Guide to install 10g on MSCS

Question

Hello all,
Is there any step-by-step guide for installing Oracle on MSCS, or is it the same way we install on any server.
We want to install Oracle 10g (.2) on IBM HS20.
Is Oracle Fail Safe required?
It'd be good if I can get any document related to that.
Please advice
Luckys

Answer 1

hi,
Oracle Fail Safe Integration with Windows
Oracle Fail Safe ensures that Oracle Database (and also other Oracle and third-party applications) can be configured and managed for high availability on Windows clusters. An instance runs on only one node at a time.
A cluster is a group of independent computing systems that operates as a single virtual system, eliminating individual host systems as points of failure. Oracle Fail Safe works with Microsoft Cluster Server to ensure that if a failure occurs on one cluster system, then workloads running on that system fail over quickly and automatically to a surviving system. Oracle Database combined with Oracle Fail Safe on a Windows cluster ensures protection from both hardware and software failures.
For well-configured solutions, Oracle Fail Safe ensures a surviving system to be operational in less than a minute, even for heavily-used databases.
Note:
Windows XP does not support the clustering technology found in Microsoft Cluster Server. Therefore, Oracle Fail Safe Server, which integrates with Microsoft Cluster Server, is not supported on Windows XP. Oracle Fail Safe Manager Console is supported.
See Also:
Your Oracle Fail Safe documentation set, available on separate media in the Oracle CD-ROM package
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/windows/failsafe/index.html
for Installation
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/windows/failsafe/htdocs/sw_comp_334.htm
regards
Taj