I have seen this problem occur with Linux, due to a problem with GLIBC versions. I don't know if this happens under Solaris, but check Metalink for RAC issues with GLIBC. The fix is to install newer versions of GLIBC and relink. ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LS Cheng Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:36 AM To: Oracle-L Subject: RAC Full cluster outage (almos) Hi A couple of days one of my customers faced a almost full cluster outage in a 2 node 10.2.0.4 RAC on Sun Solaris 10 Sparc (full oracle stack). The sequence was as follows 1. node 2 lost private network, interface went down 2. node 1 evicts noe 2 (as expected) 3. node 1 then evicts himself 4. after nodes 1 returned to the cluster and cluster reformed from 1 node to two nodes, node 2 lost private network again and this time eviction occurs in node 2 So it was not really a full cluster outage but the eviction occured one after another so it looked full outage to the users. My doubt is, in a nodes cluster node 1 always survives which is not in this case. My only theory is node 2 was so ill that it could not reboot the server, node 1 then evicts himself to avoid corruptions. Any more ideas? Cheers -- LSC