Re: RAC and hostnames
From: <fitzjarrell_at_cox.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:20:41 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <f3c70882-1b6a-4852-9301-f75f85fe299f@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:20:41 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <f3c70882-1b6a-4852-9301-f75f85fe299f@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
On Aug 13, 10:22 am, Loial <jldunn2..._at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> > What, exactly, is your application using the hostname for?
>
> 1. To use in the jbdc connection string to connect to the oracle
> database.
> 2. To configure the web application server.
You will need multiple connection strings, one for each server/ instance in the RAC cluster, if you want it to continue running after an instance failover. You'll also need some logic to determine if a node is down and to decide which of the remaining connection strings should be used.
David Fitzjarrell Received on Wed Aug 13 2008 - 15:20:41 CDT