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Contents
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
What's New in Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation?
Changes in Installation Documentation
Changes in the Install Options
New Components Available for Installation
Enhancements and New Features for Installation
Deprecated Components in Oracle Database 11
g
Release 1 (11.1)
1
Preinstallation Checklist
1.1
Before You Start: Planning your Installation
1.1.1
Check Oracle
MetaLink
1.1.2
Check Oracle Technical Network
1.1.3
Review How to Use Cluster Verification Utility
1.1.4
Review and Back Up Existing Oracle Installations
1.1.5
Review Globalization Requirements
1.1.6
Review Documentation
1.2
Server Hardware, Network and Operating System Overview
1.2.1
Review Server Hardware and Software Requirements
1.2.2
Server Environment Configuration Overview
1.2.3
Oracle Base Overview
1.2.4
Network Connections Overview
1.2.5
Secure Shell (SSH) Configuration Overview
1.2.6
Browser Requirement Overview
1.2.7
Platform-Specific Server Configuration Overview
1.3
Oracle RAC Storage Overview
1.3.1
Overview of Oracle Database and Recovery File Options
1.3.2
General Storage Considerations for Oracle RAC
1.4
Additional Information to Prepare for Installation
1.4.1
Oracle Clusterware and Vendor Clusterware
1.4.2
Shared Components of Oracle RAC Installations
1.4.3
Oracle Database 11
g
Real Application Clusters Release Compatibility
1.5
Confirming Cluster Readiness for Oracle RAC Installation with CVU
1.6
Stopping Existing Oracle Processes for Upgrades or Coexisting Databases
2
Installing Oracle Database 11
g
with Oracle Real Application Clusters
2.1
Verifying System Readiness for Installing Oracle Database with CVU
2.2
Reviewing Oracle Application Express Requirements
2.2.1
Browser Requirements for Oracle Application Express
2.2.2
Installing APEX with Existing Oracle HTML Server Installations
2.2.3
Oracle Text Requirement for Oracle Application Express
2.2.4
Oracle XML DB Requirement for Oracle Application Express
2.3
Selecting a Configuration Option
2.4
Automatic Storage Management Configuration
2.5
Preparing for a Rolling Upgrade of Automatic Storage Management
2.6
Oracle Database Vault Configuration
2.6.1
Oracle Database Vault Requirements
2.6.2
Oracle Database Vault Accounts
2.6.2.1
Oracle Database Vault Owner
2.6.2.2
Oracle Database Vault Account Manager
2.6.3
Multiple Oracle Database Vault Homes
2.6.4
Starting the Listener with Oracle Database Vault Installations
2.6.5
Installing Oracle Database Vault
2.6.5.1
Installing Oracle Database Vault During Oracle RAC Installation
2.6.5.2
Installing Oracle Database Vault After Oracle RAC Installation
2.7
Oracle Database Configuration Type Descriptions
2.7.1
General Purpose, Transaction Processing, and Data Warehouse Configuration Types
2.7.2
Using the Advanced Configuration Type
2.8
Oracle Configuration Manager Option
2.9
Database Security Options
2.10
Selecting Database Passwords
2.11
Actions of OUI, DBCA, and Other Assistants During Installation
2.12
Installing Oracle Database with Other Languages
2.13
Selecting a Database Name
2.14
Using Oracle Universal Installer to install Oracle RAC
3
Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases with Database Configuration Assistant
3.1
Using Database Configuration Assistant with Oracle RAC
3.2
Benefits of Using Database Configuration Assistant
3.3
Automatic Listener Migration from Earlier Releases
3.4
Verifying Requirements for DBCA
3.5
Creating an Oracle RAC Database with DBCA
3.6
Deleting an Oracle RAC Database with DBCA
4
Oracle Real Application Clusters Postinstallation Procedures
4.1
Required Postinstallation Tasks
4.1.1
Download and Install Patch Updates
4.1.2
Configure Oracle Products
4.1.3
Relocate Instance-related Memory-mapped files from OCFS2 Using Symbolic Links
4.2
Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
4.2.1
Recommended Database Postinstallation Tasks
4.2.1.1
Back Up the root.sh Script
4.2.1.2
Set the Oracle User Environment Variables
4.2.1.3
Recompile all PL/SQL modules
4.2.1.4
Set Up User Accounts
4.2.2
Logging in to Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
4.3
Oracle Configuration Manager Postinstallation Configuration for Oracle RAC
4.4
Oracle Database Vault Postinstallation with DVCA for Oracle RAC
4.5
Upgrading 10.2.0.3 Databases with Oracle Database Vault to Oracle Database 11
g
5
Oracle Application Express Postinstallation Tasks
5.1
Restarting Application Express Processes After an Upgrade
5.2
Patching Oracle Application Express 3.0
5.3
Choosing an HTTP Server
5.3.1
Selecting an HTTP Server in an Oracle RAC Environment
5.3.2
About Oracle HTTP Server and mod_plsql
5.4
Copying the Images Directory
5.4.1
Copying the Images Directory After an Upgrade
5.4.2
Copying the Images Directory After a New Installation
5.5
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server in a New Installation
5.5.1
Security Considerations for Oracle HTTP Server
5.5.2
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server Release 9.0.3 in a New Installation
5.5.2.1
Changing the Password for the ADMIN Account
5.5.2.2
Changing the Password for the APEX_PUBLIC_USER Database User
5.5.2.3
Modifying the wdbsvr.app File in a New Installation
5.5.2.4
Modifying the Oracle9
i
httpd.conf File
5.5.3
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server or Oracle Application Server in a New Installation
5.5.3.1
Changing the Password for the ADMIN Account
5.5.3.2
Unlocking the APEX_PUBLIC_USER Database User
5.5.3.3
Changing the Password for the APEX_PUBLIC_USER Database User
5.5.3.4
Edit the dads.conf File
5.5.4
Stopping and Restarting Oracle HTTP Server
5.5.5
Installing Oracle Application Express in Other Languages
5.5.6
Installing a Translated Version of Oracle Application Express
5.5.7
Managing JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES
5.5.7.1
Viewing the Number of JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES
5.5.7.2
Changing the Number of JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES
5.5.8
Obfuscating PlsqlDatabasePassword Parameter
5.5.8.1
Obfuscating Passwords
5.5.9
Logging In to Oracle Application Express
5.5.9.1
Oracle Application Express User Roles
5.5.9.2
Setting Up Your Local Environment
5.6
Enabling Network Services in Oracle Database 11
g
5.6.1
Granting Connect Privileges
5.7
Troubleshooting an Invalid ACL Error
6
Configuring the Server Parameter File in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
6.1
Parameter Files and Oracle RAC
6.2
Using Server Parameter Files with Oracle RAC
6.2.1
Location of the Server Parameter File
6.3
Parameter File Search Order in Oracle RAC
6.4
Migrating to the SPFILE in Oracle RAC Environments
6.4.1
Server Parameter File Placement in Oracle RAC
6.4.2
Procedures for Migrating to the Server Parameter File
6.5
Server Parameter File Errors in Oracle RAC
7
Understanding the Oracle Real Application Clusters Installed Configuration
7.1
Understanding the Configured Environment in Oracle RAC
7.2
Oracle Cluster Registry in Oracle RAC
7.3
Oratab Configuration for Oracle RAC
7.4
Database Components Created Using Database Configuration Assistant
7.4.1
Tablespaces and Data files
7.4.2
Control Files
7.4.3
Redo Log Files
7.5
Managing Undo Tablespaces in Oracle RAC
7.6
Initialization Parameter Files
7.7
Oracle Database Vault Default Audit Policy and Initialization Parameters
7.8
Configuring Service Registration-Related Parameters
7.9
Configuring the Listener File (listener.ora)
7.9.1
Local Listeners
7.9.2
Multiple Listeners
7.9.3
How Oracle Database Uses the Listener (listener.ora File)
7.9.3.1
Listener Registration and PMON Discovery
7.10
Net Service Names (tnsnames.ora File)
7.11
Net Services Profile (sqlnet.ora File)
8
Removing Oracle RAC and ASM Software
8.1
Overview of Deinstallation Procedures
8.2
Identifying All Instances On a Cluster
8.3
Deinstalling Oracle RAC Software
8.3.1
Deinstalling Oracle RAC and ASM Using Configuration Assistants
8.3.2
Deinstalling Oracle Clusterware
8.4
Removing Oracle Software
A
Troubleshooting the Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Process
A.1
Troubleshooting the Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation
A.1.1
General Installation Issues
A.1.2
Oracle RAC Installation Error Messages
A.1.3
Performing Cluster Diagnostics During Oracle Clusterware Installations
A.1.4
Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session
A.1.5
Configuration Assistant Errors
A.1.5.1
Configuration Assistant Failures
A.1.5.2
Fatal Errors
B
Using Scripts to Create Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
B.1
Using DBCA to generate Installation Scripts for Oracle RAC
B.2
Using DBCA Noninteractive (Silent) Configuration for Oracle RAC
C
Converting to Oracle Real Application Clusters from Single-Instance Oracle Databases
C.1
Administrative Issues for Converting Databases to Oracle RAC
C.2
Converting to Oracle RAC with DBCA
C.2.1
Converting Oracle Database 11
g
Installations to Oracle RAC Using DBCA
C.2.1.1
Back Up the Original Single-Instance Database
C.2.1.2
Complete Oracle Clusterware Installation
C.2.1.3
Validate the Cluster
C.2.1.4
Copy the Preconfigured Database Image
C.2.1.5
Install Oracle Database 11
g
Software with Oracle RAC
C.2.2
Converting Single Instance on a Cluster to Oracle RAC using DBCA
C.2.2.1
Single Instance on a Cluster Running from a Cluster-Enabled Oracle Home
C.2.2.2
Single Instance on a Cluster Running from an Oracle RAC-Disabled Oracle Home
C.2.2.3
Single Instance on a Cluster Running from a Single-Instance Installed Oracle Home
C.2.3
Converting Single-Instance ASM to Cluster ASM Using DBCA
C.3
Preparing to Convert with rconfig and Oracle Enterprise Manager
C.3.1
Prerequisites for Converting to Oracle RAC Databases
C.3.2
Configuration Changes during Oracle RAC Conversion Using RCONFIG
C.3.3
Converting Databases to Oracle RAC Using RCONFIG or Oracle Enterprise Manager
C.3.4
Converting Databases to Oracle RAC Using Oracle Enterprise Manager
C.4
Converting Databases to Oracle RAC Using RCONFIG
C.5
Example of an rconfig XML Input File for ConvertToRAC
C.6
Converting Single-Instance ASM to Oracle RAC Using RCONFIG
C.7
Example of an rconfig XML Input File for ConvertToASM
C.8
Post-Conversion Steps
D
Directory Structure for Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
D.1
Understanding the Oracle RAC Directory Structure
D.2
Directory Structures for Oracle RAC
E
How to Stop Processes in an Existing Oracle Real Application Clusters Database
E.1
Back Up the Oracle RAC Database
E.2
Shut Down Oracle RAC Databases
E.3
Stop All Oracle Processes
E.3.1
Stopping Oracle Clusterware or Cluster Ready Services Processes
E.3.2
Stopping Oracle Database Processes Before Adding Products or Upgrading
F
Managing Oracle Database Port Numbers
F.1
About Managing Ports
F.2
Viewing Port Numbers and Access URLS
F.3
Port Numbers and Protocols of Oracle Components
F.4
Changing the Oracle Enterprise Management Agent Port
F.5
Changing the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Console Ports
F.6
Changing the Oracle Ultra Search Ports
F.7
Changing the Oracle XML DB Ports
Index
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