Preface

Welcome to Oracle Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide. This document describes how to install, configure, and administer Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) on a two-node system using the Red Hat Linux system.

This guide covers topics that a reasonably knowledgeable Oracle database administrator (DBA) would need to know when moving from managing a single-instance Oracle Database environment to managing an Oracle RAC environment.

Audience

Oracle Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide is an Oracle RAC database administration guide for DBAs who want to install and use Oracle RAC. This guide assumes you have already read Oracle Database 2 Day DBA.

This guide is intended for DBAs who:

• Want basic DBA skills for managing an Oracle RAC environment

• Manage Oracle databases for small- to medium-sized businesses

To use this guide, you should be familiar with the administrative procedures described in Oracle Database 2 Day DBA.

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Related Documents

For more information, see the following in the Oracle Database Release 10.2 documentation set:

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide

• Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Linux

• Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

• Oracle Database 2 Day DBA

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this guide: