RAC Windows 2003.ppt

RAC on Windows 2003 Julian Dyke Independent Consultant Introduction This presentation describes Windows specific RAC configuration issues including: Installation Pre installation steps Installing Oracle Clusterware Installing Oracle Database Software Patches Post installation steps Administration Services Networking Warning This presentation is intended to supplement information in the Oracle documentation It is NOT intended to replace the Oracle documentation Most of the information contained in this presentation was correct for Oracle 10.2 Some information applies to earlier releases Where appropriate this is highlighted in the slides Overview Oracle RAC is available on Windows in Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Standard Edition must use Automatic Storage Management (ASM) Enterprise Edition can use Automatic Storage Management (ASM) Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS) Shared Oracle Home Oracle Clusterware (CRS) MUST be installed in a local directory on each node Oracle Database Software can be installed in a shared Oracle home on the cluster file system Pre-Installation Steps Pre-Installation tasks include: Check public interface is first in bind order Disable Windows Media Sensing for TCP/IP Disable Write Caching on Shared Storage Enable Auto-mounting Local drives must be accessible from all nodes Environment variables System clocks must be synchronized Public Interface Bind Order The public interface must be the first in the bind order To check this Start Windows Explorer Right click on My Network Places and choose Properties In the Advanced menu click Advanced Settings... In the Adapters and Bindings tab If the public interface is not the first name listed Click the arrow to move it to the top of the list Click OK to save the setting Windows Media Sensing for TCP/IP Windows Media Sensing for TCP/IP must be disabled To check this Run REGEDT32.EXE Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters Add the followin