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You have the required administrative privileges on each node if the operating
system responds with:
Command completed successfully.
NOTE: If you are using ASM, then make sure that the new nodes can access the ASM
disks with the same permissions as the existing nodes.
NOTE: If you are using Oracle Cluster File Systems, then make sure that the new nodes
can access the cluster file systems in the same way that the other nodes access them.
Now the node(s) is ready to be added to an existing cluster. The steps to add
a node to an existing cluster can be summarized as:
1
Adding Nodes at the Oracle Clusterware Layer
2 Adding Nodes at the Oracle RAC Database Layer
3 Adding Database Instances to New Nodes
Adding Nodes at the Oracle Clusterware Layer
Perform the following steps:
1
On one of the existing nodes, go to the CRS home\oui\bin directory.
Run the
addNode.bat script to start the OUI.
2 The OUI runs in the add node mode and the OUI Welcome page appears.
Click
Next and the Specify Cluster Nodes for Node Addition page appears.
3 The upper table on the Specify Cluster Nodes for Node Addition page shows
the existing nodes associated with the CRS home from which you launched
the OUI. Use the lower table to enter the public and private node names of
the new nodes.
4 If all the checks succeed, then the OUI displays the Node Addition Summary
page.
5 Click Next and the OUI displays the Cluster Node Addition Progress page.
6 On completion, click Exit to end the OUI session. After the OUI displays
the
End of Node Addition page, click Exit to end the OUI session.
7 Execute the following command to identify the node names and node
numbers that are currently in use:
CRS home\bin\olsnodes -n