Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Real Application Clusters with SLVM/RAW on HP-UX Installation Cookbook, September 2010

• Create the binary configuration file and distribute the cluster configuration to all the nodes in the cluster:

bike# cmapplyconf -v -C rac.asc

Note: the cluster is not started until you run cmrunnode on each node or cmruncl.

• De-activate the lock disk on the configuration node after cmapplyconf

bike# vgchange -a n /dev/vg_rac

• Start the cluster and view it to be sure it’s up and running. See the next section for instructions on

starting and stopping the cluster.

How to start up the cluster:

• Start the cluster from any node in the cluster

bike# cmruncl -v

Or, on each node

bike/cycle# cmrunnode -v

• Make all RAC volume groups and Cluster Lock volume groups sharable and cluster aware (not

packages) from the cluster configuration node. This has to be done only once.

bike# vgchange -S y -c y /dev/vg_rac

• Then on all the nodes, activate the volume group in shared mode in the cluster. This has to be done

each time when you start the cluster.

bike# vgchange -a s /dev/vg_rac

• Check the cluster status:

bike# cmviewcl –v

How to shut down the cluster (not needed here):

• Shut down the RAC instances (if up and running)

• On all the nodes, deactivate the volume group in shared mode in the cluster:

bike# vgchange –a n /dev/vg_rac

• Halt the cluster from any node in the cluster

bike# cmhaltcl –v

• Check the cluster status:

bike# cmviewcl –v

Preparation for Oracle Software Installation

The Oracle RAC 11gR2 installation requires you to perform a two-phase process in which you run the

Oracle Grid Infrastructure installer and Oracle Database installer. The first phase installs Oracle

Clusterware and the second phase installs the Oracle Database 11gR2 software with RAC.

In case that you have downloaded the software you might have the following files:

• hpia64_11gR2_clusterware.zip Oracle Clusterware

• hpia64_11gR2_database_1of2.zip Oracle Database Software

• hpia64_11gR2_database_2of2.zip Oracle Database Software

You can unpack the software with the following commands as root user:

bike# /usr/local/bin/unzip hpia64_11gR2_clusterware.zip