Re: Oracle RAC Installation

From: JEDIDIAH <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:44:02 -0500
Message-ID: <2eg5m3-cgf.ln1@nomad.mishnet>

On 2006-06-14, Andreas Sheriff <spamcontrol_at_iion.com> wrote:

> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi_at_nomad.mishnet> wrote in message 
> news:bnd3m3-cah.ln1_at_nomad.mishnet...
>> 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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>
> Nope, "Clusterware" is a separate download for 10.2

        ...which is completely orthogonal to the point that you need to install the clusterware first in order to install RAC.

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