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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

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

• Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2) New Features in RAC Administration and Deployment
• Oracle Database 10g Release 1 (10.1) New Features for 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 Real Application Clusters Architecture and Real Application Clusters Processing
• • The 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 Real Application Clusters
• Introduction to Installing Oracle Clusterware and Real Application Clusters
• • Oracle Clusterware Installation Process Description
  • Real Application Clusters Installation and Database Creation Process Description
• Cloning Oracle Clusterware and RAC Software in Grid Environments
• Additional Considerations and Features for Real Application Clusters
• Managing Real Application Clusters Environments
• • Designing Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Administrative Tools for Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Monitoring Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Evaluating Performance in Real Application Clusters Environments

2 Introduction to Oracle Clusterware and RAC Administration and Deployment

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

3 Administering Oracle Clusterware Components

• Administering Voting Disks in Real Application Clusters
• • Backing up Voting Disks
  • Recovering Voting Disks
  • Changing the Voting Disk Configuration after Installing Real Application Clusters
• Administering the Oracle Cluster Registry in 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 Real Application Clusters
  • • 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 Real Application Clusters
  • Redo Log File Storage in Real Application Clusters
  • Automatic Undo Management in Real Application Clusters
• Automatic Storage Management in Real Application Clusters
• • Automatic Storage Management Components in RAC
  • Modifying Disk Group Configurations for ASM in RAC
  • Standalone ASM Disk Group Management
  • Administering ASM Instances and Disk Groups with Enterprise Manager in RAC
  • Administering ASM Instances with SRVCTL in RAC

5 Administering Database Instances and Cluster Databases

• Overview of Real Application Clusters Management Tools
• • Overview of Administering Real Application Clusters with Enterprise Manager
  • Overview of Administering Real Application Clusters with SQL*Plus
  • Overview of Administering Real Application Clusters with SRVCTL
• Starting and Stopping Instances and 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 RAC Environments
    • Lengthy Startup of OracleDBConsole and OracleCRService on Windows
  • Starting Up and Shutting Down with SRVCTL
• Customizing How Oracle Clusterware Manages RAC Databases
• • Switching Between the Automatic and Manual Policies
• Overview of Initialization Parameter Files in Real Application Clusters
• • Setting Server Parameter File Parameter Values for Real Application Clusters
  • Parameter File Search Order in Real Application Clusters
• Initialization Parameter Use in 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 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 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 Real Application Clusters

7 Configuring Recovery Manager and Archiving

• Overview of Configuring RMAN for Real Application Clusters
• Configuring the RMAN Snapshot Control File Location
• Configuring the RMAN Control File and SPFILE Autobackup Feature
• Configuring Channels for RMAN in Real Application Clusters
• • Configuring Channels to use Automatic Workload Balancing
  • Configuring Channels to Use a Specific Channel
• Managing Archived Redo Logs Using RMAN in Real Application Clusters
• Archived Redo Log File Conventions in 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 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 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 Real Application Clusters
• RMAN and Oracle Net in Real Application Clusters
• Instance Recovery in Real Application Clusters
• • Single Node Failure in Real Application Clusters
  • Multiple-Node Failures in Real Application Clusters
  • Using RMAN to Create Backups in 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 Real Application Clusters
• Parallel Recovery in 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 Real Application Clusters

9 Administrative Options

• Enterprise Manager Tasks for Real Application Clusters
• Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control to Discover Nodes and Instances
• Enterprise Manager Pages for Real Application Clusters
• • Databases Summary Page
  • Cluster Database Home Page
  • Cluster Database Instances Pages
  • The Databases Overview Page for Real Application Clusters
  • The Cluster Home Page for Real Application Clusters
• Real Application Clusters Administration Procedures for Enterprise Manager
• • Administering Enterprise Manager Jobs in Real Application Clusters
  • • Creating Enterprise Manager Jobs in Real Application Clusters
  • Administering Alerts in Real Application Clusters with Enterprise Manager
  • Performing Scheduled Maintenance Using Defined Blackouts in Enterprise Manager
• Additional Information About SQL*Plus in Real Application Clusters
• • How SQL*Plus Commands Affect Instances
  • Verifying that Instances are Running
• Quiescing 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 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 RAC to a New Node
  • • Adding an Oracle Home with RAC to a New Node Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Adding an Oracle Home with RAC to a New Node Using OUI in Silent Mode
  • Deleting an Oracle Home with RAC from an Existing Node
  • • Deleting an Oracle Home with RAC Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Deleting an Oracle Home with 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
• • Making Physical Connections
  • Installing the Operating System
  • Creating Oracle Users
  • Verifying the Installation with the Cluster Verification Utility
  • Checking the Installation
• Step 2: Extending Clusterware and Oracle Software to New Nodes
• • Adding Nodes at the Vendor Clusterware Layer
  • Adding Nodes at the Oracle Clusterware Layer
• Step 3: Preparing Storage on New Nodes
• • Raw Device Storage Preparation for New Nodes
• 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
• Adding Nodes that Already Have Clusterware and Oracle Software to a Cluster
• Overview of Node Deletion Procedures
• Step 1: Deleting Instances from 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 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 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 RAC to a New Node
  • • Adding an Oracle Home with RAC to a New Node Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Adding an Oracle Home with RAC to a New Node Using OUI in Silent Mode
  • Deleting an Oracle Home with RAC from an Existing Node
  • • Deleting an Oracle Home with RAC Using OUI in Interactive Mode
    • Deleting an Oracle Home with 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 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 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 Real Application Clusters
  • Recommended Real Application Clusters Service Configurations
  • Automatic Workload Repository
  • Setting Service Levels and Thresholds
  • How Oracle Clusterware Manages Service Relocation
• General Database Deployment Topics for Real Application Clusters
• • Tablespace Use in Real Application Clusters
  • Object Creation and Performance in Real Application Clusters
  • Node Addition and Deletion and the SYSAUX Tablespace in Real Application Clusters
  • Distributed Transactions and Real Application Clusters

13 Monitoring Performance

• Overview of Monitoring Real Application Clusters Databases
• Verifying the Interconnect Settings for Real Application Clusters
• • Influencing Interconnect Processing
• Performance Views in Real Application Clusters
• Real Application Clusters Performance Statistics
• • The Content of Real Application Clusters Statistics
• Automatic Workload Repository in Real Application Clusters Environments
• Monitoring Real Application Clusters Statistics and Events
• • RAC Statistics and Events in AWR and Statspack Reports
  • Real Application Clusters Wait Events
  • Monitoring Performance by Analyzing GCS and GES Statistics
  • • Analyzing Cache Fusion Impact in 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 Real Application Clusters-Based Applications
• Deploying OLTP Applications in Real Application Clusters
• • Flexible Implementation with Cache Fusion
• Deploying Data Warehouse Applications with Real Application Clusters
• • Speed-Up for Data Warehouse Applications on Real Application Clusters
  • Parallel Execution in Data Warehouse Systems and RAC
  • Using Parallel Instance Groups
• Data Security Considerations in 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 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 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 Real Application Clusters
    • User Process Trace Files in Real Application Clusters
  • Using Instance-Specific Alert Files in Real Application Clusters
  • Enabling Tracing for Java-Based Tools and Utilities in 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 Real Application Clusters
• • Guidelines for Using SRVCTL in 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 Real Application Clusters-Specific Messages
• • Prefixes and Message Codes for RAC-Specific Messages
  • Types of 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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