Configuring the Oracle database instance

The PowerHA® SystemMirror® Smart Assist for Oracle helps you to configure the database instances as CFC components.

You may configure the service IP label (virtual IP), shared volumes, primary and takeover nodes for each defined Oracle database instance. You may also specify more than one Oracle database instance per cluster. However, the participating nodes cannot be the same as those nodes combined in another Oracle database instance.

The Oracle CFC database instance component may be used without an Oracle Application Server, or may be integrated with an Oracle Application Server configured for CFC or AFC.

The Cold Failover Cluster database can use the same machines as the Oracle Application Server configured for Cold Failover Cluster environment. In this scenario, use an extra pair of virtual hostname and virtual IP for the database Cold Failover Cluster.