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Contents
List of Examples
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Java Access Bridge and Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
Changes In This Release for Oracle Real Application Clusters
Changes In Oracle Database 12
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Release 2
New Features for Oracle Real Application Clusters 12
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Release 2 (12.2.0.1)
Deprecated Features
Desupported Features
Changes In Oracle Database 12
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Release 1
New Features for Oracle Real Application Clusters 12
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Release 1 (12.1.0.2)
New Features for Oracle Real Application Clusters 12
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Release 1 (12.1.0.1)
Deprecated Features
Desupported Features
Other Changes
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 Installation
1.4
Upgrade Checklist for Oracle RAC
2
Installing Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC One Node
2.1
Deciding Between Multitenant Container Databases and Non-CDBs in Oracle RAC
2.2
Simplified Upgrade of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE Data
2.3
Overview of Installation Directories for Oracle RAC
2.3.1
Overview of Oracle Base Directories
2.3.2
Overview of Oracle Home Directories
2.4
Selecting Installation Options for Oracle RAC
2.4.1
Selecting a Security Notification Contact
2.4.2
Selecting an Installation Option
2.4.3
Selecting the Database Type for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Deployments
2.4.4
Choosing the Cluster Database Management Type
2.4.5
Selecting an Installation Type
2.4.5.1
Preconfigured Database Types Supplied with Oracle Database
2.4.5.2
Using Advanced Database Configuration
2.4.5.3
About Installing Oracle Database with Other Languages
2.4.6
Selecting an Oracle Database Configuration Type
2.4.7
Selecting a Database Name
2.4.8
Requirements for Database Passwords
2.4.9
About Automatic Memory Management Installation Options
2.4.10
About Character Set Selection During Installation
2.4.11
Managing Database Services After Installation
2.5
Specify Oracle Home User Name and Password
2.6
Running Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Database
2.6.1
Using Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle RAC
2.6.2
Using Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle RAC One Node
2.7
Installing the Oracle Database Vault Option
2.7.1
Starting the Listener with Oracle Database Vault Installations
2.7.2
Configuring Oracle Database Vault Using DBCA
2.7.3
Perform Postinstallation Configuration for Oracle Database Vault
2.8
Updating Environment Variables on Remote Nodes
2.9
Creating an Oracle RAC Database on Direct NFS
2.9.1
Perform a Software-Only Installation of Oracle Database
2.9.2
Use ASMCA to Configure an ACFS Mount Point
2.9.3
Use DBCA to Create and Configure the Oracle RAC Database
2.9.4
Enable and Configure Direct NFS
2.9.5
Use ASMCA to Remove the ACFS Mount Point
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 an Oracle RAC Database
3.5.1
Decide on a Naming Convention to Use for Your Oracle RAC Database
3.5.2
Configure Shared Storage for the Oracle RAC Database
3.5.3
Obtain the Password for the Oracle Home User
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 Oracle RAC Database
3.6.4
Using DBCA to Specify Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle RAC
3.6.5
Actions Performed By DBCA for Oracle RAC Databases
3.7
Using DBCA to Create an Oracle RAC One Node Database
3.8
Deleting an Oracle RAC Database Using DBCA
4
Oracle Real Application Clusters Postinstallation Procedures
4.1
Required Postinstallation Tasks
4.1.1
Determine If Any Patches Are Required For Your New Software
4.1.2
Configure Exceptions for the Windows Firewall
4.1.3
Create the OraMTS Service for Microsoft Transaction Server
4.1.4
Recompiling All Invalid Objects
4.1.5
Configuring Services on Oracle RAC with CDBs
4.2
Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
4.2.1
Setting Up Additional User Accounts
4.2.2
Setting the Oracle User Environment Variables
4.2.3
Downloading and Installing the ORAchk Health Check Tool
4.2.4
About Using CVU Cluster Healthchecks After Installation
4.3
Product-Specific Postinstallation Tasks
4.3.1
Configuring Oracle Database Vault
4.3.2
Configuring Oracle Label Security
4.3.3
Configuring the OraClrAgnt Service for Oracle Database Extensions for .NET
4.3.4
Configuring Oracle XML DB
4.3.5
Configure Storage for External Tables, Shared Files, or Directory Objects
4.4
Configuring the Oracle Home User
4.5
Oracle Configuration Manager Postinstallation Configuration for Oracle RAC
4.6
Enabling and Disabling Database Options After Installation
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
Default 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
Multiple Oracle Home Directories on Windows
6.5.1
Changing the Current Setting for Oracle Home
6.6
About Pluggable Databases in Oracle RAC
6.7
Database Components Created Using Database Configuration Assistant
6.7.1
About Tablespaces and Data Files
6.7.2
About Control Files
6.7.3
About Online Redo Log Files
6.8
About Managing Undo Tablespaces in Oracle RAC
6.9
About Initialization Parameter Files
6.10
Oracle Net Services Configuration for Oracle RAC Databases
6.10.1
Database Services for an Oracle RAC Database
6.10.2
Naming Methods and Connect Descriptors
6.10.3
Easy Connect Naming Method
6.10.4
Understanding SCANs
6.10.4.1
About the SCAN
6.10.4.2
About SCAN VIP Addresses
6.10.4.3
About SCAN Listeners
6.10.5
About Connecting to an Oracle RAC Database Using SCANs
6.10.6
About Listener Configuration for an Oracle RAC Database
6.10.7
About Service Registration for an Oracle RAC Database
6.10.8
How Database Connections are Created When Using SCANs
6.11
Performance Features of Oracle Net Services and Oracle RAC
6.11.1
Load Balancing of Connections to Oracle RAC Databases
6.11.2
Connection Failover for Oracle RAC Databases
6.11.3
Shared Server Configuration for an Oracle RAC Database
6.12
Oracle Net Services Configuration Files and Parameters
6.12.1
Database Initialization Parameters for Database Service Registration
6.12.2
Net Service Names and the tnsnames.ora File
6.12.3
Net Service Names Created by DBCA
6.12.3.1
Net Service Names for Database Connections
6.12.3.2
Net Service Names for Instance Connections
6.12.4
Listener Configuration and the listener.ora File
6.12.4.1
Local Listener for an Oracle RAC Database
6.12.4.2
Remote Listeners for an Oracle RAC Database
6.12.4.3
Managing Multiple Listeners for an Oracle RAC Database
6.12.4.4
How Oracle Database Uses the Listener File (listener.ora)
6.12.5
Net Services Profile File (sqlnet.ora)
7
Removing Oracle Real Application Clusters Software
7.1
Overview of Deinstallation Procedures
7.2
Identifying All Instances On a Cluster
7.2.1
Identifying All Instances On a Cluster Using SRVCTL
7.2.2
Identifying All Instances On a Cluster Using the Windows Services Control Manager
7.3
Removing Oracle RAC Software
7.3.1
About the Deinstallation Tool
7.3.2
Deinstallation Tool Command Reference
7.3.3
Using the Deinstallation Tool to Remove Oracle RAC
7.3.3.1
Running the Deinstallation Tool From an Oracle Home
7.3.3.2
Running the Deinstallation Tool Interactively From the Installer
7.3.3.3
Running the Deinstallation Tool with a Response File
7.3.3.4
Generating a Response File For Use With the Deinstallation Tool
7.4
Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation
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 of Oracle RAC
A.4
How Response Files Work
A.4.1
Deciding to Use Silent Mode or Response File Mode
A.4.2
Creating a Database Using Oracle ASM for Database Files in Silent Mode
A.4.3
Using Response Files
A.5
Preparing Response Files
A.5.1
About Response File Templates
A.5.2
Editing a Response File Template
A.5.3
Recording Response Files
A.6
Running Oracle Universal Installer Using a Response File
A.7
Running Configuration Assistants Using Response Files
A.7.1
Silent Mode of Database Configuration Assistant
A.7.2
Running Database Configuration Assistant in Response File Mode
A.7.3
Running Oracle Net Configuration Assistant Using Response Files
A.8
Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File Created During Installation
A.8.1
Using the Installation Response File for Postinstallation Configuration
A.8.2
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File
A.9
Postinstallation Configuration Using the ConfigToolAllCommands Script
A.9.1
About the Postinstallation Configuration File
A.9.2
Creating a Password Response File
A.9.3
Performing Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
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 Infrastructure
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
Setting UDP and TCP Dynamic Port Range for Oracle RAC Installations
D.4
Port Numbers and Protocols of Oracle Components
D.5
Changing the Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Port
Index
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