Re: 10.1.0.3 RAC on Solaris 8-9

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:45:34 +0400, "Alexey Sergeyev" <saefido7_at_devexperts.com> wrote:

>"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>news:1097040029.51401_at_yasure...
>> Alexey Sergeyev wrote:
>>
>> > Both - Sun Cluster and Oracle Clusterware: Sun Cluster 3.1 9/04, Oracle
>CRS
>> > 10.1.0.3. Oracle ASM for storage. Veritas doesn't exest on the hosts.
>>
>> Use one or the other ... not both.
>> --
>Why not? CRS is required for RAC 10g installation. And how can i maintain
>Cluster Registry and voting device without Sun Cluster? Oracle says
>absolutely
>nothing about these two products conflicting.On contrary, here is a quote
>from RAC Installation and Configuration Guide for all platforms, Solaris
>part:
>
>Installation Type or Product - Real Application Clusters;
>Requirement - Sun Cluster 3.1.
> Note: Sun Cluster is not required but will
> integrate with Oracle Cluster Ready Services
> if it is installed.

Exactly 'Sun Cluster is not required' Moreover that is exactly what has been stated at Oracle Openworld: You don't need native cluster software.
Apart from that: Sun Cluster is a *shared nothing* cluster, it is basically failover. Failover will show as 'reconfiguration'

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA