Preface

Oracle Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide describes how to install, configure, and administer Oracle Clusterware, Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM), and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) on a two-node system using the Oracle Linux operating system.

Note:

For Linux operating systems other than Oracle Linux, find the Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide and Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade Guide specific to your platform.

This guide covers topics that a reasonably knowledgeable Oracle database administrator (DBA) would need to know when moving from managing a single-instance Oracle Database environment to managing an Oracle RAC environment.

• Audience
  
• Documentation Accessibility
  
• Related Documents
  
• Conventions
  

Audience

Oracle Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide is an Oracle RAC database administration guide for DBAs who want to install and use Oracle RAC. This guide assumes you have already read Oracle Database 2 Day DBA. This guide is intended for DBAs who:

• Want basic DBA skills for managing an Oracle RAC environment

• Manage Oracle databases for small- to medium-sized businesses

To use this guide, you should be familiar with the administrative procedures described in Oracle Database 2 Day DBA.

Note:

Some DBAs may be interested in moving the data from their single-instance Oracle Database to their Oracle RAC database. This guide also explains the procedures for doing this.

Documentation Accessibility

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Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information, see the following in the Oracle Database documentation set:

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux and UNIX

• Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for Linux

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

• Oracle Database 2 Day DBA

• Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this guide:

Convention	Meaning
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monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.