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Adding a node to an Oracle9i cluster

An SF Oracle RAC cluster can have as many as eight nodes; SF Oracle RAC enables you to add and remove nodes. The example procedure shows how to add a node to a two-node cluster. The example procedure adds a node saturn to an existing cluster rac_cluster101 with two nodes galaxy and nebula.

Tasks involved in adding a node to your existing Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC cluster include:

• Checking system requirements for new node
• Physically adding a new node to the cluster
• Installing SF Oracle RAC on the new node
• Running vxinstall to start VxVM
• Configuring LLT, GAB, VCSMM, ODM, and VXFEN drivers
• Configuring CVM to reflect the new node
• Installing Oracle on the new node
• Configuring new Oracle instance on the new node