Thank you very much for the valuable comments, Pete! I thought that the installation order could have been important. Thanks again! Best regards, Dimitre Il 30/mag/2014 18:41 "Peter Sharman" <pete.sharman@xxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto: > Dimitre > > Let me preface this by saying my 11g knowledge has completely atrophied > over the past couple of years since 12c was announced, so I can't remember > any gotchas for that particular release. However, in general terms, I > would normally say add the agents to the new nodes AFTER becoming part of > the cluster and remove the targets BEFORE the nodes are removed. The > reason I would do it that way in 12c is for the addition it just makes sure > no targets are forgotten about, and for the deletion it makes cleanup > easier and neater. > > As you say, it can be done both ways. > > And while I've typed this some vague recollection about the removal being > much harder afterwards in 11g has come back, but I can't remember any more > details, sorry! > > Pete > > Pete Sharman > Principal Product Manager > Enterprise Manager Product Suite > 33 Benson Crescent CALWELL ACT 2905 AUSTRALIA > Phone: +61262924095 | | Fax: +61262925183 | | Mobile: +61414443449 > > "Controlling developers is like herding cats." > Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook > > "Oh no, it's not, it's much harder than that!" > Bruce Pihlamae, long term Oracle DBA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Radoulov, Dimitre [mailto:cichomitiko@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 9:55 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Add/remove RAC nodes and GC > > Hi list, > > RAC 11.2.0.3.5 on RHEL 5.9 > GC 11g > > We need to move some RAC nodes to new servers and we plan to do it by > adding new nodes and removing the old ones. > The EM GC agents are already installed and configured on the existing > nodes. > > Should I install and configure the agents on the new nodes before or after > adding them to the cluster? > I suppose both are possible, but I'm looking for the best/easiest way. > And what about the nodes to be removed: stop/deconfigure the targets > before or after the node removal? > > Your ideas and suggestions are welcome! > > > Regards > Dimitre > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >