This was posted today, which i believe is somewhat related to what you are trying to do... RAC 12c enhancements: adding an additional SCAN-part 1 http://martincarstenbach.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/rac-12c-enhancements-adding-an-additional-scan-part-1/ On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Upendra <nupendra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I do have a non-prod environment that I could test it on before Prod. I am > not planning on using Flex clusters as of now. > Thanks Maaz. > > -Upendra > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:12:00 -0400 > > Subject: Re: Oracle RAC listener on a 2nd network > From: maazanjum@xxxxxxxxx > To: nupendra@xxxxxxxxxxx > CC: jkstill@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > A few blog posts on this have already been written, but I hope you have a > non-production environment to test it out first :) > > Unless you are planning to use Flex Clusters (which it doesn't sound like > you are or need to in this case), your upgrade should be similar from > 11.2.0.X to 11.2.0.Y. > > Cheers, > Maaz > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Upendra <nupendra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am thinking of upgrading to 12c clusterware if it is not too painful and > reasonably stable.. Certainly this will be the option I would consider if I > decide not to upgrade the clusterware. > Thanks Jared! > > -Upendra > > ------------------------------ > From: jkstill@xxxxxxxxx > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:25:50 -0700 > > Subject: Re: Oracle RAC listener on a 2nd network > To: nupendra@xxxxxxxxxxx > CC: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Upendra <nupendra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Without impacting the above setup, I would like to create a second > database in the RAC environment and setup access for another set of > applications through another network Network_B. They both are independent > networks (its a requirement based on the legacy networks we have). I need > the listener for the second database to be listening on Network_B. > > > I've done something quite similar to this in 11.2.0.x RAC. > > The same databases were involved, but two different networks, internal and > external. > > That was a couple years ago, just looked up my notes and found the Oracle > Support document: > > How to Configure A Second Listener on a Separate Network in 11.2 Grid > Infrastructure [ID 1063571.1] > > As I recall the note was a little unclear is spots, but we did get it to > work. > The method is not entirely straight forward, but is supported, and once > setup works as expected. > > I would point you to a blog if I had written one ( shame on me ), but I > did write an internal document that I think could be easily converted to a > blog. > > If this note seems to cover it , feel free to ask any questions you may > have about it. > > > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > Sr Oracle DBA at Pythian > Pythian Blog http://www.pythian.com/blog/author/still/ > Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com > Home Page: http://jaredstill.com > > > > > -- > A life yet to be lived... >