Re: Convert 2-node RAC to single instance
- From: Dan Norris <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:16:50 -0600
Why clone the DB? Since you're not using ASM, I presume you're using OCFS
(hopefully not RAW).
So, converting is just shutting down the 2nd instance, setting
cluster_database=FALSE, and dropping the unnecessary redo log (thread #2)
and undo tablespace. That wouldn't require any changes to the dataguard
configuration since the database name remains the same and the downtime
should be minimal. Some updates to tnsnames.ora for the clients and you
should be all set. Maybe I missed something in your request, but I don't see
why this would require a clone.
Dan
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Tony Sequeira <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oracle 9.2.0.6.0 EE - I know
> Win 2003 Server SE SP1
>
> I've been asked to look at converting the the 2 node RAC, to a single
> instance database, running on node 1 of the old RAC system. SAN
> hardware getting old, replacement and spares difficult to find. There
> must be a fall back to the original RAC DB if performance suffers.
>
> My initial thoughts are to clone the database onto a new instance, and
> change the global tnsnames.ora, so the client application will not
> notice the difference.
>
> However, there is a dataguard standby, which will also be impacted,
> which will need to some kind of action, whatever is done (I believe).
>
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