Hi Jorge,

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm going to install Oracle 9i RAC on SLES 9 with SP3 on two itanium
servers
> and
> due to the lack of an official document on this subject I've been
reading
> Oracle's document "Step-By-Step Installation of 9.2.0.5 RAC on
Linux",
> "Oracle9i RAC Quick installation guide for linux x86" and specially
Puschitz
> doc on the subject but for Red Hat. I have a better idea now on how
to

We need one to publish to help others :-)

> install
> it but I have a couple of questions in case someone has been thru the
same
> experience:
>
> - On my shared storage device I'm going to use OCFS instead of Raw
devices, I
> have ocfs2-tools and ocfs2console installed (v. 1.1.4), is the ocfs.o
kernel
> module already loaded in the kernel? I have 2.6.5-7.244 version of
kernel.

Yes.

>
> - Is the hangcheck-timer already included in the SP3 kernel? or
should I add
> it?

Yes, it's part of SP3 kernel.

>
> - Oracle 9iRAC really doesn't support ssh so I have to set up rsh on
all the
> nodes?

I think if you update Installer then you can use ssh. Double check
Oracle manual.

>
> - Does orarun sets up all of the necesary parameters in the kernel
for RAC to
> work as it does in standalone installations?

Yes. Please make sure LD_ASSUME_KERNEL is exported as check in
/etc/profile.d/oracle.sh is for x86_64 only.

Good Luck,
Arun



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