| release
2 high availability enhancements |
| Data
Guard – Recovery though Incremental Backups: |
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Incremental
RMAN backup sets can now be used to roll forward a standby
database. |
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| RAC – Name
Changes: |
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| Cluster
ready Services (CRS) has been reborn as Oracle Clusterware. |
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| RAC – crsctl
Utility: |
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new utility can be used to start and stop the entire clusterware
stack and its resources in a single command. It can also
be used to check various aspects of the cluster configuration. |
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| Data
Guard – Real-time Apply Enhancements: |
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no longer necessary for a log switch to occur to apply data
to a standby using the SQL apply method. |
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| RAC – Cluster
Verify Utility (cluvfy): |
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though this utility comes with Release 2, it can be independently
downloaded and used with Release 1. This utility can be used
to verify the set-up of the server before attempting to install
the clusterware and very the set-up of RAC at various stages
throughout the installation process. It can also be used
to check system integrity after installation and is a very
handy tool. |
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| RAC – Node
Cloning: |
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| Enterprise
Manager Grid Control can be used to create new nodes by cloning
existing nodes. All you need to do is set up access to the
new node and it takes care of the rest. |
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| RAC
- OCR Mirroring: |
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Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) is now automatically mirrored
to various locations meaning it is less likely you’ll
need to go to a backup if there is any corruption. |
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| RAC – Connection
Failover: |
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Fast
Connection Failover is now available for JDBC, OCI & ODP
using events. |
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