Re: 9i RAC with AIX/HACMP

From: Don Hamparian <hamparid_at_oclc.org>
Date: 11 Feb 2002 15:12:53 -0800
Message-ID: <ea968299.0202111512.407ae6b6@posting.google.com>

Oracle 9i on AIX is only 64 bit. Gotta have a 64 bit processor to run it. We are running RAC, 9i, AIX V4.3.3 ML 9 on Winterhawk II's currently. We are not using GPFS, we are using VSDs. You actually don't need the HACMP software layers, just the ssp layers.

Don

Ronald <devnull_at_ronr.nl> wrote in message news:<20020126163654439+0100_at_localhost.local>...
> In <b0a7106e.0201251155.6266f54f_at_posting.google.com> koehned_at_act.org
> (Daniel Koehne) wrote:
> >We are looking to implement Oracle 9i RAC (real application clusters)
> >using AIX and IBM's high availability HACMP storage. Traditionally we
> >have run Oracle on AIX (RS6000) machines but it appears that IBM/AIX
> >is not RAC certified by Oracle (only Compaq, Dell, and Sun have
> >certified solutions).
> >
> >Has anyone run 9iRAC using AIX/HACMP (and maybe the GPFS--General
> >Parallel File System)? Or is anyone considering doing this?
>
> As far as I know rac will run on AIX but from oracle 9i oracle only
> supports 64 bits AIX.
>
> Ronald.
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Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 17:12:53 CST