-17 oracle Inventory 2-18 CRS Home Directory .. 2-18 oracle Home Directory .. 2-18 Identify or Create an oracle Base 2-19 Identifying an Existing oracle Base 2-19 Creating a New oracle Base Directory .. 2-21 Configure Disk Storage for oracle CRS and Database 2-21 Choosing a Storage Option for oracle CRS Files .. 2-22 Choosing a Storage Option for oracle Database Files .. 2-22 Choosing a Storage Option for oracle Database Recovery Files .. 2-22 Configuring Disk Storage .. 2-22 Create Directories for oracle CRS, Database, or Recovery 2-23 Guidelines for Placing oracle CRS Files on a File System .. 2-23vGuidelines for Placing oracle Database Files on a File 2-23 Guidelines for Placing oracle Recovery Files on a File System.

9 2-24 Creating Required 2-25 Configure Disks for Automatic Storage 2-26 Identifying Storage Requirements for ASM .. 2-26 Using an Existing ASM Disk 2-29 Configuring Disks for ASM .. 2-30 Configure Raw Logical 2-31 Review Important Information .. 2-31 Create a Volume Group .. 2-32 Create Raw Logical Volumes in the New Volume Group .. 2-34 Import the Volume Group on the Other cluster Nodes .. 2-36 Activate the Volume Group in Concurrent Mode on All cluster Nodes .. 2-37 Create the DBCA Raw Device Mapping File .. 2-37 Verifying the cluster Software 2-39 Stop Existing oracle 2-40 Configure the oracle User's 2-413 Pre-Installation Tasks for Installing RAC on HP-UX SystemsLog In to the System as 3-2 Check the Hardware 3-3 Check the Network 3-4 Network Hardware Requirements .. 3-4IP Address Requirements .. 3-4 Checking the Network 3-5 Check the Software 3-6 Check for Required Software.

10 3-6 Check for Required 3-7 Create Required Symbolic 3-9 Create Required UNIX Groups and 3-9 Creating the oracle Inventory Group .. 3-11 Determine Whether the oracle Inventory Group 3-11 Create the oracle Inventory 3-11 Creating the OSDBA Group .. 3-11 Creating an OSOPER Group (Optional) .. 3-12 Creating the oracle Software Owner User .. 3-12 Determine Whether an Existing oracle Software Owner User Exists .. 3-12 Create a New oracle Software Owner User .. 3-13 Modify an Existing oracle Software Owner 3-13 Creating an Unprivileged User .. 3-13 Create Identical Users and Groups on Other cluster Nodes .. 3-13 Identifying the User and Group IDs .. 3-13 Create the User and Groups on the Other cluster Nodes .. 3-14 Set Up User Equivalence for rsh and rcp on All cluster Nodes .. 3-15 Grant Privileges to the OSDBA Group .. 3-15 Configure Kernel 3-16 Identify Required Software 3-18viOracle Base Directory.