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5 Oracle is not responsible for any loss or damage of any sort that you may incur from dealing with any third party. xiIntended xiDocumentation Accessibility .. xiRelated Documents .. xiiConventions .. xiiWhat's New in Oracle Database 10g Oracle real Application Clusters installation and Configuration?.. xvNew Features for Oracle Clusterware and RAC installation .. xvPart I Oracle Clusterware and Oracle real Application Clusters installation Planning and Requirements 1 Introduction to Installing and Configuring Oracle Clusterware and Oracle real Application ClustersOracle Clusterware and Oracle real Application Clusters Documentation 1-1 Oracle real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment 1-2 General System installation Requirements.

6 1-2 Overview of cluster Verification Utility .. 1-2 Overview of Oracle Universal Installer .. 1-3 Overview of Upgrading and Multiple-release Systems .. 1-3 Shared Oracle Homes with Oracle cluster File System .. 1-3 Hardware Requirements for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle real Application 1-3 Software Requirements for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle real Application Clusters .. 1-5 Configuration Tasks for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle real Application 1-5 Overview of installation 1-6 Pre- installation Overview for Oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters .. 1-6 installation Overview for Oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters .. 1-6 Post- installation Overview for Oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters .. 1-7 installation with Oracle Universal 1-7 Storage Considerations for Installing Oracle Clusterware and 1-8 Overview of Automatic Storage Management.

7 1-8 Shared Storage for Database Recovery 1-11 Additional Considerations for Using Oracle Database 10g Features in 1-11 Oracle Database 10g and real Application Clusters 1-11ivOracle Clusterware .. 1-11 The Installed real Application Clusters 1-12 Oracle Database 10g real Application Clusters Release 1-12 Required Operating System 1-13 Cloning Oracle Clusterware and RAC in Grid 1-14 Cloning Oracle Clusterware Homes .. 1-14 Cloning RAC Homes .. 1-15 Part II Oracle Clusterware and Oracle real Application Clusters Pre- installation Procedures2 Pre- installation TasksUnderstanding and Using cluster Verification 2-1 Entering cluster Verification Utility 2-2 Using CVU to Determine if installation Prerequisites are Complete.

8 2-2 Using the cluster Verification Utility 2-3 Using cluster Verification Utility with Oracle 10g Release 1 .. 2-3 Verbose Mode and "Unknown" Output .. 2-3 Logging In to the System as 2-4 Creating Required Operating System Groups and 2-5 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group .. 2-6 Creating the OSDBA Group .. 2-7 Creating an OSOPER Group (Optional) .. 2-7 Creating the Oracle Software Owner User .. 2-8 Verifying That the User nobody Exists .. 2-9 Creating Identical Users and Groups on Other cluster 2-9 Configuring SSH on All cluster Nodes .. 2-11 Configuring SSH on cluster Member Nodes .. 2-11 Enabling SSH User Equivalency on cluster Member Nodes .. 2-13 Preventing Oracle Clusterware installation Errors Caused by stty Commands.

9 2-14 Configuring the Oracle User's 2-15 Installing the cvuqdisk Package for Linux .. 2-17 Checking the Hardware 2-18 Checking the Network 2-19IP Address Requirements .. 2-20 Node Time Requirements .. 2-21 Configuring the Network 2-21 Checking the Network Setup with 2-22 Identifying Software 2-22 Software Requirements List for x86 (32-bit) 2-23 Software Requirements List for x86 (64-bit) 2-25 Software Requirements List for Linux on 2-28 Software Requirements List for Linux on POWER .. 2-31 Software Requirements list for IBM zSeries Based Linux .. 2-33 Checking the Software 2-34 Configuring Kernel 2-36 Checking the Hardware and Operating System Setup with 2-39vChecking the Operating System Requirements Setup with 2-39 Identifying Required Software 2-40 Identifying or Creating an Oracle Base 2-42 Creating the Oracle Clusterware Home 2-44 Checking the Configuration of the Hangcheck-timer 2-46 Verifying Hangcheck-timer Module on Kernel.

10 2-46 Verifying Hangcheck-timer Module on Kernel .. 2-47 Running the Script for Installations on x86 (64-bit) 2-47 Stopping Existing Oracle Processes for Upgrades or Co-existing Databases .. 2-483 Configuring Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Database Storage Reviewing Storage Options for Oracle Clusterware , Database , and Recovery 3-1 Overview of Oracle Clusterware Storage 3-1 Overview of Oracle Database and Recovery File 3-2 General Storage 3-3 After You Have Selected Disk Storage Options .. 3-5 Checking for Available Shared Storage with 3-5 Configuring Storage for Oracle Clusterware Files on a Supported Shared File 3-6 Requirements for Using a File System for Oracle Clusterware 3-6 Deciding to Use a cluster File System for Data 3-7 Checking NFS Buffer Size Parameters.