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Contents
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
Changes in This Release for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide
Changes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12
c
Release 1 (12.1)
1
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Checklist
1.1
System Hardware, Software and Configuration Checklists
1.1.1
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Server Hardware Checklist
1.1.2
Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC Environment Checklist
1.1.3
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Network Checklist
1.1.4
Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC Upgrades Checklist
1.1.5
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Storage Configuration Tasks
1.1.6
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Starting the Installation Tasks
2
Configuring Servers for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
2.1
Checking Server Hardware and Memory Configuration
2.2
General Server Minimum Requirements
2.3
Server Storage Minimum Requirements
2.4
Server Memory Minimum Requirements
2.4.1
64-bit System Minimum Memory Requirements
2.4.2
Shared Memory Requirements
3
Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
3.1
Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices
3.1.1
General Upgrade Best Practices
3.1.2
Oracle ASM Upgrade Notifications
3.1.3
Rolling Upgrade Procedure Notifications
3.2
Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices
3.3
Using Installation Fixup Scripts
3.4
Logging In to a Remote System Using X Terminal
3.5
About Software Requirements
3.6
Operating System Requirements List for HP-UX Itanium Platforms
3.7
Additional Drivers and Software Packages for HP-UX
3.7.1
Installation Requirements for Open Database Connectivity
3.7.1.1
About ODBC Drivers and Oracle Database
3.7.1.2
Installing ODBC Drivers for HP-UX Itanium Systems
3.7.2
Installation Requirements for Oracle Messaging Gateway
3.7.2.1
About Oracle Messaging Gateway
3.7.2.2
Installing Oracle Messaging Gateway
3.7.3
Installation Requirements for Programming Environments for HP-UX Itanium Systems
3.7.3.1
About Programming Environments and Oracle Database
3.7.3.2
Configuring Support for Programming Environments
3.7.4
Installation Requirements for Web Browsers
3.8
Checking the Software Requirements
3.9
Setting Network Time Protocol for Cluster Time Synchronization
3.10
Using Automatic SSH Configuration During Installation
3.11
Creating Required Symbolic Links
3.12
Setting the Minor Number for Device Files
3.13
Checking the Run Level and Name Service Cache Daemon
4
Configuring Networks for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
4.1
Network Interface Hardware Requirements
4.2
IP Interface Configuration Requirements
4.3
Private Interconnect Redundant Network Requirements
4.4
IPv4 and IPv6 Protocol Requirements
4.5
Oracle Grid Infrastructure IP Name and Address Requirements
4.5.1
About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Name Resolution Options
4.5.2
Cluster Name and SCAN Requirements
4.5.3
IP Name and Address Requirements For Grid Naming Service (GNS)
4.5.4
IP Name and Address Requirements For Multi-Cluster GNS
4.5.4.1
About Multi-Cluster GNS Networks
4.5.4.2
Configuring GNS Server Clusters
4.5.4.3
Configuring GNS Client Clusters
4.5.4.4
Creating and Using a GNS Client Data File
4.5.5
IP Name and Address Requirements for Standard Cluster Manual Configuration
4.6
About Oracle Flex ASM Clusters Networks
4.7
Broadcast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
4.8
Multicast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
4.9
Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service
4.9.1
Choosing a Subdomain Name for Use with Grid Naming Service
4.9.2
Configuring DNS for Cluster Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service
4.10
Configuration Requirements for Oracle Flex Clusters
4.10.1
General Requirements for Oracle Flex Cluster Configuration
4.10.2
Oracle Flex Cluster DHCP-Assigned Virtual IP (VIP) Addresses
4.10.3
Oracle Flex Cluster Manually-Assigned Addresses
4.11
Grid Naming Service Standard Cluster Configuration Example
4.12
Manual IP Address Configuration Example
4.13
Network Interface Configuration Options
5
Configuring Users, Groups and Environments for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
5.1
Creating Groups, Users and Paths for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
5.1.1
Determining If the Oracle Inventory and Oracle Inventory Group Exists
5.1.2
Creating the Oracle Inventory Group If an Oracle Inventory Does Not Exist
5.1.3
Creating the Oracle Grid Infrastructure User
5.1.3.1
Understanding Restrictions for Oracle Software Installation Owners
5.1.3.2
Determining if an Oracle Software Owner User Exists
5.1.3.3
Creating or Modifying an Oracle Software Owner User for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
5.1.4
About the Oracle Base Directory for the Grid User
5.1.5
About the Oracle Home Directory for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software
5.1.6
Creating the Oracle Home and Oracle Base Directory
5.1.7
About Job Role Separation Operating System Privileges Groups and Users
5.1.7.1
Overview of Creating Job Role Separation Groups and Users
5.1.8
Descriptions of Job Role Separation Groups and Users
5.1.8.1
Oracle Software Owner For Each Oracle Software Product
5.1.8.2
Standard Oracle Database Groups for Job Role Separation
5.1.8.3
Extended Oracle Database Groups for Job Role Separation
5.1.8.4
Oracle ASM Groups for Job Role Separation
5.1.9
Creating Job Role Separation Operating System Privileges Groups and User
5.1.9.1
Creating the OSDBA Group to Prepare for Database Installations
5.1.9.2
Creating an OSOPER Group for Database Installations
5.1.9.3
Creating the OSASM Group
5.1.9.4
Creating the OSOPER for ASM Group
5.1.9.5
Creating the OSDBA for ASM Group for Database Access to Oracle ASM
5.1.9.6
Oracle Software Owner User Installation Tasks
5.1.9.7
Creating Identical Database Users and Groups on Other Cluster Nodes
5.1.10
Example of Creating Standard Groups, Users, and Paths
5.1.11
Example of Creating Role-allocated Groups, Users, and Paths
5.1.11.1
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Groups and Users Example
5.1.11.2
Oracle Database DB1 Groups and Users Example
5.1.11.3
Oracle Database DB2 Groups and Users Example
5.1.12
Creating the External Jobs User Account for HP-UX
5.2
Configuring Grid Infrastructure Software Owner User Environments
5.2.1
Environment Requirements for Oracle Software Owner
5.2.2
Procedure for Configuring Oracle Software Owner Environments
5.2.3
Setting Remote Display and X11 Forwarding Configuration
5.2.4
Preventing Installation Errors Caused by Terminal Output Commands
5.3
Enabling Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
5.3.1
Requirements for Enabling IPMI
5.3.2
Configuring the IPMI Management Network
5.3.3
Configuring the BMC
5.3.3.1
Configuring the iLO Processor on HP-UX
5.4
Determining Root Script Execution Plan
5.5
Creating the Oracle Base Directory Path
6
Configuring Storage for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
6.1
Reviewing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Storage Options
6.1.1
Supported Storage Options
6.1.2
General Storage Considerations for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
6.1.2.1
General Storage Considerations for Oracle Clusterware
6.1.2.2
General Storage Considerations for Oracle RAC
6.1.3
Guidelines for Using Oracle ASM Disk Groups for Storage
6.1.4
Using Logical Volume Managers with Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
6.1.5
After You Have Selected Disk Storage Options
6.2
About Shared File System Storage Configuration
6.2.1
Requirements for Using a Shared File System
6.2.2
Requirements for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Shared File System Volume Sizes
6.2.3
Deciding to Use a Cluster File System for Oracle Clusterware Files
6.2.4
Deciding to Use Direct NFS Client for Data Files
6.2.4.1
About Direct NFS Client Storage
6.2.4.2
About the oranfstab File and Direct NFS Client
6.2.4.3
About Mounting NFS Storage Devices with Direct NFS Client
6.2.4.4
Specifying Network Paths with the oranfstab File
6.2.5
Deciding to Use NFS for Data Files
6.3
Configuring Operating System and Direct NFS Client
6.3.1
Configuring Storage NFS Mount and Buffer Size Parameters
6.3.2
Checking NFS Mount and Buffer Size Parameters for Oracle Clusterware
6.3.3
Checking NFS Mount and Buffer Size Parameters for Oracle RAC
6.3.4
Checking TCP Network Protocol Buffer for Direct NFS Client
6.3.5
Enabling Direct NFS Client Oracle Disk Manager Control of NFS
6.3.6
Specifying Network Paths with the Oranfstab File
6.3.7
Enabling Hybrid Columnar Compression on Direct NFS Client
6.3.8
Creating Directories for Oracle Clusterware Files on Shared File Systems
6.3.9
Creating Directories for Oracle Database Files on Shared File Systems
6.3.10
Disabling Direct NFS Client Oracle Disk Management Control of NFS
6.4
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Storage Configuration
6.4.1
Configuring Storage for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
6.4.1.1
Identifying Storage Requirements for Oracle ASM
6.4.1.2
Creating Files on a NAS Device for Use with Oracle ASM
6.4.1.3
Using an Existing Oracle ASM Disk Group
6.4.1.4
Configuring Disk Devices for Oracle ASM
6.4.2
Using Disk Groups with Oracle Database Files on Oracle ASM
6.4.2.1
Identifying and Using Existing Oracle Database Disk Groups on ASM
6.4.2.2
Creating Disk Groups for Oracle Database Data Files
6.4.2.3
Creating and Using Oracle ASM Credentials File
6.4.3
Upgrading Existing Oracle ASM Instances
7
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
7.1
Installing Grid Infrastructure
7.1.1
Running OUI to Install Grid Infrastructure
7.1.2
Installing Grid Infrastructure Using a Cluster Configuration File
7.2
Installing Grid Infrastructure Using a Software-Only Installation
7.2.1
Installing the Software Binaries
7.2.2
Configuring the Software Binaries
7.2.3
Configuring the Software Binaries Using a Response File
7.2.4
Setting Ping Targets for Network Checks
7.3
Confirming Oracle Clusterware Function
7.4
Confirming Oracle ASM Function for Oracle Clusterware Files
7.5
Understanding Offline Processes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure
8
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Postinstallation Procedures
8.1
Required Postinstallation Tasks
8.2
Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
8.2.1
Configuring IPMI-based Failure Isolation Using Crsctl
8.2.2
Tuning Semaphore Parameters
8.2.3
Create a Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
8.2.3.1
About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
8.2.3.2
Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
8.2.4
Checking the SCAN Configuration
8.2.5
Running Oracle RAC Configuration Audit Tool
8.2.6
Setting Resource Limits for Oracle Clusterware and Associated Databases and Applications
8.3
Using Earlier Oracle Database Releases with Oracle Grid Infrastructure
8.3.1
General Restrictions for Using Earlier Oracle Database Versions
8.3.2
Managing Server Pools with Earlier Database Versions
8.3.3
Using ASMCA to Administer Disk Groups for Earlier Database Versions
8.3.4
Pinning Cluster Nodes for Oracle Database Release 10.x or 11.x
8.3.5
Using the Correct LSNRCTL Commands
8.4
Modifying Oracle Clusterware Binaries After Installation
9
How to Modify or Deinstall Oracle Grid Infrastructure
9.1
Deciding When to Deinstall Oracle Clusterware
9.2
Migrating Standalone Grid Infrastructure Servers to a Cluster
9.3
Relinking Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Binaries
9.4
Changing the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home Path
9.5
Unconfiguring Oracle Clusterware Without Removing Binaries
9.6
Removing Oracle Clusterware and ASM
9.6.1
About the Deinstallation Tool
9.6.1.1
Deinstalling Previous Release Grid Home
9.6.2
Deinstallation Tool Command Example for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
9.6.3
Deinstallation Response File Example for Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
A
Troubleshooting the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Process
A.1
Best Practices for Contacting Oracle Support
A.2
General Installation Issues
A.2.1
Other Installation Issues and Errors
A.3
Interpreting CVU "Unknown" Output Messages Using Verbose Mode
A.4
Interpreting CVU Messages About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Setup
A.5
About the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Alert Log
A.6
Performing Cluster Diagnostics During Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installations
A.7
About Using CVU Cluster Healthchecks After Installation
A.8
Interconnect Configuration Issues
A.9
SCAN VIP and SCAN Listener Issues
A.10
Storage Configuration Issues
A.10.1
Recovery from Losing a Node File System or Grid Home
A.11
Failed or Incomplete Installations and Upgrades
A.12
Completing Failed or Interrupted Installations and Upgrades
A.12.1
Continuing Incomplete Installations on First Nodes
A.12.2
Continuing Installations on Nodes Other Than the First Node
B
How to Upgrade to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12
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Release 1
B.1
Back Up the Oracle Software Before Upgrades
B.2
Unset Oracle Environment Variables
B.3
About Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle ASM Upgrade and Downgrade
B.4
Options for Clusterware and Oracle ASM Upgrades and Downgrades
B.5
Restrictions for Clusterware and Oracle ASM Upgrades
B.6
Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
B.6.1
Checks to Complete Before Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
B.6.2
Running the ORAchk Upgrade Readiness Assessment
B.7
Using CVU to Validate Readiness for Oracle Clusterware Upgrades
B.7.1
About the CVU Grid Upgrade Validation Command Options
B.7.2
Example of Verifying System Upgrade Readiness for Grid Infrastructure
B.7.3
Verifying System Readiness for Oracle Database Upgrades
B.8
Understanding Rolling Upgrades Using Batches
B.9
Performing Rolling Upgrade of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
B.9.1
Performing a Standard Upgrade from an Earlier Release
B.9.2
Completing an Oracle Clusterware Upgrade when Nodes Become Unreachable
B.9.3
Upgrading Inaccessible Nodes After Forcing an Upgrade
B.9.4
Changing the First Node for Install and Upgrade
B.9.5
Performing Rolling Upgrades of Oracle Automatic Storage Management
B.9.5.1
About Full Release Rolling Upgrades of Oracle ASM
B.9.5.2
About Individual (One-Off) Oracle ASM Patches
B.9.5.3
About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software Patch Levels
B.9.6
Preparing to Complete a Separate Upgrade of Oracle ASM
B.9.7
Patching Oracle ASM Separately from an Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrade
B.9.8
Upgrading Oracle ASM to a Software Patch Level
B.10
Updating Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Target Parameters
B.10.1
Updating the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Target After Upgrades
B.10.2
Updating the Enterprise Manager Agent Base Directory After Upgrades
B.11
Unlocking the Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
B.12
Downgrading Oracle Clusterware After an Upgrade
B.12.1
About Downgrading Oracle Clusterware After an Upgrade
B.12.2
Downgrading to Releases Before 11
g
Release 2 (11.2.0.2)
B.12.3
Downgrading to 11
g
Release 2 (11.2.0.2) or Later Release
C
Installing and Configuring Oracle Database Using Response Files
C.1
How Response Files Work
C.1.1
Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
C.1.2
General Procedure for Using Response Files
C.2
Preparing a Response File
C.2.1
Editing a Response File Template
C.2.2
Recording a Response File
C.3
Running the Installer Using a Response File
C.4
Running Net Configuration Assistant Using a Response File
C.5
Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
C.5.1
About the Postinstallation Configuration File
C.5.2
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
D
Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Installation Concepts
D.1
Understanding Preinstallation Configuration
D.1.1
Optimal Flexible Architecture Guidelines for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
D.1.2
Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster and Oracle Restart Differences
D.1.3
Understanding the Oracle Inventory Group
D.1.4
Understanding the Oracle Inventory Directory
D.1.5
Understanding the Oracle Base directory
D.1.6
Understanding the Oracle Home for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software
D.1.7
Location of Oracle Base and Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software Directories
D.2
Understanding Network Addresses
D.2.1
About the Public IP Address
D.2.2
About the Private IP Address
D.2.3
About the Virtual IP Address
D.2.4
About the Grid Naming Service (GNS) Virtual IP Address
D.2.5
About the SCAN for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installations
D.3
Understanding Network Time Requirements
D.4
Understanding Oracle Flex Clusters and Oracle ASM Flex Clusters
D.5
Understanding Storage Configuration
D.5.1
About Migrating Existing Oracle ASM Instances
D.5.2
Standalone Oracle ASM Installations to Clustered Installation Conversions
D.6
Understanding Out-of-Place Upgrade
E
How to Complete Installation Tasks Manually
E.1
Configuring SSH Manually on All Cluster Nodes
E.1.1
Checking Existing SSH Configuration on the System
E.1.2
Configuring SSH on Cluster Nodes
E.1.2.1
Create SSH Directory, and Create SSH Keys On Each Node
E.1.2.2
Add All Keys to a Common authorized_keys File
E.1.3
Enabling SSH User Equivalency on Cluster Nodes
E.2
Configuring Kernel Parameters
E.2.1
Minimal Kernel Parameter Values
E.2.2
Setting Kernel Parameters Manually
E.2.2.1
Modifying Kernel Settings Using KCTUNE
E.2.2.2
Modifying Kernel Settings Using SMH
E.2.2.3
Modifying Kernel Settings Using KCWEB
E.2.3
Configuring Kernel Parameters on HP-UX Systems
E.3
Setting UDP and TCP Kernel Parameters Manually
Index
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