Preface

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Structure

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

The Oracle Real Application Clusters Administrator's Guide is intended for database administrators, network administrators, and system administrators who perform the following tasks:

• Administer and manage RAC databases

• Manage and troubleshoot clusters and networks that use RAC

To use this document, you should be familiar with the administrative procedures described inOracle Database 2 Day DBA and the Oracle Database Administrator's Guide. You should also be familiar with installing and configuring RAC as described in Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide.

Documentation Accessibility

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Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

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Structure

This document is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, "Introduction to RAC Administration"

This chapter introduces the administrative tasks for RAC software.

Chapter 2, " Administering Database Instances in Cluster Databases"

This chapter explains how to administer RAC databases and instances

Chapter 3, " Administering Storage"

This chapter explains how to administer storage components in RAC.

Chapter 4, "Administering Services"

This chapter describes how to administer services in RAC environments.

Chapter 5, " Adding and Deleting Nodes and Instances"

This chapter explains the procedures for adding and deleting nodes and instance in RAC database environments.

Chapter 6, "Configuring Recovery Manager and Archiving"

This chapter explains how to configure Recovery Manager (RMAN) for use with RAC databases.

Chapter 7, " Managing Backup and Recovery"

This chapter explains how to administer backup and recovery in RAC.

Chapter 8, "Administrative Options"

This chapter describes administrative options for Real Application Clusters.

Appendix A, "Troubleshooting"

This appendix explains how to contact Oracle Support Services.

Appendix B, " Server Control (SRVCTL) Reference"

This appendix is an SRVCTL command reference.

Appendix C, "Oracle Real Application Clusters Tools Messages"

This appendix describes the messages for RAC management tools.

Related Documents

For more information, refer to the Oracle resources listed in this section.

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation and Configuration Guide

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Quick Installation Guide

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance Guide

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database 2 Day DBA

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Platform Guide for Windows

• Oracle Database 10g Administrator's Reference Release 1 (10.1) for UNIX Systems: AIX-Based Systems, HP-UX, Tru64 UNIX, Linux, and the Solaris Operating System (SPARC)

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Conventions

This section describes the conventions used in the text and code examples of this documentation set. It describes:

• Conventions in Text

• Conventions in Code Examples

• Conventions for Windows Operating Systems

Conventions in Text

We use various conventions in text to help you more quickly identify special terms. The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.

Conventions in Code Examples

Code examples illustrate SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, or other command-line statements. They are displayed in a monospace (fixed-width) font and separated from normal text as shown in this example:

SELECT username FROM dba_users WHERE username = 'MIGRATE';

The following table describes typographic conventions used in code examples and provides examples of their use.

[ ]

DECIMAL (digits [ , precision ])

{ }

{ENABLE | DISABLE}

|

{ENABLE | DISABLE}
[COMPRESS | NOCOMPRESS]

...

CREATE TABLE ... AS subquery;

SELECT col1, col2, ... , coln FROM employees;

acctbal NUMBER(11,2);
acct    CONSTANT NUMBER(4) := 3;

Italics

CONNECT SYSTEM/system_password
DB_NAME = database_name

UPPERCASE

SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM employees;
SELECT * FROM USER_TABLES;
DROP TABLE hr.employees;

lowercase

SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM employees;
sqlplus hr/hr
CREATE USER mjones IDENTIFIED BY ty3MU9;

Conventions for Windows Operating Systems

The following table describes conventions for Windows operating systems and provides examples of their use.

C:\oracle\oradata>

C:\>exp HR/HR TABLES=employees
QUERY=\"WHERE job_id='SA_REP' and salary<8000\"

HOME_NAME

C:\> net start OracleHOME_NAMETNSListener