Re: Oracle RAC Installation

On 2006-06-08, Andreas Sheriff <spamcontrol_at_iion.com> wrote:
> "Mark D Powell" <Mark.Powell_at_eds.com> wrote in message
> news:1149775173.394375.45640_at_f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Rank Bishop wrote:
>>> Has anyone ever done an install of Real Application Clusters on Windows
>>> 2000? I'd like to know what software I need (is Oracle Enterprise
>>> Edition enough?). and how to install it. What are the differents
>>> bettwen Oracle RAC and Oracle Fail Save ?. Do I need Oracle Fail Safe
>>> if I have a Oracle RAC installation ?.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> You might want to check out the Oracle installation Guides for Windows.
>> RAC is included in the EE edition CD.
>>
>> (10g Titles, titles may vary for each release version)
>> Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows
>> Companion CD Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows
>> Release Notes for Microsoft Windows
>>
>> All these are available online if you do not have them.
>>
>> HTH -- Mark D Powell --
>>
>
> If I'm not mistaken, RAC is a separate, licensed option for EE.

        Yup. You still install it from the main package though.

        Can't speak to Windows, but under Unix you have to have the clusterware installed first before the main installer will acknowledge the existence and activate the installation options for it.

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