CHAPTER 9Administering Oracle and RAC on Linux

In the previous chapters, you have learned how to install and configure Oracle on Linux. This chapter builds on that knowledge and provides information on how to administer the Oracle system on Linux, once the initial configuration steps have been completed and it is running in a production environment. This chapter includes cautions and issues to be aware of when making Linux changes in an Oracle environment, as well as “best practices” for administering your Linux system.

Configuring the Linux Kernel

As mentioned earlier in this book, and in the previous chapters on configuring and installing the Oracle RAC system on Linux, it is necessary to configure the Linux kernel in order for Oracle to allocate ...

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