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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
What's New in Oracle Clusterware Installation and Configuration?
Changes in Installation Documentation
Enhancements and New Features for Installation
1
Summary List: Installing Oracle Clusterware
1.1
Verify System Requirements
1.2
Check Network Requirements
1.3
Check Operating System Packages
1.4
Set Kernel Parameters
1.5
Configure Groups and Users
1.6
Create Directories
1.7
Configure Oracle Installation Owner Shell Limits
1.8
Configure SSH
1.8.1
Check Existing SSH Configuration on the System
1.8.2
Configure SSH on Cluster Member Nodes
1.8.3
Enable SSH User Equivalency on Cluster Member Nodes
1.9
Create Storage
1.9.1
Create Disk Partitions for ASM Disks, OCR Disks, and Voting Disks
1.10
Verify Oracle Clusterware Requirements with CVU
1.11
Install Oracle Clusterware Software
1.12
Prepare the System for Oracle RAC and ASM
2
Oracle Clusterware Preinstallation Tasks
2.1
Reviewing Upgrade Best Practices
2.2
Logging In to a Remote System as root Using X Terminal
2.3
Overview of Groups and Users for Oracle Clusterware Installations
2.4
Creating Groups and Users for Oracle Clusterware
2.4.1
Understanding the Oracle Inventory Group
2.4.2
Understanding the Oracle Inventory Directory
2.4.3
Determining If the Oracle Inventory and Oracle Inventory Group Exists
2.4.4
Creating the Oracle Inventory Group If an Oracle Inventory Does Not Exist
2.4.5
Creating the Oracle Clusterware User
2.4.6
Example of Creating Users and Groups
2.5
Checking the Hardware Requirements
2.6
Checking the Network Requirements
2.6.1
IP Address Requirements
2.6.2
Node Time Requirements
2.6.3
Configuring the Network Requirements
2.7
Checking the Software Requirements
2.8
Tuning AIX System Environment
2.8.1
Tuning Virtual Memory Manager (VMM)
2.8.2
Increasing System Block Size Allocation
2.8.3
Configuring Shell Limits
2.8.4
Configuring User Process Parameters
2.8.5
Configuring Network Tuning Parameters
2.9
Configuring SSH on All Cluster Nodes
2.9.1
Checking Existing SSH Configuration on the System
2.9.2
Downloading and Installing SSH Filesets
2.9.3
Configuring SSH on Cluster Member Nodes
2.9.4
Enabling SSH User Equivalency on Cluster Member Nodes
2.9.5
Setting Display and X11 Forwarding Configuration
2.9.6
Preventing Oracle Clusterware Installation Errors Caused by stty Commands
2.10
Configuring Software Owner User Environments
2.10.1
Procedure for Configuring Oracle Software Owner Environments
2.11
Running the rootpre.sh Script
2.12
Requirements for Creating an Oracle Clusterware Home Directory
2.13
Understanding and Using Cluster Verification Utility
2.13.1
Entering Cluster Verification Utility Commands
2.13.2
Using CVU to Determine if Installation Prerequisites are Complete
2.13.3
Using the Cluster Verification Utility Help
2.13.4
Using Cluster Verification Utility with Oracle Database 10g Release 1 or 2
2.13.5
Verbose Mode and "Unknown" Output
2.14
Checking Oracle Clusterware Installation Readiness with CVU
3
Oracle Real Application Clusters Preinstallation Tasks
3.1
Creating Standard Configuration Operating System Groups and Users
3.1.1
Overview of Groups and Users for Oracle Database Installations
3.1.2
Creating Standard Operating System Groups and Users
3.2
Creating Custom Configuration Groups and Users for Job Roles
3.2.1
Overview of Creating Operating System Group and User Options Based on Job Roles
3.2.2
Creating Database Operating System Groups and Users with Job Role Separation
3.3
Understanding the Oracle Base Directory Path
3.3.1
Overview of the Oracle Base directory
3.3.2
Understanding Oracle Base and Oracle Clusterware Directories
3.4
Creating the Oracle Base Directory Path
3.5
Environment Requirements for Oracle Database and Oracle ASM Owners
4
Configuring Oracle Clusterware Storage
4.1
Reviewing Storage Options for Oracle Clusterware Files
4.1.1
Overview of Storage Options
4.1.2
Checking for Available Shared Storage with CVU
4.2
Configuring Storage for Oracle Clusterware Files on a Supported Shared File System
4.2.1
Requirements for Using a File System for Oracle Clusterware Files
4.2.2
Checking NFS Mount and Buffer Size Parameters for Oracle Clusterware
4.2.3
Creating Required Directories for Oracle Clusterware Files on Shared File Systems
4.3
Configuring Storage for Oracle Clusterware Files on Raw Devices
4.3.1
Identifying Required Raw Partitions for Clusterware Files
4.3.2
Configuring Raw Disk Devices for Oracle Clusterware Without HACMP or GPFS
4.3.3
Configuring HACMP Multinode Disk Heartbeat (MNDHB) for Oracle Clusterware
4.3.4
Configuring Raw Logical Volumes for Oracle Clusterware
4.3.5
Creating a Volume Group for Oracle Clusterware
4.3.6
Configuring Raw Logical Volumes in the New Oracle Clusterware Volume Group
4.3.7
Importing the Volume Group on the Other Cluster Nodes
4.3.8
Activating the Volume Group in Concurrent Mode on All Cluster Nodes
5
Configuring Oracle Real Application Clusters Storage
5.1
Reviewing Storage Options for Oracle Database and Recovery Files
5.1.1
Overview of Oracle Database and Recovery File Options
5.1.2
General Storage Considerations for Oracle RAC
5.1.3
After You Have Selected Disk Storage Options
5.2
Checking for Available Shared Storage with CVU
5.3
Choosing a Storage Option for Oracle Database Files
5.4
Configuring Storage for Oracle Database Files on a Supported Shared File System
5.4.1
Requirements for Using a File System for Oracle Database Files
5.4.2
Deciding to Use NFS for Data Files
5.4.3
Deciding to Use Direct NFS for Datafiles
5.4.4
Enabling Direct NFS Client Oracle Disk Manager Control of NFS
5.4.5
Disabling Direct NFS Client Oracle Disk Management Control of NFS
5.4.6
Checking NFS Mount Buffer Size Parameters for Oracle RAC
5.4.7
Creating Required Directories for Oracle Database Files on Shared File Systems
5.5
Configuring Storage for Oracle Database Files on Shared Storage Devices
5.5.1
Planning Your Shared Storage Device Creation Strategy
5.5.2
Identifying Required Shared Partitions for Database Files
5.6
Configuring Disks for Automatic Storage Management
5.6.1
Identifying Storage Requirements for Automatic Storage Management
5.6.2
Using an Existing Automatic Storage Management Disk Group
5.6.3
Configuring Database File Storage for Automatic Storage Management and Raw Devices
5.7
Configuring Database File Storage on Raw Devices
5.7.1
Identifying Required Raw Partitions for Database Files
5.7.2
Configuring Raw Disk Devices for Database File Storage Without HACMP or GPFS
5.7.3
Configuring Raw Logical Volumes for Database File Storage
5.7.4
Creating a Volume Group for Database Files
5.7.5
Creating Database File Raw Logical Volumes in the New Volume Group
5.7.6
Importing the Database File Volume Group on the Other Cluster Nodes
5.7.7
Activating the Database File Volume Group in Concurrent Mode on All Cluster Nodes
5.8
Desupport of the Database Configuration Assistant Raw Device Mapping File
5.9
Checking the System Setup with CVU
6
Installing Oracle Clusterware
6.1
Verifying Oracle Clusterware Requirements with CVU
6.1.1
Interpreting CVU Messages About Oracle Clusterware Setup
6.2
Preparing to Install Oracle Clusterware with OUI
6.3
Installing Oracle Clusterware with OUI
6.3.1
Running OUI to Install Oracle Clusterware
6.3.2
Installing Oracle Clusterware Using a Cluster Configuration File
6.3.3
Troubleshooting OUI Error Messages for Oracle Clusterware
6.4
Confirming Oracle Clusterware Function
7
Oracle Clusterware Postinstallation Procedures
7.1
Required Postinstallation Tasks
7.1.1
Back Up the Voting Disk After Installation
7.1.2
Download and Install Patch Updates
7.2
Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
7.2.1
Back Up the root.sh Script
7.2.2
Run CVU Postinstallation Check
8
Deinstallation of Oracle Clusterware
8.1
Deciding When to Deinstall Oracle Clusterware
8.2
Relocating Single-instance ASM to a Single-Instance Database Home
8.3
Removing Oracle Clusterware
8.3.1
About the rootdelete.sh Script
8.3.2
Example of the rootdelete.sh Parameter File
8.3.3
About the rootdeinstall.sh Script
8.3.4
Removing Oracle Clusterware
A
Troubleshooting the Oracle Clusterware Installation Process
A.1
Install OS Watcher and RACDDT
A.2
General Installation Issues
A.3
Performing Cluster Diagnostics During Oracle Clusterware Installations
A.4
Interconnect Errors
B
How to Perform Oracle Clusterware Rolling Upgrades
B.1
Back Up the Oracle Software Before Upgrades
B.2
Restrictions for Clusterware Upgrades to Oracle Clusterware 11
g
B.3
Verify System Readiness for Patchset and Release Upgrades
B.4
Installing a Patch Set On a Subset of Nodes
B.5
Installing an Upgrade On a Subset of Nodes
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