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Suse10 10gR2 Laptop RAC

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Hi,
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I did read Dizwell article about Linux 10g Laptop RAC. The article is no longer available
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I have just installed RAC 10gR2 on Suse10.

The document above guided me thru the steps.

Specific Suse10 :
- raw devices are configured by editing /etc/raw with values like raw1:loop1 and must be activated with rcraw start (+ chkconfig -a raw for persitence)

To take care :
- read point 8 to survive reboot…

Specific 10gR2 :
In 10gR2, MAXINSTANCES must not be specified by create controlfiles. In 10gR2, the controlfile can grow dynamically. Even if I created my controlfile with maxinstances=1, I can do alter database add logfile instance 'RAC2' ; alter database add logfile instance 'RAC2' ; alter database enable instance 'RAC2';, which is simply great! CREATE CONTROLFILE just belongs to the past!

Installation:
I had to run vipca manually as root at the end of the root script of the crs installation. I also removed my existing oracle_homes and rebooted before installing database software again. The VIP interface must be configured in /etc/hosts and DOWN (ifconfig down eth0:2).

Conclusion:
The doc written by Amit Poddar on Howad site is usefull. Enjoy rac’ing on your pocket desk calculator!

oracle10gR2 on suse10

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I prefer and recommend using Oracle on a supported version, like Suse Entreprise 9, because the installation is fair. The Installer does complain on SLES9 what is missing.

Ok, I just received a brand new notebook, I decided to go to Suse 10, and, Ô Miracle, the installation was pretty easy! I surely installed C++ development tools (how can I survive without a C compiler), but I missed the libaio and libaio-devl. Well, I installed it afterwards and my create database statement succeeded.

Sincerly, installing Oracle 10gR2 on Suse 10 is no longer a pain as it was before with non-supported versions.

I am so happy ;)

Well, my gnome evolution ms-exchange connector is still not working, but this I will fix asap