Could not connect to the RAC node

Question

Dear all,
I've setup an Oracle RAC on 2 nodes(Windows Server 2008) with iSCSI as storage. Currently I'm trying to verify the availibility of RAC using the following situation: Reboot the first node and and at the same time connect to the RAC using the VIP of that node. But I get the following error.
"The Network Adapter could not establish the connection"
My assumption is that the connection request'll be redirected to the 2nd node. But that doesnot happen. Could you please explain the situation.
Regards
KRA

Answer 1

Dear Uwe Hesse,
Have you configured connect time failover in your tnsnames.ora?
Else the error is to be expected.
Show us the tnsnames.ora part for the connect descriptor you use for the connect, please!This is the connection descriptor used for testing failover :
jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
     (failover = on)
     (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = RAC1-vip)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
     (SERVICE_NAME = orcl.domain_name)
     (FAILOVER_MODE = (TYPE = SELECT)(METHOD = BASIC)(RETRIES = 180)(DELAY = 5))
And that for evaluating performance of RAC is
jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION =
(load_balance = on)
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = RAC1-vip)(PORT = 1521))
     (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = RAC2-vip)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = orcl.domain_name)
Edited by: KRA on Jul 25, 2011 5:14 PM