HA Workshops

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This book is organized in such a way as to provide a conceptual understanding of how the Oracle High Availability technologies work. We also strive to provide a real-world scenario in which to place the functionality of these integrated offerings so that you can see the worth demonstrated.

There's more than a fair amount of how-to, step-by-step instructions that walk through configuration and setup of different products. As readers of technical books ourselves, we know that these tried-and-tested cookbook recipes can be invaluable when a configuration is not something you run through every day. We also understand that reading for comprehension and understanding is not always the use of a good book. Sometimes you just need the step-by-step instructions.

That is why we have instituted the 'HA Workshops' in this book. Here's how it works: Whenever we get to a point where we step through instructions to achieve a certain end, such as transporting a tablespace from a database on Solaris to a database on Linux, we will break out the instructions into a box with the heading 'HA Workshop.' When you see this, you will know that the following steps have been freed of any conceptual explanation and will get you through the process.

So that you can access the HA Workshops quickly and easily, when you need them, every one in the book has been catalogued with its starting page number in the section at the beginning of this book entitled 'Table of Contents: At a Glance.' So, after you read this book cover to cover and have found what you need, you can later return to the configuration steps for a quick guide to setup, configuration, or administration technique.

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