Setup 2-Node RAC 11.2.0.1.0 on Windows Server 2008

I have been setting up RAC environments in VirtualBox and VMWare in my local machine and in our test server. I have done the following setup:
1. RAC 10g on RHEL 5.4 (VMWare / VBox)
2. RAC 11g on RHEL 5.4 (VBox)
3. RAC 11g on Windows Server 2008 (VBox)
Now, our management wants me to setup a 2-node RAC in real world. Cost is not an issue here as this will be financed by a big private group.
I am excited to do the project as I am really enthusiastic in database clustering. Of course, there is a little nervous feeling since this is
my first time doing it in real world (as the best RAC expert started from his first deployment :) ).
I am going to build RAC 11.2.0.1.0 in Windows Server 2008
I would like to seek advise on:
- the best practices, what are the things that I have to consider?
- any straight forward real world deployment guide or technical papers that can serve as my reference
- any issues that I might encounter
- any help and feedback
I know I can be successful in this first time project if ill seek advise to the experts.
I hope you can help me and I will be glad to read and review your contributions.
Thanks a lot.....

Hi,
Few months ago I had a project to setup RAC on Windows 2008 R2. For six months now there are no problems and it's working fine, but I have to say that installation wasn't easy and took me a lot of time. Another thing is the troubleshooting, I feel completely helpless when (if) something screws up. It takes between 10 to 15 mins to have database running in case of reboot of the servers.
So here are few things to consider:
- Disable write cache on shared disks.
- Disable User Access Control!
- Disable firewall (really important)!
- Use diskpart command to create extended and logical partition on all disks.
- There is also nasty bug we hit, I've blogged about it:
http://sve.to/2011/09/29/exhaust-of-windows-2008-heap-memory-with-oracle-database-11-2-0-2/
- I had a terrible problems with user equivalence. Verify Privileges for copying files in the cluster:
net use \\nodeX\c$
- Once installation is completed apply latest Bundle Patch - currently this is BP6 (Patch 13965211):
DB 11.2.0.3 Patch 6 includes all bugs fixed in 11.2.0.3 Patch 1 to Patch 5 and also includes CPU2012. It must be applied on top of the 11.2.0.3.
Useful MOS notes:
RAC and Oracle Clusterware Best Practices and Starter Kit (Windows) [ID 811271.1]
Windows: CLUVFY Fails with TCP Check PRVF-7617 Due to Case of Node Names [ID 1286394.1]
Finally if you have a choice then go with Linux, it's robust, easy to install and maintain. You have better control on the system and user processes, it's more flexible and easy to troubleshoot.
Regards,
Sve

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