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Contents

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Changes in This Release for Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

• Changes in Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c Release 2 (12.2)
• Changes in Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c Release 1 (12.1)
  • Changes in Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2)
  • Changes in Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1)
  • Deprecated Features
  • Desupported Features

1 Introduction to Oracle RAC

• Overview of Oracle RAC
• Overview of Installing Oracle RAC
  • Understanding Compatibility in Oracle RAC Environments
  • Oracle RAC Database Management Styles and Database Installation
  • Oracle RAC Database Management Styles and Database Creation
  • Overview of Extending an Oracle RAC Cluster
• Overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters One Node
• Overview of Oracle Clusterware for Oracle RAC
  • Overview of Oracle Flex Clusters
  • Overview of Reader Nodes
  • Overview of Local Temporary Tablespaces
• Overview of Oracle RAC Architecture and Processing
  • Understanding Cluster-Aware Storage Solutions
  • Oracle RAC and Network Connectivity
  • Overview of Using Dynamic Database Services to Connect to Oracle Databases
  • Overview of Virtual IP Addresses
  • Restricted Service Registration in Oracle RAC
  • About Oracle RAC Software Components
  • About Oracle RAC Background Processes
• Overview of Automatic Workload Management with Dynamic Database Services
• Overview of Server Pools and Policy-Managed Databases
  • Introduction to Server Pools
    • Examples of Using Server Pools
  • Deploying Policy-Managed Databases
  • Managing Policy-Managed Databases
  • Policy-Based Cluster Management
• Overview of Oracle Database Quality of Service Management
• Overview of Hang Manager
• Overview of Oracle Multitenant with Oracle RAC
• Overview of Database In-Memory and Oracle RAC
• Overview of Managing Oracle RAC Environments
  • About Designing and Deploying Oracle RAC Environments
  • About Administrative Tools for Oracle RAC Environments
  • About Monitoring Oracle RAC Environments
  • About Evaluating Performance in Oracle RAC Environments

2 Administering Storage in Oracle RAC

• Overview of Storage Management for Oracle RAC
• Data File Access in Oracle RAC
• NFS Server for Storage
• Redo Log File Storage in Oracle RAC
• Automatic Undo Management in Oracle RAC
• Oracle Automatic Storage Management with Oracle RAC
  • Storage Management in Oracle RAC
  • Modifying Disk Group Configurations for Oracle ASM
  • Oracle ASM Disk Group Management
  • Configuring Preferred Mirror Read Disks in Extended Distance Clusters
  • Converting Nonclustered Oracle ASM to Clustered Oracle ASM
  • Administering Oracle ASM Instances with SRVCTL in Oracle RAC

3 Administering Database Instances and Cluster Databases

• Overview of Oracle RAC Database Administration
  • Tools for Administering Oracle RAC
    • Administering Oracle RAC with SRVCTL
    • Administering Oracle RAC with Oracle Enterprise Manager
    • Administering Oracle RAC with SQL*Plus
      • How SQL*Plus Commands Affect Instances
• Starting and Stopping Instances and Oracle RAC Databases
  • Starting One or More Instances and Oracle RAC Databases Using SRVCTL
  • Stopping One or More Instances and Oracle RAC Databases Using SRVCTL
  • Stopping All Databases and Instances Using CRSCTL
  • Starting and Stopping Individual Instances Using SQL*Plus
• Starting and Stopping PDBs in Oracle RAC
• Verifying That Instances are Running
  • Using SRVCTL to Verify That Instances are Running
  • Using SQL*Plus to Verify That Instances are Running
• Terminating Sessions On a Specific Cluster Instance
• Overview of Initialization Parameter Files in Oracle RAC
  • Setting SPFILE Parameter Values for Oracle RAC
  • Parameter File Search Order in Oracle RAC
  • Backing Up the Server Parameter File
• Initialization Parameter Use in Oracle RAC
  • Parameters That Must Have Identical Settings on All Instances
  • Parameters That Have Unique Settings on All Instances
  • Parameters That Should Have Identical Settings on All Instances
• Converting an Administrator-Managed Database to a Policy-Managed Database
• Managing Memory Pressure for Database Servers
• Quiescing Oracle RAC Databases
• Administering Multiple Cluster Interconnects on Linux and UNIX Platforms
  • Use Cases for Setting the CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS Parameter
• Customizing How Oracle Clusterware Manages Oracle RAC Databases
• Advanced Oracle Enterprise Manager Administration
  • Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control to Discover Nodes and Instances
  • Other Oracle Enterprise Manager Capabilities
  • Administering Jobs and Alerts in Oracle RAC
    • Administering Jobs in Oracle RAC
    • Administering Alerts in Oracle RAC with Oracle Enterprise Manager
    • Using Defined Blackouts in Oracle Enterprise Manager

4 Administering Oracle RAC One Node

• Creating an Oracle RAC One Node Database
• Converting Databases
  • Converting a Database from Oracle RAC to Oracle RAC One Node
  • Converting a Database from Oracle RAC One Node to Oracle RAC
• Online Database Relocation

5 Workload Management with Dynamic Database Services

• Connection Load Balancing
  • Server-Side Load Balancing
  • Generic Database Clients
  • Client-Side Connection Configuration for Older Clients
    • JDBC-Thin Clients
    • OCI Clients
  • Client-Side Load Balancing
• Load Balancing Advisory
  • Overview of the Load Balancing Advisory
  • Configuring Your Environment to Use the Load Balancing Advisory
  • Load Balancing Advisory FAN Events
  • Monitoring Load Balancing Advisory FAN Events
• Enabling Clients for Oracle RAC
  • Overview of Oracle Integrated Clients and FAN
  • Enabling JDBC-Thin Clients for Fast Connection Failover
    • Oracle Notification Service for JDBC-Thin Clients
    • Configuring FCF for JDBC/OCI and JDBC-Thin Driver Clients
  • Enabling JDBC Clients for Run-time Connection Load Balancing
  • Configuring JDBC-Thin Clients for Application Continuity for Java
  • Configuring JDBC-Thin Clients for Transaction Guard
  • Enabling OCI Clients for Fast Connection Failover
  • Enabling OCI Clients for Run-time Connection Load Balancing
  • Configuring OCI Clients to use Transaction Guard
  • Enabling ODP.NET Clients to Receive FAN High Availability Events
  • Enabling ODP.NET Clients to Receive FAN Load Balancing Advisory Events
  • Configuring ODP.NET Clients to use Transaction Guard
• Distributed Transaction Processing in Oracle RAC
  • Overview of XA Transactions and Oracle RAC
  • Using Global Transactions and XA Affinity for XA Transactions
  • Using Services with XA Transactions on Oracle RAC
  • Configuring Services for XA Applications
  • Relocating Services in Administrator-Managed Databases
• Automatic Workload Repository
• Measuring Performance by Service Using the Automatic Workload Repository
• Automatic Workload Repository Service Thresholds and Alerts
  • Example of Services and Thresholds Alerts
  • Enable Service, Module, and Action Monitoring
• Using Oracle Services
• Service Deployment Options
  • Service Usage in an Oracle RAC Database
    • Oracle Clusterware Resources for a Service
    • Database Resource Manager Consumer Group Mappings for Services
    • Performance Monitoring by Service with AWR
    • Parallel Operations and Services
    • Oracle Streams and Oracle RAC
  • Service Characteristics
    • Service Name
    • Service Edition
    • Service Management Policy
    • Database Role for a Service
    • Instance Preference
    • Server Pool Assignment
    • Load Balancing Advisory Goal for Run-time Connection Load Balancing
    • Connection Load Balancing Goal
    • Distributed Transaction Processing
  • Default Service Connections
  • Restricted Service Registration
• Administering Services
  • Overview of Service Administration
  • Administering Services with Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Administering Services with SRVCTL
    • Creating Services with SRVCTL
    • Creating Services for Application Continuity and Transaction Guard
    • Starting and Stopping Services with SRVCTL
    • Enabling and Disabling Services with SRVCTL
    • Relocating Services with SRVCTL
    • Obtaining the Status of Services with SRVCTL
    • Obtaining the Configuration of Services with SRVCTL
• Global Services
• Service-Oriented Buffer Cache Access
• Connecting to a Service: An Example

6 Ensuring Application Continuity

• Fast Application Notification
  • Overview of Fast Application Notification
  • Managing Unplanned Outages
  • Managing Planned Maintenance
    • Managing Planned Maintenance Without User Interruption
    • Managing a Group of Services for Maintenance
      • Starting Services
      • Pluggable Database-Level Operations
      • Relocating Services
      • Stopping Services
  • Fast Application Notification High Availability Events
  • Subscription to High Availability Events
  • Using Fast Application Notification Callouts
• About Application Continuity
  • Key Concepts for Application Continuity
• Application Continuity Operation and Usage
  • How Application Continuity Works for Applications
  • Actions for Using Application Continuity
    • When Application Continuity is Transparent
    • Configuring Oracle Application Continuity
    • Configuring Oracle Database for Application Continuity
    • Establishing the Initial State Before Application Continuity Replays
      • FAILOVER_RESTORE = LEVEL1
      • FAILOVER_RESTORE = NONE and No Callback
      • Connection Labeling
      • Connection Initialization Callback
    • Delaying the Reconnection in Application Continuity
      • Creating Services on Oracle RAC with Application Continuity
      • Modifying Services on Single-instance Databases to use Application Continuity
    • Using Application Continuity with SQL*Plus
    • Using Application Continuity for Planned Maintenance
    • Running Without Application Continuity
    • Disabling Replay in Application Continuity
      • Application Calls Autonomous Transactions, External PL/SQL, or Java Actions that Should Not Be Repeated
      • Application Synchronizes Independent Sessions
      • Application Uses Time at the Middle Tier in the Execution Logic
      • Application Assumes that ROWIds Do Not Change
      • Application Assumes that Location Values Do Not Change
    • Terminating or Disconnecting a Session Without Replay
  • Mutable Functions and Application Continuity
  • Administering Mutable Values
  • Session State Consistency
    • Dynamic Session State Consistency
    • Static Session State Consistency
• Potential Side Effects of Application Continuity
• Restrictions and Other Considerations for Application Continuity
• Transaction Guard for Improving Client Failover
  • Transaction Guard Configuration Checklist
  • Configuring Services for Transaction Guard
• Failing Over OCI Clients with TAF

7 Configuring Recovery Manager and Archiving

• Overview of Configuring RMAN for Oracle RAC
• Archiving Mode in Oracle RAC
• Configuring the RMAN Snapshot Control File Location
• Configuring RMAN to Automatically Backup the Control File and SPFILE
• Crosschecking on Multiple Oracle RAC Nodes
• Configuring Channels for RMAN in Oracle RAC
  • Configuring Channels to Use Automatic Load Balancing
  • Configuring Channels to Use a Specific Node
• Managing Archived Redo Logs Using RMAN in Oracle RAC
• Archived Redo Log File Conventions in Oracle RAC
• RMAN Archiving Configuration Scenarios
  • Oracle Automatic Storage Management and Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
    • Advantages of the Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
    • Initialization Parameter Settings for the Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
    • Location of Archived Logs for the Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
  • Noncluster File System Local Archiving Scheme
    • Considerations for Using Noncluster File System Local Archiving
    • Initialization Parameter Settings for Noncluster File System Local Archiving
    • Location of Archived Logs for Noncluster File System Local Archiving
    • File System Configuration for Noncluster File System Local Archiving
• Monitoring the Archiver Processes

8 Managing Backup and Recovery

• RMAN Backup Scenario for Noncluster File System Backups
• RMAN Restore Scenarios for Oracle RAC
  • Restoring Backups from a Cluster File System
  • Restoring Backups from a Noncluster File System
  • Using RMAN or Oracle Enterprise Manager to Restore the Server Parameter File (SPFILE)
• Instance Recovery in Oracle RAC
  • Single Node Failure in Oracle RAC
  • Multiple-Node Failures in Oracle RAC
  • Using RMAN to Create Backups in Oracle RAC
    • Channel Connections to Cluster Instances with RMAN
  • Node Affinity Awareness of Fast Connections
  • Deleting Archived Redo Logs after a Successful Backup
  • Autolocation for Backup and Restore Commands
• Media Recovery in Oracle RAC
• Parallel Recovery in Oracle RAC
  • Parallel Recovery with RMAN
  • Disabling Parallel Recovery
    • Disabling Instance and Crash Recovery Parallelism
    • Disabling Media Recovery Parallelism
• Using a Fast Recovery Area in Oracle RAC

9 Cloning Oracle RAC to Nodes in a New Cluster

• Introduction to Cloning Oracle RAC
• Preparing to Clone Oracle RAC
• Deploying Oracle RAC Clone to Nodes in a Cluster
• Locating and Viewing Log Files Generated During Cloning

10 Using Cloning to Extend Oracle RAC to Nodes in the Same Cluster

• About Adding Nodes Using Cloning in Oracle RAC Environments
• Cloning Local Oracle Homes on Linux and UNIX Systems
• Cloning Shared Oracle Homes on Linux and UNIX Systems
• Cloning Oracle Homes on Windows Systems

11 Adding and Deleting Oracle RAC from Nodes on Linux and UNIX Systems

• Adding Oracle RAC to Nodes with Oracle Clusterware Installed
  • Adding Policy-Managed Oracle RAC Database Instances to Target Nodes
  • Adding Administrator-Managed Oracle RAC Database Instances to Target Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Add Database Instances to Target Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Add Database Instances to Target Nodes
• Deleting Oracle RAC from a Cluster Node
  • Deleting Instances from Oracle RAC Databases
    • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Delete Instances from Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Delete Instances from Nodes
  • Removing Oracle RAC
  • Deleting Nodes from the Cluster

12 Adding and Deleting Oracle RAC from Nodes on Windows Systems

• Adding Oracle RAC to Nodes with Oracle Clusterware Installed
  • Adding Administrator-Managed Oracle RAC Database Instances to Target Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Add Database Instances to Target Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Add Database Instances to Target Nodes
• Deleting Oracle RAC from a Cluster Node
  • Deleting Instances from Oracle RAC Databases
    • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Delete Instances from Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Delete Instances from Nodes
  • Removing Oracle RAC
  • Deleting Nodes from the Cluster

13 Design and Deployment Techniques

• Deploying Oracle RAC for High Availability
  • About Designing a High Availability System
  • Best Practices for Deploying Oracle RAC in a High Availability Environment
  • Consolidating Multiple Applications in a Database or Multiple Databases in a Cluster
    • Managing Capacity During Consolidation
    • Managing the Global Cache Service Processes During Consolidation
    • Using a Database Cloud for Consolidation
  • Scalability of Oracle RAC
• General Design Considerations for Oracle RAC
• General Database Deployment Topics for Oracle RAC
  • Tablespace Use in Oracle RAC
  • Object Creation and Performance in Oracle RAC
  • Node Addition and Deletion and the SYSAUX Tablespace in Oracle RAC
  • Distributed Transactions and Oracle RAC
  • Deploying OLTP Applications in Oracle RAC
  • Flexible Implementation with Cache Fusion
  • Deploying Data Warehouse Applications with Oracle RAC
    • Speed-Up for Data Warehouse Applications on Oracle RAC
    • Parallel Execution in Data Warehouse Systems and Oracle RAC
  • Data Security Considerations in Oracle RAC
    • Transparent Data Encryption and Keystores
    • Windows Firewall Considerations

14 Monitoring Performance

• Overview of Monitoring and Tuning Oracle RAC Databases
  • Monitoring Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware
    • The Cluster Database Home Page
    • The Interconnects Page
    • The Cluster Database Performance Page
  • Tuning Oracle RAC Databases
• Verifying the Interconnect Settings for Oracle RAC
• Influencing Interconnect Processing
• Performance Views in Oracle RAC
• Creating Oracle RAC Data Dictionary Views with CATCLUST.SQL
• Oracle RAC Performance Statistics
• Automatic Workload Repository in Oracle RAC Environments
• Active Session History Reports for Oracle RAC
  • Overview of ASH Reports for Oracle RAC
  • ASH Report for Oracle RAC: Top Cluster Events
  • ASH Report for Oracle RAC: Top Remote Instance
• Monitoring Oracle RAC Statistics and Wait Events
  • Oracle RAC Statistics and Events in AWR and Statspack Reports
  • Oracle RAC Wait Events
  • Monitoring Performance by Analyzing GCS and GES Statistics
    • Analyzing the Effect of Cache Fusion in Oracle RAC
    • Analyzing Performance Using GCS and GES Statistics
  • Analyzing Cache Fusion Transfer Impact Using GCS Statistics
  • Analyzing Response Times Based on Wait Events
    • Block-Related Wait Events
    • Message-Related Wait Events
    • Contention-Related Wait Events
    • Load-Related Wait Events

15 Converting Single-Instance Oracle Databases to Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC One Node

• Administrative Issues for Converting Databases to Oracle RAC
• Converting to Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC One Node Using DBCA
  • Converting Oracle Database Installations to Oracle RAC Using DBCA
    • Use DBCA to Create an Image of the Single-Instance Database
    • Complete the Oracle Clusterware Installation
    • Validate the Cluster
    • Copy the Preconfigured Database Image
    • Install Oracle Database 12c Software with Oracle RAC
  • Converting Single Instance on a Cluster to Oracle RAC One Node Using DBCA
  • Converting Single Instance on a Cluster to Oracle RAC Using DBCA
    • Single-Instance Database on a Cluster Running from an Oracle RAC-Enabled Home
      • Automated Conversion Procedure Using DBCA
      • Manual Conversion Procedure
    • Single-Instance Database on a Cluster Running from an Oracle RAC-Disabled Home
• Preparing to Convert with rconfig and Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Prerequisites for Converting to Oracle RAC Databases
  • Configuration Changes During Oracle RAC Conversion Using rconfig
  • Converting Databases to Oracle RAC Using rconfig or Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Converting Databases to Oracle RAC Using Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Converting Databases to Oracle RAC Using rconfig
• Example of rconfig XML Input Files for ConvertToRAC
• Postconversion Steps

A Server Control Utility Reference

• SRVCTL Usage Information
• Specifying Command Parameters as Keywords Instead of Single Letters
• Character Set and Case Sensitivity of SRVCTL Object Values
• Summary of Tasks for Which SRVCTL Is Used
• Using SRVCTL Help
• SRVCTL Privileges and Security
• Additional SRVCTL Topics
• Deprecated SRVCTL Subprograms or Commands
  • Single Character Parameters for all SRVCTL Commands
  • Miscellaneous SRVCTL Commands and Parameters
• SRVCTL Command Reference
  • srvctl add database
  • srvctl config database
  • srvctl convert database
  • srvctl disable database
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Example
  • srvctl disable diskgroup
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Example
  • srvctl add instance
  • srvctl disable instance
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Example
  • srvctl add listener
  • srvctl disable listener
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Example
  • srvctl config listener
  • srvctl add network
  • srvctl config network
  • srvctl add nodeapps
  • srvctl config nodeapps
  • srvctl disable nodeapps
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Example
  • srvctl add ons
  • srvctl config ons
  • srvctl disable ons
  • srvctl config qosmserver
  • srvctl add scan
  • srvctl config scan
  • srvctl disable scan
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Example
  • srvctl add scan_listener
  • srvctl config scan_listener
  • srvctl disable scan_listener
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Example
  • srvctl add service
  • srvctl config service
  • srvctl disable service
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Examples
  • srvctl add srvpool
  • srvctl config srvpool
  • srvctl add vip
  • srvctl config vip
  • srvctl disable vip
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Example
  • srvctl config volume
  • srvctl disable volume
    • Syntax and Parameters
    • Usage Notes
    • Example
  • srvctl downgrade database
    • Syntax and Parameters
  • enable
    • srvctl enable database
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl enable diskgroup
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl enable instance
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl enable listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl enable nodeapps
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl enable ons
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl enable scan
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl enable scan_listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl enable service
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Examples
    • srvctl enable vip
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl enable volume
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Example
  • getenv
    • srvctl getenv database
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl getenv listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl getenv nodeapps
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl getenv vip
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
  • modify
    • srvctl modify database
    • srvctl modify instance
    • srvctl modify listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl modify network
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Examples
    • srvctl modify nodeapps
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl modify ons
      • Syntax and Parameters
    • srvctl modify scan
    • srvctl modify scan_listener
    • srvctl modify service
    • srvctl modify srvpool
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl modify vip
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
  • predict
    • srvctl predict database
    • srvctl predict diskgroup
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl predict listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl predict network
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl predict scan
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl predict scan_listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl predict service
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl predict vip
      • Syntax and Options
      • Example
  • relocate
    • srvctl relocate database
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Example
    • srvctl relocate scan
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl relocate scan_listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl relocate server
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl relocate service
    • srvctl relocate vip
      • Syntax and Options
      • Example
  • remove
    • srvctl remove database
    • srvctl remove diskgroup
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl remove instance
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl remove listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Examples
    • srvctl remove network
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl remove nodeapps
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Example
    • srvctl remove ons
      • Syntax and Parameters
    • srvctl remove scan
    • srvctl remove scan_listener
    • srvctl remove service
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Examples
    • srvctl remove srvpool
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Example
    • srvctl remove vip
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl remove volume
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Example
  • setenv
    • srvctl setenv database
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl setenv listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl setenv nodeapps
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl setenv vip
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
  • start
    • srvctl start database
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl start diskgroup
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl start home
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl start instance
    • srvctl start listener
    • srvctl start nodeapps
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl start ons
      • Syntax and Parameters
    • srvctl start scan
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl start scan_listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl start service
    • srvctl start vip
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl start volume
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Example
  • status
    • srvctl status database
    • srvctl status diskgroup
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl status home
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl status instance
    • srvctl status listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl status nodeapps
      • Syntax and Parameters
    • srvctl status ons
      • Syntax and Parameters
    • srvctl status scan
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl status scan_listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl status server
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl status service
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl status srvpool
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Example
    • srvctl status vip
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl status volume
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Examples
  • stop
    • srvctl stop database
    • srvctl stop diskgroup
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl stop home
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl stop instance
    • srvctl stop listener
    • srvctl stop nodeapps
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl stop ons
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl stop scan
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl stop scan_listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl stop service
    • srvctl stop vip
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl stop volume
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Usage Notes
      • Example
  • unsetenv
    • srvctl unsetenv database
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl unsetenv listener
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl unsetenv nodeapps
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
    • srvctl unsetenv vip
      • Syntax and Parameters
      • Example
  • update
    • srvctl update database
    • srvctl update gns
      • Usage Notes
      • Example
    • srvctl update instance
    • srvctl update listener
    • srvctl update scan_listener
  • srvctl upgrade database
    • Syntax and Parameters

B Troubleshooting Oracle RAC

• Where to Find Files for Analyzing Errors
• Managing Diagnostic Data in Oracle RAC
• Using Instance-Specific Alert Files in Oracle RAC
• Enabling Tracing for Java-Based Tools and Utilities in Oracle RAC
• Resolving Pending Shutdown Issues
• How to Determine If Oracle RAC Instances Are Using the Private Network
• Database Fails to Start after Private NIC Failure

Glossary

Index