Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g: Administer and Deploy Clusterware

Course Description

In this course you gain a deep understanding of Oracle Clusterware including the software stack, process families, and file structures. You also learn how to administer Oracle Clusterware. The course teaches you how to install Oracle Clusterware on a two-node system and then extend the installation to more nodes utilizing several techniques.The course also covers how to leverage Oracle Clusteware to make applications highly available and how to perform monitoring and failover. In addition, you learn how to troubleshoot Oracle Clusterware by examining log files, enabling debugging and tracing for various utilities. Finally, you learn how to apply a patch set to Oracle Clusterware using the rolling upgrade procedure.Learn to:Install Oracle Clusterware Administer Oracle Clusterware Troubleshoot Oracle Clusterware Apply a patchset to Oracle Clusterware This course is based on Oracle Database 11g Release 1.A Live Virtual Class (LVC) is exclusively for registered students; unregistered individuals may not view an LVC at any time. Registered students must view the class from the country listed in the registration form. Unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of LVC content may not be made.

Skills Gained

• Describe the Oracle Clusterware architecture
• Install the Oracle Clusterware software
• Administer Oracle Clusterware
• Extend the Oracle Clusterware to additional nodes
• Make applications highly available using Oracle Clusterware
• Troubleshoot Oracle Clusterware
• Apply a patch using the rolling upgrade procedure

Who Can Benefit

• Administrator
• Database Administrators
• Support Engineer
• System Administrator
• Technical Administrator

Prerequisites

• Understanding of Unix or Linux operating systems
• OS knowledge

Syllabus

Oracle Clusterware Architecture

• What is Oracle Clusterware
• Complete Integrated Clusterware
• Hardware and Software Concepts
• Protected Applications with Oracle Clusterware
• Process Architecture
• File System Structures

Oracle Clusterware Installation

• Oracle Clusterware Version Compatibility
• Oracle RAC 11g Installation
• Windows and UNIX Installation Differences
• Hardware Requirements
• Network Requirements
• Package Requirements

Administering Oracle Clusterware

• Oracle Clusterware startup and shutdown
• Enabling and Disabling Clusterware Daemons
• Administering the Voting Disk file
• Administering the Oracle Cluster Registry Disk file
• Modifying Network Settings

Cloning Oracle Clusterware

• Preparing the CRS_HOME for cloning
• Cloning Oracle Clusterware to create a new cluster
• Cloning to Extend and existing cluster
• Cloning Script Variables
• Examining log files for cloning

Adding and Deleting Oracle Clusterware Homes

• Prerequisite Steps for Adding Oracle Clusterware
• Adding Oracle Clusterware Homes Using insert active and silent mode
• Deleting Oracle Clusterware Homes

Making Applications Highly Available Using Oracle Clusterware

• Overview of Using Oracle Clusterware to Enable HA
• Flow diagram of the HA lifecycle
• Application Placement Policies
• Optional Resources in Placement Decisions
• Creating Application Profiles
• Creating an Application VIP
• Managing Application Resources

Troubleshooting Oracle Clusterware

• Oracle Enterprise Manager monitoring capabilities
• Checking the health of the Clusterware
• Component Level Debugging
• Enabling Tracing for Java Based Tools
• Determining Software Versions and Active Versions
• Troubleshooting the OCR file
• Verifying Event Manager Communications

Patching Oracle Clusterware using Rolling Upgrade Procedure

• Metalink for latest patch set
• Downloading latest patch set
• Shutting down RAC resources
• Stopping all Oracle processes
• Running OUI to complete patch installation for 1st node
• Repeat process on remaining nodes