Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC 7.4.1 Configuration and Upgrade Guide - Solaris

To add a node to the cluster using a response file

1. If the cssd resource is configured as a critical resource, the cvm group will be brought offline on the new node. Modify the configuration to make the cssd resource non-critical.

   On one of the nodes in the existing cluster, configure the cssd resource as a non-critical resource:

   # haconf -makerw
   # hares -modify cssd Critical 0
   # haconf -dump -makero

2. Create a response file using one of the available options.

   Note:

   Make sure that you replace the host names in the response file appropriately.

   For information on various options available for creating a response file:

   For response file variable definitions:

   See Response file variables to add a node to an SF Oracle RAC cluster.

   For a sample response file:

   See Sample response file for adding a node to an SF Oracle RAC cluster.

3. Navigate to the product directory on the installation media that contains the SF Oracle RAC installation program.
4. Start the installer:

   # ./installer -responsefile /tmp/response_file

   Where /tmp/response_file is the full path name of the response file.

   Depending on the fencing configuration in the existing cluster, the installer configures fencing on the new node.

   The installer then starts all the required SF Oracle RAC processes and joins the new node to cluster.

   The installer indicates the location of the log file and summary file with details of the actions performed.

5. Verify that all the GAB ports are up:

   # gabconfig -a
   GAB Port Memberships
   ===============================================================
   Port a gen   1b0802 membership 0123
   Port b gen   1b0820 membership 0123
   Port d gen   1b0809 membership 0123
   Port f gen   1b082f membership 0123
   Port h gen   1b0831 membership 0123
   Port m gen   1b0827 membership 0123
   Port o gen   1b080b membership 0123
   Port u gen   1b082d membership 0123
   Port v gen   1b0829 membership 0123
   Port w gen   1b082b membership 0123
   Port y gen   1b0828 membership 0123

6. Complete the following additional preparatory tasks using the instructions in the chapter "Preparing to install Oracle RAC":

   • Identify public virtual IP addresses for use by Oracle RAC.

   • Set the kernel parameters.

   • Verify that the user "nobody" exists.

   • Set up Oracle user equivalence for remote shell and remote copy environments.

   • If the OCR and voting disk resources are not configured under VCS, mount the OCR and voting disk manually.

7. Create Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC database home directories manually.

   See Creating Oracle Clusterware/Grid Infrastructure and Oracle database home directories on the new node .