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Oracle 11gR2 2-node RAC on VMware Workstation 8 – Part IX

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Time Required: 60 minutes

Class Materials:

  • Oracle 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure software

Next we are going to install the Oracle Grid Infrastructure software.

The Grid Infrastructure will provide the Cluster software that allows the RAC nodes to communicate, as well as the ASM software to manage the shared disks.

To begin, download the zip file from the Oracle software download website and unzip on Orpheus. Make sure you are logged into Orpheus as the oracle user so that oracle owns the unzipped files.

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Oracle 11gR2 RAC – sshUserSetup.sh script to swap ssh keys between hosts

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Oracle 11gR2 RAC Grid install includes a useful script to establish and exchange ssh keys between hosts of the cluster.

The process to set up and exchange ssh keys between hosts to facilitate unchallenged logins between trusted users has been well documented already. Oracle simply provides a handy wrapper script over the whole process.

Although the main Grid install process will set up ssh keys, this is a useful verification step to ensure all nodes are reachable, as well as a prerequisite to having the cluvfy script succeed.

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