Oracle® Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows Oracle® Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows
Preface “Preface”
Intended Audience “Intended Audience”
Documentation Accessibility “Documentation Accessibility” Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation “Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation” Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation “Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation” Access to Oracle Support “Access to Oracle Support”
Related Documents “Related Documents” Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Documentation “Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Documentation” Installation Guides “Installation Guides” Operating System-Specific Administrative Guides “Operating System-Specific Administrative Guides” Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrative Guides “Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrative Guides” Oracle Real Application Clusters Administrative Guides “Oracle Real Application Clusters Administrative Guides” Generic Documentation “Generic Documentation”
Conventions “Conventions”
What's New in Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Configuration? “What's New in Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Configuration?”
Desupported Options for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM 11g Release 2 “Desupported Options for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM 11g Release 2”
Raw Devices Not Supported with OUI “Raw Devices Not Supported with OUI”
New Features for Release 2 (11.2) “New Features for Release 2 (11.2)”
Oracle Automatic Storage Management and Oracle Clusterware Installation “Oracle Automatic Storage Management and Oracle Clusterware Installation”
Oracle Automatic Storage Management and Oracle Clusterware Files “Oracle Automatic Storage Management and Oracle Clusterware Files”
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS) “Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)”
Cluster Time Synchronization Service “Cluster Time Synchronization Service”
Daylight Savings Time Upgrade of Timestamp with Timezone Data Type “Daylight Savings Time Upgrade of Timestamp with Timezone Data Type”
Enterprise Manager Database Control Provisioning “Enterprise Manager Database Control Provisioning”
Oracle Clusterware Out-of-place Upgrade “Oracle Clusterware Out-of-place Upgrade”
Grid Plug and Play “Grid Plug and Play”
Oracle Clusterware Administration with Oracle Enterprise Manager “Oracle Clusterware Administration with Oracle Enterprise Manager”
Redundant Interconnects for Oracle Clusterware “Redundant Interconnects for Oracle Clusterware”
SCAN for Simplified Client Access “SCAN for Simplified Client Access”
SRVCTL Command Enhancements for Patching “SRVCTL Command Enhancements for Patching”
Typical Installation Option “Typical Installation Option”
Deinstallation Tool “Deinstallation Tool”
Voting Disk Backup Procedure Change “Voting Disk Backup Procedure Change”
New Features for Release 1 (11.1) “New Features for Release 1 (11.1)”
Changes in Installation Documentation “Changes in Installation Documentation”
Oracle Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide “Oracle Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide”
Oracle Clusterware Installation Guide “Oracle Clusterware Installation Guide”
Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide “Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide”
Oracle Database Storage Administrator's Guide “Oracle Database Storage Administrator's Guide”
Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide “Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide”
Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide “Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide”
Release 1 (11.1) Enhancements and New Features for Installation “Release 1 (11.1) Enhancements and New Features for Installation”
New SYSASM Privilege for Oracle ASM Administration “New SYSASM Privilege for Oracle ASM Administration”
Typical Installation for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster “Typical Installation for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster”
Typical and Advanced Installation “Typical and Advanced Installation”
Preinstallation Steps Requiring Manual Tasks “Preinstallation Steps Requiring Manual Tasks”
Verify System Requirements “Verify System Requirements”
Memory Requirements “Memory Requirements”
Hardware Requirements “Hardware Requirements”
Disk Requirements “Disk Requirements”
TEMP Space Requirements “TEMP Space Requirements”
Check Network Requirements “Check Network Requirements”
Single Client Access Name (SCAN) for the Cluster “Single Client Access Name (SCAN) for the Cluster”
IP Address Requirements “IP Address Requirements”
IP Address Requirements for Manual Configuration “IP Address Requirements for Manual Configuration”
Intended Use of Network Adapters “Intended Use of Network Adapters”
Disable the Media Sensing feature for TCP/IP “Disable the Media Sensing feature for TCP/IP”
Network Adapter Binding Order and Protocol Priorities “Network Adapter Binding Order and Protocol Priorities”
Verify Privileges for Copying Files in the Cluster “Verify Privileges for Copying Files in the Cluster”
Install OS Patches and other required software “Install OS Patches and other required software”
Configure Operating System Users “Configure Operating System Users”
Configure the Directories Used During Installation “Configure the Directories Used During Installation”
Check and Prepare Storage “Check and Prepare Storage”
Create Disk Partitions “Create Disk Partitions”
Stamp Disks for Oracle ASM “Stamp Disks for Oracle ASM”
Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software “Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software”
Advanced Installation Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Preinstallation Tasks “Advanced Installation Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Preinstallation Tasks”
Installation Differences Between Windows and Linux or UNIX “Installation Differences Between Windows and Linux or UNIX”
Reviewing Upgrade Best Practices “Reviewing Upgrade Best Practices”
Checking Hardware and Software Certification “Checking Hardware and Software Certification”
View Certification Information at My Oracle Support “View Certification Information at My Oracle Support”
Web Browser Support “Web Browser Support”
Windows Telnet Services Support “Windows Telnet Services Support”
Checking the Hardware Requirements “Checking the Hardware Requirements”
Checking the Disk Space Requirements “Checking the Disk Space Requirements”
Disk Format Requirements “Disk Format Requirements”
Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Home Directories “Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Home Directories”
TEMP Disk Space Requirements “TEMP Disk Space Requirements”
Checking the Network Requirements “Checking the Network Requirements”
Network Hardware Requirements “Network Hardware Requirements”
IP Address Requirements “IP Address Requirements”
IP Address Requirements with Grid Naming Service “IP Address Requirements with Grid Naming Service”
IP Address Requirements for Manual Configuration “IP Address Requirements for Manual Configuration”
DNS Configuration for Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service “DNS Configuration for Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service”
Grid Naming Service Configuration Example “Grid Naming Service Configuration Example” Example of a Grid Naming Service Network “Example of a Grid Naming Service Network”
Manual IP Address Configuration Example “Manual IP Address Configuration Example” Manual Network Configuration Example “Manual Network Configuration Example”
Network Interface Configuration Options “Network Interface Configuration Options”
Identifying Software Requirements “Identifying Software Requirements” Oracle Grid Software Requirements for Windows Systems “Oracle Grid Software Requirements for Windows Systems”
Windows Firewall Feature on Windows Servers “Windows Firewall Feature on Windows Servers”
Network Time Protocol Setting “Network Time Protocol Setting”
Configuring the Windows Time Service “Configuring the Windows Time Service”
Configuring Network Time Protocol “Configuring Network Time Protocol”
Configuring Cluster Time Synchronization Service “Configuring Cluster Time Synchronization Service”
Enabling Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) “Enabling Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)”
Requirements for Enabling IPMI “Requirements for Enabling IPMI”
Configuring the IPMI Management Network “Configuring the IPMI Management Network”
Configuring the IPMI Driver “Configuring the IPMI Driver”
Configuring the Hardware Management Component “Configuring the Hardware Management Component”
Configuring the BMC Using ipmiutil on Windows 2003 R2 “Configuring the BMC Using ipmiutil on Windows 2003 R2” Example of BMC Configuration Using ipmiutil on Windows 2003 R2 “Example of BMC Configuration Using ipmiutil on Windows 2003 R2”
Checking Individual Component Requirements “Checking Individual Component Requirements”
Oracle Advanced Security Requirements “Oracle Advanced Security Requirements”
Oracle Enterprise Manager Requirements “Oracle Enterprise Manager Requirements”
Configuring User Accounts “Configuring User Accounts”
Managing User Accounts with User Account Control “Managing User Accounts with User Account Control”
Verifying Cluster Privileges “Verifying Cluster Privileges”
Configuring Storage for Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster and Oracle RAC “Configuring Storage for Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster and Oracle RAC”
Reviewing Storage Options “Reviewing Storage Options”
General Storage Considerations for Oracle Grid Infrastructure “General Storage Considerations for Oracle Grid Infrastructure”
General Storage Considerations for Oracle RAC “General Storage Considerations for Oracle RAC”
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Data Files on a File System “Guidelines for Placing Oracle Data Files on a File System”
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Recovery Files on a File System “Guidelines for Placing Oracle Recovery Files on a File System”
Supported Storage Options for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC “Supported Storage Options for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC” Supported Storage Options for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC Files and Binaries “Supported Storage Options for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC Files and Binaries”
After You Have Selected Disk Storage Options “After You Have Selected Disk Storage Options”
Preliminary Shared Disk Preparation “Preliminary Shared Disk Preparation”
Disabling Write Caching “Disabling Write Caching”
Enabling Automounting for Windows “Enabling Automounting for Windows”
Storage Requirements for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC “Storage Requirements for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC”
Requirements for Using a Cluster File System for Shared Storage “Requirements for Using a Cluster File System for Shared Storage”
Identifying Storage Requirements for Using Oracle ASM for Shared Storage “Identifying Storage Requirements for Using Oracle ASM for Shared Storage”
Using an Existing Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Group “Using an Existing Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Group”
Restrictions for Disk Partitions Used By Oracle ASM “Restrictions for Disk Partitions Used By Oracle ASM”
Requirements for Using a Shared File System “Requirements for Using a Shared File System” Oracle Clusterware Shared File System Volume Size Requirements “Oracle Clusterware Shared File System Volume Size Requirements” Oracle RAC Shared File System Volume Size Requirements “Oracle RAC Shared File System Volume Size Requirements”
Requirements for Files Managed by Oracle “Requirements for Files Managed by Oracle”
Configuring the Shared Storage Used by Oracle ASM “Configuring the Shared Storage Used by Oracle ASM”
Creating Disk Partitions for Oracle ASM “Creating Disk Partitions for Oracle ASM”
Marking Disk Partitions for Oracle ASM Prior to Installation “Marking Disk Partitions for Oracle ASM Prior to Installation”
Overview of asmtoolg and asmtool “Overview of asmtoolg and asmtool”
Using asmtoolg (Graphical User Interface) “Using asmtoolg (Graphical User Interface)”
Using asmtool (Command Line) “Using asmtool (Command Line)”
Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS) “Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)”
Migrating Existing Oracle ASM Instances “Migrating Existing Oracle ASM Instances”
Configuring Storage for Oracle Database Files on OCFS for Windows “Configuring Storage for Oracle Database Files on OCFS for Windows”
Formatting Drives to Use OCFS for Windows after Installation “Formatting Drives to Use OCFS for Windows after Installation”
Configuring Direct NFS Storage for Oracle RAC Data Files “Configuring Direct NFS Storage for Oracle RAC Data Files”
About Direct NFS Storage “About Direct NFS Storage”
About the Oranfstab File for Direct NFS “About the Oranfstab File for Direct NFS”
Mounting NFS Storage Devices with Direct NFS “Mounting NFS Storage Devices with Direct NFS”
Specifying Network Paths for a NFS Server “Specifying Network Paths for a NFS Server”
Enabling the Direct NFS Client “Enabling the Direct NFS Client”
Performing Basic File Operations Using the ORADNFS Utility “Performing Basic File Operations Using the ORADNFS Utility”
Disabling Direct NFS Client “Disabling Direct NFS Client”
Desupport of Raw Devices “Desupport of Raw Devices”
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster “Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster”
Preparing to Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure with OUI “Preparing to Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure with OUI”
Installing Grid Infrastructure with OUI “Installing Grid Infrastructure with OUI”
Running OUI to Install Grid Infrastructure “Running OUI to Install Grid Infrastructure”
Installing Grid Infrastructure Using a Cluster Configuration File “Installing Grid Infrastructure Using a Cluster Configuration File”
Silent Installation of Oracle Clusterware “Silent Installation of Oracle Clusterware”
Installing Grid Infrastructure Using a Software-Only Installation “Installing Grid Infrastructure Using a Software-Only Installation”
Installing the Software Binaries “Installing the Software Binaries”
Configuring the Software Binaries “Configuring the Software Binaries”
Confirming Oracle Clusterware Function “Confirming Oracle Clusterware Function”
Confirming Oracle ASM Function for Oracle Clusterware Files “Confirming Oracle ASM Function for Oracle Clusterware Files”
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Postinstallation Procedures “Oracle Grid Infrastructure Postinstallation Procedures”
Required Postinstallation Tasks “Required Postinstallation Tasks”
Download and Install Patch Updates “Download and Install Patch Updates”
Configure Exceptions for the Windows Firewall “Configure Exceptions for the Windows Firewall”
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database “Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database”
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database Examples (or the Companion CD) “Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Database Examples (or the Companion CD)”
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Gateways “Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Gateways” Oracle Executables Used to Access Non-Oracle Software “Oracle Executables Used to Access Non-Oracle Software”
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM “Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM”
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle RAC Database “Firewall Exceptions for Oracle RAC Database”
Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Cluster File System for Windows “Firewall Exceptions for Oracle Cluster File System for Windows”
Firewall Exceptions for Other Oracle Products “Firewall Exceptions for Other Oracle Products” Other Oracle Software Products Requiring Windows Firewall Exceptions “Other Oracle Software Products Requiring Windows Firewall Exceptions”
Recommended Postinstallation Tasks “Recommended Postinstallation Tasks”
Install Troubleshooting Tool “Install Troubleshooting Tool”
Installing Instantaneous Problem Detection OS Tool (IPD/OS) “Installing Instantaneous Problem Detection OS Tool (IPD/OS)”
Optimize Memory Usage for Programs “Optimize Memory Usage for Programs”
Create a Fast Recovery Area Disk Group “Create a Fast Recovery Area Disk Group”
About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group “About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group”
Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group “Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group”
Using Older Oracle Database Versions with Grid Infrastructure “Using Older Oracle Database Versions with Grid Infrastructure”
General Restrictions for Using Older Oracle Database Versions “General Restrictions for Using Older Oracle Database Versions”
Pinning Cluster Nodes for Oracle Database Release 10.x or 11.x “Pinning Cluster Nodes for Oracle Database Release 10.x or 11.x”
Enabling the Global Services Daemon (GSD) for Oracle Database Release 9.2 “Enabling the Global Services Daemon (GSD) for Oracle Database Release 9.2”
Using the Correct LSNRCTL Commands “Using the Correct LSNRCTL Commands”
Modifying Oracle Clusterware Binaries After Installation “Modifying Oracle Clusterware Binaries After Installation”
How to Modify or Deinstall Oracle Grid Infrastructure “How to Modify or Deinstall Oracle Grid Infrastructure”
Deciding When to Deinstall Oracle Clusterware “Deciding When to Deinstall Oracle Clusterware”
Adding Standalone Grid Infrastructure Servers to a Cluster “Adding Standalone Grid Infrastructure Servers to a Cluster”
Deconfiguring Oracle Clusterware without Removing Binaries “Deconfiguring Oracle Clusterware without Removing Binaries”
Removing Oracle Clusterware and ASM “Removing Oracle Clusterware and ASM”
About the Deinstallation Command “About the Deinstallation Command”
Example of Running the Deinstall Command for Oracle Clusterware and ASM “Example of Running the Deinstall Command for Oracle Clusterware and ASM”
Example Parameter File for Deinstall of Oracle Grid Infrastructure “Example Parameter File for Deinstall of Oracle Grid Infrastructure”
Troubleshooting the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Process “Troubleshooting the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Process”
General Installation Issues “General Installation Issues”
About the Oracle Clusterware Alert Log “About the Oracle Clusterware Alert Log”
Oracle Clusterware Install Actions Log Errors and Causes “Oracle Clusterware Install Actions Log Errors and Causes”
The OCFS for Windows format is not recognized on one or more of the remote cluster nodes “The OCFS for Windows format is not recognized on one or more of the remote cluster nodes”
You are on a Windows 2003 system, and Automount of new drives is not enabled: “You are on a Windows 2003 system, and Automount of new drives is not enabled:”
Symbolic links for disks were not removed “Symbolic links for disks were not removed”
Discovery string used by Oracle ASM is incorrect “Discovery string used by Oracle ASM is incorrect”
You used a period in one of the node names during Oracle Clusterware install “You used a period in one of the node names during Oracle Clusterware install”
Ignoring upgrade failure of ocr(-1073740972) “Ignoring upgrade failure of ocr(-1073740972)”
Performing Cluster Diagnostics During Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installations “Performing Cluster Diagnostics During Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installations”
Interconnect Configuration Issues “Interconnect Configuration Issues”
Installing and Configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Response Files “Installing and Configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using Response Files”
About Response Files “About Response Files”
Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode “Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode”
General Procedure for Using Response Files “General Procedure for Using Response Files”
Preparing a Response File “Preparing a Response File”
Editing a Response File Template “Editing a Response File Template” Response files for Oracle Grid Infrastructure “Response files for Oracle Grid Infrastructure”
Recording a Response File “Recording a Response File”
Running the Installer Using a Response File “Running the Installer Using a Response File”
Running Net Configuration Assistant Using a Response File “Running Net Configuration Assistant Using a Response File”
Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File “Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File”
About the Postinstallation Configuration File “About the Postinstallation Configuration File”
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File “Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File” Password response file for Oracle grid infrastructure “Password response file for Oracle grid infrastructure”
Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Installation Concepts “Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Installation Concepts”
Understanding Preinstallation Configuration “Understanding Preinstallation Configuration”
Understanding Oracle Groups and Users “Understanding Oracle Groups and Users”
Understanding the Oracle Inventory Directory “Understanding the Oracle Inventory Directory”
Understanding the Oracle Base Directory Path “Understanding the Oracle Base Directory Path”
Understanding Network Addresses “Understanding Network Addresses”
About the Public IP Address “About the Public IP Address”
About the Private IP Address “About the Private IP Address”
About the Virtual IP Address “About the Virtual IP Address”
About the Grid Naming Service (GNS) Virtual IP Address “About the Grid Naming Service (GNS) Virtual IP Address”
About the SCAN “About the SCAN”
Understanding Network Time Requirements “Understanding Network Time Requirements”
Understanding Storage Configuration “Understanding Storage Configuration”
Understanding Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS) “Understanding Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)”
About Migrating Existing Oracle ASM Instances “About Migrating Existing Oracle ASM Instances”
How to Upgrade to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g Release 2 “How to Upgrade to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g Release 2”
Restrictions for Clusterware and Oracle ASM Upgrades to Grid Infrastructure “Restrictions for Clusterware and Oracle ASM Upgrades to Grid Infrastructure”
Understanding Out-of-Place and Rolling Upgrades “Understanding Out-of-Place and Rolling Upgrades”
Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation “Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation”
Verify System Readiness for Patches and Upgrades “Verify System Readiness for Patches and Upgrades”
Gather the Necessary System Information “Gather the Necessary System Information”
Upgrade to the Minimum Required Oracle Clusterware Version “Upgrade to the Minimum Required Oracle Clusterware Version”
Unset Environment Variables “Unset Environment Variables”
Back Up the Oracle Software Before Upgrades “Back Up the Oracle Software Before Upgrades”
Upgrading Oracle Clusterware “Upgrading Oracle Clusterware”
Upgrading Oracle Automatic Storage Management “Upgrading Oracle Automatic Storage Management”
About Upgrading Oracle ASM “About Upgrading Oracle ASM”
Using ASMCA to Upgrade Oracle ASM “Using ASMCA to Upgrade Oracle ASM”
Updating DB Control and Grid Control Target Parameters “Updating DB Control and Grid Control Target Parameters”
Downgrading Oracle Clusterware After an Upgrade “Downgrading Oracle Clusterware After an Upgrade”