About Server Pools

When Oracle Clusterware is installed, two server pools are created automatically: Generic and Free.

All servers in a new installation are assigned to the Free server pool, initially. Servers move from Free to newly defined server pools automatically.

• The Free Server Pool
  The Free server pool contains servers that are not assigned to any other server pools.
• The Generic Server Pool
  The Generic server pool stores any Oracle Database that is not policy managed.