Managing the RAC database is similar to managing a standalone database, in terms of creating and administering tablespaces, datafiles, users, and other database operations. Like a standalone database, the RAC database and its instances can startup and shutdown using the startup and shutdown SQL commands. However, the recommended way to administer an Oracle RAC database is to use Server Control Utility.
The Server Control Utility (SRVCTL), srvctl
, is the cluster command-line utility that is installed by default on all nodes and is also used to administer and manage the RAC database and its associated instances for operations such as start and stop, enable and disable, moving database and instances across nodes, and adding and removing instances/database. When srvctl
is used for some of the operations such as add, remove, enable, disable and move database and its instances, the information is stored in the Oracle Cluster Registry...