Preparing Oracle RAC

Before you install IBM® Storage Protect Snapshot in an Oracle RAC environment, you must set up a shared file system. With a shared file system, you can share the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot repository, configuration, and binary files between all RAC nodes. IBM Storage Protect Snapshot can be used to work on clones that were created on any of the RAC nodes. A clone that is created on one RAC node can be inquired, refreshed, and deleted from every other node within the RAC cluster in one operation.

Before you begin

Before you proceed to install IBM Storage Protect Snapshot in an Oracle RAC environment, ensure that all the Prerequisite checks for ASM cloning pass successfully. ASM disk layout checks, and Operation System user and group requirements must pass before you proceed.

Procedure

Create a shared file system for the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot repository, configuration, and binary files such as ACFS or NFS.