During a Network Failure, the Data Service Starts and Stops Incorrectly (4644289)

Problem Summary: The Sun Cluster HA for Oracle data service uses the su command to start and stop the database. The network service might become unavailable when a cluster node's public network fails.

Workaround: In Solaris 9, configure the /etc/nsswitch.conf files as follows so that the data service starts and stops correctly in the event of a network failure:

On each node that can be a primary for oracle_server or oracle_listener resource, modify/etc/nsswitch.conf to include the following entries for passwd, group, publickey, and project databases:

• passwd: files

• group: files

• publickey: files

• project: files

Adding the above entries ensures that the su(1M) command does not refer to the NIS/NIS+ name services.