Preface

This guide describes how to use Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard software running on a Microsoft cluster system to enhance the high-availability features of Oracle Real Application Clusters databases.

Intended Audience

Readers should be familiar with Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS), Oracle Net networking, and Oracle Real Application Clusters.

Structure

This guide contains six chapters, two appendixes, a glossary, and an index:

Chapter 1

Provides an introduction to clusters and Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard.

Chapter 2

Introduces Microsoft clusters and Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard concepts and terminology.

Chapter 3

Describes how to configure an Oracle Real Application Clusters database into an MSCS cluster to enhance its availability.

Chapter 4

Describes security considerations, using Oracle Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard in multiple Oracle homes, and more.

Chapter 5

Contains reference information for the ORACGCMD command.

Chapter 6

Describes the Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard Manager family of troubleshooting tools.

Appendix A

Provides information about verifying a proper network configuration for your cluster.

Appendix B

Provides instructions for contacting Oracle Support Services and information that you need to have available for the support personnel.

Related Documents

Refer to the following documentation for more information about Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard:

• For more information about updates to the software, access to online documentation, and other release-specific information, see the Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard Release Notes.

• For installation, deinstallation, and upgrade instructions, see the Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard Installation Guide.

• For online assistance, Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard provides help topics online. To access the online help topics, click Help on the menu bar in Oracle Real Application Clusters Guard Manager.

For more information about ODBC, see the Microsoft ODBC Software Development Kit and Programmer's Reference. Also, see the Oracle ODBC online Help file, which provides information specific to the Oracle implementation of the ODBC driver. (For example, it describes how to set up failover support, because that is not something defined by Microsoft.)

For information about other related products, see the documentation for those products.

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this guide:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.
. . .	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted.
italic text	Italic text emphasizes important information and indicates complete titles of manuals and variables. Variables include information that varies in system messages (Internal error number), in command lines (/Producer=name), and in command parameters in text (where cluster-node-name is the current host name).
boldface text	Boldface type in text indicates a term defined in the text, the glossary, or in both locations.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional qualifiers from which you can choose one or none.
uppercase	Uppercase words indicate a required keyword or parameter.
lowercase	Lowercase words indicate a keyword or parameter that is chosen by the user, but is limited to a given list of choices.
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