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Install Oracle RAC 12c R1 on Oracle Linux

6.4 using VirtualBox 4.2.16

The following documents are a step by step guide to install Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c on Oracle Linux 6 using VirtualBox. The installation sequence below will get your 2 Node RAC running on your Laptop in a day or two.

1) Install Oracle RAC 12c R1 on Linux 6.4 using VirtualBox 4.2.16 checklist 2) Install VirtualBox 4.2.16 on Windows 7 64bit 3) Install Dual DHCP/DNS Server 7.10 on Windows 7 4) VirtualBox 4.2.16 setup and Linux 6.4 Installation for Oracle RAC 12c R1 5) Install Grid Infrastructure 12c R1 on Oracle Linux 6.4 6) Install Oracle RAC Database 12c R1 on Oracle Linux 6.4 7) Create Oracle RAC Database 12c R1 on Oracle Linux 6.4

Create Oracle RAC Database 12c R1 on

Oracle Linux 6.4

CREATE DATABASE

Run the dbca command

[oracle@ol6-121-rac1 ~]$ cd $ORACLE_HOME [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 db_1]$ pwd

/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.1/db_1 [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 db_1]$ cd bin [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 bin]$ dbca

bash: dbca: command not found [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 bin]$ ./dbca

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Choose “Create Database”

Choose the default “Create a database with default configuration”. Enter the container

database name (cbdrac), pluggable database name (pdbrac) and administrator password.

Click Next

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Click Finish

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Click Finish

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Enterprise Manager Database Express URL:

https://ol6-121-rac1.workgroup:5500/em

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Check the status of RAC Database

[oracle@ol6-121-rac1 bin]$ srvctl config database -d cbdrac Database unique name: cbdrac Database name: cbdrac

Oracle home: /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.1/db_1 Oracle user: oracle Spfile: +DATA/cbdrac/spfilecbdrac.ora

Password file: +DATA/cbdrac/orapwcbdrac Domain: Start options: open

Stop options: immediate Database role: PRIMARY Management policy: AUTOMATIC

Server pools: cbdrac Database instances: cbdrac1,cbdrac2 Disk Groups: DATA

Mount point paths: Services: Type: RAC

Start concurrency: Stop concurrency: Database is administrator managed

[oracle@ol6-121-rac1 bin]$ [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 bin]$ [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 bin]$ srvctl status database -d cbdrac

Instance cbdrac1 is running on node ol6-121-rac1 Instance cbdrac2 is running on node ol6-121-rac2

[oracle@ol6-121-rac1 bin]$ export ORACLE_SID=cbdrac1 [oracle@ol6-121-rac1 bin]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.1.0 Production on Wed Jul 24 18:36:19 2013

Copyright (c) 1982, 2013, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connected to: Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP,

Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options SQL> select banner from v$version;

BANNER --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit Production PL/SQL Release 12.1.0.1.0 - Production CORE 12.1.0.1.0 Production

TNS for Linux: Version 12.1.0.1.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 12.1.0.1.0 - Production

SQL> select instance_name,host_name from gv$instance; INSTANCE_NAME

---------------- HOST_NAME ----------------------------------------------------------------

cbdrac1

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ol6-121-rac1.workgroup

cbdrac2 ol6-121-rac2.workgroup

SQL> SQL> SELECT inst_name FROM v$active_instances;

INST_NAME ------------------------------------------------------------

ol6-121-rac1.workgroup:cbdrac1 ol6-121-rac2.workgroup:cbdrac2

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