Oracle9iAS - High Availability Certification

Updated: 26-MAR-2005

Oracle9iAS Release 2 (version 9.0.2 and version 9.0.3)


Description Versions
1 Infrastructure on Hardware clusters (Cold Failover Clusters)
Oracle9iAS Infrastructure can be made Highly Available using Cold Failover Cluster (CFC) solution. Click here to read more about how to set up Infrastructure in a CFC.
 

Supported Infrastructure version:
9.0.2.0.1 + 9.0.2.2 (or higher) patch set
 
Supported Operating Systems:
Solaris, HP-UX and Linux

Note: Infrastructure CFC on Windows (MSCS / Fail Safe), is not supported in Oracle9iAS release

2 Infrastructure on Real Application Clusters (RAC) Not Certified
3 Installing Middle Tiers on Hardware Clusters (Cold Failover Clusters) Limited support: see white paper here for details. Supported platforms: same as row #1 above.
4

Customer Database on Real Application Clusters (RAC):

9.0.1.4:
All Components - except Clickstream and Discoverer. For Portal the following workaround is required:

  • All the nodes in the RAC instance must be restarted after Portal is installed

9.2.0.1:

All Components - except Clickstream and Discoverer. For Portal the following patches and workarounds are required:

  • Bug Number: 2430504
    CORE DUMP WHEN SELECT FROM A TABLE WITH A VPD POLICY INTO A VARRAY
    Workarounds need to be applied before the Portal repository installation on the 9.2
    database through ptlasst scripts. The workarounds required to get the Portal
    9.0.2 repository on the 9.2 database are :
    (1) Resolving errors while loading the soap.jar
    Issue: Fixing the 'ORA-29534: referenced object xxx could not be
    resolved' errors while loading the soap.jar during the Portal
    installation.
    Workaround: Run the following below commandsin the iAS 902 midtier
    in the given sequence.
    (1) dropjava -user sys/change_on_install@ mail.jar
    (2) dropjava -user sys/change_on_install@ activation.jar
    (3) loadjava -resolve -verbose -synonym -grant
    PUBLIC user
    sys/change_on_install@
    /j2ee/home/ejb.jar
    (4) loadjava -resolve -verbose -synonym -grant
    PUBLIC -user
    sys/change_on_install@
    /lib/activation.jar
    (5) loadjava -resolve -verbose -synonym -grant
    PUBLIC -user
    sys/change_on_install@ /lib/mail.jar
  • Resolving 'end-of-file on communication channel" errors
    Issue: Fixing the 'ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel'
    errors during the Portlet Categorization Site installation and doc_seed
    import.
    Workaround: Apply the backport for bug 2430504 in the 9.2 database

Supported RAC database versions:

version 9.0.1.4


 

 

version 9.2.0.1

5 Installing only the Portal Metadata Repository in Customer RAC database Supported in an existing RAC DB version 9.0.1.4 or version 9.2.
6

Infrastructure database using Data Guard

Not Certified
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