Re: RAC, user equivalence

The Boss wrote:
> Mladen Gogala wrote:
>> Does anybody know what is @#$%! "user equivalence"? I have 2 nodes,
>> I have all the elements and here is what I get:
>>
>> [oracle_at_oracle20 cluvfy]$ ./runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -n
>> oracle20,oracle21 -verbose
>>
>> Performing pre-checks for cluster services setup
>>
>> Checking node reachability...
>>
>> Check: Node reachability from node "oracle20"
>> Destination Node Reachable?
>> ------------------------------------ ------------------------
>> oracle20 yes
>> oracle21 yes
>> Result: Node reachability check passed from node "oracle20".
>>
>>
>> Checking user equivalence...
>>
>> Check: User equivalence for user "oracle"
>> Node Name Comment
>> ------------------------------------ ------------------------
>> oracle21 failed
>> oracle20 failed
>> Result: User equivalence check failed for user "oracle".
>>
>> ERROR:
>> User equivalence unavailable on all the nodes.
>> Verification cannot proceed.
>>
>>
>> Pre-check for cluster services setup was unsuccessful on all the
>> nodes. [oracle_at_oracle20 cluvfy]$
>>
>>
>> I can reach both nodes without a password:
>> [oracle_at_oracle20 cluvfy]$ ssh oracle21
>> Last login: Thu May 3 15:49:14 2007 from oracle20-priv
>> [oracle_at_oracle21 ~]$ ssh oracle20
>> Last login: Thu May 3 15:49:31 2007 from oracle21-priv
>> [oracle_at_oracle20 ~]$ ssh oracle21-priv
>> Last login: Thu May 3 16:09:38 2007 from oracle20
>> [oracle_at_oracle21 ~]$ ssh oracle20-priv
>> Last login: Thu May 3 16:09:42 2007 from oracle21
>> [oracle_at_oracle20 ~]$
>>
>> WTF is "user equivalence"? The installation procedure for RAC is
>> really, really foobar.
>
> Google is your friend:
> http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/smiley_rac10g_install.html
> or
> http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/vallath-nodes.html
> or
> http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3581481
> or
> probably many more.
>
> HTH
It can even be found in the archives of the famous "Oracle resource that's down the drain":
http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2006/msg00220.html answered by Niall Litchfield:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2006/msg00224.html and by K. Gopalakrishnan:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2006/msg00229.html

You probably have put your personal archive of this resource through the shredder?...
<d&r>

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Jeroen