What's New in Real Application Clusters Administration?

This section describes the new administrative features of Oracle9i release 2 (9.2) for Real Application Clusters.

The topic in this section is:

• Oracle9i Release 2 New Features for the Administration of Real Application Clusters Databases

Oracle9i Release 2 New Features for the Administration of Real Application Clusters Databases

• Recovery Manager Enhancements for Real Application Clusters

  Autolocation for Real Application Clusters: RMAN automatically discovers which nodes of an Oracle Real Application Clusters configuration can access the files that you want to back up or restore. RMAN autolocates the following files:

  • Backup pieces and datafile or control file copies during backup or restore
  • Archived redo logs during backup

  RMAN enables the autolocation feature whenever the allocated channels have different PARMS or CONNECT strings.

• Real Application Clusters Guard II

  Real Application Clusters Guard II supports comprehensive workload management to maintain high availability for the Real Application Clusters database and its applications. You can use the standard Server Control (SRVCTL) Utility and the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) to administer Real Application Clusters Guard II.

  See Also: Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Guard II Concepts, Installation, and Administration on the Real Application Clusters Guard II software CD for more information about administering Real Application Clusters Guard II with SRVCTL and the DBCA

• Real Application Clusters Management Tools Error Messages

  The error messages for the Real Application Clusters management tools are documented in Appendix C, "Real Application Clusters Management Tools Error Messages". The message groups in this appendix include the following:

  • Global Services Daemon Error Messages (PRKA)
  • Cluster Command Error Messages (PRKC)
  • Cluster Setup Errors for Windows NT (PRKI)
  • Server Control (SRVCTL) Utility Error Messages (PRKO)
  • Cluster Database Management Messages (PRKP)
  • Repository Errors (PRKR)