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 packages and patches required by Oracle are installed.

   See Verifying that packages and patches required by Oracle are installed.

4. Verify that the user nobody exists.

   See Verifying the user nobody exists.

5. Launch the SF Oracle RAC installer.

   See Launching the SF Oracle RAC installer.

6. Create Oracle user and groups.

   See Creating users and groups for Oracle RAC.

7. Create the storage for OCR and voting disk.

   See Creating storage for OCR and voting disk .

8. Configure the private network for Oracle RAC.

   See Configuring private IP addresses for Oracle RAC.

9. For Oracle RAC 11g Release 2: Verify that multicast is functional on all private network interfaces.

   See Verifying that multicast is functional on all private network interfaces.

10. Create the Oracle Clusterware/Grid Infrastructure and Oracle database home directories manually.

    See Creating Oracle Clusterware/Grid Infrastructure and Oracle database home directories manually.

11. Set up Oracle user equivalence on all nodes.

    See Setting up user equivalence.

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

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