Preface

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit) explains how to configure a server in preparation for installing and configuring an Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management). It also explains how to configure a server and storage in preparation for an Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) installation.

Intended Audience

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit) provides configuration information for network and system administrators, and database installation information for database administrators (DBAs) who install and configure Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management in an Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster installation.

For customers with specialized system roles who intend to install Oracle RAC, this book is intended to be used by system administrators, network administrators, or storage administrators to configure a system in preparation for an Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster installation, and complete all configuration tasks that require Administrator user privileges. When the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation and configuration is successfully completed, a system administrator should only provide configuration information and grant access to the database administrator to run scripts that require Administrator user privileges during an Oracle RAC installation.

This guide assumes that you are familiar with Oracle Database concepts. For additional information, refer to books in the Related Documents list.

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See Also:

Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows for more information about installing Java Access Bridge

Related Documents

For more information, refer to the following Oracle resources.

Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Documentation

This installation guide reviews steps required to complete an Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management installation, and to perform preinstallation steps for Oracle RAC.

Installing Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node is a multi-step process. Perform the following steps by reviewing the appropriate documentation:

Installation Task Documentation to Use
Preinstallation setup for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit) (this guide)
Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure and configure Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit) (this guide)
Install Oracle Database software and configure Oracle RAC Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit)

You can install the Oracle Database software for standalone databases or Oracle RAC databases on servers that run Oracle Grid Infrastructure. You cannot install Oracle Restart on servers that run Oracle Grid Infrastructure. To install an Oracle Restart deployment of Oracle Grid Infrastructure, see Oracle Database Installation Guide.

Installation Guides

  • Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit)

  • Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit)

Operating System-Specific Administrative Guides

  • Oracle Database Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows

Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrative Guides

  • Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide

  • Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide

Oracle Real Application Clusters Administrative Guides

  • Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

  • Oracle Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide

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