Re: Oracle RAC/Windows Hang problem

teeterss_at_saic.com (Steve Teeters) wrote in message news:<fd5272ae.0306190728.4382f2d6_at_posting.google.com>...
> We have a production installation of Oracle RAC (9.0.1.4.1). Running
> on Windows Advanced Server, w/2 nodes. Using Compaq/HP DL580 servers.
>
> We have been experiencing a problem where both instances will 'hang',
> meaning that all processing stops, and no users can log onto Oracle
> (not even SYS).
> We've had Oracle support helping us with this off and on, but with no
> success. We get absolutely no error messages in any of the logs;
> Oracle simply stops responding. The only way to get it back is to
> bounce both instances.
>
> Oracle support suggested we run a 'hang analyze' script (which they
> supplied), but we can't run ANYTHING when the hang occurs, so this
> script is useless.
>
> To get around this, we have been running with only one instance up....
> obviously getting NO benefit from having RAC at all. If we start both
> instances, we will get the hang problem within 2 or 3 days,
> guaranteed.
>
> Question: Is ANYONE out there having production success with RAC on
> Windows? Oracle is at a loss as to why this is happening, so I'm
> wondering if there's some help out there? Has anyone seen this 'hang'
> problem with RAC?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

I've only seen it on display at an Oracle User's group (RMOUG). Those DL580s will run either RH AS 2.1 or SuSE SLES7. Compaq and SuSE are buddies - you're probably better off to go that route.

Pd Received on Thu Jun 19 2003 - 18:51:24 CDT