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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documentation
Conventions
Changes in This Release for Oracle RAC
Changes in Oracle Database 12
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Release 2
New Features for Oracle Database 12
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Release 2 (12.2)
Deprecated Features
Desupported Features
Changes in Oracle Database 12
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Release 1
New Features for Oracle Database 12
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Release 1 (12.1)
Deprecated Features
Desupported Features
1
Oracle RAC Installation Checklist
1.1
Deployment Checklist for Oracle RAC Database
1.2
Server Hardware and Software Review Checklist for Oracle RAC Installation
1.3
Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Database
1.4
Oracle RAC Upgrade Checklist
2
Installing Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC One Node
2.1
Deciding Between Multitenant Container Databases and Non-CDBs in Oracle RAC
2.2
Selecting Installation Options for Oracle RAC
2.2.1
Selecting a Security Notification Contact
2.2.2
Selecting an Installation Option
2.2.3
Selecting the Database Type for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Deployments
2.2.4
Choosing the Cluster Database Management Type
2.2.5
About Cluster Node Selection for Database Installation
2.2.6
Selecting an Installation Type
2.2.6.1
Preconfigured Database Types Supplied with Oracle Database
2.2.6.2
Using Advanced Database Configuration
2.2.6.3
Installing Oracle Database with Other Languages
2.2.7
Selecting an Oracle Database Configuration Type
2.2.8
Selecting a Database Name
2.2.9
Requirements for Database Passwords
2.2.10
About Automatic Memory Management Installation Options
2.2.11
About Character Set Selection During Installation
2.2.12
Managing Database Services After Installation
2.3
Running Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Database
2.3.1
Using Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle RAC
2.3.2
Using Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle RAC One Node
2.4
Installing the Oracle Database Vault Option
2.4.1
Starting the Listener with Oracle Database Vault Installations
2.4.2
Configuring Oracle Database Vault Using DBCA
2.5
About Deploying Oracle Databases Using Rapid Home Provisioning
3
Creating Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node Databases with DBCA
3.1
Using DBCA with Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node
3.2
Benefits of Using Database Configuration Assistant
3.3
Automatic Listener Migration from Earlier Releases
3.4
Verifying Requirements for DBCA
3.5
Tasks to Complete Before Using DBCA to Create any Oracle RAC Database
3.5.1
Load SSH Keys Into Memory Before Starting DBCA
3.5.2
Decide on a Naming Convention to Use for Your Oracle RAC Database
3.5.3
Configure Shared Storage for the Oracle RAC Database
3.6
Selecting DBCA Options to Create an Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node Database
3.6.1
Starting DBCA
3.6.2
Cluster Detection and Node Selection when Using DBCA
3.6.3
Using DBCA to Select Storage to Use With any Oracle RAC Database
3.6.4
Selecting Server Pool Option with DBCA
3.6.5
Using DBCA to Specify Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle RAC
3.6.6
Actions Performed By DBCA for Oracle RAC Databases
3.7
Using DBCA to Create an Oracle RAC One Node Database
3.8
Running Oracle Database Instances on Leaf Nodes
3.9
Deleting an Oracle RAC Database Using DBCA
4
Oracle Real Application Clusters Postinstallation Procedures
4.1
Required Postinstallation Tasks
4.1.1
Downloading and Installing Patch Updates
4.1.2
Setting External Jobs Ownership for HP-UX Installations
4.1.3
Setting the Oracle User Environment Variables
4.1.4
Recompiling All Invalid Objects
4.1.5
Configuring Services on Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC One Node CDBs
4.1.6
Copying Oracle ASM Password File For Oracle RAC One Node Database
4.2
Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
4.2.1
Setting Up Additional User Accounts
4.2.2
Downloading and Installing the ORAchk Health Check Tool
4.3
Product-Specific Postinstallation Tasks
4.3.1
Configuring Oracle Database Vault
4.3.2
Configuring Oracle Database Security Settings
4.3.3
Configuring Oracle Label Security
4.3.4
Configuring Oracle XML DB
4.3.5
Configuring Storage for External Tables, Shared Files, or Directory Objects
4.4
Oracle Configuration Manager Postinstallation Configuration for Oracle RAC
4.5
Enabling and Disabling Oracle Database Options After Installation
4.5.1
Chopt Tool
5
Using Server Pools with Oracle RAC
5.1
Policy-Managed Clusters and Capacity Management
5.1.1
Server Pools and Server Categorization
5.1.2
Server Pools and Policy-Based Management
5.1.3
How Server Pools Work
5.1.4
About Server Pools
5.1.4.1
The Free Server Pool
5.1.4.2
The Generic Server Pool
5.2
Oracle RAC Database and Server Pools
5.3
About Creating Server Pools for Oracle RAC Databases
5.4
Oracle RAC One Node and Server Pools
6
Understanding the Oracle RAC Installed Configuration
6.1
Understanding the Configured Environment in Oracle RAC
6.2
Understanding Operating System Privileges Groups
6.3
Understanding Time Zone Settings on Cluster Nodes
6.4
Understanding the Server Parameter File for Oracle RAC
6.5
Database Components Created Using Database Configuration Assistant
6.5.1
About Tablespaces and Data Files
6.5.2
About Control Files
6.5.3
About Online Redo Log Files
6.6
Managing Undo Tablespaces in Oracle RAC
6.7
About Initialization Parameter Files
6.8
Oracle Net Services Configuration for Oracle RAC Databases
6.8.1
Database Services for an Oracle RAC Database
6.8.2
Naming Methods and Connect Descriptors
6.8.3
Easy Connect Naming Method
6.8.4
Understanding SCANs
6.8.4.1
About the SCAN
6.8.4.2
About SCAN VIP Addresses
6.8.4.3
About SCAN Listeners
6.8.5
About Connecting to an Oracle RAC Database Using SCANs
6.8.6
About Listener Configuration for an Oracle RAC Database
6.8.7
About Service Registration for an Oracle RAC Database
6.8.8
How Database Connections are Created When Using SCANs
6.9
Performance Features of Oracle Net Services and Oracle RAC
6.9.1
Load Balancing of Connections to Oracle RAC Databases
6.9.2
Connection Failover for Oracle RAC Databases
6.9.3
Shared Server Configuration for an Oracle RAC Database
6.10
Oracle Net Services Configuration Files and Parameters
6.10.1
Database Initialization Parameters for Database Service Registration
6.10.2
Net Service Names and the tnsnames.ora File
6.10.3
Net Service Names Created by DBCA
6.10.3.1
Net Service Names for Database Connections
6.10.3.2
Net Service Names for Instance Connections
6.10.4
Listener Configuration and the listener.ora File
6.10.4.1
Local Listener for an Oracle RAC Database
6.10.4.2
Remote Listeners for an Oracle RAC Database
6.10.4.3
Managing Multiple Listeners for an Oracle RAC Database
6.10.4.4
How Oracle Database Uses the Listener File (listener.ora)
6.10.5
Net Services Profile File (sqlnet.ora)
7
Removing Oracle Database Software
7.1
About Oracle Deinstallation Options
7.2
Identifying All Instances On a Cluster
7.3
Oracle Deinstallation Tool (Deinstall)
7.4
Deinstallation Examples for Oracle Database
7.5
Deinstallation Parameter File Example for Oracle RAC
A
Using Scripts or Response Files to Create Oracle RAC Databases
A.1
Using DBCA to Generate Installation Scripts for Oracle RAC
A.2
About DBCA Noninteractive (Silent) Configuration for Oracle RAC
A.3
Using DBCA Commands for Noninteractive (Silent) Configuration for Oracle RAC
A.4
How Response Files Work
A.4.1
Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
A.4.2
Creating a Database Using Oracle ASM for Database Files
A.4.3
Using Response Files
A.5
Preparing Response Files
A.5.1
Editing a Response File Template
A.5.2
Recording Response Files
A.6
Running Oracle Universal Installer Using a Response File
A.7
Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File Created During Installation
A.7.1
Using the Installation Response File for Postinstallation Configuration
A.7.2
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File
A.8
Postinstallation Configuration Using the ConfigToolAllCommands Script
A.8.1
About the Postinstallation Configuration File
A.8.2
Creating a Password Response File
A.8.3
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Password Response File
A.9
Running Configuration Assistants Using Response Files
A.9.1
Running Database Configuration Assistant Using Response Files
A.9.2
Running Net Configuration Assistant Using Response Files
B
Directory Structure for Oracle RAC Environments
B.1
Understanding the Oracle RAC Directory Structure
B.2
Directory Structures for Oracle RAC
C
Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle RAC Database
C.1
Backing Up the Oracle RAC Database
C.2
Using CVU to Validate Readiness for Oracle RAC Upgrades
C.2.1
Using the CVU Database Upgrade Validation Command Options
C.2.2
Example of Verifying System Upgrade Readiness for Oracle RAC
C.2.3
Verifying System Readiness for Oracle Database Upgrades
D
Managing Oracle Database Port Numbers
D.1
About Managing Ports
D.2
About Viewing Port Numbers and Access URLs
D.3
Port Numbers and Protocols of Oracle Components
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