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Table of contents

  1. Deploying Oracle RAC Database 12c Release 2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  2. Comments and Feedback
  3. 1. Executive Summary
  4. 2. Reference Architecture Environment
    1. 2.1. Reference Architecture Overview
    2. 2.2. Network Topology
    3. 2.3. Hardware Details
    4. 2.4. File System Layout & Disk Space Details
    5. 2.5. Swap Space
    6. 2.6. Security: SELinux
  5. 3. Reference Architecture Configuration Details
    1. 3.1. Setting OS Hostname
    2. 3.2. Network Configuration
      1. 3.2.1. Configuring /etc/resolv.conf file
      2. 3.2.2. Public Network Configuration
      3. 3.2.3. Configure SCAN via DNS
      4. 3.2.4. Configure Virtual IP (VIP) via DNS
      5. 3.2.5. Private Network Configuration
      6. 3.2.6. iSCSI Network Configuration
        1. 3.2.6.1. iSCSI Switch and Dell EqualLogic Recommendations
    3. 3.3. OS Configuration
      1. 3.3.1. Red Hat Subscription Manager
      2. 3.3.2. Chrony Configuration
      3. 3.3.3. Oracle Database 12c Release 2 Package Requirements
      4. 3.3.4. Configuring Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
      5. 3.3.5. Configuring Firewall Settings
      6. 3.3.6. Modifying Kernel Parameters
      7. 3.3.7. Setting Virtual Memory
      8. 3.3.8. Setting Shared Memory (SHMMAX, SHMALL, SHMMNI)
      9. 3.3.9. Setting Semaphores (SEMMSL, SEMMNI, SEMMNS)
      10. 3.3.10. Ephemeral Network Ports
      11. 3.3.11. Optimizing Network Settings
      12. 3.3.12. Setting NOZEROCONF
      13. 3.3.13. Disabling the avahi­daemon Service
      14. 3.3.14. Increasing synchronous I/O Requests
      15. 3.3.15. Increasing File Handles
      16. 3.3.16. Reverse Path Filtering
      17. 3.3.17. User Accounts & Groups
      18. 3.3.18. Setting Shell Limits for the Grid and Oracle User
    4. 3.4. Storage Configuration
      1. 3.4.1. iSCSI CHAP Authentication
      2. 3.4.2. Configuring Host Access to Volumes
      3. 3.4.3. Device Mapper Multipath
      4. 3.4.4. Partitioning Device Mapper Shared Disks
      5. 3.4.5. Configuring Oracle ASM Disks
        1. 3.4.5.1. Oracle ASMLib and Oracle ASM Filter Driver Alternative: Configuring udev Rules
      6. 3.4.6. Optimizing Database Storage using Automatic System Tuning
        1. 3.4.6.1. Customizing the tuned-profiles-oracle profile
  6. 4. Oracle RAC 12c Release 2 Configuration
    1. 4.1. Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure (Required for ASM)
    2. 4.2. Installing Oracle 12c R1 Database Software
    3. 4.3. Creating ASM Diskgroups via the ASM Configuration Assitant (ASMCA)
    4. 4.4. Creating Pluggable Databases using Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
    5. 4.5. Enabling HugePages
  7. 5. Logging into the Oracle Container Database 12c Release 2
  8. 6. Post Installation Cleanup Tasks
    1. 6.1. Removal of firewalld Trusted Source Address
  9. 7. Common Tasks when Managing Container Database (CDB) and Pluggable Databases (PDB)
    1. 7.1. Connect to a CDB
    2. 7.2. Connect to a PDB
    3. 7.3. Managing a CDB
    4. 7.4. Managing a PDB
    5. 7.5. Location of Data files of PDB & CDB
  10. 8. Conclusion
  11. A. Contributors
  12. B. DM Multipath Configuration File
  13. C. Huge Pages Script
  14. D. Oracle Database Package Requirements Text File
  15. E. Kernel Parameters (98-oracle-kernel.conf)
  16. F. Limits Configuration File (99-grid-oracle-limits.conf)
  17. G. 99-oracle-asmdevices.rules
  18. H. Sample Kickstart File
  19. I. Configuration Files
  20. J. Troubleshooting ORA-* Errors
  21. K. References
  22. L. Revision History
  23. Legal Notice
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Appendix K. References

  • TECH: Unix Semaphores and Shared Memory Explained (DOC ID: 15566.1)
  • Oracle Grid Infrastruture, Oracle Documentation
  • Tuning Red Hat Enterprise Linux For Oracle & Oracle RAC by Scott Crot, Sr.Consultant, Red Hat, Inc.)
  • USE_LARGE_PAGES To Enable HugePages (ID 1392497.1)
  • Large Pages Information in the Alert Log (ID 1392543.1)
  • Tuning Virtual Memory - via Kernel Doc documentation (kernel-doc package)
  • Maximum SHMMAX values for Linux x86 and x86-64 (ID 567506.1)
  • About the Oracle Database Fault Diagnosability Infrastructure
  • Oracle 12c Database Installation Guide
  • Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux – Installation, Administration, Performance by Steve Shaw and Martin Bach
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