You can also use srvctl to remove the node, service, database or instance. REMOVE CRS RESOURCES srvctl remove database -d <database-name> srvctl remove instance -d <database-name> [-i <instance-name>] srvctl remove service -d <database-name> -s <service-name> [-i <instance-name>] srvctl remove nodeapps -n <node-name> EXAMPLES: Remove the applications for a database. srvctl remove database -d ORACLE Remove the applications for named instances of an existing database. srvctl remove instance -d ORACLE -i RAC03 srvctl remove instance -d ORACLE -i RAC04 Remove the service. srvctl remove service -d ORACLE -s STD_BATCH Remove the service from the instances. srvctl remove service -d ORACLE -s STD_BATCH -i RAC03,RAC04 Remove all node applications from a node. srvctl remove nodeapps -n myclust-4 -Bryan Quoting Kevin Closson <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > unless I am missing your question, you can simply relink Oracle > rac_off. If libskgxn.so is a stub (rac_off), CRS is not an issue. > > You'll still have multiple threads of redo, but no matter... it wont > be RAC. > > > ________________________________ > > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zabair Ahmed > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 1:31 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RAC de-clustering > > > 10.1.0.3.0 on TRU64 V5.1 > > Scenario. > > currently i have a number of RACed databases (3 in total) which > are running 10g RAC on a 4-node (say node 1, node2, node3 and node4) > TRU64 Cluster. > > what i want to be able to do is take 2 of these databases out of > RAC mode (on node 1 and 3 and leave the third database RACed (on nodes 2 > and 4) > > Is this possible, if so can someone give me some pointers on > how. > > My specific question are, do i have to de-install the RAC > software and CRS software on the nodes which are not going to have the > RAC databases, but my ORACLE_HOME and CRS_HOME are on a shared > filesystem, so i guess this can't be done! > > Am not using ASM. > > TIA > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Yahoo! Model Search > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/modelsearch/*http://uk. > news.yahoo.com/hot/model-search/> - Could you be the next catwalk > superstar? Check out the competition > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/modelsearch/*http://uk. > news.yahoo.com/hot/model-search/> now > > Bryan Thomas Senior Performance Consultant Performance Tuning Corporation www.perftuning.com (512)751-5516 bthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l