Installing Oracle 9I Real Application Cluster (Rac) On Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1.pdf

Werner Puschitz
Linux Professional since 1997
Homepage of Werner Puschitz
Installing Oracle 9i Real Application Cluster (RAC) on
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
>>> Werner's Oracle - Linux Page <<<
The following procedure is a step-by-step guide (Cookbook) with tips and information
for installing Oracle 9i Real Application Cluster (RAC) on Red Hat Linux Advanced
Server . It shows how I installed Oracle 9i Real Application Cluster on three RH AS
servers. Among other things, this article covers Raw Devices, Oracle Cluster File
System (OCFS), and FireWire-Based Shared Storage.
The primary goal of this article is to show how to quickly install Oracle9i RAC on RH
AS . I e emails from any readers ments, suggestions, or corrections.
You can find my email address at the bottom of this website.
If you have never installed Oracle9i on Linux before, then I mend that you first
try to install an Oracle9i database on Linux by following the steps in my other article
Installing Oracle9i on RedHat Linux.
This article covers the following subjects and steps:
Introduction
* General
* Important Notes
* Oracle9i RAC Setup
* Shared Disks Storage
General
FireWire-Based Shared Storage for Linux
Pre-Installation Steps for All Clustered RAC Nodes
* Installing Red Hat Advanced Server
Installing Software Packages (RPMs)
* Upgrading the Linux Kernel
General
Upgrading the Linux Kernel for FireWire Shared Disks Only
* Configuring Public and work
* Configuring Shared Storage Devices
General
Configuring FireWire-Based Shared Storage
Automatic Scanning of FireWire-Based Shared Storage
* Creating Oracle User Accounts
* Setting Oracle Environments
* Sizing Oracle Disk Space for Database Software
* Creating Oracle Directories
* Creating Partitions on Shared Storage Devices
General
Creating Partitions for OCFS
Creating Partitions for Raw Devices
* Installing and Configuring Oracle Cluster File