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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment?

• Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1) New Features in Oracle Real Application Clusters

1 Introduction to Oracle Real Application Clusters

• Overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Overview of Oracle Clusterware for Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters Architecture and Processing
  • Understanding Cluster-Aware Storage Solutions
  • Overview of Connecting to Oracle Database Using Services and VIP Addresses
  • About Oracle Real Application Clusters Software Components
  • About Oracle Real Application Clusters Background Processes
• Overview of Automatic Workload Management
• Overview of Installing Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Understanding Compatibility in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Database Creation
  • Overview of Extending Oracle ASM and Oracle Real Application Clusters Software
• Overview of Managing Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • About Designing and Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • About Administrative Tools for Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • About Monitoring Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • About Evaluating Performance in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments

2 Administering Storage

• Overview of Storage in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Oracle Flexible Architecture
• Datafile Access in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Redo Log File Storage in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Automatic Undo Management in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Automatic Storage Management in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • ASM Storage Management in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Modifying Disk Group Configurations for ASM in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Standalone ASM Disk Group Management
  • Performing Automatic Storage Management Rolling Upgrades
  • Configuring Preferred Mirror Read Disks in Extended Distance Clusters
  • Converting Single-Instance ASM to Clustered ASM
  • Extending ASM to Nodes Running Single-Instance or Oracle RAC Databases
  • Administering ASM Instances and Disk Groups with Oracle Enterprise Manager in Oracle RAC
  • Administering ASM Instances with SRVCTL in Oracle Real Application Clusters

3 Administering Database Instances and Cluster Databases

• Tools for Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters with Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters with SQL*Plus
    • Changing the SQL*Plus Prompt
    • How SQL*Plus Commands Affect Instances
  • Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters with SRVCTL
• Starting and Stopping Instances and Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
  • Starting and Stopping with Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Starting Up and Shutting Down with SQL*Plus
  • Starting Up and Shutting Down with SRVCTL
• Verifying That Instances are Running
• Terminating Sessions On a Specific Cluster Instance
• Overview of Initialization Parameter Files in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Setting SPFILE Parameter Values for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Parameter File Search Order in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Backing Up the Server Parameter File
• Initialization Parameter Use in Real Application Clusters
  • Parameters That Must Have Identical Settings on All Instances
  • Parameters That Have Unique Settings on All Instances
  • Parameters That Should Have Identical Settings on All Instances
• Quiescing Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
• Administering Multiple Cluster Interconnects on Linux and UNIX Platforms
  • Recommendations for Setting the CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS Parameter
  • Usage Examples for the CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS Parameter
• Customizing How Oracle Clusterware Manages Oracle RAC Databases
• Advanced Oracle Enterprise Manager Administration
  • Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control to Discover Nodes and Instances
  • Administering Jobs and Alerts in Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Administering Jobs in Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Administering Alerts in Oracle Real Application Clusters with Oracle Enterprise Manager
    • Performing Scheduled Maintenance Using Defined Blackouts in Oracle Enterprise Manager

4 Introduction to Automatic Workload Management

• Overview of Automatic Workload Management
• Automatic Workload Repository
• Service Deployment Options
  • Using Oracle Services
  • Default Service Connections
  • Connection Load Balancing
• Fast Application Notification
  • Overview of Fast Application Notification
  • Application High Availability with Services and FAN
  • Managing Unplanned Outages
  • Managing Planned Outages
  • Fast Application Notification High Availability Events
  • Using Fast Application Notification Callouts
• Load Balancing Advisory
  • Overview of the Load Balancing Advisory
  • Configuring Your Environment to Use the Load Balancing Advisory
  • Load Balancing Advisory FAN Events
• Oracle Clients That Are Integrated with Fast Application Notification
  • Enabling JDBC Clients for Fast Connection Failover
    • Using FAN with Thick JDBC and Thin JDBC Clients
  • Enabling Oracle Call Interface Clients for Fast Connection Failover
  • Enabling Oracle Call Interface Clients for Runtime Connection Load Balancing
  • Enabling ODP.NET Clients to Receive FAN High Availability Events
  • Enabling ODP.NET Clients to Receive FAN Load Balancing Advisory Events
• Enabling Event Notification for Connection Failures in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Services and Distributed Transaction Processing in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Enabling Distributed Transaction Processing for Services
• Administering Services
• Administering Services with Oracle Enterprise Manager, PL/SQL, and SRVCTL
  • Administering Services with Oracle Enterprise Manager
    • Service-Related Tasks That You Can Perform with Oracle Enterprise Manager
    • Cluster Managed Database Services Page
    • Cluster Managed Database Services Detail Page
    • Create Services Page
    • Accessing the Oracle Enterprise Manager Services Pages
  • Administering Services with the PL/SQL DBMS_SERVICE Package
  • Administering Services with SRVCTL
    • Creating Services with SRVCTL
    • Starting and Stopping Services with SRVCTL
    • Enabling and Disabling Services with SRVCTL
    • Relocating Services with SRVCTL
    • Obtaining the Statuses of Services with SRVCTL
    • Obtaining the Configuration of Services with SRVCTL
• Measuring Performance by Service Using the Automatic Workload Repository
• Service Thresholds and Alerts
  • Example of Services and Thresholds Alerts
  • Enable Service, Module, and Action Monitoring

5 Using Cloning to Add ASM and Oracle RAC to Nodes in a New Cluster

• Introduction to Cloning Oracle ASM and Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Preparing to Clone ASM and Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Cloning ASM and Oracle RAC to Nodes in a New Cluster
  • Deploying ASM Instance Homes
  • Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters Database Homes
• Locating and Viewing Log Files Generated During Cloning

6 Managing Backup and Recovery

• RMAN Backup Scenario for Noncluster File System Backups
• RMAN Restore Scenarios for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Cluster File System Restore Scheme
  • Noncluster File System Restore Scheme
  • Using RMAN or Oracle Enterprise Manager to Restore the Server Parameter File (SPFILE)
• Instance Recovery in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Single Node Failure in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Multiple-Node Failures in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Using RMAN to Create Backups in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Channel Connections to Cluster Instances
  • Node Affinity Awareness of Fast Connections
  • Deleting Archived Redo Logs after a Successful Backup
  • Autolocation for Backup and Restore Commands
• Media Recovery in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Parallel Recovery in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Parallel Recovery with RMAN
  • Disabling Parallel Recovery
    • Disabling Instance and Crash Recovery Parallelism
    • Disabling Media Recovery Parallelism
• Using a Flash Recovery Area in Oracle Real Application Clusters

7 Using Cloning to Extend Oracle RAC to Nodes in the Same Cluster

• Adding Nodes Using Cloning in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Using Cloning to Add Nodes to Oracle RAC Environments on Windows Systems

8 Adding and Deleting Oracle RAC from Nodes on Linux and UNIX Systems

• Adding Oracle RAC to Nodes Running Clusterware and Oracle Database
• Adding Oracle RAC to Nodes That Do Not Have Clusterware and Oracle Database
  • Prerequisite Steps for Extending Oracle RAC to Target Nodes
  • Extend Oracle Clusterware to Target Nodes
  • Configure Shared Storage on Target Nodes
  • Add the Oracle Real Application Clusters Database Homes to Target Nodes
    • Extending the Database Home to Target Nodes Using Oracle Universal Installer in Interactive Mode
    • Extending the Database Home to Target Nodes Using Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode
  • Add ASM and Oracle RAC Database Instances to Target Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Add ASM and Database Instances to Target Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Add ASM and Database Instances to Target Nodes
• Deleting Cluster Nodes from Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Step 1: Delete Instances from Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
    • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Delete Instances from Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Delete Instances from Nodes
  • Step 2: Delete Nodes from the Cluster

9 Configuring Recovery Manager and Archiving

• Overview of Configuring RMAN for Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Configuring the RMAN Snapshot Control File Location
• Configuring RMAN to Automatically Backup the Control File and SPFILE
• Crosschecking on Multiple Oracle Real Application Clusters Nodes
• Configuring Channels for RMAN in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Configuring Channels to Use Automatic Load Balancing
  • Configuring Channels to Use a Specific Channel
• Managing Archived Redo Logs Using RMAN in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Archived Redo Log File Conventions in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• RMAN Archiving Configuration Scenarios
  • Automatic Storage Management and Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
    • Advantages of the Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
    • Initialization Parameter Settings for the Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
    • Location of Archived Logs for the Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
  • Noncluster File System Local Archiving Scheme
    • Considerations for Using Noncluster File System Local Archiving
    • Initialization Parameter Settings for Noncluster File System Local Archiving
    • Location of Archived Logs for Noncluster File System Local Archiving
    • File System Configuration for Noncluster File System Local Archiving
• Changing the Archiving Mode in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Monitoring the Archiver Processes

10 Adding and Deleting Nodes and Instances on Windows Systems

• Cloning Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC Software in Grid Environments
• Quick-Start Node and Database Instance Addition and Deletion Procedures
  • Adding an Oracle Clusterware Home to a New Node
    • Adding an Oracle Clusterware Home to a New Node Using Oracle Universal Installer in Interactive Mode
    • Adding an Oracle Clusterware Home to a New Node Using Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode
  • Adding an Oracle Home with Oracle Real Application Clusters to a New Node
    • Adding an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC to a New Node Using Oracle Universal Installer in Interactive Mode
    • Adding an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC to a New Node Using Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode
  • Deleting an Oracle Home with Oracle Real Application Clusters from an Existing Node
    • Deleting an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC Using Oracle Universal Installer in Interactive Mode
    • Deleting an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC Using Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode
  • Deleting an Oracle Clusterware Home from an Existing Node
    • Deleting an Oracle Clusterware Home Using Oracle Universal Installer in Interactive Mode
    • Deleting an Oracle Clusterware Home Using Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode
• Detailed Node and Database Instance Addition and Deletion Procedures
• Overview of Node Addition Procedures
  • Step 1: Connecting New Nodes to the Cluster
    • Making Physical Connections
    • Installing the Operating System
    • Verifying the Installation with the Cluster Verification Utility
    • Checking the Installation
  • Step 2: Extending Oracle Software to New Nodes at the Oracle Clusterware Layer
  • Step 3: Preparing Storage on New Nodes
    • Raw Device Storage Preparation for New Nodes
  • Step 4: Adding Nodes at the Oracle Real Application Clusters Database Layer
  • Step 5: Adding Database Instances to New Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Add Database Instances to New Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Add Database Instances to New Nodes
• Adding Nodes That Already Have Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Database Software
• Overview of Node Deletion Procedures
  • Step 1: Deleting Instances from Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
    • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Delete Database Instances from Existing Nodes
    • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Delete Instance from Existing Nodes
  • Step 2: Deleting Nodes from Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
  • Step 3: ASM Instance Clean-Up Procedures for Node Deletion

11 Design and Deployment Techniques

• Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters for High Availability
  • Best Practices for Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters in a High Availability Environment
  • Consolidating Multiple Applications in a Database or Multiple Databases in a Cluster
  • Scalability of Oracle Real Application Clusters
• General Design Considerations for Oracle Real Application Clusters
• General Database Deployment Topics for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Tablespace Use in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Object Creation and Performance in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Node Addition and Deletion and the SYSAUX Tablespace in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Distributed Transactions and Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Deploying OLTP Applications in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Flexible Implementation with Cache Fusion
  • Deploying Data Warehouse Applications with Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Speed-Up for Data Warehouse Applications on Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Parallel Execution in Data Warehouse Systems and Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Data Security Considerations in Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Transparent Data Encryption and Wallets
    • Windows Firewall Considerations

12 Monitoring Performance

• Overview of Monitoring and Tuning Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
  • Monitoring Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Clusterware
    • The Cluster Database Home Page
    • The Interconnects Page
    • The Cluster Performance Page
  • Tuning Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
• Verifying the Interconnect Settings for Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Influencing Interconnect Processing
• Performance Views in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Creating Oracle Real Application Clusters Data Dictionary Views with CATCLUST.SQL
• Oracle Real Application Clusters Performance Statistics
• Automatic Workload Repository in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
• Active Session History Reports for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Overview of ASH Reports for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • ASH Report for Oracle Real Application Clusters: Top Cluster Events
  • ASH Report for Oracle Real Application Clusters: Top Remote Instance
• Monitoring Oracle Real Application Clusters Statistics and Wait Events
  • Oracle Real Application Clusters Statistics and Events in AWR and Statspack Reports
  • Oracle Real Application Clusters Wait Events
  • Monitoring Performance by Analyzing GCS and GES Statistics
    • Analyzing the Effect of Cache Fusion in Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Analyzing Performance Using GCS and GES Statistics
  • Analyzing Cache Fusion Transfer Impact Using GCS Statistics
  • Analyzing Response Times Based on Wait Events

A Server Control Utility Reference

• Overview of SRVCTL for Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Clusterware
  • Guidelines for Using SRVCTL in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Obtaining Command-Line Help for SRVCTL
• SRVCTL Command Syntax and Options
• SRVCTL Cluster Database Configuration Tasks
• SRVCTL General Cluster Database Administration Tasks
• SRVCTL Node-Level Tasks
• SRVCTL Command Reference
• SRVCTL Commands
  • SRVCTL Commands Summary
  • SRVCTL Objects Summary
  • srvctl add
    • srvctl add database
    • srvctl add instance
    • srvctl add service
    • srvctl add nodeapps
    • srvctl add asm
    • srvctl add listener
  • srvctl config
    • srvctl config database
    • srvctl config service
    • srvctl config nodeapps
    • srvctl config asm
    • srvctl config listener
  • srvctl enable
    • srvctl enable database
    • srvctl enable instance
    • srvctl enable service
    • srvctl enable asm
  • srvctl disable
    • srvctl disable database
    • srvctl disable instance
    • srvctl disable service
    • srvctl disable asm
  • srvctl start
    • srvctl start database
    • srvctl start instance
    • srvctl start service
    • srvctl start nodeapps
    • srvctl start asm
    • srvctl start listener
  • srvctl stop
    • srvctl stop database
    • srvctl stop instance
    • srvctl stop service
    • srvctl stop nodeapps
    • srvctl stop asm
    • srvctl stop listener
  • srvctl modify
    • srvctl modify database
    • srvctl modify instance
    • srvctl modify service
    • srvctl modify asm
    • srvctl modify nodeapps
    • srvctl modify listener
  • srvctl relocate
    • srvctl relocate service
  • srvctl status
    • srvctl status database
    • srvctl status instance
    • srvctl status service
    • srvctl status nodeapps
    • srvctl status asm
  • srvctl getenv
    • srvctl getenv database
    • srvctl getenv instance
    • srvctl getenv service
    • srvctl getenv nodeapps
  • srvctl setenv and unsetenv
    • srvctl setenv database
    • srvctl setenv instance
    • srvctl setenv service
    • srvctl setenv nodeapps
    • srvctl unsetenv database
    • srvctl unsetenv instance
    • srvctl unsetenv service
    • srvctl unsetenv nodeapps
  • srvctl remove
    • srvctl remove database
    • srvctl remove instance
    • srvctl remove service
    • srvctl remove nodeapps
    • srvctl remove asm
    • srvctl remove listener

B Troubleshooting Oracle Real Application Clusters

• Where to Find Files for Analyzing Errors
• Managing Diagnostic Data in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Using Instance-Specific Alert Files in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Enabling Tracing for Java-Based Tools and Utilities in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Resolving Pending Shutdown Issues
• How to Determine If Oracle Real Application Clusters Instances Are Using the Private Network

C Oracle Real Application Clusters Tools Messages

• Overview of Messages Specific to Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Prefixes and Message Codes for Oracle Real Application Clusters Messages
  • Types of Oracle Real Application Clusters Messages and Related Files
• PRKA—Cluster Node Applications Messages
• PRKC—Cluster Command Messages
• PRKD—Global Services Daemon Messages
• PRKE—Global Services Daemon Controller Utility Messages
• PRKH—Server Manager (SRVM) Messages
• PRKI—Cluster Pre-Install Messages
• PRKN—Server Manager (SRVM) System Library Messages
• PRKO—Server Control (SRVCTL) Utility Messages
• PRKP—Cluster Database Management Messages
• PRKR—Cluster Registry Messages
• PRKS—Automatic Storage Management Messages
• PRKU—Command-Line Parser Utility Messages
• PRKV—Virtual IP Configuration Assistant Messages

Glossary

Index