Well, it can't be really *using* it, in the sense that it's got no other nodes to talk to, but perhaps the RAC-aware binaries have a code path that detects the interconnects (apparently by reading the OCR?) and lists them in that V$ view? -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Database Administrator, System & Product Technologies ProQuest 789 E. Eisenhower, Parkway, P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 +1.734.997.4059 or +1.800.521.0600 x 4059 mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.proquest.com www.csa.com ProQuest...Start here. -----Original Message----- From: Jeffery Thomas [mailto:jeffthomas24@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:27 PM To: Bobak, Mark Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: Cluster Interconnects configured in single-instance DB Yes it does -- and in fact, I thought of that 5 seconds after I sent this email. I guess then, it is actually *using* it? On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hmm....does the single instance database use the same $ORACLE_HOME as the RAC > database? > > -Mark > > -- > Mark J. Bobak > Senior Database Administrator, System & Product Technologies > ProQuest > 789 E. Eisenhower, Parkway, P.O. Box 1346 > Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 > +1.734.997.4059 or +1.800.521.0600 x 4059 > mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx > www.proquest.com > www.csa.com > > ProQuest...Start here. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Jeffery Thomas > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:56 PM > To: oracle-l > Subject: Cluster Interconnects configured in single-instance DB > > We have a two-node 10.2.0.3 RAC system on Solaris 10 using Oracle > Clusterware and ASM that is being used for our test > database.. We also have a single-instance database on one node of > this cluster being used for development. > > The dev database is using ASM, sharing the same data disk group as > the RAC database. > > I noticed on startup in the alert.log that it is configuring > interconnects; in addition, when I perform this query in the > single-instance database: > > SQL> select * from v$cluster_interconnects; > > NAME IP_ADDRESS IS_ SOURCE > --------------- ---------------- --- ------------------------------- > e1000g2 192.168.1.103 NO Oracle Cluster Repository > e1000g5 192.168.1.102 NO Oracle Cluster Repository > > The question I have is: why? Is it because it is accessing a > disk group maintained by a clustered ASM? > > Thanks, > Jeff > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l