Chapter 4: RAC Setup and Configuration

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Cluster Ready Services (CRS)

• Pruscino, Angelo, et al. 'Oracle Real Application Clusters 10g: The Fourth Generation,' Oracle white paper. Available online at: http://otn.oracle.com/tech/grid/collateral/10gRAC.pdf, [Referenced March 11, 2004]

• 'CRS and 10g Real Application Clusters.' Available online from: http://metalink.oracle.com. Reference DocID 259301.1, [Referenced on March 11, 2004]

Configure a Linux/RAC Cluster

• Notes on configuring a Firewire cluster available online at: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/firewire/dist/documentation/Hardware, [Referenced March 11, 2004] http://oss.oracle.com/projects/firewire/dist/files/README, [Referenced March 11, 2004]

Preparing for the CRS Install

• Austin, David, et al. Oracle^® Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide, December 2003.

Chapter 5 covers necessary preinstall steps for installing CRS/RAC on Linux.

The Actual CRS Install Itself

The primary sources for this chapter are the online documentation, in addition to some information from Oracle white papers available on OTN. Chapter 7 covers steps for the actual install process itself.

Installing the RDBMS

Chapter 8 covers installation of the RDBMS and DB creation.

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