Oracle Database Resource Portfolio - RAC/Scalability

Key RAC/Scalability Articles

Best Practice Documents

The following Best Practice Documents are available:

• RAC and Oracle Clusterware Best Practices and Starter Kit (Platform Independent) [Document 810394.1]
• RAC: Frequently Asked Questions [Document 220970.1]
• Top 11 Things to do NOW to Stabilize your RAC Cluster Environment [Document 1344678.1]
• Top 11gR2 RAC Installation Issues [Document 1372375.1]
• Top 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure Upgrade Issues [Document 1366558.1]
• How to Modify Private Network Information in Oracle Clusterware [Document 283684.1]
• How to Modify Public Network Information including VIP in Oracle Clusterware [Document 276434.1]
• How to update the IP address of the SCAN VIP resources [Document 952903.1]
• Using Oracle Clusterware with Vendor Clusterware FAQ [Document 332257.1]

Best Practice Webcasts

The following Best Practice Webcasts are available:

How To Setup 12c ACFS RAC Filesystem Through EM Cloud Control 12c

Recording

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For other webcasts, refer to Document:1456176.1 Database Advisor Webcasts: Current Schedule and Archived recordings

Health Checks

• ORAchk - Oracle Configuration Audit Tool [Document 1268927.1]

Tools

• Cluster Health Monitor (CHM) FAQ [Document 1328466.1]
• TFA Collector- The Preferred Tool for Automatic or ADHOC Diagnostic Gathering Across All Cluster Nodes [Document 1513912.1]
• CRS 10gR2/ 11gR1/ 11gR2 Diagnostic Collection Guide [Document 330358.1]
• ORAchk - Oracle Configuration Audit Tool [Document 1268927.1]

Troubleshooting Assistants

• Oracle Grid Infrastructure Install [Document 1551639.2]
• Oracle Grid Infrastructure Upgrade [Document 1553630.2]
• Oracle Grid Infrastructure Patching [Document 1553605.2]

Premium Knowledge Content Notes

• Information Center: Oracle Scalability Grid Infrastructure / Clusterware and Real Application Clusters (RAC) [Document 1452965.2]
• Master Note for Real Application Clusters (RAC) Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Grid Infrastructure [Document 1096952.1]

MOS Communities

• RAC/Scalability MOS Community

Troubleshooting Documents

The following Troubleshooting Documents are available:

• Troubleshooting Clusterware Node Evictions (Reboots) [Document 1050693.1]
• Using Diagwait as a diagnostic to get more information for diagnosing Oracle Clusterware Node evictions [Document 559365.1]
• Top 5 RAC Instance Crash Issues [Document 1375405.1]
• Top 5 Issues That Cause Troubles with Scan VIP and Listeners [Document 1373350.1]
• Top 5 Database and/or Instance Performance Issues in RAC Environment [Document 1373500.1]
• Top 5 (RAC Specific) Database Management Issues With DBCA, NETCA, DBUA and Other Tools [Document 1371066.1]
• Top 5 CRS Cluster Patching Issues [Document 1372859.1]
• Top 5 issues for Instance Eviction [Document 1374110.1]
• Troubleshooting "Global Enqueue Services Deadlock detected" [Document 1443482.1]
• Troubleshooting: "log file sync" Waits [Document 1376916.1]