Oracle 11gR2 RAC Seminar

This one-day seminar covers the changes to Oracle Clusterware, ASM and RAC in the current release. I am regularly running the seminar either with partners or directly for customers/end-users including several FTSE-100 companies. If you are interested in attending or partnering please contact me for further details.

The seminar is constantly evolving as I include additional material based on experience with customers and information supplied by others. Every participant receives a copy of the seminar materials which currently includes around 300 slides with notes.

The seminar content is currently based on Linux, Solaris and AIX ports. Further ports will be added as I gain experience of these on customer engagements. For direct customers the content can be tailored to local requirements. The seminar is intended for a minimum audience of four and a maximum of sixteen.

The basic seminar runs for four 75 minute sessions which cover the following areas:

Session 1 - Introduction and Concepts

This session covers Oracle 11gR2 RAC and Grid Infrastructure concepts including:

• Releases, De-support dates, CPUs, PSUs
• Licensing considerations
• CPU, Memory and I/O requirements
• Oracle 11gR2 New Features including Edition-based Redefinition
• Grid Infrastructure Concepts
• Server Pools

Session 2 - Grid Infrastructure and RAC Concepts

This session covers Oracle 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure and RAC installation and configuration

• Operating System requirements
• DNS and DHCP configuration
• Grid Infrastructure Installation without Grid Naming Service (GNS)
• Grid Infrastructure Installation with Grid Naming Service (GNS)
• RAC software installation
• ASM 11gR2 features and configuration
• ASM Cluster FIle System (ACFS)
• DBCA 11gR2 enhancement

Session 3 - Upgrade and Administration

This session covers administration and upgrade of Oracle 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure and RAC. In addition to the standard Oracle upgrade tools a lower risk upgrade strategy is discussed which requires less downtime and presents lower risk for existing production RAC databases

• SRVCTL / CRSCTL enhancements
• Grid Infrastructure Upgrade
• RAC Software Upgrade
• Database Upgrade using OUI/DBUA
• Moving OCR/Voting DIsk to ASM
• Converting from Admin to Policy Management
• Alternative Upgrade Strategy - lower risk strategy for production systems
• Shared Oracle Homes
• Adding Nodes and Instances
• Deleting Nodes and Instances

Session 4 - Advanced Topics

This session covers some advanced configuration options including:

• Oracle Restart
• Oracle RAC One
• Oracle Clusterware Agent Framework
• Data Guard - Physical Standby configuration
• Active Data Guard
• Role-Based Services