To prepare to install Oracle RAC

1. Identify the public virtual IP addresses for use by Oracle.

   See Identifying the public virtual IP addresses for use by Oracle.

2. Set the kernel parameters.

   See Setting the kernel parameters.

3. Verify that the user nobody exists.

   See Verifying the user "nobody" exists.

4. Launch the SF Oracle RAC installer.

   See Launching the SF Oracle RAC installer.

5. Create Oracle user and groups.

   See Creating Oracle user and groups.

6. Create the storage for OCR and voting disk.

   See Creating storage for OCR and voting disk .

7. Configure the private network for Oracle RAC.

   See Configuring private IP addresses for Oracle RAC.

8. Create the Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC database home directories manually.

   See Creating Oracle Clusterware and Oracle database home directories manually.

9. Set up Oracle user equivalence on all nodes.

   See Setting up user equivalence.

10. Edit the Oracle user profile.

    See Editing the Oracle user profile.

11. Verify whether the Veritas Membership library is linked to the Oracle library.

    See Verifying whether the Veritas Membership library is linked to Oracle libraries.

12. Verify the cluster configuration before the installation to ensure that there are no issues that may prevent a successful installation.

    See Verifying the systems for Oracle RAC installation.