srvctl start scan

Starts all SCAN VIPs, by default, or a specific SCAN VIP, on all nodes or a specific node in the cluster.

Note:

This command is only available with Oracle Clusterware.

Syntax and Parameters

Use the srvctl start scan command with the following syntax:

srvctl start scan [-scannumber ordinal_number] [-node node_name]

Table A-161 srvctl start scan Parameters

Parameter	Description
-scannumber ordinal_number	An ordinal number that identifies which SCAN VIP you want to start. The range of values you can specify for this parameter is 1 to 3. If you do not specify this parameter, then the utility starts all the SCAN VIPs.
-node node_name	The name of a single node. If you do not specify this parameter, then the utility starts the SCAN VIPs on all nodes in the cluster.

Parameter

Description

-scannumber ordinal_number

An ordinal number that identifies which SCAN VIP you want to start. The range of values you can specify for this parameter is 1 to 3.

If you do not specify this parameter, then the utility starts all the SCAN VIPs.

-node node_name

The name of a single node.

If you do not specify this parameter, then the utility starts the SCAN VIPs on all nodes in the cluster.

To start the SCAN VIP identified by the ordinal number 1 on the crm1 node, use the following command:

$ srvctl start scan -scannumber 1 -node crm1