ORACLE DBA

PURPOSE ------------- This document is to provide additional information on CRS (Cluster Ready Services) in 10g Real Application Clusters. SCOPE & APPLICATION --------------------------------- This document is intended for RAC Database Administrators and Oracle support enginneers. CRS and 10g REAL APPLICATION CLUSTERS ------------------------------------------------------------- CRS (Cluster Ready Services) is a new feature for 10g Real Application Clusters that provides a standard cluster interface on all platforms and performs new high availability operations not available in previous versions.   CRS KEY FACTS ------------- Prior to installing CRS and 10g RAC, there are some key points to remember about CRS and 10g RAC: - CRS is REQUIRED to be installed and running prior to installing 10g RAC. - CRS can either run on top of the vendor clusterware (such as Sun Cluster,   HP Serviceguard, IBM HACMP, TruCluster...

  10g RAC: Lessons Learned   PURPOSE -------   Summarize experiences and lessons learned from 10g RAC Early Adopter program   SCOPE & APPLICATION ------------------- support engineers, customer DBAs, novice to intermediate     10g RAC Lessons Learned ----------------------------- The following note summarizes lessons learned regarding Oracle 10g RAC during 10g RAC Early Adopter Program (10.1.0.2, 10.1.0.3).   It covers a lot of general information, how to's, tips and techniques that the support analyst or DBA will find handy in troubleshooting or managing a 10g RAC installation.   The environment for the subject installation was RedHat Linux (RHEL3).   10g Infrastructure Components         1) Cluster Ready Services (CRS)         2) Oracle Cluster Repository (OCR)         3) Voting Disk/quorum devi...