I have been trying to install additional ORACLE_HOMEs to run seperate Database environments on an existing 9iRAC Linux Cluster. The Oracle Cluster Manager ["CM"] can be running only from the first installed ORACLE_HOME. However, I want to use additional ORACLE_HOMEs to run seperate databases. 10g, I believe, does require the CRS to be a seperate ORACLE_HOME. On Tru64, I had no problems installing a seperate ORACLE_HOME owned by a seperate Unix account. The second installation could detect the cluster. However, on Linux, as the ClusterManager actually runs from the first ORACLE_HOME, when installing a new ORACLE_HOME the Installer seems to be unable to detect that it is a cluster. It does not use the "ps -ef" commands to search for a running CM. It just runs the "lsnodes" command. As there is no "lsnodes" in the new ORACLE_HOME/bin, it thinks that I am not running a cluster. I got around that by copying "lsnodes" {and a corresponding library} from the CM ORACLE_HOME to the new ORACLE_HOME. After having detected a cluster and installed the RAC option, and then applied the 9.2.0.5 patchset correctly, I then manually created the database [dbca kept failing on identifying the directory for the control files as a raw device inspite of passing the -datafilesDirectory option]. Then, on startup of the second database instance, I get errors like "SSKGXP_IP: Primary interface down operation cannot open cmcfg.ora location clusterip1 error No such file or directory Wed Dec 15 16:21:58 2004 cluster interconnect IPC version:Oracle UDP/IP IPC Vendor 1 proto 2 Version 1.0 SSKGXP_IP: Primary interface down operation location error Block device required Wed Dec 15 16:21:58 2004 SSKGXP_IP: Primary interface down operation cannot open cmcfg.ora location clusterip1 error No such file or directory" Obviously, a "cmfcfg.ora" files does not exist the second ORACLE_HOME. A soft-link to the "oracm" directory in the first ORACLE_HOME allows this database instance to detect and start using the Cluster Manager. A TAR with Oracle Support hasn't helped much. Support first asked me to run "lsnodes" when it didn't exist in the second ORACLE_HOME. The next analyst pointed me to Note 235932.1 which seems to be about using the right installer to install a patchset [9.2.0.3] into the RAC ORACLE_HOME. Hemant K Chitale http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l