RAC INSTALLATION CHECKLIST

CHECK LIST TO USE AND FOLLOW

This is the list of operations you should do, before moving to Oracle Installation steps :

Perform all these steps on all nodes participating in the RAC

1 Check the Hardware Requirements

2 Check the Network Requirements

3 Check the Software Requirements

4 Create Required UNIX Groups and User

5 Configure Kernel Parameters and Shell Limits

6 Identify Required Software Directories

7 Identify or Create an Oracle Base Directory

8 Create the CRS Home Directory

9 Choose a Storage Option for Oracle CRS,Database, and Recovery Files

10 Create Directories for Oracle CRS,Database, or Recovery Files

11 Configure Disks for Automatic Storage Management
- Disk Storage concurrently from all nodes participating to the RAC cluster

12 Synchronize the System Time on Cluster Nodes

13 Stop Existing Oracle Processes

14 Configure the oracle User's Environment

15 Configure user equivalence (eg SSH)