Oracle Database 11g Oracle Real Application Clusters Handbook, 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition
by K Gopalakrishnan
In a Nutshell
Administering the Oracle RAC database is similar to managing a single-instance Oracle database. Because more than one instance is accessing the same set of database objects, a little caution is required while you are managing the Oracle RAC database.
Managing the initialization parameter file (SPFILE) requires some special handling in Oracle RAC databases because the parameters have a database-wide effect. A few database parameters should be set the same across Oracle RAC instances, and instance-specific parameters can be set to different values for Oracle RAC instances. Using a common SPFILE is highly recommended with SID-prefixed instance-specific parameters. This is the best practice in managing the parameter file.
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