Use the questions in this section to plan the installation and configuration of HA for Oracle Database.
What resource groups will you use for network addresses and application resources and the dependencies between them?
What is the logical hostname for clients that will access the data service?
Where will the system configuration files reside?
See Configuration Guidelines for Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services in Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for the advantages and disadvantages of placing the Oracle Database binaries on the local file system rather than the cluster file system.
Does your database setup require standby instances?
If you use the clsetup utility to register and configure HA for Oracle Database, some of these questions are answered automatically by the utility.
For information about standby databases, see your Oracle Database documentation.
Are you planning to use Oracle ASM storage?
For information about standby databases and Oracle ASM storage, see your Oracle Database documentation.