Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Z

Numerics

32-bit and 64-bit

software versions in the same cluster not supported, 2.5

64-bit

checking system architecture, 2.5

A

ACFS. See Oracle ACFS.

and asmcmd errors, 2.4.3.1

architecture

checking system architecture, 2.5

ASM

and multiple databases, 2.4.5.1.3

and rolling upgrade, E.7.2

characteristics of failure groups, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.2.1

creating the OSDBA for ASM group, 2.4.5.2.5

disk groups, 3.3.1.1

failure groups, 3.3.1.1

examples, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.2.1

identifying, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.2.1

number of instances on each node, 1.3.5, 3.1.1

OSASM or ASM administrator, 2.4.5.1.3

OSDBA for ASM group, 2.4.5.1.3

recommendations for disk groups, 3.3.1.1

required for Standard Edition Oracle RAC, 3.1.1

required for Typical install type, 3.1.1

rolling upgrade of, 4.1, 4.1

space required for Oracle Clusterware files, 3.3.1.1

space required for preconfigured database, 3.3.1.1

storage option for data files, 3.1.3

storing Oracle Clusterware files on, 3.1.6

ASM group

creating, 2.4.5.2.3

ASMCA

Used to create disk groups for older Oracle Database releases on Oracle ASM, 5.3.2

Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System. See Oracle ACFS.

Automatic Storage Management. See ASM.

B

Bash shell

default user startup file, 2.16.2

.bash_profile file, 2.16.2

binaries

relinking, 5.4

block device

device name on Solaris, 3.3.1.4

block devices

and upgrades, 3.1.3.2

creating permissions file for Oracle Clusterware files, 3.3.1.4

creating permissions file for Oracle Database files, 3.4

desupport of, 3.4

desupported, 3.1.3.2

for upgrades only, 3.4

block devices desupported, Preface

BMC

configuring, 2.14.3

BMC interface

preinstallation tasks, 2.14

Bourne shell

default user startup file, 2.16.2

C

C shell

default user startup file, 2.16.2

central inventory, 2.4.5.1.1

about, C.1.1.1

central inventory. See Also OINSTALL group, and Oracle Inventory group

changing host names, 4.1

character device

device name on Solaris, 3.3.1.4

checkdir error, E.4

chmod command, 3.2.11

chown command, 3.2.11

clients

connecting to SCANs, C.1.3.5

cloning

cloning a Grid home to other nodes, 4.3

cluster configuration file, 4.2.2

cluster file system

storage option for data files, 3.1.3

cluster name

requirements for, 4.1

cluster nodes

private node names, 4.1

public node names, 4.1

specifying uids and gids, 2.4.5.2.10

virtual node names, 4.1

Cluster Time Synchronization Service, 2.13

Cluster Verification Utility

fixup scripts, 2.2

user equivalency troubleshooting, A.3

COBOL, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

commands, 2.16.2

asmca, 3.3.3, 4.2.1, 4.2.1, 5.2.4.2, E.7.2

asmcmd, 2.4.3.1

chmod, 3.2.11

chown, 3.2.11

crsctl, 4.5, 5.3.3, E.4, E.7.2.1

dd, Preface

df, 1.3.1, 1.3.1, 2.5

env, 2.16.2

fdisk, 3.3.1.4

groupadd, 2.4.5.2.10

id, 2.4.5.2.10

ipmitool, 2.14.3.2

mkdir, 3.2.11

nscd, 2.6.9

partprobe, 3.4

passwd, 2.4.5.2.10

ping, 2.6.1

rootcrs.pl, 5.4

and deconfigure option, 6.5

rootupgrade.sh, E.4

sqlplus, 2.4.3.1

srvctl, E.4

svcs svc

/milestone/multi-user, 2.6.10

/milestone/multi-user-server, 2.6.10

umask, 2.16.1

unset, E.5.1

useradd, 2.4.3.3, 2.4.5.2.8, 2.4.5.2.10

usermod, 2.4.5.2.9

xterm, 2.3, 2.3

configToolAllCommands script, A.10

configuring kernel parameters, D.2

configuring projects, D.2

cron jobs, 4.1, A.5

ctsdd, 2.13

custom database

failure groups for ASM, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.2.1

requirements when using ASM, 3.3.1.1

Custom installation type

reasons for choosing, 2.4.5.1.2

D

DATA, 2.16.3

data files

creating separate directories for, 3.2.10, 3.2.11

setting permissions on data file directories, 3.2.11

storage options, 3.1.3

data loss

minimizing with ASM, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.2.1

database files

supported storage options, 3.1.6

Database Smart Flash Cache

required patches, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

databases

ASM requirements, 3.3.1.1

dba group. See OSDBA group

DBCA

no longer used for Oracle ASM disk group administration, 5.3.2

dbca.rsp file, B.2.1

deconfiguring Oracle Clusterware, 6.5

default file mode creation mask

setting, 2.16.1

deinstall, 6.1

deinstallation, 6.1

desupported

block devices, Preface

raw devices, Preface

device names

on Solaris, 3.3.1.4

df command, 2.5, 2.16.2

Direct NFS

disabling, 3.2.12, 3.2.12

enabling, 3.2.9, 3.2.9

enabling for Oracle Database, 3.2.4.3

for data files, 3.2.4

minimum write size value for, 3.2.4.2

E

emulator

installing from X emulator, 2.3, 2.3

enterprise.rsp file, B.2.1

env command, 2.16.2

environment

checking settings, 2.16.2

configuring for oracle user, 2.16

environment variables

DISPLAY, 2.16.2

ORACLE_BASE, 2.16.2, C.1.1.2

ORACLE_HOME, 2.4.3.1, 2.16.2, E.5.1

ORACLE_SID, 2.16.2, E.5.1

removing from shell startup file, 2.16.2

SHELL, 2.16.2

TEMP and TMPDIR, 2.5, 2.16.2

errors

X11 forwarding, 2.16.4, D.1.3

errors using Opatch, E.4

Exadata

relinking binaries example for, 5.4

examples

ASM failure groups, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.2.1

F

failure group

ASM, 3.3.1.1

characteristics of ASM failure group, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.2.1

examples of ASM failure groups, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.1.1, 3.3.2.1

features, new, Preface

fencing

and IPMI, Preface, 2.14, 4.1

FILE, 2.16.3

file mode creation mask

setting, 2.16.1

file system

storage option for data files, 3.1.3

file systems, 3.1.7

files

.bash_profile, 2.16.2

dbca.rsp, B.2.1

editing shell startup file, 2.16.2

enterprise.rsp, B.2.1

.login, 2.16.2

oraInst.loc, 2.4.1

.profile, 2.16.2

response files, B.2

filesets, 2.7

fixup script, 2.2

about, 1.2

format command, 3.3.1.4

FORTRAN, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

G

gcc

required for ODBC, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

getconf command, 2.5

gid

identifying existing, 2.4.5.2.10

specifying, 2.4.5.2.10

specifying on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10

globalization

support for, 4.1

GNS

about, 2.6.2.1

Grid home

and Oracle base restriction, 2.4.3.1

disk space for, 2.5

grid home

default path for, 2.17

unlocking, 5.4

grid naming service. See GNS

grid user, 2.4.5.1.1

grid_install.rsp file, B.2.1

group IDs

identifying existing, 2.4.5.2.10

specifying, 2.4.5.2.10

specifying on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10

groups

checking for existing OINSTALL group, 2.4.1, 2.4.1

creating identical groups on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10, 2.4.5.2.10

creating the ASM group, 2.4.5.2.3, 2.4.5.2.3

creating the OSDBA for ASM group, 2.4.5.2.5

creating the OSDBA group, 2.4.5.2.1

OINSTALL, 2.4.1, 2.4.2

OSASM (asmadmin), 2.4.5.1.3

OSDBA (dba), 2.4.5.1.2

OSDBA for ASM (asmdba), 2.4.5.1.3

OSDBA group (dba), 2.4.5.1.2

OSOPER (oper), 2.4.5.1.2

OSOPER for ASM, 2.4.5.1.3

OSOPER group (oper), 2.4.5.1.2

required for installation owner user, 2.4.5.1.1

specifying when creating users, 2.4.5.2.10, 2.4.5.2.10

using NIS, 2.4.5, 2.4.5.2.10

H

HAIP

troubleshooting, A.7.3

hardware requirements, 2.5

high availability IP addresses, 2.6.1

host names

changing, 4.1

legal host names, 4.1

I

id command, 2.4.5.2.10

INS-32026 error, 2.4.3.1

installation

and cron jobs, 4.1

and globalization, 4.1

cloning a Grid infrastructure installation to other nodes, 4.3

completing after OUI exits, A.10

response files, B.2

preparing, B.2, B.2.2

templates, B.2

silent mode, B.3

using cluster configuration file, 4.2.2

installation types

and ASM, 3.3.1.1

instfix command, 2.11

interconnect

and UDP, 3.2.2

interfaces

requirements for private interconnect, C.1.3.2

intermittent hangs

and socket files, 4.5

IPMI

addresses not configurable by GNS, 2.14.2

preinstallation tasks, 2.14

preparing for installation, 4.1

required patches for, 2.7.1

required postinstallation configuration, 5.2.2

isainfo command, 2.5

J

Java

font package requirements for Solaris, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

JDK

font packages required on Solaris, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

JDK requirements, 2.7

job role separation users, 2.4.5.1.1

K

kernel parameters

configuring, D.2

kernel resources

configuring, D.2

Korn shell

default user startup file, 2.16.2

L

legal host names, 4.1

log file

how to access during installation, 4.2.1

.login file, 2.16.2

LVM

identifying available disks on Solaris, 3.3.1.4

recommendations for ASM, 3.3.1.1

M

mask

setting default file mode creation mask, 2.16.1

memory requirements, 2.5

mixed binaries, 2.7

mkdir command, 3.2.11

mode

setting default file mode creation mask, 2.16.1

multiple databases

and ASM, 2.4.5.1.3

multiple oracle homes, 2.4.3.1, 3.2.11

My Oracle Support, 5.1.1

N

Net Configuration Assistant (NetCA)

response files, B.4

running at command prompt, B.4

netca, 4.2.1

netca.rsp file, B.2.1

Network Information Services

See NIS

new features, Preface

NFS, 3.1.7, 3.2.7

and data files, 3.2.5

and Oracle Clusterware files, 3.2.1

buffer size parameters for, 3.2.6, 3.2.8

Direct NFS, 3.2.4

for data files, 3.2.5

rsize, 3.2.7

NIS

alternative to local users and groups, 2.4.5

NOFILES, 2.16.3

noninteractive mode. See response file mode

nslookup command, A.8

NTP protocol

and slewing, 2.13

O

OCR. See Oracle Cluster Registry

ODBC

driver for, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

OINSTALL group

about, C.1.1.1

and oraInst.loc, 2.4.1

checking for existing, 2.4.1

creating on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10

OINSTALL group. See Also Oracle Inventory group

Opatch, E.4

oper group. See OSOPER group

operating system

checking version of Solaris, 2.9

different on cluster members, 2.7

limitation for Oracle ACFS, C.2.1

operating system requirements, 2.7

optimal flexible architecture

and oraInventory directory, C.1.1.2

Oracle ACFS

about, C.2.1

Oracle base

grid homes not permitted under, 2.17

Oracle base directory

about, C.1.2

Grid home must not be in an Oracle Database Oracle base, 2.4.3.1

Oracle Berkeley DB

restrictions for, 4.4

Oracle Cluster Registry

configuration of, 4.1

mirroring, 3.2.1

partition sizes, 3.2.1

permissions file to own block device partitions, 3.3.1.4

supported storage options, 3.1.6

Oracle Clusterware

and file systems, 3.1.7

and upgrading Oracle ASM instances, 1.3.5, 3.1.1

installing, 4

rolling upgrade of, 4.1

supported storage options for, 3.1.6

upgrading, 3.2.1

Oracle Clusterware files

ASM disk space requirements, 3.3.1.1

Oracle Clusterware Installation Guide

replaced by Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide, Preface, 4

Oracle Database

creating data file directories, 3.2.10, 3.2.11

data file storage options, 3.1.3

privileged groups, 2.4.5.1.2

requirements with ASM, 3.3.1.1

Oracle Database Configuration Assistant

response file, B.2.1

Oracle Disk Manager

and Direct NFS, 3.2.9

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Database Smart Flash Cache, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

Oracle Grid Infrastructure owner (grid), 2.4.5.1.1

Oracle Grid Infrastructure response file, B.2.1

oracle home, 2.4.3.1

ASCII path restriction for, 4.1

multiple oracle homes, 2.4.3.1, 3.2.11

Oracle Inventory group

about, C.1.1.1

checking for existing, 2.4.1

creating, 2.4.2

creating on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10

oraInst.loc file and, 2.4.1

Oracle Net Configuration Assistant

response file, B.2.1

Oracle patch updates, 5.1.1

Oracle Software Owner user

configuring environment for, 2.16

creating, 2.4.3, 2.4.3.2, 2.4.5.2.6, 2.4.5.2.7

creating on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10

determining default shell, 2.16.2

required group membership, 2.4.5.1.1

Oracle software owner user

description, 2.4.5.1.1

Oracle Solaris Cluster

requirement on Solaris, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

Oracle Solaris Cluster interfaces

restrictions for, 2.8

Oracle Solaris Containers, 2.8

Oracle Universal Installer

response files

list of, B.2.1

Oracle Upgrade Companion, 2.1

oracle user

configuring environment for, 2.16

creating, 2.4.3, 2.4.3.2, 2.4.3.3, 2.4.5.2.6, 2.4.5.2.7, 2.4.5.2.8

creating on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10

description, 2.4.5.1.1

determining default shell, 2.16.2

required group membership, 2.4.5.1.1

ORACLE_BASE environment variable

removing from shell startup file, 2.16.2

ORACLE_HOME environment variable

removing from shell startup file, 2.16.2

ORACLE_SID environment variable

removing from shell startup file, 2.16.2

oraInst.loc

and central inventory, 2.4.1

contents of, 2.4.1

oraInst.loc file

location, 2.4.1

location of, 2.4.1

oraInventory, 2.4.5.1.1

about, C.1.1.1

creating, 2.4.2

oraInventory. See Also Oracle Inventory group

OSASM group, 2.4.5.1.3

about, 2.4.5.1.3

and multiple databases, 2.4.5.1.3

and SYSASM, 2.4.5.1.3

creating, 2.4.5.2.3

OSDBA for ASM group, 2.4.5.1.3

about, 2.4.5.1.3

OSDBA group

and SYSDBA privilege, 2.4.5.1.2

creating, 2.4.5.2.1

creating on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10, 2.4.5.2.10

description, 2.4.5.1.2

OSDBA group for ASM

creating, 2.4.5.2.5

OSOPER for ASM group

about, 2.4.5.1.3

creating, 2.4.5.2.4

OSOPER group

and SYSOPER privilege, 2.4.5.1.2

creating, 2.4.5.2.2

creating on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10, 2.4.5.2.10

description, 2.4.5.1.2

P

packages

checking on Solaris, 2.9

parameters

UDP and interconnect, 3.2.2

partition

using with ASM, 3.3.1.1

passwd command, 2.4.5.2.10

passwords

specifying for response files, B.1

R

RAID

and mirroring Oracle Cluster Registry and voting disk, 3.2.1

recommended ASM redundancy level, 3.3.1.1

RAM requirements, 2.5

raw devices

and upgrades, 3.1.3.2, 3.4

block and character device names on Solaris, 3.3.1.4

checking disk availability on Solaris, 3.3.1.4

creating partitions for ASM disk groups, 3.3.1.4

desupport of, 3.4

identifying disks on Solaris, 3.3.1.4

upgrading existing partitions, 3.2.1

raw devices desupported, Preface

recovery files

supported storage options, 3.1.6

redundancy level

and space requirements for preconfigured database, 3.3.1.1

Redundant Interconnect Usage, 2.6.1

relinking Oracle Grid Infrastructure home binaries, 5.4, 6.3, 6.4

requirements, 3.3.1.1

hardware, 2.5

resolv.conf file, A.8

resource control

process.max-sem-nsems, D.2.1

project.max-sem-ids, D.2.1

project.max-shm-ids, D.2.1

project.max-shm-memory, D.2.1

response file installation

preparing, B.2

response files

templates, B.2

silent mode, B.3

response file mode

about, B.1

reasons for using, B.1.1

See also response files, silent mode, B.1

response files

about, B.1

creating with template, B.2.1

dbca.rsp, B.2.1

enterprise.rsp, B.2.1

general procedure, B.1.2

grid_install.rsp, B.2.1

Net Configuration Assistant, B.4

netca.rsp, B.2.1

passing values at command line, B.1

passwords, B.1

security, B.1

specifying with Oracle Universal Installer, B.3

response files.See also silent mode

rolling upgrade

ASM, 4.1

of ASM, E.7.2

Oracle Clusterware, 4.1

root user

logging in as, 2.3

root.sh, 4.2.1

back up, 5.2.1

running, 4.1, A.10

rsize parameter, 3.2.7

run level, 2.5

S

SCAN address, A.8

SCAN listener, A.8, C.1.3.5

SCANs, 2.6.2.2

understanding, C.1.3.5

use of SCANs required for clients of policy-managed databases, C.1.3.5

scripts

root.sh, 4.1

security

dividing ownership of Oracle software, 2.4.5

T

TEMP environment variable, 2.5

setting, 2.16.2

temporary directory. See /tmp directory

temporary disk space

requirements, 2.5

terminal output commands

suppressing for Oracle installation owner accounts, 2.16.5

TIME, 2.16.3

TMPDIR environment variable, 2.5

setting, 2.16.2

Troubleshooting

DBCA does not recognize Oracle ASM disk size and fails to create disk groups, 5.3.2

troubleshooting

and deinstalling, 6.1

asmcmd errors and oracle home, 2.4.3.1

automatic SSH configuration from OUI, 2.15

could not find the resource type, A.7.3

deconfiguring Oracle Clusterware to fix causes of root.sh errors, 6.5

disk space errors, 4.1

DISPLAY errors, 2.16.4

environment path errors, 4.1

error messages, A.1

garbage strings in script inputs found in log files, 2.16.5

HAIP, A.7.3

intermittent hangs, 4.5

log file, 4.2.1

nfs mounts, 2.6.9

Oracle Solaris Cluster interfaces, 2.8

permissions errors and oraInventory, C.1.1.1

permissions errors during installation, C.1.1.2

public network failures, 2.6.9

root.sh errors, 6.5

run level error, 2.5

sqlplus errors and oracle home, 2.4.3.1

ssh, D.1.1

ssh configuration failure, D.1.2.1

ssh errors, 2.16.5

SSH timeouts, A.1

stty errors, 2.16.5

unexplained installation errors, 4.1, A.5

user equivalency, A.3, D.1.1

user equivalency error due to different user or group IDs, 2.4.3.3, 2.4.5.2.7

user equivalency errors, 2.4.2

voting disk backups with dd command, Preface

X11 forwarding error, 2.16.4

U

UDP, 3.2.2

UDP parameter

udp_recv_hiwat, 3.2.2

udp_xmit_hiwat, 3.2.2

udp_recv_hiwat

recommended setting for, 3.2.2

udp_xmit_hiwat

recommended setting for, 3.2.2

uid

identifying existing, 2.4.5.2.10

specifying, 2.4.5.2.10

specifying on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10

ulimit, 2.16.3

umask, 2.16.2

umask command, 2.16.1, 2.16.2

uname command, 2.9

uninstall, 6.1

uninstalling, 6.1

UNIX commands

format, 3.3.1.4

getconf, 2.5

instfix, 2.11

isainfo, 2.5

patchadd, 2.11

pkginfo, 2.9

uname, 2.9

xhost, 2.3

UNIX workstation

installing from, 2.3

upgrade

of Oracle Clusterware, 4.1

restrictions for, E.4

unsetting environment variables for, E.5.1

upgrades, 2.1

and SCANs, C.1.3.5

of Oracle ASM, E.7.2

using raw or block devices with, 3.1.3.2

upgrading

and existing Oracle ASM instances, 1.3.5, 3.1.1

and OCR partition sizes, 3.2.1

and voting disk partition sizes, 3.2.1

shared Oracle Clusterware home to local grid homes, 2.17

user equivalence

testing, A.3

user equivalency errors

groups and users, 2.4.3.3, 2.4.5.2.7

user IDs

identifying existing, 2.4.5.2.10

specifying, 2.4.5.2.10

specifying on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10

useradd command, 2.4.3.3, 2.4.5.2.8, 2.4.5.2.10

users

creating identical users on other nodes, 2.4.5.2.10, 2.4.5.2.10

creating the oracle user, 2.4.3, 2.4.3, 2.4.3.2, 2.4.3.2, 2.4.5.2.6, 2.4.5.2.6, 2.4.5.2.7, 2.4.5.2.7

oracle software owner user (oracle), 2.4.5.1.1

specifying groups when creating, 2.4.5.2.10, 2.4.5.2.10

using NIS, 2.4.5, 2.4.5.2.10

V

VIP

for SCAN, A.8

VMEMORY, 2.16.3

voting disks

backing up with dd command deprecated, Preface

configuration of, 4.1

mirroring, 3.2.1

partition sizes, 3.2.1

supported storage options, 3.1.6

W

wsize parameter, 3.2.7

wtmax, 3.2.4.2

minimum value for Direct NFS, 3.2.4.2

X

X emulator

installing from, 2.3, 2.3

X window system

enabling remote hosts, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3

X11 forwarding

error, 2.16.4

X11 forwarding errors, D.1.3

xhost command, 2.3

xterm command, 2.3, 2.3

xtitle

suppressing to prevent installation errors, 2.16.5

Z

zone clusters, 2.8

zones, 2.8