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Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Intended Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

What's New in Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Configuration?

• Desupported Options
• New Features for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3)
• New Features for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2)
• New Features for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g Release 2 (11.2)
• New Features for Oracle Clusterware 11g Release 1 (11.1)

1 Typical Installation for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster

• 1.1 Typical and Advanced Installation
• 1.2 Preinstallation Steps Requiring Manual Tasks
  • 1.2.1 Verify System Requirements
    • 1.2.1.1 Memory Requirements
    • 1.2.1.2 Hardware Requirements
    • 1.2.1.3 Disk Requirements
    • 1.2.1.4 TEMP Space Requirements
  • 1.2.2 Check Network Requirements
    • 1.2.2.1 Single Client Access Name for the Cluster
    • 1.2.2.2 IP Address Requirements
    • 1.2.2.3 Intended Use of Network Adapters
    • 1.2.2.4 Disable the Media Sensing feature for TCP/IP
    • 1.2.2.5 Network Adapter Binding Order and Protocol Priorities
    • 1.2.2.6 Deselect Automatic Registration with DNS for the Public Network Interface
    • 1.2.2.7 Manually Configure Automatic Metric Values
    • 1.2.2.8 Disable IPv6 Components
    • 1.2.2.9 Verify Privileges for Copying Files in the Cluster
  • 1.2.3 Install Operating System Patches and Other Required Software
  • 1.2.4 Configure Operating System Users
  • 1.2.5 Configure the Directories Used During Installation
    • 1.2.5.1 Temporary Directories
    • 1.2.5.2 Grid Home Directory
    • 1.2.5.3 Oracle Base Directory
    • 1.2.5.4 Oracle Inventory Directory
  • 1.2.6 Check Shared Storage
  • 1.2.7 Prepare Disk Partitions
    • 1.2.7.1 Create Disk Partitions for Use With OCFS for Windows or Oracle ASM
    • 1.2.7.2 Stamp Disk Partitions for Use With Oracle ASM
• 1.3 Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software

2 Advanced Installation Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Preinstallation Tasks

• 2.1 Installation Differences Between Windows and Linux or UNIX
• 2.2 Reviewing Upgrade Best Practices
• 2.3 Logging In To a Remote Windows Server
  • 2.3.1 Windows Telnet Services Support
  • 2.3.2 Configuring Remote Desktop Services and Remote Desktop Connections
• 2.4 Checking Hardware and Software Certification on My Oracle Support
• 2.5 Checking the Hardware Requirements
• 2.6 Checking the Network Requirements
  • 2.6.1 Network Hardware Requirements
  • 2.6.2 IP Address Requirements
    • 2.6.2.1 IP Address Requirements with Grid Naming Service
    • 2.6.2.2 IP Address Requirements for Manual Configuration
  • 2.6.3 Broadcast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • 2.6.4 Multicast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • 2.6.5 DNS Configuration for Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service
  • 2.6.6 Grid Naming Service Configuration Example
  • 2.6.7 Manual IP Address Configuration Example
  • 2.6.8 Network Interface Configuration Options
• 2.7 Checking the Disk Space Requirements
  • 2.7.1 Disk Format Requirements
  • 2.7.2 Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Home Directories
  • 2.7.3 TEMP Disk Space Requirements
• 2.8 Identifying Software Requirements
  • 2.8.1 Windows Firewall Feature on Windows Servers
• 2.9 Checking Individual Component Requirements
  • 2.9.1 Oracle Advanced Security Requirements
  • 2.9.2 Oracle Enterprise Manager Requirements
• 2.10 Supported Web Browsers
• 2.11 Configuring Time Synchronization for the Cluster
  • 2.11.1 Configuring the Windows Time Service
  • 2.11.2 Configuring Network Time Protocol
  • 2.11.3 Configuring Cluster Time Synchronization Service
• 2.12 Enabling Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
  • 2.12.1 Requirements for Enabling IPMI
  • 2.12.2 Configuring the IPMI Management Network
  • 2.12.3 Configuring the IPMI Driver
    • 2.12.3.1 Configuring the Hardware Management Component
    • 2.12.3.2 Configuring the BMC Using ipmiutil on Windows 2003 R2
• 2.13 Configuring User Accounts
  • 2.13.1 Configuring Environment Variables for the Software Installation Owner
  • 2.13.2 Verifying User Privileges to Update Remote Nodes
  • 2.13.3 Operating System Groups for Oracle RAC
  • 2.13.4 Managing User Accounts with User Account Control

3 Configuring Storage for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC

• 3.1 Reviewing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Storage Options
  • 3.1.1 General Storage Considerations for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • 3.1.2 General Storage Considerations for Oracle RAC
    • 3.1.2.1 Guidelines for Choosing a Storage Option
    • 3.1.2.2 Guidelines for Using Oracle ASM Disk Groups for Storage
    • 3.1.2.3 Guidelines for Using Direct Network File System (NFS) Client with Oracle RAC
    • 3.1.2.4 Guidelines for Using Oracle ACFS with Oracle RAC
    • 3.1.2.5 Guidelines for Placing Data Files on a File System
    • 3.1.2.6 Guidelines for Placing Recovery Files on a File System
• 3.2 Supported Storage Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
  • 3.2.1 Supported Storage Options for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • 3.2.2 Supported Storage Options for Oracle RAC
• 3.3 Storage Requirements for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC
  • 3.3.1 Requirements for Using a Cluster File System for Oracle Clusterware Files
  • 3.3.2 Identifying Storage Requirements for Using Oracle ASM for Shared Storage
    • 3.3.2.1 Using an Existing Oracle ASM Disk Group
    • 3.3.2.2 Selecting Disks to use with Oracle ASM Disk Groups
  • 3.3.3 Restrictions for Disk Partitions Used By Oracle ASM
  • 3.3.4 Requirements for Using a Shared File System
  • 3.3.5 Requirements for Files Managed by Oracle
• 3.4 After You Have Selected the Shared Storage Options
• 3.5 Preliminary Shared Disk Preparation
  • 3.5.1 Disabling Write Caching
  • 3.5.2 Enabling Automounting for Windows
• 3.6 Configuring Shared Storage for Oracle ASM
  • 3.6.1 Creating Disk Partitions for Oracle ASM
  • 3.6.2 Marking Disk Partitions for Oracle ASM Before Installation
    • 3.6.2.1 Overview of asmtoolg and asmtool
    • 3.6.2.2 Using asmtoolg (Graphical User Interface) To Mark Disks
    • 3.6.2.3 Using asmtoolg To Remove Disk Stamps
    • 3.6.2.4 Using asmtool (Command Line) To Mark Disks
• 3.7 Configuring Storage for Oracle Database Files on OCFS for Windows
  • 3.7.1 Formatting Drives to Use OCFS for Windows after Installation
    • 3.7.1.1 Installing and Configuring OCFS for Windows
    • 3.7.1.2 Formatting Drives for Use with OCFS for Windows
• 3.8 Configuring Direct NFS Client for Oracle RAC Data Files
  • 3.8.1 About Direct NFS Client
  • 3.8.2 About the oranfstab File for Direct NFS Client
  • 3.8.3 Mounting NFS Storage Devices with Direct NFS Client
  • 3.8.4 Specifying Network Paths for an NFS Server
  • 3.8.5 Enabling Direct NFS Client
  • 3.8.6 Performing Basic File Operations Using the ORADNFS Utility
  • 3.8.7 Disabling Direct NFS Client
• 3.9 Upgrading or Migrating Existing Oracle ASM Instances
• 3.10 Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
• 3.11 Desupport of Block and Raw Devices

4 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster

• 4.1 Preparing to Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure with Oracle Universal Installer
• 4.2 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • 4.2.1 Running OUI to Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • 4.2.2 Performing a Silent Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
    • 4.2.2.1 Creating a Cluster Configuration File
    • 4.2.2.2 Using a Configuration File to Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure
• 4.3 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using a Software-Only Installation
  • 4.3.1 Installing Only the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software
  • 4.3.2 Configuring the Software Binaries Using Configuration Wizard Mode of OUI
  • 4.3.3 Configuring the Software Binaries Using a Response File
  • 4.3.4 Configuring the Software Binaries in Silent Mode Using a Response File
• 4.4 Confirming Oracle Clusterware Function
• 4.5 Confirming Oracle ASM Function for Oracle Clusterware Files
• 4.6 Understanding Offline Processes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure

5 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Postinstallation Procedures

• 5.1 Required Postinstallation Tasks
  • 5.1.1 Download and Install Patch Updates
  • 5.1.2 Configure Exceptions for the Windows Firewall
    • 5.1.2.1 Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database
    • 5.1.2.2 Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database Examples (or the Companion CD)
    • 5.1.2.3 Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Gateways
    • 5.1.2.4 Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM
    • 5.1.2.5 Firewall Exceptions for Oracle RAC Database
    • 5.1.2.6 Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Cluster File System for Windows
    • 5.1.2.7 Firewall Exceptions for Other Oracle Products
• 5.2 Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
  • 5.2.1 Install Troubleshooting Tool
    • 5.2.1.1 Installing Instantaneous Problem Detection OS Tool (IPD/OS)
  • 5.2.2 Optimize Memory Usage for Programs
  • 5.2.3 Create a Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
    • 5.2.3.1 About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
    • 5.2.3.2 Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
• 5.3 Using Earlier Oracle Database Versions with Grid Infrastructure
  • 5.3.1 General Restrictions for Using Earlier Oracle Database Versions
  • 5.3.2 Using ASMCA to Administer Disk Groups for Earlier Database Versions
  • 5.3.3 Using DBCA or Applying Patches for Oracle Database Releases 10.2.x or 11.x
  • 5.3.4 Pinning Cluster Nodes for Oracle Database Release 10.2.x or 11.x
  • 5.3.5 Using the Correct LSNRCTL Commands
  • 5.3.6 Starting and Stopping Oracle Clusterware Resources
• 5.4 Modifying Oracle Clusterware Binaries After Installation

6 How to Modify or Deinstall Oracle Grid Infrastructure

• 6.1 Deciding When to Deinstall Oracle Clusterware
• 6.2 Migrating Standalone Grid Infrastructure Servers to a Cluster
• 6.3 Changing the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home Path
• 6.4 Deconfiguring Oracle Clusterware Without Removing the Software
• 6.5 Removing Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM Software
  • 6.5.1 About the Deinstallation Tool
  • 6.5.2 Downloading The Deinstall Tool for Use with Failed Installations
  • 6.5.3 Running the Deinstallation Tool
  • 6.5.4 Using the Deinstallation Tool to Remove Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM
  • 6.5.5 Example Parameter File for Deinstall of Oracle Grid Infrastructure

A Troubleshooting the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Process

• A.1 General Installation Issues
  • A.1.1 Other Installation Issues and Errors
• A.2 Interpreting CVU "Unknown" Output Messages Using Verbose Mode
• A.3 Interpreting CVU Messages About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Setup
• A.4 About the Oracle Clusterware Alert Log
• A.5 Oracle Clusterware Install Actions Log Errors and Causes
  • A.5.1 The OCFS for Windows format is not recognized on a remote cluster node
  • A.5.2 You have a Windows 2003 system and Automount of new drives is not enabled
  • A.5.3 Symbolic links for disks were not removed
  • A.5.4 Discovery string used by Oracle Automatic Storage Management is incorrect
  • A.5.5 You used a period in a node name during Oracle Clusterware install
  • A.5.6 Ignoring upgrade failure of ocr(-1073740972)
• 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.10.2 Oracle ASM Storage Issues
• A.11 Completing an Installation That Exited Before Completing the Scipts
• A.12 Troubleshooting Windows Firewall Exceptions

B Installing and Configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Response Files

• B.1 About Response Files
  • B.1.1 Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
  • B.1.2 General Procedure for Using Response Files
• B.2 Preparing a Response File
  • B.2.1 Editing a Response File Template
  • B.2.2 Recording a Response File
• B.3 Running the Installer Using a Response File
• B.4 Running Net Configuration Assistant Using a Response File
• B.5 Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
  • B.5.1 About the Postinstallation Configuration File
  • B.5.2 Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File

C Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Installation Concepts

• C.1 Understanding Preinstallation Configuration
  • C.1.1 Understanding the Oracle Inventory Directory
  • C.1.2 Understanding the Oracle Base Directory Path
  • C.1.3 Understanding Network Addresses
    • C.1.3.1 About the Public IP Address
    • C.1.3.2 About the Private IP Address
    • C.1.3.3 About the Virtual IP Address
    • C.1.3.4 About the Grid Naming Service Virtual IP Address
    • C.1.3.5 About the SCAN
  • C.1.4 Understanding Network Time Requirements
• C.2 Understanding Storage Configuration
  • C.2.1 Understanding Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
  • C.2.2 About Migrating Existing Oracle ASM Instances
  • C.2.3 About Converting Standalone Oracle ASM Installations to Clustered Installations
• C.3 Understanding Server Pools
  • C.3.1 Overview of Server Pools and Policy-based Management
  • C.3.2 How Server Pools Work
  • C.3.3 The Free Server Pool
  • C.3.4 The Generic Server Pool
• C.4 Understanding Out-of-Place Upgrade

D How to Upgrade to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g Release 2

• D.1 About Oracle ASM and Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade
• D.2 Restrictions for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM Upgrades
  • D.2.1 Upgrade Your Existing Installation to the Minimum Required Version
  • D.2.2 Apply Required Patches
  • D.2.3 Other Requirements and Restrictions
  • D.2.4 Changes to the Upgrade Process
• D.3 Understanding Out-of-Place and Rolling Upgrades
• D.4 Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
  • D.4.1 Verify System Readiness for Patches and Upgrades
  • D.4.2 Gather the Necessary System Information
  • D.4.3 Upgrade to the Minimum Required Oracle Clusterware Version
  • D.4.4 Unset Environment Variables Used By Oracle Software
• D.5 Using CVU to Verify System Readiness for Patches and Upgrades
• D.6 Back Up the Oracle Software Before Upgrades
• D.7 Performing a Rolling Upgrade of Oracle Clusterware
• D.8 Performing a Rolling Upgrade of Oracle ASM
  • D.8.1 About Upgrading Oracle ASM Separately
  • D.8.2 Using ASMCA to Upgrade Oracle ASM
• D.9 Updating Oracle Enterprise Manager Target Parameters
• D.10 Checking Cluster Health Monitor Repository Size After Upgrading
• D.11 Troubleshooting Upgrade Issues
• D.12 Downgrading Oracle Clusterware After an Upgrade

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