RAC AttackINTRODUCTION

An Oracle Community Project

FROM COMMUNITYFOR COMMUNITY

How do you learn new features?o Learn theory

o Courseso Conferenceso Books/Blogs/References

o Learn on a projecto Hands ono Limited timeo May not be the best solution at allo May not be the best way to learn (but very

efficient)

Reasonably good way to learn

o Learn theoryo Check the theory

o Implement on a sandboxo Play with featureso Check edge cases

o Use for a projecto Get back to the sandbox to repeat,

troubleshoot, solve ongoing issues

What is RAC Attack?o A set of step by step instructions on how to

get Real Application Cluster installed on your laptop using Oracle stack of software

o Oracle Virtual Box 4.xo Oracle Linux 6.xo Oracle Database 12c

o VNC Viewero Putty (or other SSH client)

What is RAC Attack?o A Project of the Oracle Professional Community o Anyone can contribute to ito Main instructions hosted under

wikibooks.org racattack 12co Main forum/coordination under

freelists.org racattacko RAC Attack is going to be present on most major

Oracle Conferences in 2014o Many local Oracle User Group running eventso Excellent networking opportunity

RAC Attack isn’t just about RAC

o Most importantly it instructs you how too Create the most complex infrastructureo On your laptop (there is no better sandbox)o In minimal possible time

o After you build the RAC Attack you can create infrastructure to install a sandbox for virtual any product

RAC Attack teach you to:

o Create VMso Create multiple virtual networks

o Local to your laptop (available offline)o Internet connection (can be switched on/off)

o Create different storage typeso Local to VMo Shared to all VMs

o Setup DNS/DHCP services (advance)o BIND/ALL VMs/SCAN

o Clone VMs

Most importantly you can customize your RAC Attack implementation the way you want

Few important points/adviceo Hardware

o Any platform that could run Virtual BoxWindows (recommended 64bit), Mac, Linux ….o RAM: 2 nodes RAC => 8GBThere are rumors that it is possible to install on 3GB (10g)

o ~45 GB of HDD spaceo Implementation time

o 4-6 hours, depending IO speed and issueso First time follow the instructions exactly

There are many contributors!Some examples => DEMOKamran Agayev A.

Step by Step installing Oracle 12c RAC on VirtualBox

http://kamranagayev.com/2013/09/22/step-by-step-installing-oracle-12c-rac-on-virtualbox/

Alvaro MirandaRACAttack12cR1VagrantLab add 3 leaf nodes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g-_h84HTIY

RAC Attack futureo Recently implemented 12c on Virtual Boxo There are plans to implement advanced

workshops (great learning opportunities)

o Recent/future eventso German Oracle User Groupo Oracle OpenWorldo UKOUG Techo RMOUGo Collaborate 2014o …..

RAC Attack summary:o Excellent base for Oracle 12c learning

o Excellent networking opportunityo Conferenceso Facebooko Twitter

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