Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Using This Tutorial

• Intended Uses
• Cluster Setup
• Navigation
• Terminology

2 Starting Oracle Fail Safe Manager and Validating the Cluster

• Starting Oracle Fail Safe Manager
• Starting and Populating the Tree View
• Adding a Cluster to a Populated Tree View
• Using the Add Cluster and Windows Security Dialog Box
• Connecting to the Cluster
• Validating the Cluster
• Viewing the Results of the Validate Cluster Operation

3 Creating a Sample Single-Instance Database

• Opening the Create Sample Database Dialog Box
• Using the Create Sample Database Dialog Box
• Viewing the Progress of the Clusterwide Operation

4 Validating a Standalone Single-Instance Database

• Using the Validate Standalone Database Command
• Using the Validate Standalone Database Dialog Box
• Viewing the Progress of the Clusterwide Operation

5 Adding a Single-Instance Database to a Group

• Starting the Add This Resource to a Group Wizard
• Adding Cluster Resource Name
• Select the Cluster Group
• Specifying the Nodes
• Specifying the Virtual Host
• Specifying the Database Parameters
• Specifying Database Authentication
• Confirming the Addition of the Database Resource
• Viewing the Progress of Add Resource to Group Operation

6 Validating a Group

• Using the Validate Group Command
• Viewing Progress

7 Balancing the Workload

• Performing a Planned Failover
• Moving the Sales Group
• Confirming the Move Group Operation
• Finishing Moving the Group
• Checking the Preferred Owner Nodes List
• Rearranging the Preferred Nodes List
• Viewing the Balanced Workload

8 Identifying the Location of Fail-Safe Databases to Client Applications

• Updating the tnsnames.ora File

9 Removing a Resource from a Group

• Selecting the Remove This Resource From The Group Action
• Confirming the Remove Resource from Group Request
• Monitoring the Clusterwide Operation

10 Deleting a Sample Database from the Cluster

• Using the Delete Sample Database Command
• Confirming the Delete Sample Database Command
• Authenticating Your Privileges to Delete the Database
• Viewing the Progress of the Clusterwide Operation