[Oracle RAC 11.2 Installation]: Using iSCSI and ASM on Oracle Linux 5.8 x86_64

This document describes one of the ways to install Oracle Database on Oracle Linux in a Real Application Cluster (RAC) configuration.

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Documentation:

• Official documentation
  

Environment description for Oracle RAC installation:

• Environment description for Oracle RAC installation
  

Distributions:

• Database distributions and additional software
  

Preparing the environment for RAC installation:

• Preliminary settings
  
• Configuring time synchronization services
  
• Configuring DNS server
  
• Configuring network interfaces and hosts file
  
• Creating oracle11 user and groups
  
• Configuring Secure Shell between cluster nodes
  
• Installing required packages
  
• Selecting packages for autostart
  
• Preparing disks
  
• Installing ISCSI and mounting iscsi disks
  
• Installing and configuring ASM
  
• Modifying kernel parameters and database administrator account parameters
  
• Creating directory structure and assigning necessary permissions
  
• Checking cluster configuration before RAC installation
  
• Copying database distributions to the server
  

RAC installation and database instance creation:

• Grid Installation
  
• Oracle Database Software Installation
  
• Creating a database instance
  

Post-deployment steps:

• Post-installation
  
• Applying patches (11.2.0.3.2)