Time Required: 20 minutes
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Next we are going to add a DNS server to our Windows VM.
The DNS server is needed to support the SCAN address. If you have an existing DNS server available to you, then by all means use it, but in my case I do not, so I am going to create one on my Windows VM.
Time Required: 20 minutes
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Next we are going to modify the Windows security policy and account settings to support Oracle RAC.
Open a command prompt and enter the following command:
secpol
This opens the Local Security Policy interface. Alternatively you can navigate here by using:
Start->Administrative Tools->Local Security Policy
Time Required: 10 minutes
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Next we need to edit the Windows registry to change certain behaviours and to make sure we are ready for a RAC install.
Open a command prompt and type regedit to open the Windows registry editor.
Time Required: 30 minutes
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Next we need to add additional networking components to allow our RAC nodes to communicate.
Oracle RAC requires two separate networks, one for public traffic and one for private cluster traffic. Both adapters must use static IP addresses.
VMware Workstation already installed a Bridged Adapter as part of the install process, and this adapter will provde internet access to our VM. But in most cases, the IP address of this adapter will change as DHCP leases expire, or in the case of a laptop, the machine moves from network to network.
Therefore, we need to add two additional NICs on virtual networks between the RAC nodes, one to be our public network and the other to be our private network.
Time Required: 30 minutes
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To create our Oracle RAC database on Windows on VMware Workstation 9, we first need to create a Windows VM.
I am using an ISO image of Windows Server 2008R2 that I downloaded from MSDN. An MSDN subscription offers developers the opportunity to test out different technologies from Micorosft for development purposes.
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