Owner's Manual

38 Deployment Guide
8 In the Instance Naming and Node Selection window, enter the instance name at the top of the
window, select the new node name, and click
Next .
9 In the Instance Storage window, click Finish .
10 In the Summary window click OK to add the database instance.
A progress bar appears, followed by a message asking if you want to extend ASM to the new node(s).
11 Click Yes .
The following message appears:
Do you want to perform another operation?
12 Click No .
13 On any node, type srvctl status database -d <database name> to determine if the
instance has been successfully added.
Removing a Node From the Cluster
When you peform the procedures in this section, ensure that you select and remove the correct node from
the cluster.
Deleting the Node From the Database Instance Layer
1 Log in as oracle .
2 From one of the remaining nodes, type:
dbca
3
In the Welcome window, click Next .
4 In the Operations window, click Instance Management and click Next .
5 In the Instance Management window, click Delete Instance and click Next .
6 In the List of Cluster Databases window, select a RAC database from which to delete an instance.
If your user name is not operating-system authenticated, the DBCA prompts you for a user name and
password for a database user with SYSDBA privileges.
7 Enter the user name sys and the password, and click Next .
The
List of Cluster Database Instances window appears, showing the instances associated with the
RAC database that you selected and the status of each instance.
8 Select the instance to delete and click Next .
This instance cannot be the local instance from where you are running DBCA. If you select the local
instance, the DBCA displays an
Error dialog. If this occurs, click OK , select another instance, and click
Finish .
If services are assigned to this instance, the
DBCA Services Management window appears. Use this
window to reassign services to other instances in the cluster database.