SCAN is mandatory during install but can be disabled later. Not sure why that would affect anything else. Raj On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Fuad Arshad <fuadar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >