Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a New Cluster

Review these procedures to install the cluster configuration options available in this release of Oracle Grid Infrastructure.

Note:

Oracle ASM Filter Driver (ASMFD) is desupported on both Linux and Oracle Solaris beginning with Oracle Database 23ai.

On Linux systems running kernel 5.14 or higher (including Oracle Linux, RedHat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server), ASMFD filtering was disabled and is unsupported. Oracle recommends moving to ASMlib v3 for those environments, as it provides equivalent functionality. For details, see My Oracle Support Document 2806979.1. Migration steps are available for Oracle Restart and Oracle Grid Infrastructure. On Oracle Solaris, ASMFD is now desupported.

• About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
  You can install and configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure either to manage Oracle RAC databases or to manage generic applications.
• Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure to Manage Oracle RAC Databases
  Complete this procedure to install and configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure software to manage Oracle RAC databases using the Graphical User Interface (GUI).
• Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure to Manage Generic Applications
  Complete this procedure to install and configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure software to manage generic applications, or single-server rolling database maintenance.