no, this is incorrect. and so was the last post about srvctl. if RAC is not linked in (e.g., skgxn.so skgxp.so are the stub libraries), your database is essentially non-rac. There is no difference between a rac and a non-RAC database besides MAXINSTANCES and threads of redo... in fact, you can create a "RAC" database even before linking in RAC... that is, you can have MAXINSTANCES>1 and extra theads of redo...then, provided you have clusterware up, relink Oracle rac_on and boot multiple instances. just unlink it. ________________________________ From: David [mailto:thump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:24 AM To: kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RAC de-clustering I presume he also means what to do about the tablespaces like system that are shared. Simplest way is create new db and export/import Could also recreate ctl and copy datafiles, use rman duplicate, etc -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Closson Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:36 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RAC de-clustering 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.