Time Required: 20 minutes
Class Materials:
- CentOS 6.4 64-bit install media
Before we can install Oracle 12cR1 on our new VM, we need to load additional RPM packages that are required by the Oracle database and grid.
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Oracle 12cR1 12.1.0.1 2-node RAC on CentOS 6.4 on VMware Workstation 9 – Part I
Time Required: 60 minutes
Class Materials:
- 60GB of free disk
- An operational VMware Workstation 9 or later install
- CentOS 6.4 64-bit ISO install media
To create our Oracle 12c RAC database on VMware Workstation 9, we first need to create a Linux VM.
Oracle 12c will eventually be released for a multitude of platforms, but the initial release only support Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86 and Oracle Linux 6.4.
I don’t own a SPARC machine, so instead I am going to install Oracle 12c RAC on CentOS 6.4.
Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3 2-node RAC on Windows 2008 on VMware Workstation 9 – Intro
A while back I put together a very detailed ten step process to create a simple two-node RAC on VMware Workstation using Red Hat Linux 5.5.
There were already many blog posts on creating RAC systems, including some using VMware, but partly because I felt that none of them were detailed for someone not already an expert in Linux, and partly because I wanted to learn for myself, I created my own.
Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3 2-node RAC on Windows 2008 on VMware Workstation 9 – Part VIII
Time Required: 60 minutes
Class Materials:
- Oracle 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure software for Windows
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 Rodolfo.
Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3 2-node RAC on Windows 2008 on VMware Workstation 9 – Part X
Time Required: 10 minutes
Class Materials:
- none
Next we are going to create a new RAC database using DBCA.
Open a new command window to make sure all environment settings are established. Do not re-use the same window you used to install the Grid and Database.
Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3 2-node RAC on Windows 2008 on VMware Workstation 9 – Part IX
Time Required: 60 minutes
Class Materials:
- Oracle 11gR2 Database software for Windows
Next we are going to install the Oracle Database 11gR2 11.2.0.3 software.
To begin, download the two zip files from the MOS and unzip on Rodolfo. Make sure you are logged into Rodolfo as the oracle user.
Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3 2-node RAC on Windows 2008 on VMware Workstation 9 – Part VII
Time Required: 30 minutes
Class Materials:
- 5GB of disk space
- an ASCII text editor
Next we are going to add a shared disk to our two Windows VMs.
VMware Workstation makes the allocation of shared disk to VMs very simple. Shared disk has been the biggest obstacle to create Oracle RAC clusters at home, but VMware gives us a reliable and portable solution that does not require fire-wire hacks, your own NFS server or a SCSI disk array.
Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3 2-node RAC on Windows 2008 on VMware Workstation 9 – Part VI
Time Required: 20 minutes
Class Materials:
- none
We are now ready to clone our VM. From this point forward we will have two machines, and we will start to think of them individually.
Make sure your Windows VM is shutdown.
Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3 2-node RAC on Windows 2008 on VMware Workstation 9 – Part V
Time Required: 20 minutes
Class Materials:
- none
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.
Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.3 2-node RAC on Windows 2008 on VMware Workstation 9 – Part IV
Time Required: 20 minutes
Class Materials:
- None
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
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