Oracle Rac 10gR2

How can i see that my GSD is running ok? --> ora....c02.gsd application ONLINE UNKNOWN mty...bc02

Hi,
Take a look at ML #429966.1. I wouldn't be worrying about GSD is you don't have any 9i left.
From the note:
The function of GSD (10g and above) is to service requests for 9i RAC management clients and therefore when there are no 9i databases present, there is nothing for GSD to do. Consequently, there will be no impact on a RAC cluster if GSD is offline and 9i is not used.
--romas

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Java application (tomcat) and Oracle RAC 10gR2

Hi, I have an Oracle RAC 10gR2 (10.2.0.3) on Suse Linux Enterprise Server (3 nodes).
I have several application running on tomcat 5.X and tomcat 6.X with java 1.5 and java 1.6. Sometimes, because of hardware fail, network problems,... one of the nodes fails, and then the other 2 nodes still working and my database is up. However, the most of applications lose the connection with the database, and I must to restart the tomcat. I want to have a system more reliable and robust, and I want to prepare the tomcat's and java application for prevent it. I have read the http://drdobbs.com/java/222700353?pgno=1 and http://db360.blogspot.com/2007/01/is-your-java-application-failoverproof.html. I've been tried the example of the first url, but I don't connect with my database. However, I've probe the sample on another oracle rac (10.2.0.4) and it works. In the samples, it use the ucp.jar (11g) and ons.jar (10g) and ojdbc6.jar (11g driver).
Anyone can help me how can I configure my application for I must not to restart the tomcats??
Thanks you very much!!.

The best solution for your problem is ORACLE SUPPORT.. Please raise an SR and coordinate with them.. GoodLuck!

PATCH Oracle RAC 10gR2 DB on Linux

Hello,
I want to patch 2 node RAC 10gR2 DB (Standard Edition) on SLES 11. I have patched signle instance DB with OPATCH, but never patched RAC DB, kind of very nervous. I am not able to find generally and also from MOS regarding step by step process to patch RAC 10gR2 on SLES OS. In the readme of the Patch, I do not find step by step detail of how to ....regarding RAC. Following is the information regarding the current setup, please have a look and suggest/help me, as it's a production DB and I'm little afraid to Patch it.
I've also other general questions please, like:
- In RAC, how many homes are normall there to patch? DB,CRS, Grid?
- Clusterware (CRS) and ASM has same home?. Are they same?. Pathing any one means pathing both ASM and CRS, right?
oracle@dba01 [ec]: /home/oracle > echo $CRS_HOME
/oracle/app/11.2.0/grid
oracle@dba01 [ec]: /home/oracle > echo $ASM_HOME
/oracle/app/11.2.0/grid
oracle@dba01 [ec]: /oracle/app/10.2.0/db1/OPatch > opatch lsinventory
Invoking OPatch 11.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database 10g                                                  10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Patch Set 3                            10.2.0.4.0
There are 2 products installed in this Oracle Home
Rac system comprising of multiple nodes
Local node = dba01
Remote node = dba02
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
With the Real Application Clusters option
####### According to MOS patch advisor for the DB, found this patch for Linux-x86-64:
Patch 12879929 - 10.2.0.4.11 Patch Set Update ## DATABASE PATCH SET UPDATE 10.2.0.4.11 (PRE-REQ 10.2.0.4.4|INCLUDES CPUJAN2012)
Patch 9352164 - 10.2.0.4.4 Patch Set Update
# Both are in Downloads folder on my local machine.
SYS@rac1p1 AS SYSDBA> select * from registry$history;
ACTION_TIME       ACTION NAMESPACE VERSION   ID COMMENTS   BUNDLE_SERIES
30-MAR-10 07.38.3 APPLY    SERVER 10.2.0.4   6   CPUJan2010   CPU   6.877725 AM
30-MAR-10 07.43.4 CPU                       6452863 view recompilation 5.716832 AM
14-JUN-10 10.55.1 APPLY    SERVER 10.2.0.4   7   CPUApr2010   CPU   8.089709 PM
oracle@dba01 [ec]: /home/oracle > echo $CRS_HOME
/oracle/app/11.2.0/grid
oracle@dba01 [ec]: /oracle/app/11.2.0/grid/OPatch > opatch lsinventory
Patch 9352191      : applied on Mon Jun 14 22:28:04 CEST 2010 # Latest patch installed ..
- - - # I think patch option for RAC which I read,,,rolling I cannot perform because its not Enterprise edition DB, minimum downtime also doesn't look like suitable, then I think I will adopt ALL NODE patching,isn'it?
# In DB, I can find out through registry$history the latest PSU installed, but how would I find out which patch to install now in CRS/ASM home?
# I was looking at srvctl and crsctl,etc commands....I am little confused between these both type of command to perform ...like to Shutdown instances,services,listener,nodes,etc...what commands do I need for this process, please?
Bundle of thanks.
Regards

Hello,
Thanks for the reply.
What I noticed before that as ASM-GI has same home, so I need to apply one patch for that. After your reply I am planning to do it like that only.
As I have posted in my main post the versions of patches to apply for Oracle Home. That seems somehow clear to me what to apply and,etc. Can you please suggest which Patch or how to find/select next patch version to apply to ASM/GI home please?
When we select PATCH ADVISOR from MOS, for example in case of DB home, I select DB,Enterprise,Standard editio,9i,10g,11,d, OS Linux-x64,10.2.0.4. DB,OS version etc is OK, but I am confused what to select from that first drop down menu in order to select patch version for ASM/GI ??
@onedba
I am planning to Patch not upgrade.
Thanks and regards.

High parsing with Siebel and Oracle RAC 10gR2

Hi all,
I'm working for a company that uses Siebel 8 with a 2 nodes RAC 10gR2. 70GB SGA with assured minimum values for shared pool 16GB, 50GB db buffer cache and the rest distributed among the other pools.
In the last weeks we are facing a very annoying issue in our production system, at random times we have a very high concurrency peak with contention events like:
- cursor: pin S wait on X
- latch: library cache
and a performance problem as a consequence.
I have read all the documents on metalink about these types of waiting events and how to troubleshoot it, but I can't get rid of this problem.
We have dynamic SGA configured, but we haven't had any resizes in the last weeks.
We didn't have many "version count" for query, we are about <40.
In the AWR I have noticed that we have very high parsing (in most cases query execute=query parse). We have talked to our Siebel support team to propose them the use of CURSOR_SHARING=FORCE, but they told us that it's unsupported.
We have increased the parameter session_cached_cursors from 50 to 1000, but in the last days the problem has even got worse.
I suppose that the solution could be reducing the parse count and elapsed parse time, but without changing the CURSOR_SHARING parameter and not much help from Siebel support, I don't know how to achieve this.
Does anyone have any idea?

The only way you can reduce the number of parses is to fix Siebel (in other words - not much you can do).

Oracle Rac on Solaris Containers

We are planning to implement Oracle 11G RAC on Solaris 10 using non-global zone. RAC is now officially certified on Solaris containers.
But we are still investigating whether zone Cluster (Using Solaris Cluster) is the prerequisite to have Oracle RAC on Solaris non-global zone.
This oracle document *(Supported Virtualization and Partitioning Technologies for Oracle Database and RAC Product Releases [ID 1173831.1])* stated that:
_"*Oracle Solaris Containers are supported with Oracle RAC 10gR2 and 11gR1 (with Oracle Solaris Cluster on SPARC64). Solaris version 10 Update 7 or later (patches 141444-09, 143055-01, 142900-06, 143137-04 "md patch") with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 and 3.2u2 patched to 126106-39 or later."*_
Does it mean that Oracle RAC is supported on Solaris Container only with Solaris Cluster?
In other word does Oracle RAC is supported on Solaris Non-Global zones without using Solaris Cluster?

It was my understanding too. Do you have any source document where it is specifically noted that solaris cluster(Zone Cluster) is needed for RAC?
Please check this document www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/systems-hardware-architecture/deploying-rac-in-containers-168438.pdf, nowhere it is said that Solaris Cluster is needed.

Oracle RAC on Solarais Configuration Issue

Hi,
We are trying to install Oracle RAC 10g R2 on Solaris 10.
Following are the products
1=> Soalris 10 OS
2=> Sun Cluster 3.1
3=> Veritas Volume Manager
4=> Veritas Cluster File System
Can i deploy Oracle RAC using the above listed Software.
Here we have not purchase any of the Cluster Volume Manager.
Is the CVM required to install Oracle RAC.
Is there any alternative wherein we can install Oracle RAC without using CVM like for example using the RAW device where the VM will manage storage from a single node rather than buying the CVM that will allow to manage the storage from multiple nodes.
Also i would like to highlight is suggestion for using ASM is rule out hence ASM would not be used.
Can anyone suggest me some solution to the above problem.

Well, my impression is that you don't really know what your requirements are and you are trying to fit the technologies somehow. Worse yet, there is no clear understanding how those technologies fit together and as long as you explain what your vendor is saying you (which vendor?) they don't have clear idea either.
I would also suggest to review your decision to use Sun Network Data Replicator for DR site. Consider Oracle Physical Standby database instead - it's more flexible solution and doesn't limit your choice of storage stack.
1) Do Oracle RAC 10gR2 requires any Veritas Cluster Volume Manager
Words "any" and "Veritas" contradict in your question. But the answer is no. RAC require shared storage which can generally be one of those:
- raw devices with or without some kind of cluster volume manager
- cluster file system
- NAS storage (NFS mounted)
- ASM with raw devices for CRS files (OCR and voting disks)
2) Does Oracle RAC 10g R2 require any Vertias Cluster File System or it can sit on normal Vertias File System
Again, Oracle database files MUST reside on shared storage and non-clustered file system is not an option.
3) Is there any solution where we can use the Sun Cluster with Veritas Componets to configure RAC.
If I recall correctly, Sun Cluster includes in it's license some of component of Veritas storage stack. So you might be all set. You should turn to documentation on that stage and see exactly what you have licensed and if your stack allows shared storage. You might want to have a look at http://www.sun.com/software/whitepapers/solaris10/solaris_cluster.pdf
and Oracle Certification Matrix on Metalink.

Oracle RAC and datacontrol

Hello, I have an Oracle RAC 10gR2 with 2 nodes on Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10. When I enter on the enterprise manager database control (no grid control). I see the follow message:
"Availability calculations for the cluster database target are disabled. Please enable the DBMS JOB EMD_MAINTENANCE.EXECUTE_EM_DBMS_JOB_PROCS for Database Control."
What is it? How can I clean it?
Thanks in advance.

Check out MOS note :
What is EMD_MAINTENANCE.EXECUTE_EM_DBMS_JOB_PROCS dbms_job and how to Remove / Re-create it [ID 444033.1]
Regards
Rajesh

Oracle RAC 10g , is it possible OS different version

Dear all,
we have two node Oracle RAC 10gr2 on Red hat 4. Now the plan is to add a new node to the exising Oracle RAC . The new node is Redhat 5.4.
is it possible to add this node to the existing Oracle RAC.
The only the difference is OS version, existing setup is Redhat 4 and new node having Redhat 5.
Thanks & regards,
Sher khan

Hi,
Oracle documentation says the following:
Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC do not support heterogeneous platforms in the same cluster. For example, you cannot have one node in the cluster running Oracle Linux and another node in the same cluster running Solaris UNIX. All nodes must run the same operating system; that is, they must be binary compatible. Oracle RAC does not support machines having different chip architectures in the same cluster. However, you can have machines of different speeds and sizes in the same cluster.
And from Metalink article
Comparison Between Features : RAC, Dataguard, Streams, Advanced Replication and Basic Replication [ID 370850.1]
we can see some additional clarification:
Real Application Clusters (RAC) -
Same OS on all nodes including Patchset release
Same version on all nodes including Oracle Patchset release
Good luck!
http://dba-star.blogspot.com/

RMAN-06747: at least 1 channel of tertiary storage - RAC 10gR2 and DataProt

Hello,
I try to set DataProtector 6 with Oracle RAC 10gR2 (10.2.0.4) in HP-UX 11.31.
When I run the following command in RMAN, i have the error:
RMAN-06747: at least 1 channel of tertiary storage must be allocated to execute this command.
The statement is:
run {
allocate channel 'dev_0' type 'sbt_tape'
parms 'ENV=(OB2BARTYPE=Oracle8,OB2APPNAME=prueba,OB2BARLIST=prueba_servicio_vip)' CONNECT 'user/password@instance1';
allocate channel 'dev_1' type 'sbt_tape'
parms 'ENV=(OB2BARTYPE=Oracle8,OB2APPNAME=prueba,OB2BARLIST=prueba_servicio_vip)' CONNECT 'user/password@instance2';
sql 'alter system archive log current';
backup incremental level <incr_level>
format 'prueba_servicio_vip<prueba_%s:%t:%p>.dbf'
database;
backup
format 'prueba_servicio_vip<prueba_%s:%t:%p>.dbf'
recovery area;
backup
format 'prueba_servicio_vip<prueba_%s:%t:%p>.dbf'
archivelog all;
backup
format 'prueba_servicio_vip<prueba_%s:%t:%p>.dbf'
current controlfile;
I appreciate the help.
Regards,
Miguel

Rober,
SBT backups are not automatically removed by ORACLE. Only disk based backups that are in flash recovery area are automatically purged.
You need to delete them manually as in DELETE NOPROMPT OBSOLETE DEVICE TYPE SBT;
However, the good news is: your RETENTION POLICY is respected by SBT backups, so you do not need to specify "SBT-only" retention (unless you want to).

VIP failover in Oracle RAC

Dear all,
I am using Oracle Rac 10gR2 running on top of Sun Cluster 3.2u3.
I have a test to check the failover ability of VIP in Oracle RAC, however the result was not as I expected.
The test scenario was:
- Turn on the 02 nodes and wait for all services including both Sun Cluster and Oracle RAC online.
- Using SQL Navigator to connect to the database using the VIP on node1. (VIP1)
- Shutdown the node1.
- All services and resources on node2 still online, however after a long time (about 10 mins), I did not see the VIP1 failover to the alive node.
- The "crs_stat -t" command did not show the VIP1 online on node2 (alice node).
- The SQL Navigator could not establish the connection to the databasse using the VIP1 any more.
The output of "crs_stat -t" command before shutting down the node1:
oracle@t5120-02 $ crs_stat -t
Name Type Target State Host
ora.orcl.db application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....l1.inst application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-01
ora....l2.inst application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....01.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-01
ora....-01.gsd application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-01
ora....-01.ons application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-01
ora....-01.vip application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-01
ora....02.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.gsd application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.ons application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.vip application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
The output of "crs_stat -t" command after shutting down the node1:
oracle@t5120-02 $ crs_stat -t
Name Type Target State Host
ora.orcl.db application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....l1.inst application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....l2.inst application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....01.lsnr application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....-01.gsd application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....-01.ons application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....-01.vip application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....02.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.gsd application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.ons application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.vip application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
So my questions are:
- Was my test scenario correct to check the failover ability of VIP in Oracle RAC?
- Is there any additional configuration needed to perform on the system to achieve the VIP failover?
Please help me in this case as I am new to Oracle RAC.
Thanks.
HuyNQ.

Dear Rajesh,
Sorry for late reply.
I have already tested 02 cases: shutting down a node and crashing a node. Below are the output of the log files in the 2 test cases.
Once again, when shutting down a node, the VIP did not failover although the CRS on that node was shutdown before all other services and resources of Sun Cluster shutdown.
Please help to check the log files and give me advise if you see anything abnormally.
Thanks.
* In case of shutting down the node 1: (at about 09:05 Sep 17)
Shutdown node 1:
root@t5120-01 # shutdown -y -g0 -i0
Shutdown started. Fri Sep 17 09:04:55 ICT 2010
Changing to init state 0 - please wait
Broadcast Message from root (console) on t5120-01 Fri Sep 17 09:04:55...
THE SYSTEM t5120-01 IS BEING SHUT DOWN NOW ! ! !
Log off now or risk your files being damaged
crsd.log file on node 2:
root@t5120-02 # more /u01/app/oracle/10.2.0/crs/log/t5120-02/crsd/crsd.log
2010-09-16 16:35:56.281: [ CRSRES][1326] t5120-02 : CRS-1019: Resource ora.t5120-01.gsd (application) cannot run on t5120-02
2010-09-16 16:35:56.320: [ CRSRES][1325] t5120-02 : CRS-1019: Resource ora.t5120-01.LISTENER_T5120-01.lsnr (application) cannot run on t5120-02
2010-09-16 16:35:56.346: [ CRSRES][1327] t5120-02 : CRS-1019: Resource ora.t5120-01.ons (application) cannot run on t5120-02
2010-09-16 17:06:10.202: [ CRSRES][1520] StopResource: setting CLI values
2010-09-17 09:06:10.567: [ CRSCOMM][5709] CLEANUP: Searching for connections to failed node t5120-01
2010-09-17 09:06:10.577: [ CRSEVT][5709] Processing member leave for t5120-01, incarnation: 11
2010-09-17 09:06:10.665: [    CRSD][5709] SM: recovery in process: 8
2010-09-17 09:06:10.665: [ CRSEVT][5709] Do failover for: t5120-01
2010-09-17 09:06:10.826: [ CRSEVT][5709] Post recovery done evmd event for: t5120-01
2010-09-17 09:06:10.898: [    CRSD][5709] SM: recoveryDone: 0
2010-09-17 09:06:10.918: [ CRSEVT][5710] Processing RecoveryDone
crs_stat -t on node 2:
oracle@t5120-02 $ crs_stat -t
Name Type Target State Host
ora.orcl.db application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....l1.inst application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....l2.inst application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....01.lsnr application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....-01.gsd application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....-01.ons application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....-01.vip application OFFLINE OFFLINE
ora....02.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.gsd application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.ons application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.vip application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
* In case of crashing the node 1: (at about 09:32 Sep 17)
Crash the node 1:
root@t5120-01 # Sep 17 09:31:16 t5120-01 Cluster.CCR: pmmd: fsync_core_files: could not get any core file paths: pcorefile error Invalid argument, gcorefile error Invalid argument, zcorefile error Invalid argument
Sep 17 09:31:16 t5120-01 Cluster.CCR: [ID 408757 daemon.alert] pmmd: fsync_core_files: could not get any core file paths: pcorefile error Invalid argument, gcorefile error Invalid argument, zcorefile error Invalid argument
Notifying cluster that this node is panicking
crsd.log file on node 2:
root@t5120-02 # tail -30 /u01/app/oracle/10.2.0/crs/log/t5120-02/crsd/crsd.log
2010-09-16 16:35:56.281: [ CRSRES][1326] t5120-02 : CRS-1019: Resource ora.t5120-01.gsd (application) cannot run on t5120-02
2010-09-16 16:35:56.320: [ CRSRES][1325] t5120-02 : CRS-1019: Resource ora.t5120-01.LISTENER_T5120-01.lsnr (application) cannot run on t5120-02
2010-09-16 16:35:56.346: [ CRSRES][1327] t5120-02 : CRS-1019: Resource ora.t5120-01.ons (application) cannot run on t5120-02
2010-09-16 17:06:10.202: [ CRSRES][1520] StopResource: setting CLI values
2010-09-17 09:06:10.567: [ CRSCOMM][5709] CLEANUP: Searching for connections to failed node t5120-01
2010-09-17 09:06:10.577: [ CRSEVT][5709] Processing member leave for t5120-01, incarnation: 11
2010-09-17 09:06:10.665: [    CRSD][5709] SM: recovery in process: 8
2010-09-17 09:06:10.665: [ CRSEVT][5709] Do failover for: t5120-01
2010-09-17 09:06:10.826: [ CRSEVT][5709] Post recovery done evmd event for: t5120-01
2010-09-17 09:06:10.898: [    CRSD][5709] SM: recoveryDone: 0
2010-09-17 09:06:10.918: [ CRSEVT][5710] Processing RecoveryDone
2010-09-17 09:32:08.810: [ CRSCOMM][5837] CLEANUP: Searching for connections to failed node t5120-01
2010-09-17 09:32:08.811: [ CRSEVT][5837] Processing member leave for t5120-01, incarnation: 13
2010-09-17 09:32:08.824: [    CRSD][5837] SM: recovery in process: 8
2010-09-17 09:32:08.824: [ CRSEVT][5837] Do failover for: t5120-01
2010-09-17 09:32:09.036: [ CRSRES][5837] startup = 0
2010-09-17 09:32:09.075: [ CRSRES][5837] startup = 0
2010-09-17 09:32:09.106: [ CRSRES][5837] startup = 0
2010-09-17 09:32:09.132: [ CRSRES][5837] startup = 0
2010-09-17 09:32:09.153: [ CRSRES][5837] startup = 0
2010-09-17 09:32:09.565: [ CRSRES][5839] startRunnable: setting CLI values
2010-09-17 09:32:09.575: [ CRSRES][5839] Attempting to start `ora.t5120-01.vip` on member `t5120-02`
2010-09-17 09:32:16.276: [ CRSRES][5839] Start of `ora.t5120-01.vip` on member `t5120-02` succeeded.
2010-09-17 09:32:16.340: [ CRSEVT][5837] Post recovery done evmd event for: t5120-01
2010-09-17 09:32:16.342: [    CRSD][5837] SM: recoveryDone: 0
2010-09-17 09:32:16.348: [ CRSEVT][5846] Processing RecoveryDone
crs_stat -t on node 2:
oracle@t5120-02 $ crs_stat -t
Name Type Target State Host
ora.orcl.db application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....l1.inst application ONLINE OFFLINE
ora....l2.inst application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....01.lsnr application ONLINE OFFLINE
ora....-01.gsd application ONLINE OFFLINE
ora....-01.ons application ONLINE OFFLINE
ora....-01.vip application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....02.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.gsd application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.ons application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02
ora....-02.vip application ONLINE ONLINE t5120-02

Using Oracle SE RAC 10gR2 or 11gR2 on NetApp NAS

Hi,
I'd like to know if Oracle certifies Oracle SE RAC 10gR2 or 11gR2 on NAS storage like NetApp FAS2552A dual controller, 24 x 900 GB SAS, 8x 10GbE + 4x 1GbE, 7-
mode, iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, FCP.
I have read some documents by Oracle and, in my opinion, it seems that the best approach is: NetApp NAS with iSCSI.
Reading NetApp documentation it seems that NetApp NAS has a proprietary protocol to manage storage (ONTAP ?).
Is the NetApp approach to manage storage for Oracle RAC a certified solution ?
Thank you very much

I run Oracle RAC on NetApp without any problems. I suggest you work with NetApp. They will be able to answer questions about their specific hardware. They also have documentation on how to configure their disk solution specifically for Oracle RAC databases.
HTH,
Brian

Upgrading Oracle RAC from 10.0.2.3 to 10.0.2.4 on HP-UX

Hi all,
I have to apply 10.0.2.4 patch to Oracle RAC that running on HP-UX system. I'm inexperienced with this subject. What is your suggestions and recommendations about this? Can you share the your own roadmap and your experience?
Regards,
Alper.

Hi Alper,
a good starting point for upgrades are the Oracle Upgrade Companions for 10gR2 and 11g - they cover best practices and behaviour changes:
Note.466181.1- 10g Upgrade Companion
Note.601807.1 - Oracle 11g Upgrade Companion
Kind regards
Mike

Copper cable / GigE Copper Interface as Private Interconnect for Oracle RAC

Hello Gurus
Can some one confirm if the copper Cables ( Cat5/RJ45) can be used for Gig Ethernet i.e. Private interconnects for deploying Oracle RAC 9.x or 10gR2 on Solaris 9/10 .
i am planning to use 2 X GigE Interfaces (one port each from X4445 Quad Port Ethernet Adapters) & Planning to connect it using copper cables ( all the documents that i came across is been refering to the fiber cables for Private Interconnects , connecting GigE Interfaces , so i am getting bit confused )
would appretiate if some one can throw some lights on the same.
regards,
Nilesh Naik
thanks

Cat5/RJ45 can be used for Gig Ethernet Private interconnects for Oracle RAC. I would recommend trunking the two or more interconnects for redundancy. The X4445 adapters are compatible with the Sun Trunking 1.3 software (http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/suntrunking/). If you have servers that support the Nemo framework (bge, e1000g, xge, nge, rge, ixgb), you can use the Solaris 10 trunking software, dladmin.
We have a couple of SUN T2000 servers and are using the onboard GigE ports for the Oracle 10gR2 RAC interconnects. We upgraded the onboard NIC drivers to the e1000g and used the Solaris 10 trunking software. The next update of Solaris will have the e1000g drivers as the default for the SUN T2000 servers.

IBM's GPFS for REHL4/5 and a single instance (non RAC) 10gR2 environment

I've looked high and low for a clear support statement of IBM's GPFS for RHEL4 or RHEL5 in a non RAC 10gR2 implementation. Does anybody have a pointer that would explain Oracle's support or lack there of?
Thank you,
Martha C.

For RHEL O/S level issues, there would be no support. You would need a ULN support license for generic O/S questions and you would need to switch to OEL.
For non-ULN customers with a database CSI, O/S level support is provided only on issues specifically related to the OCFS2 or ASMLib packages; for generic O/S questions you would need a ULN license.
Perhaps folk over in the DATABASE forum could clarify Oracle's RDBMS support policy for this environment, but succinctly: no O/S support without a ULN license, subject to directly-related OCFS2/ASMLib issues.

Problem when I extend an oracle rac 10g on new node

Hi everyone
I need to extend an oracle RAC but i have problems when I add a new node. My actual enviroment is:
1) Oracle Grid Infraestructure 11gR2 - 11.2.0.3 (Upgraded from Clusterware 10gR2 + ASM 10gR2)
2) Oracle Rac Database - 10.2.0.5
(all on one only node)
The first problem was when I executed the script "root.sh" on the new node because this script called the old Clusterware home (/oracle/product/10.2.0/crshome). I edited the file and I changed this path for /oracle/gridbase/product/11.2.0/gridhome (current home for GI). Finally, I execute the script.
Now, I tried to extend the rac through of DBCA, but when, I choose the new node and I clic on "next" button then appears the following error:
"The nodes "[rstatbdbpm02]" are not part of the cluster. Make sure clusterware is active on these nodes before proceeding"
However, when I execute the "crsctl" command to view the status of cluster the result is correct:
[oracle@rstatbdbpm01] /home/oracle > crsctl status res -t
NAME TARGET STATE SERVER STATE_DETAILS
Local Resources
ora.DATA.dg
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.LISTENER.lsnr
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.asm
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01 Started
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02 Started
ora.gsd
OFFLINE OFFLINE rstatbdbpm01
OFFLINE OFFLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.net1.network
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.ons
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.registry.acfs
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
Cluster Resources
ora.BDBPM.BDBPM1.inst
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ora.BDBPM.BPMVEH.BDBPM1.srv
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ora.BDBPM.BPMVEH.cs
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ora.BDBPM.db
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ora.LISTENER_SCAN1.lsnr
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.LISTENER_SCAN2.lsnr
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.LISTENER_SCAN3.lsnr
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ora.cvu
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ora.oc4j
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ora.rstatbdbpm01.vip
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
ora.rstatbdbpm02.vip
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.scan1.vip
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.scan2.vip
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm02
ora.scan3.vip
1 ONLINE ONLINE rstatbdbpm01
[oracle@rstatbdbpm01] /home/oracle >
Please, Any idea with that problem?
Thanks,
Luis

Hi,
Please check dbca trace logs for further checks, it will give an idea what command is being run to check status of cluster.
Generally first checks should be on inventory for rdbms home, grid home and making sure no ORACLE related parameter is set in environment.
Regards,
Sharma

Oracle Rac 10gR2

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