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10g Release 2 (10.2) for Microsoft Windows

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E Directory Structure for Oracle RAC Environments

This appendix describes the directory structures for Real Application Clusters (RAC) software environments. The topics in this appendix are:

Understanding the Real Application Clusters Directory Structure

When you install Oracle Database 10g with RAC, all subdirectories are under a top-level Oracle base directory, named ORACLE_BASE by default. The ORACLE_HOME and ADMIN directories are also located under the Oracle base directory.

Directory Structures for Real Application Clusters

Table E-1 shows the hierarchical directory tree of a sample OFA-compliant database for RAC on Windows-based systems:

See Also:

Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide for further information about the ORACLE_HOME and ADMIN directories

Table E-1 Directory Structure for A Sample OFA-Compliant Windows Environment

Root Second-Level Third-Level Fourth-Level Description
x:\oracle_base






c:\oracle

The default ORACLE_BASE directory.



\%ORACLE_HOME%




\ora10.1

The name of the Oracle home by default.



\%ORA_CRS_HOME%




\crs10.1

The name of the Oracle Clusterware home by default.





\bin


Subtree for Oracle binaries.





\network


Subtree for Oracle Net configuration files, including tnsnames.ora, listener.ora and sqlnet.ora.





\srvm


\admin subdirectory.







\admin

The RAC script clustdb.sql and initialization parameter files for database creation





\database


A directory from previous releases containing initialization files pointing to the new directory location for parameter files: ORACLE_BASE\admin\db_name\pfile.



\admin




Subtree for RAC database administration files





\db_name


db_name database administration files for the instance identified by sid.







\adhoc

Ad hoc SQL scripts.







\adump

Audit files.







\arch

Archived redo log files.







\bdump

Background process trace files.







\cdump

Core dump files.







\create

Programs used to create the database.







\exp

Database export files







\pfile

Initialization parameter files







\udump

User SQL trace files


See Also:

Oracle Database Platform Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Microsoft Windows for further information about the ORACLE_HOME and ADMIN directories