Preface

The VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1^TM for Oracle RAC software is an integrated set of software products. This software enables administrators of Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) to operate a database in an environment running VERITAS Cluster Server^TM (VCS) and the cluster features of VERITAS Volume Manager^TM and VERITAS File System^TM, also known as CVM and CFS, respectively.

The VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide is intended for system administrators responsible for configuring and maintaining Oracle Real Application Cluster running on a VCS cluster with VxVM disk management.

This guide assumes that the administrator has a:

• Basic understanding of system and database administration
• Working knowledge of the operating system
• Working knowledge of Oracle databases