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Solaris SPARS 64bit is the OS
On 8/28/07, Closson, Kevin A <kevin.closson_at_hp.com> wrote:
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> If you're building an Oracle RAC cluster, you'll install VCS (actually,
> SFOR) first and then install Oracle Clusterware. You *must* have Oracle
> Clusterware--it is not optional. However, the "magic" is that when Oracle
> Clusterware is installed "on top" of VCS, it detects VCS and integrates with
> it by delegating cluster membership duties and authority to VCS.
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> Short answer: for RAC, yes, you need both. For failover, VCS is fine by
> itself.
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> ...the original post didn't specify platform. It turns out that SFRAC is
> now certified for all 3 Linux distros (EOL,RHEL,SLES). So if this is Linux
> RAC, then SFRAC will ***not*** integrate with VCS. They run in parallel in
> that situation just as did RAC on PolyServe.
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-- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Tue Aug 28 2007 - 21:28:01 CDT
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