Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
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1
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Checklist
- Server Hardware Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Operating System Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)
- Server Configuration Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Network Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- User Environment Configuration Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Storage Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Cluster Deployment Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- 2 Checking and Configuring Server Hardware for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
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Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Grid Infrastructure on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64–Bit)
- Guidelines for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) Operating System Installation
- Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices
- Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices
- About Installation Fixup Scripts
- About Operating System Requirements
- Operating System Requirements for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)
- Additional Drivers and Software Packages for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)
- Checking the Software Requirements
- Enabling I/O Completion Ports
- Checking Resource Limits for AIX
- Tuning AIX System Environment
- Using Automatic SSH Configuration During Installation
- Setting Network Time Protocol for Cluster Time Synchronization
- Running the rootpre.sh Script
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4
Configuring Networks for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
- About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Network Configuration Options
- Understanding Network Addresses
- Network Interface Hardware Minimum Requirements
- Private IP Interface Configuration Requirements
- IPv4 and IPv6 Protocol Requirements
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Oracle Grid Infrastructure IP Name and Address Requirements
- About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Name Resolution Options
- Cluster Name and SCAN Requirements
- IP Name and Address Requirements For Grid Naming Service (GNS)
- IP Name and Address Requirements For Multi-Cluster GNS
- IP Name and Address Requirements for Manual Configuration of Cluster
- Confirming the DNS Configuration for SCAN
- Broadcast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Multicast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service
- Configuration Requirements for Oracle Flex Clusters
- Grid Naming Service Cluster Configuration Example
- Manual IP Address Configuration Example
- Network Interface Configuration Options
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5
Configuring Users, Groups and Environments for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database
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Creating Groups, Users and Paths for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Determining If an Oracle Inventory and Oracle Inventory Group Exist
- Creating the Oracle Inventory Group If an Oracle Inventory Does Not Exist
- About Oracle Installation Owner Accounts
- Restrictions for Oracle Software Installation Owners
- Identifying an Oracle Software Owner User Account
- About the Oracle Base Directory for the grid User
- About the Oracle Home Directory for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software
- About Creating the Oracle Home and Oracle Base Directory
- Oracle Installations with Standard and Job Role Separation Groups and Users
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Creating Operating
System Privileges Groups
- Creating the OSASM Group
- Creating the OSDBA for ASM Group
- Creating the OSOPER for ASM Group
- Creating the OSDBA Group for Database Installations
- Creating an OSOPER Group for Database Installations
- Creating the OSBACKUPDBA Group for Database Installations
- Creating the OSDGDBA Group for Database Installations
- Creating the OSKMDBA Group for Database Installations
- Creating the OSRACDBA Group for Database Installations
- Creating Operating System Oracle Installation User Accounts
- Configuring Grid Infrastructure Software Owner User Environments
- Enabling Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
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Creating Groups, Users and Paths for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
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Supported Storage
Options for Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Supported Storage Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM
- Storage Considerations for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
- Guidelines for Using Oracle ASM Disk Groups for Storage
- Guidelines for Configuring Oracle ASM Disk Groups on NFS
- Using Logical Volume Managers with Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
- Using a Cluster File System for Oracle Clusterware Files
- About NFS Storage for Data Files
- About Direct NFS Client Mounts to NFS Storage Devices
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7
Configuring Storage for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
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Configuring Storage for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
- Identifying Storage Requirements for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
- Oracle Clusterware Storage Space Requirements
- About the Grid Infrastructure Management Repository
- Using an Existing Oracle ASM Disk Group
- About Upgrading Existing Oracle Automatic Storage Management Instances
- Selecting Disks to use with Oracle ASM Disk Groups
- Specifying the Oracle ASM Disk Discovery String
- Creating Files on a NAS Device for Use with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
- Using Disk Groups with Oracle Database Files on Oracle ASM
- Configuring File System Storage for Oracle Database
- Configuring HACMP Multinode Disk Heartbeat (MNDHB)
- Creating Member Cluster Manifest File for Oracle Member Clusters
- Creating and Using Oracle ASM Credentials File
- Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
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Configuring Storage for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
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8
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- About Image-Based Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
- Understanding Cluster Configuration Options
- Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a New Cluster
- Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using a Cluster Configuration File
- Installing Only the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software
- About Deploying Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning
- Confirming Oracle Clusterware Function
- Confirming Oracle ASM Function for Oracle Clusterware Files
- Understanding Offline Processes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure
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9
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Postinstallation Tasks
- Required Postinstallation Tasks
- Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
- About Changes in Default SGA Permissions for Oracle Database
- Using Earlier Oracle Database Releases with Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Modifying Oracle Clusterware Binaries After Installation
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Removing Oracle Database Software
- About Oracle Deinstallation Options
- Oracle Deinstallation (Deinstall)
- Deinstallation Examples for Oracle Database
- Deinstallation Response File Example for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
- Migrating Standalone Oracle Grid Infrastructure Servers to a Cluster
- Relinking Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Binaries
- Changing the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home Path
- Unconfiguring Oracle Clusterware Without Removing Binaries
- Unconfiguring Oracle Member Cluster
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Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Understanding Out-of-Place Upgrade
- About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrade and Downgrade
- Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrades
- Restrictions for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrades
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Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
- Upgrade Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Checks to Complete Before Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Moving Oracle Clusterware Files from NFS to Oracle ASM
- Running the Oracle ORAchk Upgrade Readiness Assessment
- Using CVU to Validate Readiness for Oracle Clusterware Upgrades
- Using Dry-Run Upgrade Mode to Check System Upgrade Readiness
- Understanding Rolling Upgrades Using Batches
- Performing Rolling Upgrade of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- About Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning
- Applying Patches to Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Updating Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Target Parameters
- Unlocking and Deinstalling the Previous Release Grid Home
- Checking Cluster Health Monitor Repository Size After Upgrading
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Downgrading Oracle Clusterware to an Earlier Release
- Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Downgrades
- Restrictions for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Downgrades
- Downgrading Oracle Clusterware to 18c
- Downgrading Oracle Clusterware to 12c Release 2 (12.2)
- Downgrading to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 1 (12.1)
- Downgrading to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g Release 2 (11.2)
- Downgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Online Abort Upgrade
- Completing Failed or Interrupted Installations and Upgrades
- Converting to Oracle Extended Cluster After Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- A Completing Preinstallation Tasks Manually
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Installing and Configuring Oracle Database Using Response Files
- How Response Files Work
- Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
- Using Response Files
- Preparing Response Files
- Running Oracle Universal Installer Using a Response File
- Running Configuration Assistants Using Response Files
- Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File Created During Installation
- Postinstallation Configuration Using the ConfigToolAllCommands Script
- C Optimal Flexible Architecture
- Index