We Have An Oracle Cluster

Now, that we have an Oracle cluster and RAC database. Here is a quick high-level touchbase on the RAC environment from the Oracle documentation:

As a DBA, after installation your tasks are to administer your RAC environment at three levels:

• Instance Administration
• Database Administration
• Cluster Administration

For administering Real Application Clusters, use the following tools to perform administrative tasks in RAC:

• Cluster Verification Utility (CVU)—Install and use CVU before you install RAC to ensure that your configuration meets the minimum RAC installation requirements. Also use the CVU for on-going administrative tasks, such as node addition and node deletion.
• Enterprise Manager—Oracle recommends that you use Enterprise Manager to perform administrative tasks whenever feasible.
• Task-specific GUIs such as the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) and the Virtual Internet Protocol Configuration Assistant (VIPCA)
• Command-line tools such as SQL*Plus, Server Control (SRVCTL), the Oracle Clusterware command-line interface, and the Oracle Interface Configuration tool (OIFCFG)

I've got plenty of posts saved up and will enter them either tonight or soon. It has been crazy at work. Funny, how you learn so much more while in a storm than you do when things are calm. It is like that in life as well as at work. God has a way of tempering you in the storms that you face and bringing you thru them stronger and better than before. Man, I could preach on that especially with things going on in my personal life right now.