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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Java Access Bridge and Accessibility
Related Documentation
Conventions
Changes in this Release for Oracle Clusterware
Changes in Oracle Clusterware 12
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Release 2 (12.2)
New Features for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12
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Release 2 (12.2)
Deprecated Features for Oracle Clusterware 12
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Release 2 (12.2)
Desupported Features
Changes in Oracle Clusterware 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2)
New Features for Oracle Clusterware 12.1.0.2
Other Changes for Oracle Clusterware 12.1.0.2
Changes in Oracle Clusterware 12c Release 1 (12.1)
New Features for Oracle Clusterware 12c Release 1 (12.1)
Deprecated Features for Oracle Clusterware 12
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Release 1 (12.1)
Desupported Features for Oracle Clusterware 12
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Release 1 (12.1)
Other Changes for Oracle Clusterware 12
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Release 1 (12.1)
1
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Checklist
1.1
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Server Hardware Checklist
1.2
Operating System Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
1.3
Server Configuration Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
1.4
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Network Checklist
1.5
User Environment Configuration Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
1.6
Storage Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
1.7
Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
2
Configuring Servers for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
2.1
Checking Server Hardware and Memory Configuration
2.1.1
Checking the Available RAM on Windows Systems
2.1.2
Checking the Currently Configured Virtual Memory on Windows Systems
2.1.3
Checking the System Processor Type
2.1.4
Checking the Available Disk Space for Oracle Home Directories
2.1.5
Checking the Available TEMP Disk Space
2.2
General Server Requirements
2.3
Server Minimum Hardware and Memory Requirements
2.4
Server Minimum Storage Requirements
2.4.1
Disk Format Requirements
2.5
Configuring Time Synchronization for the Cluster
2.5.1
About Cluster Time Synchronization
2.5.2
Understanding Network Time Requirements
2.5.3
Configuring the Windows Time Service
2.5.4
Configuring Network Time Protocol
2.5.5
Configuring Cluster Time Synchronization Service
3
Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
3.1
Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices
3.1.1
General Upgrade Best Practices
3.1.2
Oracle ASM Upgrade Notifications
3.1.3
Rolling Upgrade Procedure Notifications
3.2
Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices
3.3
Verify Privileges for Copying Files in the Cluster
3.4
Identifying Software Requirements
3.4.1
Windows Firewall Feature on Windows Servers
3.5
Checking the Operating System Version
3.6
Checking Hardware and Software Certification on My Oracle Support
3.7
Oracle Enterprise Manager Requirements
3.8
Installation Requirements for Web Browsers
4
Configuring Networks for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
4.1
About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Network Configuration Options
4.2
Understanding Network Addresses
4.2.1
About the Public IP Address
4.2.2
About the Private IP Address
4.2.3
About the Virtual IP Address
4.2.4
About the Grid Naming Service (GNS) Virtual IP Address
4.2.5
About the SCAN
4.3
Network Interface Hardware Requirements
4.3.1
Network Requirements for Each Node
4.3.2
Network Requirements for the Private Network
4.3.3
Network Requirements for the Public Network
4.3.4
IPv6 Protocol Support for Windows
4.3.5
Using Multiple Public Network Adapters
4.3.6
Network Configuration Tasks for Windows Server Deployments
4.3.6.1
Disabling Windows Media Sensing
4.3.6.2
Setting the Bind Order for Network Adapters
4.3.6.3
Deconfigure DNS Registration for Public Network Adapter
4.3.6.4
Manually Configure Automatic Metric Values
4.3.6.5
Setting UDP and TCP Dynamic Port Range for Oracle RAC Installations
4.3.7
Network Interface Configuration Options for Performance
4.4
Oracle Grid Infrastructure IP Name and Address Requirements
4.4.1
About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Name Resolution Options
4.4.2
Cluster Name and SCAN Requirements
4.4.3
IP Name and Address Requirements For Grid Naming Service (GNS)
4.4.4
IP Name and Address Requirements For Multi-Cluster GNS
4.4.4.1
About Multi-Cluster GNS Networks
4.4.4.2
Configuring GNS Server Clusters
4.4.4.3
Configuring GNS Client Clusters
4.4.4.4
Creating and Using a GNS Client Data File
4.4.5
IP Address Requirements for Manual Configuration
4.4.6
Confirming the DNS Configuration for SCAN
4.4.7
Grid Naming Service for a Traditional Cluster Configuration Example
4.4.8
Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service
4.4.8.1
Choosing a Subdomain Name for Use with Grid Naming Service
4.4.8.2
Configuring DNS for Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service
4.4.9
Manual IP Address Configuration Example
4.5
Intended Use of Network Adapters
4.6
Broadcast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
4.7
Multicast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
4.8
Configuring Multiple ASM Interconnects on Microsoft Windows Platforms
5
Configuring Users, Groups and Environments for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
5.1
Creating Installation Groups and Users for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
5.1.1
About the Oracle Installation User
5.1.2
About the Oracle Home User for the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
5.1.3
About the Oracle Home User for the Oracle RAC Installation
5.1.4
When to Create an Oracle Home User
5.1.4.1
Restrictions and Guidelines for Oracle Home Users
5.1.4.2
Determining if an Oracle Home User Exists
5.1.4.3
Creating an Oracle Home User
5.1.4.4
Using an Existing Oracle Software Owner User
5.1.5
Oracle Home User Configurations for Oracle Installations
5.1.6
Understanding the Oracle Inventory Directory and the Oracle Inventory Group
5.2
Standard Administration and Job Role Separation User Groups
5.2.1
About Job Role Separation Operating System Privileges Groups and Users
5.2.2
Oracle Software Owner for Each Oracle Software Product
5.2.3
Standard Oracle Database Groups for Database Administrators
5.2.4
Oracle ASM Groups for Job Role Separation
5.2.4.1
Changes in Oracle ASM System Privileges When Upgrading to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2)
5.2.5
Extended Oracle Database Administration Groups for Job Role Separation
5.2.6
Operating System Groups Created During Installation
5.2.7
Example of Using Role-Allocated Groups and Users
5.3
Configuring User Accounts
5.3.1
Configuring Environment Variables for the Oracle Installation User
5.3.2
Verifying User Privileges to Update Remote Nodes
5.3.3
Managing User Accounts with User Account Control
5.4
Creating Oracle Software Directories
5.4.1
About the Directories Used During Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
5.4.1.1
Temporary Directories
5.4.1.2
Oracle Base Directory for the Grid User
5.4.1.3
Grid Home Directory
5.4.1.4
Oracle Inventory Directory
5.4.2
Requirements for the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home Directory
5.4.3
About Creating the Oracle Base Directory Path
5.5
Enabling Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
5.5.1
Requirements for Enabling IPMI
5.5.2
Configuring the IPMI Management Network
5.5.3
Configuring the IPMI Driver
5.5.3.1
Configuring the Hardware Management Component
6
Configuring Shared Storage for Oracle Database and Grid Infrastructure
6.1
Supported Storage Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
6.2
Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM
6.3
Storage Considerations for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
6.4
Guidelines for Choosing a Shared Storage Option
6.4.1
Guidelines for Using Oracle ASM Disk Groups for Storage
6.4.2
Guidelines for Using Direct Network File System (NFS) with Oracle RAC
6.5
About Migrating Existing Oracle ASM Instances
6.6
Preliminary Shared Disk Preparation
6.6.1
Disabling Write Caching
6.6.2
Enabling Automounting for Windows
6.7
Configuring Disk Partitions on Shared Storage
6.7.1
Creating Disk Partitions Using the Disk Management Interface
6.7.2
Creating Disk Partitions using the DiskPart Utility
7
Configuring Storage for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
7.1
Identifying Storage Requirements for Using Oracle ASM for Shared Storage
7.2
Oracle Clusterware Storage Space Requirements
7.3
About the Grid Infrastructure Management Repository
7.4
Restrictions for Disk Partitions Used By Oracle ASM
7.5
Preparing Your System to Use Oracle ASM for Shared Storage
7.5.1
Identifying and Using Existing Oracle Database Disk Groups on Oracle ASM
7.5.2
Selecting Disks to use with Oracle ASM Disk Groups
7.5.3
Specifying the Oracle ASM Disk Discovery String
7.6
Marking Disk Partitions for Oracle ASM Before Installation
7.6.1
Using asmtoolg (Graphical User Interface) to Mark Disks
7.6.2
Using asmtoolg to Remove Disk Stamps
7.6.3
asmtool Command Line Reference
7.7
Creating and Using Oracle ASM Credentials File
7.8
Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
8
Configuring Direct NFS Client for Oracle RAC Data Files
8.1
About Direct NFS Client Storage
8.2
Creating an oranfstab File for Direct NFS Client
8.3
Configurable Attributes for the oranfstab File
8.4
Mounting NFS Storage Devices with Direct NFS Client
8.5
Specifying Network Paths for a NFS Server
8.6
Enabling Direct NFS Client
8.7
Performing Basic File Operations Using the ORADNFS Utility
8.8
Monitoring Direct NFS Client Usage
8.9
Disabling Oracle Disk Management Control of NFS for Direct NFS Client
9
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
9.1
About Image-Based Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
9.2
Understanding Cluster Configuration Options
9.2.1
About Oracle Standalone Clusters
9.2.2
About Oracle Extended Clusters
9.3
About Default File Permissions Set by Oracle Universal Installer
9.4
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a New Cluster
9.5
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using a Cluster Configuration File
9.6
Installing Only the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software
9.6.1
Installing Software Binaries for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
9.6.2
Configuring the Software Binaries for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
9.6.3
Configuring the Software Binaries Using a Response File
9.6.4
Setting Ping Targets for Network Checks
9.7
Confirming Oracle Clusterware Function
9.8
Confirming Oracle ASM Function for Oracle Clusterware Files
9.9
Understanding Offline Processes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure
10
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Postinstallation Tasks
10.1
Required Postinstallation Tasks
10.1.1
Download and Install Patch Updates
10.1.2
Configure Exceptions for the Windows Firewall
10.1.2.1
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database
10.1.2.2
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database Examples (or the Companion CD)
10.1.2.3
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Gateways
10.1.2.4
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM
10.1.2.5
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle RAC Database
10.1.2.6
Firewall Exceptions for Other Oracle Products
10.1.2.7
Troubleshooting Windows Firewall Exceptions
10.2
Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
10.2.1
Downloading and Installing the ORAchk Health Check Tool
10.2.2
Optimize Memory Usage for Programs
10.2.3
Create a Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
10.2.3.1
About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
10.2.3.2
Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
10.2.4
Checking the SCAN Configuration
10.3
Using Earlier Oracle Database Releases with Grid Infrastructure
10.3.1
General Restrictions for Using Earlier Oracle Database Releases
10.3.2
Configuring Earlier Release Oracle Database on Oracle ACFS
10.3.3
Using ASMCA to Administer Disk Groups for Earlier Database Releases
10.3.4
Using the Correct LSNRCTL Commands
10.3.5
Starting and Stopping Cluster Nodes or Oracle Clusterware Resources
10.4
Modifying Oracle Clusterware Binaries After Installation
11
Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure
11.1
Understanding Out-of-Place and Rolling Upgrades
11.2
About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrade and Downgrade
11.3
Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrades
11.4
Restrictions and Guidelines for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrades
11.5
Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
11.5.1
Upgrade Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
11.5.2
Tasks to Complete Before Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure
11.5.3
Create an Oracle ASM Password File
11.5.4
Running the Oracle ORAchk Upgrade Readiness Assessment
11.5.5
Using CVU to Validate Readiness for Oracle Clusterware Upgrades
11.5.5.1
About the CVU Grid Upgrade Validation Command Options
11.5.5.2
Example of Verifying System Upgrade Readiness for Grid Infrastructure
11.6
Understanding Rolling Upgrades Using Batches
11.7
Performing Rolling Upgrades of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
11.7.1
Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure from an Earlier Release
11.7.2
Completing an Oracle Clusterware Upgrade when Nodes Become Unreachable
11.7.3
Joining Inaccessible Nodes After Forcing an Upgrade
11.7.4
Changing the First Node for Install and Upgrade
11.8
Applying Patches to Oracle Grid Infrastructure
11.8.1
About Individual (One-Off) Oracle Grid Infrastructure Patches
11.8.2
About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software Patch Levels
11.8.3
Patching Oracle ASM to a Software Patch Level
11.9
Updating Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Target Parameters
11.9.1
Updating the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Target After Upgrades
11.9.2
Updating the Enterprise Manager Agent Base Directory After Upgrades
11.9.3
Registering Resources with Oracle Enterprise Manager After Upgrades
11.10
Checking Cluster Health Monitor Repository Size After Upgrading
11.11
Downgrading Oracle Clusterware After an Upgrade
11.11.1
Downgrading to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12
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Release 1 (12.1)
11.11.2
Downgrading to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11
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Release 2 (11.2)
11.12
Completing Failed or Interrupted Installations and Upgrades
11.12.1
Completing Failed Installations and Upgrades
11.12.2
Continuing Incomplete Upgrade of First Nodes
11.12.3
Continuing Incomplete Upgrades on Remote Nodes
11.12.4
Continuing Incomplete Installations on First Nodes
11.12.5
Continuing Incomplete Installation on Remote Nodes
12
Modifying or Deinstalling Oracle Grid Infrastructure
12.1
Deciding When to Deinstall Oracle Clusterware
12.2
Migrating Standalone Grid Infrastructure Servers to a Cluster
12.3
Changing the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home Path
12.4
Unconfiguring Oracle Clusterware Without Removing the Software
12.5
Removing Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM Software
12.5.1
About the Deinstallation Tool
12.5.2
Files Deleted by the Deinstallation Tool
12.5.3
Deinstallation Tool Command Reference
12.5.4
Using the Deinstallation Tool to Remove Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM
12.5.4.1
Running the Deinstallation Tool From an Oracle Home
12.5.4.2
Running the Deinstallation Tool Interactively From the Installer
12.5.4.3
Running the Deinstallation Tool with a Response File
12.5.4.4
Generating a Response File For Use With the Deinstallation Tool
A
Installing and Configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Response Files
A.1
How Response Files Work
A.1.1
Deciding to Use Silent Mode or Response File Mode
A.1.2
Using Response Files
A.2
Preparing Response Files
A.2.1
About Response File Templates
A.2.2
Editing a Response File Template
A.2.3
Recording Response Files
A.3
Running Oracle Universal Installer Using a Response File
A.4
Running Oracle Net Configuration Assistant Using Response Files
A.5
Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File Created During Installation
A.5.1
Using the Installation Response File for Postinstallation Configuration
A.5.2
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File
A.6
Postinstallation Configuration Using the ConfigToolAllCommands Script
A.6.1
About the Postinstallation Configuration File
A.6.2
Creating a Password Response File
A.6.3
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Script and Response Files
B
Optimal Flexible Architecture
B.1
About the Optimal Flexible Architecture Standard
B.2
About Multiple Oracle Homes Support
B.3
Oracle Base Directory Naming Convention
B.4
Oracle Home Directory Naming Convention
B.5
Optimal Flexible Architecture File Path Examples
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