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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment?

• Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2) New Features for Oracle RAC Administration
• Oracle Database 10g Release 1 (10.1) New Features for Oracle RAC Administration

1 Introduction to Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters

• Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters
• The Oracle Clusterware Architecture and Oracle Clusterware Processing
  • Oracle Clusterware Software Component Processing Details
  • The Oracle Clusterware Software Components
    • Oracle Clusterware Processes on UNIX-Based Systems
    • Oracle Clusterware Services on Windows-Based Systems
• The Oracle Real Application Clusters Architecture and Oracle Real Application Clusters Processing
  • The Oracle Real Application Clusters Software Components
• Oracle Clusterware Components and High Availability
  • The Oracle Clusterware Voting Disk and Oracle Cluster Registry
  • Oracle Clusterware High Availability and the Application Programming Interface
• Workload Management with Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Introduction to Installing Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Oracle Clusterware Installation Process Description
  • Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Database Creation Process Description
• Cloning Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC Software in Grid Environments
• Additional Considerations and Features for Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Managing Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Designing Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Administrative Tools for Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Monitoring Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Evaluating Performance in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments

2 Introduction to Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC Administration and Deployment

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Documentation Overview
  • Platform-Specific Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guides
• Introduction to Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Voting Disk and Oracle Cluster Registry Device Administration
• Database Instance Management and Database Administration in Oracle RAC
• Storage Management in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Oracle Clusterware for Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Additional Oracle Real Application Clusters Administrative Topics
• Overview of Using Enterprise Manager with Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Overview of Deploying Applications on Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Code Changes are Not Required for Applications
• Implementing Oracle Features with Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Automatic Storage Management
  • Cluster File Systems in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Storage Management Features and Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Services in Oracle Database 10g
  • The Oracle Clusterware and High Availability in Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • High Availability with Oracle Clusterware
    • The Oracle Clusterware and High Availability
  • Additional Oracle High Availability Features and Solutions
    • Connection Load Balancing with Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Recovery Manager (RMAN) in Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Data Guard
    • Primary/Secondary Instance Configurations in Earlier Releases

3 Administering Oracle Clusterware Components

• Administering Voting Disks in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Backing up Voting Disks
  • Recovering Voting Disks
  • Changing the Voting Disk Configuration after Installing Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Administering the Oracle Cluster Registry in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Adding, Replacing, Repairing, and Removing the OCR
    • Adding an Oracle Cluster Registry
    • Replacing an Oracle Cluster Registry
    • Repairing an Oracle Cluster Registry Configuration on a Local Node
    • Removing an Oracle Cluster Registry
  • Managing Backups and Recovering the OCR Using OCR Backup Files
    • Restoring the Oracle Cluster Registry from Automatically Generated OCR Backups
  • Diagnosing OCR Problems with the OCRDUMP and OCRCHECK Utilities
    • Using the OCRDUMP Utility
    • Using the OCRCHECK Utility
  • Overriding the Oracle Cluster Registry Data Loss Protection Mechanism
  • Administering the Oracle Cluster Registry with OCR Exports
    • Importing Oracle Cluster Registry Content on UNIX-Based Systems
    • Importing Oracle Cluster Registry Content on Windows-Based Systems
  • Implementing the Oracle Hardware Assisted Resilient Data Initiative for the OCR
  • Upgrading and Downgrading the OCR Configuration in Oracle RAC
    • HARD-Compatible OCR Blocks in Oracle9i
• Administering Multiple Cluster Interconnects on UINIX-Based Platforms
  • Failover and Failback and CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS

4 Administering Storage

• Overview of Storage in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Datafile Access in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Redo Log File Storage in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Automatic Undo Management in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Automatic Storage Management in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Automatic Storage Management Components in Oracle RAC
  • Modifying Disk Group Configurations for ASM in Oracle RAC
  • Standalone ASM Disk Group Management
  • Administering ASM Instances and Disk Groups with Enterprise Manager in Oracle RAC
  • Administering ASM Instances with SRVCTL in Oracle RAC

5 Administering Database Instances and Cluster Databases

• Overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters Management Tools
  • Overview of Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters with Enterprise Manager
  • Overview of Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters with SQL*Plus
  • Overview of Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters with SRVCTL
• Starting and Stopping Instances and Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
  • Starting Up and Shutting Down with Enterprise Manager
  • Starting Up and Shutting Down with SQL*Plus
    • Intermittent Windows Shutdown Issue in Oracle RAC Environments
    • Lengthy Startup of OracleDBConsole and OracleCRService on Windows
  • Starting Up and Shutting Down with SRVCTL
• Customizing How Oracle Clusterware Manages Oracle RAC Databases
  • Switching Between the Automatic and Manual Policies
• Overview of Initialization Parameter Files in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Setting Server Parameter File Parameter Values for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Parameter File Search Order in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Initialization Parameter Use in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Parameters that Must Have Identical Settings on All Instances
  • Parameters That Must Have Unique Settings on All Instances
  • Parameters that Should Have Identical Settings on All Instances
• Summary of Parameter Use in Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
• Backing Up the Server Parameter File

6 Introduction to Workload Management

• Introduction to Workload Management and Application High Availability
• Service Deployment Options
  • Using Oracle Services
  • Default Service Connections
  • Connection Load Balancing
• Fast Application Notification
  • Overview of Fast Application Notification
  • Application High Availability with Services and FAN
  • Managing Unplanned Outages
  • Managing Planned Outages
  • Fast Application Notification High Availability Events
  • Using Fast Application Notification Callouts
• Load Balancing Advisory
  • Overview of the Load Balancing Advisory
  • Configuring Your Environment to Use the Load Balancing Advisory
  • Load Balancing Advisory FAN Events
• Oracle Clients that Are Integrated with Fast Application Notification
  • Enabling Java Database Connectivity Clients to Receive FAN Events
    • Using FAN with Thick JDBC and Thin JDBC Clients
  • Enabling Oracle Call Interface Clients to Receive FAN High Availability Events
  • Enabling ODP.NET Clients to Receive FAN High Availability Events
  • Enabling ODP.NET Clients to Receive FAN Load Balancing Advisory Events
• Services and Distributed Transaction Processing in Oracle RAC
  • Enabling Distributed Transaction Processing for Services
• Administering Services
• Administering Services with Enterprise Manager, DBCA, PL/SQL, and SRVCTL
  • Administering Services with Enterprise Manager
    • Service-Related Tasks that You Can Perform with Enterprise Manager
    • Cluster Managed Database Services Page
    • Cluster Managed Database Services Detail Page
    • Create Services Page
    • Accessing the Enterprise Manager Services Pages
  • Administering Services with the Database Configuration Assistant
    • Using the Database Configuration Assistant to Add and Modify Services
    • Using the Database Configuration Assistant to Administer Services
  • Administering Services with the PL/SQL DBMS_SERVICE Package
    • CREATE_SERVICE
    • MODIFY_SERVICE
    • DELETE_SERVICE
    • START_SERVICE
    • STOP_SERVICE
    • DISCONNECT_SESSION
  • Administering Services with SRVCTL
    • Creating Services with SRVCTL
    • Starting and Stopping Services with SRVCTL
    • Enabling and Disabling Services with SRVCTL
    • Relocating Services with SRVCTL
    • Obtaining the Statuses of Services with SRVCTL
    • Obtaining the Configuration of Services with SRVCTL
• Measuring Performance by Service Using the Automatic Workload Repository
  • Service Thresholds and Alerts
    • Services and Thresholds Alerts Example
• Enabling Event Notification for Connection Failures in Oracle Real Application Clusters

7 Configuring Recovery Manager and Archiving

• Overview of Configuring RMAN for Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Configuring the RMAN Snapshot Control File Location
• Configuring the RMAN Control File and SPFILE Autobackup Feature
• Configuring Channels for RMAN in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Configuring Channels to use Automatic Workload Balancing
  • Configuring Channels to Use a Specific Channel
• Managing Archived Redo Logs Using RMAN in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Archived Redo Log File Conventions in Oracle RAC
• RMAN Archiving Configuration Scenarios
  • Automatic Storage Management and Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
    • Advantages of the Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
    • Initialization Parameter Settings for the Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
    • Location of Archived Logs for the Cluster File System Archiving Scheme
  • Non-Cluster File System Local Archiving Scheme
    • Considerations for Using Non-Cluster File System Local Archiving
    • Initialization Parameter Settings for Non-Cluster File System Local Archiving
    • Location of Archived Logs for Non-Cluster File System Local Archiving
    • File System Configuration for Non-Cluster File System Local Archiving
• Changing the Archiving Mode in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Monitoring the Archiver Processes

8 Managing Backup and Recovery

• RMAN Backup Scenario for Non-Cluster File System Backups
• RMAN Restore Scenarios for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Cluster File System Restore Scheme
  • Non-Cluster File System Restore Scheme
  • Using RMAN or Enterprise Manager to Restore the Server Parameter File (SPFILE)
• RMAN Recovery Through Resetlogs in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• RMAN and Oracle Net in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Instance Recovery in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Single Node Failure in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Multiple-Node Failures in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Using RMAN to Create Backups in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Channel Connections to Cluster Instances
  • Node Affinity Awareness of Fast Connections
  • Deleting Archived Redo Logs after a Successful Backup
  • Autolocation for Backup and Restore Commands
• Media Recovery in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Parallel Recovery in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Parallel Recovery with RMAN
  • Disabling Parallel Recovery
    • Disabling Instance and Crash Recovery Parallelism
    • Disabling Media Recovery Parallelism
• Using a Flash Recovery Area in Oracle Real Application Clusters

9 Administrative Options

• Enterprise Manager Tasks for Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control to Discover Nodes and Instances
• Enterprise Manager Pages for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Databases Summary Page
  • Cluster Database Home Page
  • Cluster Database Instances Pages
  • The Databases Overview Page for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • The Cluster Home Page for Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration Procedures for Enterprise Manager
  • Administering Enterprise Manager Jobs in Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Creating Enterprise Manager Jobs in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Administering Alerts in Oracle Real Application Clusters with Enterprise Manager
  • Performing Scheduled Maintenance Using Defined Blackouts in Enterprise Manager
• Additional Information About SQL*Plus in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • How SQL*Plus Commands Affect Instances
  • Verifying that Instances are Running
• Quiescing Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
  • Quiesced State and Cold Backups
• Administering System and Network Interfaces with OIFCFG
  • Defining Network Interfaces with OIFCFG
  • Syntax and Commands for the OIFCFG Command-Line Tool
• Changing VIP Addresses

10 Adding and Deleting Nodes and Instances on UNIX-Based Systems

• Cloning Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC Software in Grid Environments
• Quick-Start Node and Instance Addition and Deletion Procedures
  • Adding an Oracle Clusterware Home to a New Node
    • Adding an Oracle Clusterware Home to a New Node Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Adding an Oracle Clusterware Home to a New Node Using OUI in Silent Mode
  • Adding an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC to a New Node
    • Adding an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC to a New Node Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Adding an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC to a New Node Using OUI in Silent Mode
  • Deleting an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC from an Existing Node
    • Deleting an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Deleting an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC Using OUI in Silent Mode
  • Deleting an Oracle Clusterware Home from an Existing Node
    • Deleting an Oracle Clusterware Home Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Deleting an Oracle Clusterware Home Using OUI in Silent Mode
• Detailed Node and Instance Addition and Deletion Procedures
  • Overview of Node Addition Procedures
    • Step 1: Connecting New Nodes to the Cluster
    • Step 2: Extending Clusterware and Oracle Software to New Nodes
    • Step 3: Preparing Storage on New Nodes
    • Step 4: Adding Nodes at the Oracle RAC Database Layer
    • Step 5: Adding Database Instances to New Nodes
  • Adding Nodes that Already Have Clusterware and Oracle Software to a Cluster
  • Overview of Node Deletion Procedures
    • Step 1: Deleting Instances from Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
    • Step 2: Deleting Nodes from Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
    • Step 3: ASM Instance Clean-Up Procedures for Node Deletion

11 Adding and Deleting Nodes and Instances on Windows-Based Systems

• Cloning Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC Software in Grid Environments
• Quick-Start Node and Database Instance Addition and Deletion Procedures
  • Adding an Oracle Clusterware Home to a New Node
    • Adding an Oracle Clusterware Home to a New Node Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Adding an Oracle Clusterware Home to a New Node Using OUI in Silent Mode
  • Adding an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC to a New Node
    • Adding an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC to a New Node Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Adding an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC to a New Node Using OUI in Silent Mode
  • Deleting an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC from an Existing Node
    • Deleting an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Deleting an Oracle Home with Oracle RAC Using OUI in Silent Mode
  • Deleting an Oracle Clusterware Home from an Existing Node
    • Deleting an Oracle Clusterware Home Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Deleting an Oracle Clusterware Home Using OUI in Silent Mode
• Detailed Node and Database Instance Addition and Deletion Procedures
• Overview of Node Addition Procedures
• Step 1: Connecting New Nodes to the Cluster
  • Making Physical Connections
  • Installing the Operating System
  • Verifying the Installation with the Cluster Verification Utility
  • Checking the Installation
• Step 2: Extending Oracle Software to New Nodes at the Oracle Clusterware Layer
• Step 3: Preparing Storage on New Nodes
  • Raw Device Storage Preparation for New Nodes
    • Configure Raw Partitions
• Step 4: Adding Nodes at the Oracle RAC Database Layer
• Step 5: Adding Database Instances to New Nodes
  • Using Enterprise Manager to Add Database Instances to New Nodes
  • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Add Database Instances to New Nodes
  • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Add Database Instances to New Nodes
  • Connecting to iSQL*Plus after Adding a Node
• Adding Nodes that Already Have Clusterware and Oracle Software to a Cluster
• Overview of Node Deletion Procedures
• Step 1: Deleting Instances from Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
  • Using Enterprise Manager to Delete Database Instances from Existing Nodes
  • Using DBCA in Interactive Mode to Delete Database Instances from Existing Nodes
  • Using DBCA in Silent Mode to Delete Instance from Existing Nodes
• Step 2: Deleting Nodes from Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
• Step 3: ASM Instance Clean-Up Procedures for Node Deletion

12 Design and Deployment Techniques

• Service Configuration Recommendations for High Availability
  • Service Topologies and Workload Management in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Recommended Oracle Real Application Clusters Service Configurations
  • Automatic Workload Repository
  • Setting Service Levels and Thresholds
  • How Oracle Clusterware Manages Service Relocation
• General Database Deployment Topics for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Tablespace Use in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Object Creation and Performance in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Node Addition and Deletion and the SYSAUX Tablespace in Oracle RAC
  • Distributed Transactions and Oracle Real Application Clusters

13 Monitoring Performance

• Overview of Monitoring Oracle Real Application Clusters Databases
• Verifying the Interconnect Settings for Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Influencing Interconnect Processing
• Performance Views in Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Oracle Real Application Clusters Performance Statistics
  • The Content of Oracle Real Application Clusters Statistics
• Automatic Workload Repository in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
• Monitoring Oracle Real Application Clusters Statistics and Events
  • Oracle RAC Statistics and Events in AWR and Statspack Reports
  • Oracle Real Application Clusters Wait Events
  • Monitoring Performance by Analyzing GCS and GES Statistics
    • Analyzing Cache Fusion Impact in Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Analyzing Performance Using GCS and GES Statistics
  • Analyzing Cache Fusion Transfer Impact Using GCS Statistics
  • Analyzing Response Times Based on Wait Events
• Monitoring Performance with Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Overview of Enterprise Manager Monitoring
  • Collection-Based Monitoring
    • Metrics
    • Alerts
    • Thresholds
  • Real-Time Performance Monitoring
  • Using the Cluster Database Performance Page
    • Cluster Host Load Average Chart
    • Global Cache Block Access Latency Chart
    • Average Active Sessions Chart
    • Database Throughput Charts
    • Top Consumers Page
    • Top Sessions Page
    • Instance Activity Page
    • Top Segments Page
    • Database Locks Page
  • Using the Cluster Database Instance Performance Page
    • Page Characteristics
    • Creating Reports
  • Using the Cluster Performance Page
  • Using the Cluster Interconnects Page

14 Making Applications Highly Available Using Oracle Clusterware

• Overview of Using the Oracle Clusterware Commands to Enable High Availability
• Overview of Managing Custom Applications with Oracle Clusterware Commands
• Creating Application Profiles
  • Application Resource Profiles
    • Required and Optional Profile Attributes
    • Application Profile Attributes
    • Default Profile Locations
• Example of Using Oracle Clusterware Commands to Create Application Resources
  • Using crs_profile to Create An Application Resource Profile
  • The Oracle Clusterware Required Resources List
    • Creating VIPs for Applications
  • Application Placement Policies
  • Optional Resources in Placement Decisions
• Oracle Clusterware Action Program Guidelines
  • How Oracle Clusterware Runs Action Programs
  • User Defined Attributes
  • Windows crsuser Program
• Using Oracle Clusterware Commands
  • Registering Application Resources
  • Starting Application Resources
  • Relocating Applications and Application Resources
  • Stopping Applications and Application Resources
  • Managing Automatic Oracle Clusterware Resource Operations for Action Scripts
    • Preventing Automatic Database Instance Restarts
    • Automatically Manage Restart Attempts Counter for Resources
    • Implications of Restart and Timeout Features for Previous Releases
  • Unregistering Applications and Application Resources
  • Displaying Clusterware Application and Application Resource Status Information

15 Application-Specific Deployment Topics

• General Deployment Strategies for Oracle Real Application Clusters-Based Applications
• Deploying OLTP Applications in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Flexible Implementation with Cache Fusion
• Deploying Data Warehouse Applications with Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Speed-Up for Data Warehouse Applications on Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Parallel Execution in Data Warehouse Systems and Oracle RAC
  • Using Parallel Instance Groups
• Data Security Considerations in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Transparent Data Encryption and Wallets
  • Windows Firewall Considerations
    • Oracle Executables Requiring Firewall Exceptions
    • Configuring the Windows Firewall
    • Troubleshooting Windows Firewall Exceptions

A Troubleshooting

• Overview of Troubleshooting Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Diagnosing Oracle Clusterware High Availability Components
  • Dynamic Debugging
  • Component Level Debugging
  • Oracle Clusterware Shutdown and Startup
  • Enabling and Disabling Oracle Clusterware Daemons
  • Diagnostics Collection Script
  • The Oracle Clusterware Alerts
  • Resource Debugging
  • Checking the Health of the Clusterware
  • Clusterware Log Files and the Unified Log Directory Structure
    • The Cluster Ready Services Daemon (crsd) Log Files
    • Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) Log Files
    • Cluster Synchronization Services (CSS) Log Files
    • Event Manager (EVM) Log Files
    • RACG Log Files
  • Troubleshooting the Oracle Cluster Registry
    • Using the OCRDUMP Utility to View Oracle Cluster Registry Content
    • Using the OCRCHECK Utility
    • Oracle Cluster Registry Troubleshooting
  • Enabling Additional Tracing for Oracle Real Application Clusters High Availability
    • Generating Additional Trace Information for a Running Resource
    • Verifying Event Manager Daemon Communications
• Diagnosing Oracle Real Application Clusters Components
  • Where to Find Files for Analyzing Errors
    • Background Thread Trace Files in Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • User Process Trace Files in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Using Instance-Specific Alert Files in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Enabling Tracing for Java-Based Tools and Utilities in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Resolving Pending Shutdown Issues
• Using the Cluster Verification Utility
  • Cluster Verification Utility Requirements
  • Understanding CVU Commands, Help, Output, and Nodelist Shortcuts
    • Using CVU Help
    • Verbose Mode and UNKNOWN Output
    • Cluster Verification Utility Nodelist Shortcuts
    • Cluster Verification Utility Configuration File
  • Performing Various CVU Tests
    • Cluster Verification Utility System Requirements Verifications
    • Cluster Verification Utility Storage Verifications
    • Cluster Verification Utility Connectivity Verifications
    • Cluster Verification Utility User and Permissions Verifications
    • Cluster Verification Utility Node Comparisons and Verifications
    • Cluster Verification Utility Installation Verifications
    • Cluster Verification Utility Oracle Clusterware Component Verifications
    • Cluster Verification Utility Cluster Integrity Verifications
    • Cluster Verification Utility Argument and Option Definitions
  • Known Issues for the Cluster Verification Utility
    • Database Versions Supported by Cluster Verification Utility
    • Linux Shared Storage Accessibility (ssa) Check Reports Limitations
    • Shared Disk Discovery on Red Hat Linux

B High Availability Oracle Clusterware Command-Line Reference and C API

• Using Oracle Clusterware Commands
  • Application Profile Syntax
  • Security and Permissions
• The Oracle Clusterware Commands
  • crs_getperm
    • Syntax and Options for crs_getperm
    • Example of crs_getperm
  • crs_profile
    • Syntax and Options for crs_profile
    • Examples of crs_profile
    • Errors for crs_profile
  • crs_register
    • Syntax and Options for crs_register
    • Example of crs_register
    • Errors for crs_register
    • Related Commands for crs_register
  • crs_relocate
    • Syntax and Options for crs_relocate
    • Example of crs_relocate
    • Errors for crs_relocate
  • crs_setperm
    • Syntax and Options for crs_setperm
    • Example of crs_setperm
  • crs_stat
    • Syntax and Options for crs_stat
    • Examples of crs_stat
  • crs_start
    • Syntax and Options for crs_start
    • Examples of crs_start
    • Errors for crs_start
  • crs_stop
    • Syntax and Options for crs_stop
    • Examples of crs_stop
  • crs_unregister
    • Syntax and Options for crs_unregister
    • Example of crs_unregister
    • Errors for crs_unregister
• C Application Programming Interface to Oracle Clusterware
  • clscrs_init_crs
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_term_crs
    • Parameter
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_getnodename
    • Parameters
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_env_create
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_env_set
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_env_delete
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_env_format
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_start_resource
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_stop_resource
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_check_resource
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_register_resource
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_unregister_resource
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
  • clscrs_stat
    • Parameters
    • Returns
    • Syntax
• Functions for Managing Resource Structures
  • Export Operations
    • Stringpair Operations
    • Splist Operations
    • Resource Operations
    • Resource List Operations

C Oracle Clusterware Messages

• CRS—Oracle Clusterware Messages

D Oracle Cluster Registry Configuration Tool Command Syntax

• The OCR Configuration Tool Command Syntax and Options

E Server Control Utility Reference

• Overview of SRVCTL for Administering Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Guidelines for Using SRVCTL in Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Obtaining Command-Line Help for SRVCTL
• SRVCTL Command Syntax and Options
• SRVCTL Cluster Database Configuration Tasks
• SRVCTL General Cluster Database Administration Tasks
• SRVCTL Node-Level Tasks
• SRVCTL Command Reference
• SRVCTL Commands
  • SRVCTL Commands Summary
  • SRVCTL Objects Summary
  • srvctl add
    • srvctl add database
    • srvctl add instance
    • srvctl add service
    • srvctl add nodeapps
    • srvctl add asm
  • srvctl config
    • srvctl config database
    • srvctl config service
    • srvctl config nodeapps
    • srvctl config asm
    • srvctl config listener
  • srvctl enable
    • srvctl enable database
    • srvctl enable instance
    • srvctl enable service
    • srvctl enable asm
  • srvctl disable
    • srvctl disable database
    • srvctl disable instance
    • srvctl disable service
    • srvctl disable asm
  • srvctl start
    • srvctl start database
    • srvctl start instance
    • srvctl start service
    • srvctl start nodeapps
    • srvctl start asm
    • srvctl start listener
  • srvctl stop
    • srvctl stop database
    • srvctl stop instance
    • srvctl stop service
    • srvctl stop nodeapps
    • srvctl stop asm
    • srvctl stop listener
  • srvctl modify
    • srvctl modify database
    • srvctl modify instance
    • srvctl modify service
    • srvctl modify nodeapps
  • srvctl relocate
    • srvctl relocate service
  • srvctl status
    • srvctl status database
    • srvctl status instance
    • srvctl status service
    • srvctl status nodeapps
    • srvctl status asm
  • srvctl getenv
    • srvctl getenv database
    • srvctl getenv instance
    • srvctl getenv service
    • srvctl getenv nodeapps
  • srvctl setenv and unsetenv
    • srvctl setenv database
    • srvctl setenv instance
    • srvctl setenv service
    • srvctl setenv nodeapps
    • srvctl unsetenv database
    • srvctl unsetenv instance
    • srvctl unsetenv service
    • srvctl unsetenv nodeapps
  • srvctl remove
    • srvctl remove database
    • srvctl remove instance
    • srvctl remove service
    • srvctl remove nodeapps
    • srvctl remove asm

F Oracle Real Application Clusters Tools Messages

• Overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters-Specific Messages
  • Prefixes and Message Codes for Oracle RAC-Specific Messages
  • Types of Oracle Real Application Clusters Messages and Related Files
• PRKA—Cluster Node Applications Messages
• PRKC—Cluster Command Messages
• PRKD—Global Services Daemon Messages
• PRKE—Global Services Daemon Controller Utility Messages
• PRKH—Server Manager (SRVM) Messages
• PRKI—Cluster Pre-Install Messages
• PRKN—Server Manager (SRVM) System Library Messages
• PRKO—Server Control (SRVCTL) Utility Messages
• PRKP—Cluster Database Management Messages
• PRKR—Cluster Registry Messages
• PRKS—Automatic Storage Management Messages
• PRKU—Command-Line Parser Utility Messages
• PRKV—Virtual IP Configuration Assistant Messages

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