Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC 7.4.1 Configuration and Upgrade Guide - Solaris

To prepare to install Oracle RAC on the new node using the installer

1. After you configure SF Oracle RAC on the new node, the installer displays the following options for configuring Oracle RAC:

   1)  Create Oracle User and Group
   2)  Configure private IP addresses (HAIP Configuration) 
   - For Oracle RAC 11.2.0.2 and later
   3)  Configure private IP addresses (PrivNIC Configuration) 
   - For Oracle RAC prior to 11.2.0.2
   4)  Configure private IP addresses (MultiPrivNIC Configuration) 
   - For Oracle RAC prior to 11.2.0.2
   5)  Finish

   Note:

   Options 3 and 4 are displayed depending on whether or not you configured the private IP addresses as PrivNIC or MultiPrivNIC resources in the existing cluster.

   Enter 1 to select the option Create Oracle User and Group from the SF Oracle RAC installer menu.

   See Creating Oracle user and groups on the new node.

2. Configure private IP addresses for HAIP, if configured in the existing cluster.

   Enter 2 to select the option Configure private IP addresses (HAIP Configuration).

   See Configuring private IP addresses for Oracle RAC 11.2.0.2 and later versions on the new node.

3. Configure the PrivNIC resource for Oracle Clusterware (only if the IP addresses on the existing cluster are configured as PrivNIC resources).

   You must manually update the PrivNIC resource configuration in the following cases:

   • If the PrivNIC resource on the existing cluster is configured under a group other than cvm.

   • If the Device attribute in the PrivNIC resource configuration on the existing cluster is not configured for each node as follows:

     Device@sys1 = {net1=0, net2=1}

     Device@sys2 = {net1=0, net2=1}

   Enter 3 to select the option Configure private IP addresses (PrivNIC configuration).

   See Configuring the PrivNIC resource for Oracle Clusterware.

4. Configure the MultiPrivNIC resource for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle UDP IPC (only if the IP addresses on the existing cluster are configured as MultiPrivNIC resources).

   You must manually update the MultiPrivNIC resource configuration in the following cases:

   • If the MultiPrivNIC resource on the existing cluster is configured under a group other than cvm.

   • If the Device attribute in the MultiPrivNIC resource configuration on the existing cluster is not configured for each node as follows:

     Device@sys1 = {net1=0, net2=1, net3=2}

     Device@sys2 = {net1=0, net2=1, net3=2}

   Enter 4 to select the option Configure private IP addresses (MultiPrivNIC configuration).

   See Configuring the MultiPrivNIC resource for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle UDP IPC.

5. Select Finish to start the cvm group on the new node.

   Note:

   The cssd type resource appears FAULTED until the new node is added to Oracle Clusterware.

6. Verify that all the GAB ports are up:

   # gabconfig -a

   GAB Port Memberships
   ===============================================================
   Port a gen   1b0802 membership 0123
   Port b gen   1b0820 membership 0123
   Port d gen   1b0809 membership 0123
   Port f gen   1b082f membership 0123
   Port h gen   1b0831 membership 0123
   Port m gen   1b0827 membership 0123
   Port o gen   1b080b membership 0123
   Port u gen   1b082d membership 0123
   Port v gen   1b0829 membership 0123
   Port w gen   1b082b membership 0123
   Port y gen   1b0828 membership 0123
   

7. Complete the following additional preparatory tasks using the instructions in the chapter "Preparing to install Oracle RAC":

   • Identify public virtual IP addresses for use by Oracle RAC.

   • Set the kernel parameters.

   • Verify that the user "nobody" exists.

   • Set up Oracle user equivalence for remote shell and remote copy environments.

   • Edit the Oracle user profile.

   • If the OCR and voting disk resources are not configured under VCS, mount the OCR and voting disk manually.

8. Create Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC database home directories manually.

   See Creating Oracle Clusterware/Grid Infrastructure and Oracle database home directories on the new node .