hello,

I am planning on installing oracle 9i/10g RAC on Solaris platform. I
checked for 9i RAC and I will be needing Sun Cluster 3.1 on the
solaris platform. From the certify & availability (metalink), I
noticed that with 10g we can use Oracle OSD Clusterware to perform the
same funtion as Sun Cluster.

Do I need any additional softwares for file/ volume management like
Veritas volume manager etc for Oracle 10g on solaris? Does Oracle OSD
clusterware is all that I need?

I checked for 10g install documents and it still says that sun cluster
is needed? did anyone try installation with oracle clusterware( with
softwares for just file/volume management)

Thanks for the advice,
Praveen

Praveen wrote:

> hello,
>
> I am planning on installing oracle 9i/10g RAC on Solaris platform. I
> checked for 9i RAC and I will be needing Sun Cluster 3.1 on the
> solaris platform. From the certify & availability (metalink), I
> noticed that with 10g we can use Oracle OSD Clusterware to perform the
> same funtion as Sun Cluster.
>
> Do I need any additional softwares for file/ volume management like
> Veritas volume manager etc for Oracle 10g on solaris? Does Oracle OSD
> clusterware is all that I need?
>
> I checked for 10g install documents and it still says that sun cluster
> is needed? did anyone try installation with oracle clusterware( with
> softwares for just file/volume management)
>
> Thanks for the advice,
> Praveen

If you use 10g you should not need SunCluster or Veritas provided you
have read all of the volumes of notes at metalink and are ready to wade
through that swamp before the release of Patch 1.

But what is it you are planning to use for storage? If you use NetApp,
for example, clusterware is not required.

--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan@x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

Daniel Morgan <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>
> If you use 10g you should not need SunCluster or Veritas provided you
> have read all of the volumes of notes at metalink and are ready to wade
> through that swamp before the release of Patch 1.
>
> But what is it you are planning to use for storage? If you use NetApp,
> for example, clusterware is not required.

Thanks for providing the info. We are just setting up a test RAC
system, so going with 9i RAC would need additional clusterware. We use
use veritas for storage.

Praveen wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>
>>If you use 10g you should not need SunCluster or Veritas provided you
>>have read all of the volumes of notes at metalink and are ready to wade
>>through that swamp before the release of Patch 1.
>>
>>But what is it you are planning to use for storage? If you use NetApp,
>>for example, clusterware is not required.
>
>
> Thanks for providing the info. We are just setting up a test RAC
> system, so going with 9i RAC would need additional clusterware. We use
> use veritas for storage.

Veritas may be managing your storage but it is not storage. Your storage
is likely JBOD but check and be sure. If it is NAS or SAN the
clusterware may not be required.

--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan@x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

narrapraveen@gmail.com (Praveen) wrote in message news:<868a4e1a.0408021322.5b46a428@posting.google. com>...
> hello,
>
> I am planning on installing oracle 9i/10g RAC on Solaris platform. I
> checked for 9i RAC and I will be needing Sun Cluster 3.1 on the
> solaris platform. From the certify & availability (metalink), I
> noticed that with 10g we can use Oracle OSD Clusterware to perform the
> same funtion as Sun Cluster.
>
> Do I need any additional softwares for file/ volume management like
> Veritas volume manager etc for Oracle 10g on solaris? Does Oracle OSD
> clusterware is all that I need?
>
> I checked for 10g install documents and it still says that sun cluster
> is needed? did anyone try installation with oracle clusterware( with
> softwares for just file/volume management)
>
> Thanks for the advice,
> Praveen


With 10g, a RAC install does not require any clusterware or file
system. You could use Oracle's cluster and Oracle's ASM.

feramorzz@hotmail.com (feramorzz) wrote in message news:<74dae0b9.0408040914.37cf87a6@posting.google. com>...
> narrapraveen@gmail.com (Praveen) wrote in message news:<868a4e1a.0408021322.5b46a428@posting.google. com>...
>
>
> With 10g, a RAC install does not require any clusterware or file
> system. You could use Oracle's cluster and Oracle's ASM.

Thanks for the info. I opened a TAR anyway to be clear on the
installation instructions

Daniel Morgan <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1091597426.806150@yasure>...
> Praveen wrote:
>
> > Daniel Morgan <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> >
> >>If you use 10g you should not need SunCluster or Veritas provided you
> >>have read all of the volumes of notes at metalink and are ready to wade
> >>through that swamp before the release of Patch 1.
> >>
> >>But what is it you are planning to use for storage? If you use NetApp,
> >>for example, clusterware is not required.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for providing the info. We are just setting up a test RAC
> > system, so going with 9i RAC would need additional clusterware. We use
> > use veritas for storage.
>
> Veritas may be managing your storage but it is not storage. Your storage
> is likely JBOD but check and be sure. If it is NAS or SAN the
> clusterware may not be required.

Hi Dan,

What do you means when clustware is not required if I use NetApp as a
storage. I'm currently trying to install 10G RAC. What's the
requirement hardware or softwares for cluster.

Thanks

dnt@linkline.com wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1091597426.806150@yasure>...
>
>>Praveen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Daniel Morgan <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>>>
>>>
>>>>If you use 10g you should not need SunCluster or Veritas provided you
>>>>have read all of the volumes of notes at metalink and are ready to wade
>>>>through that swamp before the release of Patch 1.
>>>>
>>>>But what is it you are planning to use for storage? If you use NetApp,
>>>>for example, clusterware is not required.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for providing the info. We are just setting up a test RAC
>>>system, so going with 9i RAC would need additional clusterware. We use
>>>use veritas for storage.
>>
>>Veritas may be managing your storage but it is not storage. Your storage
>>is likely JBOD but check and be sure. If it is NAS or SAN the
>>clusterware may not be required.
>
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> What do you means when clustware is not required if I use NetApp as a
> storage. I'm currently trying to install 10G RAC. What's the
> requirement hardware or softwares for cluster.
>
> Thanks

With NetApp filer heads the clusterware already exists. There is no need
to purchase or install any. Otherwise, if you have 10g, you will want to
use the clusteware provided by Oracle.

--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan@x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)