To prepare to set up a campus cluster

1. Configure the physical infrastructure for campus cluster:

   • Set up access to the local storage arrays and to remote storage arrays on each node. The storage link will extend to the third site as well.

   • If you are planning to set up a Coordination Point Server and use it as the third coordination point, you must set it up now. To set up a Coordination Point Server:

     See Setting up the CP server.

   • Set up the private heartbeat network

     See the Veritas Cluster Server Administrator's Guide

2. Install the operating system on all the nodes of the cluster.

   See your operating system documenation.

3. Install and configure SF Oracle RAC on all nodes on both the sites.

   See About preparing to install and configure SF Oracle RAC.

   See About configuring SF Oracle RAC.

   In the sample setup, install and configure SF Oracle RAC 5.1 on all four nodes.

4. Configure I/O fencing to prevent data corruption.

   See Setting up disk-based I/O fencing using installsfrac program.

   See Setting up server-based I/O fencing using installsfrac program.

5. Relink Oracle with SF Oracle RAC binaries.

   See Relinking the SF Oracle RAC libraries with Oracle RAC using the SF Oracle RAC installer.