Database clustering with Oracle Real Application Clusters

Oracle Real Application Clusters offers a highly available solution and an alternative to the Oracle Database installation. It facilitates database clustering by using a shared disk and shared cache approach, which improves scalability and performance.

You can create an Oracle RAC database across multiple nodes; however, you must perform specific configuration tasks to ensure that Oracle RAC operates smoothly with Tivoli®'s process automation engine.

Configuration limitations

Configuring Oracle RAC with multiple nodes changes the way the Java™ Database Connectivity (JDBC) URL is created.

The installation program for products such as Maximo® Asset Management cannot install to the Oracle RAC JDBC connection string. The installation program does not provide the option to input multiple nodes nor does it build the required Oracle RAC URL.

The URL is based on the Oracle RAC entries that are in the tnsnames.ora file. The standard URL format works with Tivoli's process automation engine, but a workaround is required for other formats, such as the Oracle RAC JDBC connection string.



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