PRIMECLUSTER Wizard for Oracle Configuration and Administration Guide 4.2 - Linux for Itanium -

2.3.1 PRIMECLUSTER Installation and Configuration

Hardware configuration

Configure hardware required to operate PRIMECLUSTER. A shared disk device is also required to create Oracle database files.

Software installation

Install PRIMECLUSTER Enterprise Edition according to the "PRIMECLUSTER Enterprise Edition Installation/Administration Guide".
Install PRIMECLUSTER Wizard for Oracle according to the "PRIMECLUSTER Wizard for Oracle Installation Guide".

Cluster configuration

Configure a cluster system, network, and shared disk device according to the PRIMECLUSTER manuals.

Software installation

In Oracle RAC 10g operation, there are two methods of starting up Oracle Clusterware as follows. For details, refer to "2.3.3 userApplication Creation". The starting method of "1" is recommended.

1. Oracle Clusterware in a PRIMECLUSTER RMS resource then relies on userApplication behavior.
2. Automatically starts along with OS startup without registering Oracle Clusterware in a PRIMECLUSTER RMS resource.

If you choose method of "2", be aware that Oracle Clusterware accesses a shared disk device as soon as OS is activated. A volume on the shared disk must be active when the Oracle Clusterware is activated.