Configuring Oracle8I Software; Installing Object Link Manager - Compaq 112726-001 - ProLiant - 6500 Administrator's Manual

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Oracle8i Parallel Server Manager
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Oracle8i Enterprise Manager
NOTE: If the Oracle Universal Installer does not offer the option to install Oracle8i Parallel
Server, it could mean that the OSDs did not install successfully or that the
OracleCMService is not running.
After installing Oracle software, the Oracle manual instructs you to install
vendor-supplied operating system dependent modules (OSDs). You have
already completed this step.

Configuring Oracle8i Software

Configuring Oracle software includes configuring Oracle8i Parallel Server,
Oracle8i Parallel Server Manager, Oracle8i Enterprise Manager, and
administering multiple instances. Use the Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and
Configuration Guide and the Oracle8i Enterprise Edition for Windows 2000 to
configure the Oracle8i software.

Installing Object Link Manager

IMPORTANT: Before installing and configuring an Oracle database, you must install
Object Link Manager on all cluster nodes. Object Link Manager maintains the symbolic
links between disk partitions and Oracle data files. Failure to install Object Link Manager
can result in the Oracle database not starting or, if it starts, in not finding the correct data.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server assigns disk numbers to drives in the shared
storage subsystems based on the order in which the shared storage subsystems
are powered on.
The order in which disks are brought online directly affects the disk numbers
assigned to the disk, which in turn affects the ability of Oracle8i Server to find
Oracle data files. If shared storage subsystems are powered off and then
powered on in a different order than they were when the cluster was initially
configured, the order and numbering of the shared disk drives will change for
all nodes in the cluster.
Object Link Manager simplifies the creation and maintenance of symbolic
links between disk partitions and Oracle data files by placing the symbolic link
names directly into the disk partitions, thereby tracking the symbolic links
dynamically. This means that if the order in which disk drives are brought
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