RE: 11g RAC orapw file issue- RAC nodes not updated

There are two aspects to this, I assume you are referring to the RDBMS $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory. This has indeed to be maintained across all cluster nodes. The same for the DR cluster-I have a small script that queries the OCR for all cluster members and uses the passwordless ssh authentication to copy the script across (mental node: need to extend it to deal with data guard :)  

For ASM/Grid Infrastructure, things have been simplified - have a look at Harald van Brederode's blog:  

http://prutser.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/clustered-asm-and-rac-password-file- maintenance/  

He says that for Grid Infrastructure the password file should propagate to the local nodes.  

Best regards,  

Martin Bach

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