Installation guide

To create an instance, use a command similar to the following command:

$ srvctl add instance -d 10gdb -i 10gdb1 -n pl-adc.amd15

4. Set the ORACLE_SID environment variable for one of the database instances

in the environment.

For the Bash or Korn shell:

$ ORACLE_SID=10gdb1; export ORACLE_SID

For the C shell:

% setenv ORACLE_SID 10gdb1

5. Export the server parameter file (SPFILE) to a text initialization parameter

file as follows:

SQL> CREATE PFILE = '$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init10gdb1.ora' FROM SPFILE =

'/dev/raw/raw2';

6. Edit the text initialization parameter file to update path names to point to the

Linux x86-64 Oracle home directory along with any other required changes.

Then re-create the SPFILE as follows:

SQL> CREATE SPFILE = '/dev/raw/raw2' FROM PFILE =

'$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init10gdb1.ora';

7. Directories listed in the SPFILE must exist before you start the database.

Create these directories, ensuring that they have write permissions for the

oracle user and dba groups.

8. Add a listener name for the database that listens on all cluster nodes to the

$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora file. Also add an entry

for each instance. The following is an example of the entries:

LISTENERS_10gdb.US.ORACLE.COM =

(ADDRESS_LIST =

(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP) (HOST = server1-vip) (PORT = 1521)

(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP) (HOST = server2-vip) (PORT = 1521)

LISTENERS_10gdb1.US.ORACLE.COM =

(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP) (HOST = server1-vip) (PORT = 1521)

LISTENERS_10gdb2.US.ORACLE.COM =

(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP) (HOST = server2-vip) (PORT = 1521)

9. Create the password file using the orapwd utility. Use a command similar to

the following:

$ orapwd file=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapwd10gdb1 entries=10 password=manager

10. Start the database without mounting it, using SQL commands similar to the

following where lnx_x86-64_path is the location of the Linux x86-64

Oracle home:

SQL> STARTUP NOMOUNT;

CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "SAMPLE" NORESETLOGS

MAXLOGFILES 32

Note: If the cluster database does not start in EXCLIUSIVE MODE,

mark all the entries with cluster-database as comments in the SPFILE.