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Installing SF Oracle RAC on the new node

Tasks involved in installing SF Oracle RAC on the new node include:

• Mounting the software disc
• Checking the new node
• Installing SF Oracle RAC on new node

Mounting the software disc

Make sure you have superuser (root) privileges to load the SF Oracle RAC software. You can use the mount command to mount the disc.

See Mounting the product disc

 To navigate to the folder containing the installsfrac program

• Navigate to the /cdrom folder containing the installsfrac script:

  # cd /cdrom/storage_foundation_for_oracle_rac

Checking the new node

Before installing the SF Oracle RAC software on the new node, you must verify that the new node meets the installation requirements.

 To check the new node for installation

1. Run the installsfrac program with the precheck option to verify the current operating system level, patch level, licenses, and disk space are adequate for a successful installation:

   # ./installsfrac -precheck saturn

   The precheck function of the utility proceeds without user interaction.

2. Upon completion, review as the utility displays the results of the verification and saves the results in a log file.
3. If the precheck function indicates a requirement for licensing, add the license when running the installation utility.

   The precheck function may prompt you for other requirements.

4. If the verification is successful, proceed to run installsfrac with the -installonly option.

Installing SF Oracle RAC on new node

You must install SF Oracle RAC using the -installonly option and later manually configure the new node joining the cluster.

 To install SF Oracle RAC on new node without configuration

1. On the new node, use the -installonly option to install SF Oracle RAC without performing configuration:

   # ./installsfrac -installonly

   The new node will use the configuration from the existing cluster nodes.

2. Enter the name of the new node.
3. After the script performs initial checks, confirm to start the installation.
4. Review the output as the script checks system licensing and installs the licensing depot.
5. Enter the license key as the installer prompts.

   Enter a SFRAC license key for saturn: [?] XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX

   XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX successfully registered on saturn

   SFRAC license registered on saturn

6. Enter keys for additional product features such as VVR, if you want to set up a Global Cluster environment.

   Do you want to enter another license key for saturn? [y,n,q,?]

   (n)

7. Review the output as the script lists the depots and patches to install and checks whether any of them are present on the node.
8. After the script installs the packages and patches, note the location of the summary, log, and response files in the output.
9. Ignore the message advising you to run installsfrac -configure.
10. Reboot the node.

    # usr/sbin/shutdown -r now