Re: Not to use SCAN in 11gR2 RAC

  • From: Fuad Arshad <fuadar@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cshapi@xxxxxxxxx, yong321@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:45:24 -0700 (PDT)

the Hands on Labs in Openworld emphasized the fact that SCAN is in fact 
mandatory



----- Original Message ----
From: Chen Shapira <cshapi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: yong321@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 9:05:44 PM
Subject: Re: Not to use SCAN in 11gR2 RAC

> Oracle says SCAN is optional unless you use policy-managed database in 11gR2. 
> But it actually becomes mandatory at the time of installation, and then it 
> can be optional afterward. Isn't that awkward?

I was in a presentation at OpenWorld about new RAC features in 11gR2,
and the presenter (whose name I cannot recall) emphasized that SCAN is
not optional, it is mandatory. The optional part is the GNS where RAC
manages the server names for you and the DNS forwards the resolving to
the GNS.

Chen
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