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Preface

Intended Audience

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Structure

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1 Introduction and Preinstallation Checklist

1.1 Conventions

1.2 Cluster Setup Prerequisites

1.3 Recommended Order for Software Installation

1.4 Adding a Node to an Existing Cluster

1.5 Postinstallation Procedures

2 Installing Oracle Fail Safe

2.1 Review the Before You Install Checklist

2.2 Install the Oracle Fail Safe Software

3 Getting Started

3.1 Starting the Manager and Verifying the Oracle Fail Safe Installation

3.1.1 Start Oracle Fail Safe Manager

3.1.2 Connect to the Cluster

3.1.3 Run Verify Cluster

3.1.4 Verify the OracleMSCSServices Service Entry

3.1.5 Verify That Oracle Services for MSCS Is in the Cluster Group

3.1.6 Verify That Oracle Resource DLLs Were Registered with MSCS

3.2 Oracle Fail Safe Manager Tutorial and Online Help

4 Deinstalling Software on a Cluster

4.1 Deinstalling Oracle Fail Safe Release 3.n Software

4.2 Deinstalling Oracle Fail Safe Release 2.n Software

5 Troubleshooting Installation Problems

5.1 Problems with the FSCMD Command After an Upgrade

5.2 Error Creating a Sample Database

5.3 Problems Installing Oracle Services for MSCS

5.4 Problems Deinstalling Oracle Fail Safe and MSCS Software

5.5 Problems with the User Rights Policy

5.6 Network Configuration Problems

A Performing Rolling Upgrades

A.1 Preparing Users for the Upgrade

A.2 Recommended Order for Upgrading Software

A.3 Upgrading the Oracle Fail Safe Software and Installing Patches

A.4 Upgrading Oracle Product Software

A.5 Upgrading an Oracle Database

B Performing a Silent Installation

B.1 Introduction to Silent Mode Installations

B.2 Editing and Enabling the Response File

B.2.1 Implementation Steps

B.2.2 Validation of Values from the Response File

B.2.3 silentInstall.log File

B.3 Contents of a Response File

B.3.1 General Section

B.3.2 Session Section

B.3.3 Component Section of the Response File

C Manually Registering Oracle Resource DLL Files

C.1 Oracle Resource DLL Files

C.2 Registering and Unregistering the Oracle Resource DLL Files

C.2.1 Oracle Resource DLL Files

C.2.2 Oracle Resource Administrator Extension DLL Files

Index