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PRIMECLUSTER Wizard for Oracle 4.2 Configuration and Administration Guide

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 Software Release Guide”.

Cluster configuration

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

Startup method of Oracle Clusterware

In operation of Oracle RAC 10g or later, there are two methods of starting up Oracle Clusterware as follows:

  1. Automatically starts along with OS startup without registering Oracle Clusterware in a PRIMECLUSTER RMS resource.

  2. Oracle Clusterware in a PRIMECLUSTER RMS resource then relies on userApplication behavior.

Note

If you choose 1., be aware that Oracle Clusterware accesses a shared disk device as soon as it is activated. A volume on the shared disk must be active when the Oracle Clusterware is activated.