List of Figures

1-1 Shared-Nothing Configuration

1-2 Oracle Real Application Clusters Disk Configuration

1-3 Disk Configuration for Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard

1-4 Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard Manager Window

1-5 Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard Manager Menus and Contents

1-6 Hardware and Software Components in the Configuration

2-1 Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard Resource Dependencies

2-2 Configure Database Wizard - Virtual Address Dialog Box

2-3 Accessing Cluster Resources Through a Virtual Server

2-4 Policies Property Page for Non-Database Resources

2-5 Policies Property Page for an Oracle Real Application Clusters Database Instance

2-6 Group Configuration for Oracle Real Application Clusters

2-7 Enhanced Connect-Time Failover

2-8 Group Failover Property Page

2-9 Failover Threshold and Failover Period Timeline

2-10 Failure and Hang Detection and Resolution

2-11 Instance Restart Policy Page at Database Level

2-12 Oracle Real Application Clusters Hang Detection Property Page

2-13 Termination Policy

2-14 Instance Role

2-15 Primary Instance Failure in Primary/Secondary Configuration

2-16 Node or Virtual Address Failure in Primary/Secondary Configuration

3-1 Tree View of Unconfigured Databases and Instances

3-2 Configure Database Wizard - Identity Page

3-3 Configure Database Wizard - Account Page

3-4 Confirm Add to DBA Group Window

3-5 Configure Database Wizard - Password Page

3-6 Configure Database Wizard - Group Page

3-7 Configure Database Wizard - Instances Page

3-8 Configure Database Wizard - Virtual Addresses Page

3-9 Create Virtual Address Dialog Box

3-10 Finish Configuring the Database

3-11 Configuring Real Application Clusters Database Window

3-12 Configure Instances Wizard

3-13 Unconfigure Database Dialog Box

3-14 Script Property Page

3-15 Unconfigured Oracle Real Application Clusters Database Instance

3-16 Configured Oracle Real Application Clusters Database Instance

4-1 Cluster Alias in Connect to Cluster Dialog Box

4-2 Windows User Account Settings for the Oracle Services for MSCS

6-1 Troubleshooting Menu and Verify Commands

6-2 Clusterwide Operation Window for Verify Cluster

6-3 Clusterwide Operation Window for Verify Group

6-4 Clusterwide Operation Window for Verify Real Application Clusters Database

6-5 Dump Cluster Clusterwide Operation