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# 2 Installing Oracle Fail Safe

This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for installing Oracle Fail Safe Manager, Oracle Services for MSCS, and additional server components specific to Oracle Fail Safe.

Note:

If you are upgrading Oracle Fail Safe from an earlier release, see Appendix A for information about performing a rolling upgrade.

The discussions in this chapter assume that you have already set up your hardware configuration and installed Microsoft Windows and the corresponding version of Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS). If you plan to configure Oracle products or other components with Oracle Fail Safe, then install the component software prior to installing Oracle Fail Safe.

The following topics are discussed in this chapter:

- Review the PreInstallation Checklist

- Install the Oracle Fail Safe Software

## 2.1 Review the PreInstallation Checklist

Perform the following preinstallation checks:

- Verify the release of any other Oracle software or third-party software that you plan to use with Oracle Fail Safe against the software compatibility guidelines that are documented in Oracle Fail Safe Release Notes.

- If necessary, install MSCS and configure MSDTC.

- Verify that the cluster is up and running on all nodes.

- Remove the previous version of Oracle Fail Safe, if necessary. If you need to remove Oracle Fail Safe release 2.1.3, you must use the Oracle Installer program located at `OracleInstall\setup.exe` on the current Oracle Fail Safe CD-ROM.

- Install additional components that you want to configure with Oracle Fail Safe (such as Oracle Database and so on).

- If necessary, install Oracle Enterprise Manager.

- Plan your installation strategy for multiple Oracle homes. If you are installing on a system with multiple Oracle homes, refer to the documentation for the Oracle component to find compatibility information.

- Log on to the cluster nodes using the same domain user account that has Administrator privileges. The account from which you run Oracle Universal Installer must have Administrator privileges.

## 2.2 Install the Oracle Fail Safe Software

Install Oracle Fail Safe on all cluster nodes, but perform the Oracle Services for MSCS installation sequentially on only one node at a time. Optionally, you can install Oracle Fail Safe Manager on the cluster nodes at the same time.

To install Oracle Fail Safe software on the cluster nodes, you must be running the following software:

- Microsoft Windows

- MSCS

To install Oracle Fail Safe Manager on client systems, you must be running Microsoft Windows.

See the Oracle Fail Safe Release Notes for information regarding the required versions of Microsoft Windows and MSCS.

Note:

If you decide to update a Microsoft Windows service pack from one supported version to another, you can do so regardless of whether or not Oracle Fail Safe or the software for resources that Oracle Fail Safe supports has been installed.

Perform the following steps to install Oracle Fail Safe.

Step 1 Start Oracle Universal Installer.

Use Oracle Universal Installer, which is included in the Oracle Fail Safe software kit, to install Oracle Fail Safe.

Typically, after you insert the CD-ROM the Oracle Fail Safe Autorun window opens and presents three choices: Install/Deinstall Products, Explore CD, and Browse Documents. Click Install/Deinstall Products to begin the installation. If the Oracle Fail Safe Autorun window does not open when you insert the CD-ROM, then run the Oracle Fail Safe `setup.exe` program, which is on the CD-ROM.

Oracle Universal Installer automatically performs the installation procedure in the same language used by the operating system. For example, if the node operating system is in Japanese, then Oracle Universal Installer automatically performs the installation in Japanese.

When Oracle Universal Installer begins, a command interpreter window opens, indicating that the installer is checking prerequisites. If all prerequisites are met, then the Welcome window opens. If some or all prerequisite checks fail, then you are asked whether you want to continue. If you choose to continue, then the installation may fail.

Step 2 Welcome Window: Verify installed components and Oracle homes.

When the Welcome window opens, you can optionally click Installed Products to view the Oracle components that are already installed and the Oracle homes where they reside. Click Next when ready to proceed.

Step 3 Specify File Locations Window: Specify the Oracle home directory for the Oracle Fail Safe installation.

In the Specify File Locations window, specify the source and destination paths, and the Oracle home, as follows:

1. Under Source, in the Path box, check the default source path from which the software will be installed. A default value is supplied by the installer. Typically, you must not change the path that is supplied.

2. Under Destination, in the Name box, enter a unique name for the Oracle home where you want to install the Oracle Fail Safe software.

3. Under Destination, in the Path box, enter the directory specification for the Oracle home entered in the previous step.

4. Click Next.

Note:

- You must install Oracle Fail Safe on a private disk, not on a shared cluster disk.

- You must install the Oracle Fail Safe software in an Oracle home created by using Oracle Universal Installer. You cannot specify an Oracle home that contains components installed with Oracle Installer (the predecessor to Oracle Universal Installer); you must specify an Oracle home created by Oracle Universal Installer. To easily upgrade to future releases of Oracle Fail Safe, Oracle recommends that you install Oracle Fail Safe in its own Oracle home.

- You must install the Oracle Fail Safe server software (which includes Oracle Services for MSCS and additional Oracle Fail Safe server components) in one Oracle home, not in multiple Oracle homes. Oracle Universal Installer prevents you from installing Oracle Fail Safe server components in more than one Oracle home. The name of the Oracle home must be the same on each node in the cluster. Although not required, Oracle recommends that the Oracle home path also be the same on each cluster node.

- You can install Oracle Fail Safe Manager in more than one Oracle home. In addition, you can install multiple copies of Oracle Fail Safe Manager in multiple Oracle homes and you can install multiple versions of Oracle Fail Safe Manager on the same system. In versions of Oracle Fail Safe prior to 3.1, Oracle Fail Safe Manager could be installed only in one Oracle home.

Step 4 Installation Types Window: Select an installation type.

In the Installation Types window, specify the type of installation to perform, as follows:

1. Select an installation type:

   - Select Typical to install Oracle Fail Safe Manager and Oracle Services for MSCS. Typical is the default installation type.

   - Select Client Only to install Oracle Fail Safe Manager.

   - Select Custom or Reinstall to specify one-by-one which components you want to install or reinstall.

2. Click Next.

Step 5 Available Product Components Window: Select components.

If you selected Typical or Client Only in Step 4, then go to Step 6. If you selected Custom or Reinstall in Step 4, then this window lets you specify which components to install, as follows:

1. To install the manager, select Oracle Fail Safe Manager.

2. To install Oracle Fail Safe server components and Oracle Services for MSCS, leave them selected.

   By default, Oracle Fail Safe server components and Oracle Services for MSCS are selected. You must deselect the components that you do not want to install.

   The Oracle Fail Safe server components have a dependency on Oracle Services for MSCS. Do not deselect one and not the other. However, you can choose to install just the manager by deselecting both Oracle Fail Safe server components and Oracle Services for MSCS or you can choose to install just the server software by deselecting Oracle Fail Safe Manager.

At this point, Oracle Universal Installer displays a window informing you that you must restart the node at the end of the installation. (Step 8 in these instructions provides more information about restarting the node.) This window is not displayed if you have previously installed Oracle Fail Safe and the changes to the system path have been made and detected previously.

Step 6 Summary Window: Verify the component installations.

The Summary window lists the components selected for this installation.

Verify that the information in the Summary window is correct. If the summary includes a component that you do not want to install, then click Previous to back up through the installation dialog box and deselect the component.

The Oracle Fail Safe documentation is installed automatically and cannot be deselected.

Note:

If your system does not have sufficient space to perform the installation, then the text below Space Requirements is displayed in red.

If the information in the Summary window is correct, then click Install to start the installation.

The Install window displays the progress of the installation, including the names of the files that are being installed.

Typically, the installation completes in 1 to 5 minutes.

Step 7 Configuration Tools Window and Associated Dialog Box: Enter a domain user account for Oracle Services for MSCS.

If the installation is successful, then the Configuration Tools window and the Oracle Services for MSCS Account/Password dialog box open. In the Oracle Services for MSCS Account/Password dialog box enter:

1. A value in the Domain\Username box for a user account that has Administrator privileges

   For example, if you are using the NEDCDOMAIN and your user name is cluadmin, then enter NEDCDOMAIN\cluadmin. If you are using a Microsoft Windows 2000 domain, then you can enter a user principal name in the form Username@DnsDomainName in the Domain\Username box.

2. The password for the account in the Password and Confirm Password boxes

Oracle Services for MSCS will use the account you specify to access the cluster. Oracle Services for MSCS runs as a Microsoft Windows service (called OracleMSCSServices) under a user account that must be a domain user account (not the system account) that has Administrator privileges on all nodes of this cluster. The account must be the same on all nodes of this cluster, or you will receive an error message when you attempt to connect to a cluster using Oracle Fail Safe Manager.

Step 8 End of Installation Window: Confirm the Installation and view the Oracle Fail Safe Release Notes.

Oracle Universal Installer displays the End of Installation window. To confirm the installation of Oracle Fail Safe and any additional components, click Installed Products.

Click Release Information to view Oracle Fail Safe Release Notes.

Step 9 Restart the cluster node if you are instructed to do so.

If a window is presented that instructed you to reboot the cluster node, then do so after you exit the installer.

Step 10 Verify the Oracle Fail Safe installation.

See Chapter 3 for information about verifying the Oracle Fail Safe installation.