Re: Hardware lever clustering for RAC/IBM Servers

I am not familer with IBM products, but you have to use Cluster product like Veritas Cluster. so that you can able to present both nodes as active-active.

Good Luck.

hsanand13_at_yahoo.com (Anand) wrote in message news:<8324cc14.0312240516.71aea7ad_at_posting.google.com>...
> Dear All,
>
> Our team is attempting to install Oracle 9i Real Application
> CLusters on IBM Boxes with The storage is IBM EXP 300 using SCSI
> Channel to connect to servers Servers are IBM X255.
>
> The operating System is Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack
> 3.
>
> We are unable to configure the common storage to appear to both nodes
> (Active-Active mode) before the RAC installation (as specified in the
> metalink document). This I belive is a pre-requisite for RAC.
>
>
> Would it be possible for anybody to provide us with a brief guideline
> on the OS/Hardware Front, on how to make the RAID config appear on
> both the boxes at the same time. At present we have to use the
> ipshahto.exe to takeover the resources.
>
> It is only after this that RAc can be installed.
>
> Any inputs would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> H.S.Anand (Oracle DBA)
> Accel ICIM S & S Ltd., New Delhi
Received on Thu Dec 25 2003 - 12:24:19 CST