Subject: Re: 10g Release 2 RAC Standard Edition - Redhat ES 4.0 Update 2 x86 From: JEDIDIAH Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:30:44 -0600 Message-ID: <4t4he3-rrs.ln1@nomad.mishnet> References: <1142283147.931521@yasure.drizzle.com> Lines: 45 Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!newspeer1.nwr.nac.net!news-out.newsgroups.com!sp6iad.superfeed.net!nomad.mishnet!news Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server X-Proxy-User: $$fdi3mzfg User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Debian) X-Report: Please report illegal or inappropriate use to . Forward a copy of ALL headers INCLUDING the body. (DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS) X-Comments2: IMPORTANT: Newsfeeds.com does not condone,support,nor tolerate spam or any illegal or copyrighted postings. X-Comments: This message was posted through Newsfeeds.com Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.server:263476 On 2006-03-13, DA Morgan wrote: > JEDIDIAH wrote: >> On 2006-03-12, SG wrote: >>> Hello. I'm trying to get a 2-node RAC installed and I'm having some problems >>> with the listener starting on either node. I know the listener is dependent >>> on VIP and that appears to be working correctly. What is the best way to >>> validate the VIP is working before running netca? Both nodes are responding >> >> I use vips that don't really exist (except in local DNS) and I've >> not had these sorts of problems. I would specifically avoid defining vips >> on the hosts file as DA suggests. Doing that on my config specifically >> caused problems. >> >> [deletia] > > Doing it on mine doesn't. So there is obviously some flexibility here. I suppose if you have the proper DNS entries defined, it doesn't really matter. However, people tend to use hosts when DNS isn't being used. RAC expects to be able to do reverse nslookups on vips. -- It is not true that Microsoft doesn't innovate. They brought us the email virus. In my Atari days, such a notion would have ||| been considered a complete absurdity. / | \ Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com