Table of Contents

• List of Tables
• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Related Documentation
  • Conventions
• Changes in This Release for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Changes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 2 (12.2)
    • New Features
    • Deprecated Features
    • Desupported Features
  • Changes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 1 (12.1)
    • New Features for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2)
    • New Features for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1)
    • Deprecated Features
    • Desupported Features
• 1 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Checklist
  • Server Hardware Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Operating System Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)
  • Server Configuration Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Network Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • User Environment Configuration Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Storage Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Cluster Deployment Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
• 2 Checking and Configuring Server Hardware for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Logging In to a Remote System Using X Window System
  • Checking Server Hardware and Memory Configuration
• 3 Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Grid Infrastructure on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64–Bit)
  • Guidelines for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) Operating System Installation
  • Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices
    • General Upgrade Best Practices
    • New Server Operating System Upgrade Option
    • Oracle ASM Upgrade Notifications
  • Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices
  • About Installation Fixup Scripts
  • About Operating System Requirements
  • Operating System Requirements for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)
    • Supported IBM AIX 7.2 Versions
    • Supported IBM AIX 7.1 Versions
    • Supported IBM AIX 6.1 Versions
  • Additional Drivers and Software Packages for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)
    • Installing Oracle Messaging Gateway
    • Installation Requirements for ODBC and LDAP
      • About ODBC Drivers and Oracle Database
      • Installing ODBC Drivers for IBM AIX
      • About LDAP and Oracle Plug-ins
      • Installing the LDAP Package
    • Installation Requirements for Programming Environments for IBM AIX
    • Installation Requirements for Web Browsers
  • Checking the Software Requirements
  • Enabling I/O Completion Ports
  • Checking Resource Limits for AIX
  • Tuning AIX System Environment
    • Tuning Virtual Memory Manager (VMM)
    • Tuning Virtual Processor Manager (VPM)
    • Increasing System Block Size Allocation
    • Configuring SSH LoginGraceTime Parameter for AIX
    • Configuring User Process Parameters
    • Configuring Network Tuning Parameters
    • Recommended Values for Network Tuning Parameters
  • Using Automatic SSH Configuration During Installation
  • Setting Network Time Protocol for Cluster Time Synchronization
  • Running the rootpre.sh Script
• 4 Configuring Networks for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
  • About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Network Configuration Options
  • Understanding Network Addresses
    • About the Public IP Address
    • About the Private IP Address
    • About the Virtual IP Address
    • About the Grid Naming Service (GNS) Virtual IP Address
    • About the SCAN
  • Network Interface Hardware Minimum Requirements
  • Private IP Interface Configuration Requirements
  • IPv4 and IPv6 Protocol Requirements
  • Oracle Grid Infrastructure IP Name and Address Requirements
    • About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Name Resolution Options
    • Cluster Name and SCAN Requirements
    • IP Name and Address Requirements For Grid Naming Service (GNS)
    • IP Name and Address Requirements For Multi-Cluster GNS
      • About Multi-Cluster GNS Networks
      • Configuring GNS Server Clusters
      • Configuring GNS Client Clusters
      • Creating and Using a GNS Client Data File
    • IP Name and Address Requirements for Manual Configuration of Cluster
    • Confirming the DNS Configuration for SCAN
  • Broadcast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Multicast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service
    • Choosing a Subdomain Name for Use with Grid Naming Service
    • Configuring DNS for Cluster Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service
  • Configuration Requirements for Oracle Flex Clusters
    • Understanding Oracle Flex Clusters
    • About Oracle Flex ASM Clusters Networks
    • General Requirements for Oracle Flex Cluster Configuration
    • Oracle Flex Cluster DHCP-Assigned Virtual IP (VIP) Addresses
    • Oracle Flex Cluster Manually-Assigned Addresses
  • Grid Naming Service Cluster Configuration Example
  • Manual IP Address Configuration Example
  • Network Interface Configuration Options
• 5 Configuring Users, Groups and Environments for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database
  • Creating Groups, Users and Paths for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
    • Determining If an Oracle Inventory and Oracle Inventory Group Exist
    • Creating the Oracle Inventory Group If an Oracle Inventory Does Not Exist
    • About Oracle Installation Owner Accounts
    • Restrictions for Oracle Software Installation Owners
    • Identifying an Oracle Software Owner User Account
    • About the Oracle Base Directory for the grid User
    • About the Oracle Home Directory for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software
    • About Creating the Oracle Home and Oracle Base Directory
  • Oracle Installations with Standard and Job Role Separation Groups and Users
    • About Oracle Installations with Job Role Separation
    • Standard Oracle Database Groups for Database Administrators
    • Extended Oracle Database Groups for Job Role Separation
    • Creating an ASMSNMP User
    • Oracle Automatic Storage Management Groups for Job Role Separation
  • Creating Operating System Privileges Groups
    • Creating the OSASM Group
    • Creating the OSDBA for ASM Group
    • Creating the OSOPER for ASM Group
    • Creating the OSDBA Group for Database Installations
    • Creating an OSOPER Group for Database Installations
    • Creating the OSBACKUPDBA Group for Database Installations
    • Creating the OSDGDBA Group for Database Installations
    • Creating the OSKMDBA Group for Database Installations
    • Creating the OSRACDBA Group for Database Installations
  • Creating Operating System Oracle Installation User Accounts
    • Creating an Oracle Software Owner User
    • Modifying Oracle Owner User Groups
    • Identifying Existing User and Group IDs
    • Creating Identical Database Users and Groups on Other Cluster Nodes
    • Example of Creating Minimal Groups, Users, and Paths
    • Example of Creating Role-allocated Groups, Users, and Paths
  • Configuring Grid Infrastructure Software Owner User Environments
    • Environment Requirements for Oracle Software Owners
    • Procedure for Configuring Oracle Software Owner Environments
    • Setting Remote Display and X11 Forwarding Configuration
    • Preventing Installation Errors Caused by Terminal Output Commands
  • Enabling Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
    • Requirements for Enabling IPMI
    • Configuring the IPMI Management Network
    • Configuring the BMC
    • Example of BMC Configuration Using IPMItool
• 6 Supported Storage Options for Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Supported Storage Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM
    • Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM Support on IBM AIX
    • Restrictions and Guidelines for Oracle ACFS
  • Storage Considerations for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
  • Guidelines for Using Oracle ASM Disk Groups for Storage
  • Guidelines for Configuring Oracle ASM Disk Groups on NFS
  • Using Logical Volume Managers with Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
  • Using a Cluster File System for Oracle Clusterware Files
  • About NFS Storage for Data Files
  • About Direct NFS Client Mounts to NFS Storage Devices
• 7 Configuring Storage for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Configuring Storage for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
    • Identifying Storage Requirements for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
    • Oracle Clusterware Storage Space Requirements
    • About the Grid Infrastructure Management Repository
    • Using an Existing Oracle ASM Disk Group
    • About Upgrading Existing Oracle Automatic Storage Management Instances
    • Selecting Disks to use with Oracle ASM Disk Groups
    • Specifying the Oracle ASM Disk Discovery String
    • Creating Files on a NAS Device for Use with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
  • Using Disk Groups with Oracle Database Files on Oracle ASM
    • Identifying and Using Existing Oracle Database Disk Groups on Oracle ASM
    • Configuring Disk Devices for Oracle ASM on IBM AIX
    • Creating Disk Groups for Oracle Database Data Files
    • Creating Directories for Oracle Database Files
  • Configuring File System Storage for Oracle Database
    • Configuring NFS Buffer Size Parameters for Oracle Database
    • Checking TCP Network Protocol Buffer for Direct NFS Client
    • Creating an oranfstab File for Direct NFS Client
    • Enabling and Disabling Direct NFS Client Control of NFS
    • Enabling HCC on Direct NFS Client
  • Configuring HACMP Multinode Disk Heartbeat (MNDHB)
    • About Using HACMP with Oracle Clusterware
    • Deploying HACMP and MDNDHB for Oracle Clusterware
    • Upgrading an Existing Oracle Clusterware and HACMP Installation
  • Creating and Using Oracle ASM Credentials File
  • Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
• 8 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • About Image-Based Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
  • Understanding Cluster Configuration Options
    • About Oracle Standalone Clusters
    • About Oracle Cluster Domain and Oracle Domain Services Cluster
    • About Oracle Member Clusters
    • About Oracle Extended Clusters
  • Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a New Cluster
    • Installing Oracle Standalone Cluster
    • Installing Oracle Domain Services Cluster
    • Installing Oracle Member Clusters
  • Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using a Cluster Configuration File
  • Installing Only the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software
    • Installing Software Binaries for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
    • Configuring Software Binaries for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
    • Configuring the Software Binaries Using a Response File
    • Setting Ping Targets for Network Checks
  • About Deploying Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Rapid Home Provisioning
  • Confirming Oracle Clusterware Function
  • Confirming Oracle ASM Function for Oracle Clusterware Files
  • Understanding Offline Processes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure
• 9 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Postinstallation Tasks
  • Required Postinstallation Tasks
    • Downloading and Installing Patch Updates
  • Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
    • Configuring IPMI-based Failure Isolation Using Crsctl
    • Tuning Semaphore Parameters
    • Creating a Backup of the root.sh Script
    • Downloading and Installing the ORAchk Health Check Tool
    • Creating a Fast Recovery Area
      • About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
      • Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
    • Checking the SCAN Configuration
    • Setting Resource Limits for Oracle Clusterware and Associated Databases and Applications
  • About Changes in Default SGA Permissions for Oracle Database
  • Using Earlier Oracle Database Releases with Oracle Grid Infrastructure
    • General Restrictions for Using Earlier Oracle Database Releases
    • Configuring Earlier Release Oracle Database on Oracle ACFS
    • Managing Server Pools with Earlier Database Versions
    • Making Oracle ASM Available to Earlier Oracle Database Releases
    • Using ASMCA to Administer Disk Groups for Earlier Database Releases
    • Using the Correct LSNRCTL Commands
  • Modifying Oracle Clusterware Binaries After Installation
• 10 Removing Oracle Database Software
  • About Oracle Deinstallation Options
  • Oracle Deinstallation Tool (Deinstall)
  • Deinstallation Examples for Oracle Database
  • Deinstallation Response File Example for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
  • Migrating Standalone Oracle Grid Infrastructure Servers to a Cluster
  • Relinking Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Binaries
  • Changing the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home Path
  • Unconfiguring Oracle Clusterware Without Removing Binaries
  • Unconfiguring Oracle Member Cluster
• 11 Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Understanding Out-of-Place Upgrade
  • About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrade and Downgrade
  • Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrades
  • Restrictions for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrades
  • Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
    • Upgrade Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
    • Checks to Complete Before Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure
    • Moving Oracle Clusterware Files from NFS to Oracle ASM
    • Running the Oracle ORAchk Upgrade Readiness Assessment
    • Using CVU to Validate Readiness for Oracle Clusterware Upgrades
      • About the CVU Upgrade Validation Command Options
      • Example of Verifying System Upgrade Readiness for Grid Infrastructure
  • Understanding Rolling Upgrades Using Batches
  • Performing Rolling Upgrade of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
    • Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure from an Earlier Release
    • Completing an Oracle Clusterware Upgrade when Nodes Become Unreachable
    • Joining Inaccessible Nodes After Forcing an Upgrade
    • Changing the First Node for Install and Upgrade
  • About Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Rapid Home Provisioning
  • Applying Patches to Oracle Grid Infrastructure
    • About Individual (One-Off) Oracle Grid Infrastructure Patches
    • About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software Patch Levels
    • Patching Oracle Grid Infrastructure to a Software Patch Level
  • Updating Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Target Parameters
    • Updating the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Target After Upgrades
    • Updating the Enterprise Manager Agent Base Directory After Upgrades
    • Registering Resources with Oracle Enterprise Manager After Upgrades
  • Unlocking the Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
  • Checking Cluster Health Monitor Repository Size After Upgrading
  • Downgrading Oracle Clusterware After an Upgrade
    • Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Downgrades
    • Restrictions for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Downgrades
    • Downgrading to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 1 (12.1)
    • Downgrading to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g Release 2 (11.2)
    • Downgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure after Upgrade Fails
    • Downgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure after Upgrade Fails on Remote Nodes
  • Completing Failed or Interrupted Installations and Upgrades
    • Completing Failed Installations and Upgrades
    • Continuing Incomplete Upgrade of First Nodes
    • Continuing Incomplete Upgrades on Remote Nodes
    • Continuing Incomplete Installation on First Node
    • Continuing Incomplete Installation on Remote Nodes
  • Converting to Oracle Extended Cluster After Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure
• A Completing Preinstallation Tasks Manually
  • Configuring SSH Manually on All Cluster Nodes
    • Checking Existing SSH Configuration on the System
    • Configuring SSH on Cluster Nodes
      • Create SSH Directory and Create SSH Keys On Each Node
      • Add All Keys to a Common authorized_keys File
    • Enabling SSH User Equivalency on Cluster Nodes
  • Configuring Shell Limits and System Configuration Parameters for IBM AIX
    • Configuring System Configuration Parameters for IBM AIX
    • Configuring Shell Limits on IBM AIX
    • Checking Asynchronous Input Output Processes
  • Setting UDP and TCP Kernel Parameters Manually
• B Installing and Configuring Oracle Database Using Response Files
  • How Response Files Work
  • Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
  • Using Response Files
  • Preparing Response Files
    • Editing a Response File Template
    • Recording Response Files
  • Running Oracle Universal Installer Using a Response File
  • Running Configuration Assistants Using Response Files
    • Running Database Configuration Assistant Using Response Files
    • Running Net Configuration Assistant Using Response Files
  • Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File Created During Installation
    • Using the Installation Response File for Postinstallation Configuration
    • Running Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File
  • Postinstallation Configuration Using the ConfigToolAllCommands Script
    • About the Postinstallation Configuration File
    • Creating a Password Response File
    • Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Password Response File
• C Optimal Flexible Architecture
  • About the Optimal Flexible Architecture Standard
  • About Multiple Oracle Homes Support
  • About the Oracle Inventory Directory and Installation
  • Oracle Base Directory Naming Convention
  • Oracle Home Directory Naming Convention
  • Optimal Flexible Architecture File Path Examples
• Index