Category: RAC

DBCA Create Database bad REMOTE_LISTENER

I recently upgraded Oracle Cluster Ready Services 11.1.0.7 to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11.2.0.2 on a testbed. I then attempted to run the DBCA to create an Oracle 11.1.0.7 on top of the 11.2.0.2 Grid installation. After walking through the DBCA wizard,I would always receive messages similar to the following: ORA-00119: Invalid specification for system parameter …

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CRS 11.2.0

I am working on upgrading our existing Oracle Cluster Ready Services from 11.1.0.7 to 11gR2 (11.2.0.1). Things are not going as smoothly as I had hoped and I am learning a lot about the changes in 11gR2. This is not a minor upgrade as the version number differences would suggest. There have been lots of …

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KGXGN polling error (15)

When trying to start the second instance in a two-node RAC cluster, the second instance will not start. If the instance on node1 is running, the instance on node2 will not start. If the instance on node2 is running, the instance on node1 will not start. The Alert Log shows the following: Error: KGXGN polling …

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