3 Administering Database Instances and Cluster Databases

This chapter describes how to administer Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) databases and database instances.

The topics in this chapter include:

• Overview of Oracle RAC Database Administration

• Starting and Stopping Instances and Oracle RAC Databases

• Starting and Stopping PDBs in Oracle RAC

• Verifying That Instances are Running

• Terminating Sessions On a Specific Cluster Instance

• Overview of Initialization Parameter Files in Oracle RAC

• Initialization Parameter Use in Oracle RAC

• Converting an Administrator-Managed Database to a Policy-Managed Database

• Managing Memory Pressure for Database Servers

• Quiescing Oracle RAC Databases

• Administering Multiple Cluster Interconnects on Linux and UNIX Platforms

• Customizing How Oracle Clusterware Manages Oracle RAC Databases

• Advanced Oracle Enterprise Manager Administration