>>> >>>Besides, having Oracle binaries relinked without RAC will >>>not allow to keep one of 3 database as RAC unless separate >>>Oracle home is used (poster mentioned that home is on shared >>>FS). So I think that simplest way is to set >>>cluster_database=FALSE in init.ora/spfile. at the risk of sounding like a broken record, init.ora settings DO NOT disable RAC. With clsuter_database=FALSE, the server will still look for clusterware due to libskgxp. thread.dead -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l