Owner's Manual

Contents 3
Contents
1Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Required Documentation for Deploying
the Dell|Oracle 11g R2 Database
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Terminology Used in this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Getting Help
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Dell Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Oracle Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Installing Oracle 11g R2 Database RAC . . . . . . 7
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting Up the Operating System,
Network, and Storage
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Configure the System Clock Settings
for All Nodes
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Installing Oracle 11g R2 Grid Infrastructure
for a Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Configuring Shared Oracle Home
for Database Binary Using ACFS
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Installing Oracle 11g R2 RAC Database Software . . . . . . . 15
Creating Server Pools for Policy Managed
Database Configuration
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Creating ASM Disk Group
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Creating the Seed Database
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