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Contents

Oracle RAC 10g Deployment Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Software and Hardware Requirements

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License Agreements

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Important Documentation

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Before You Begin

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Installing and Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Using the Deployment CDs

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Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Updating Your System Packages Using Red Hat Network

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Verifying Cluster Hardware and Software Configurations

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Fibre Channel Cluster Setup

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Configuring Networking and Storage for Oracle RAC 10g

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Configuring the Public and Private Networks

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Verifying the Storage Configuration

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Configuring Shared Storage for Clusterware

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Configuring Shared Storage for the Database Using ASM

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Installing Oracle RAC 10g

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Before You Begin

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Installing Clusterware

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Installing the Oracle Database 10g Software

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Configuring the Listener

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Creating the Seed Database Using ASM

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RAC Post Deployment Fixes and Patches

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Securing Your System

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Setting the oracle User Password

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Configuring and Deploying Oracle Database 10g (Single Node)

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Configuring the Public Network

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Configuring Database Storage

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Configuring Database Storage Using the Oracle ASM Library Driver

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Installing Oracle Database 10g

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Configuring the Listener

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Creating the Seed Database

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