RAC Attack - Oracle Cluster Database at Home/RAC Attack 12c/Configure Oracle Client
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Services, Failover and Load Balancing (e)
- Configure Oracle Client
- Service Failover
- Connection Failover
- Runtime Failover
- Client Load Balancing
- Server Load Balancing
Next: RAC SQL and PLSQL
In order to test failover it would be best to connect from a client outside the cluster, so we'll start by downloading and installing Oracle's Basic Instant Client (English-only) and the Instant Client SQLPlus package. Then we'll configure the DNS resolution and the local TNS naming to use the SCAN addresses.
Some steps in this chapter are specific for Windows Hosts. You should be able to do the same if you have a Linux or Mac laptop. |
- Download Oracle's Basic (English-only) Instant Client and Oracle's Instant Client SQLPlus package from Oracle's website here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/winx64soft-089540.html
You can omit the Instant Client instalation if you already have an Oracle 12c Client installed on your laptop. |
The two files you need are:
- instantclient-basiclite-windows.x64-12.1.0.1.0.zip
- instantclient-sqlplus-windows.x64-12.1.0.1.0.zip
- Preferred DNS server: 192.178.78.51
- Alternate DNS server: 192.178.78.52