Recently I had to battle a new issue with the quite-new Oracle Database RAC Version 12.2.0.1 on Linux x86_64. The idea of RAC is, to compensate the loss of a node or service by restarting services on other nodes. But in my case, when one node in a two-node-Cluster was down (or the crs stack […]
Tag: Clusterware
DOAG Presentation: Oracle Standard Edition RAC
Wednesday last week, I had a presentation for my regional Oracle Users Group (DOAG Regio Nürnberg). The month before I was asked to display the difference between Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition RACs. Here comes the presentation (German), for questions and suggestions just let me know. Stay highly available Martin Klier […]
Upgrading Oracle Clusterware: [INS-40406] The installer detects no existing Oracle Grid Infrastructure software on the system
Upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11.2 (it’s just another marketing name for the Oracle Clusterware, formerly known as Cluster Ready Services CRS) usually is easy: The runInstaller offers an upgrade mode, and discovers nodes and versions without further effort. But what, if not? The message will be “[INS-40406] The installer detects no existing Oracle Grid Infrastructure […]