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How You Configure the Agent in an Oracle RAC Environment

To configure the agent in a Real Application Cluster (RAC) environment, you must install and configure the agent on at least one node that is a part of the RAC cluster and that has access to all archive logs. You can install the agent on more than one node in the RAC, but each node must also have access to all the archive logs. If you do install the agent on multiple nodes, note that the backup is executed from the node selected in the Arcserve Backup Manager.

To enable the Agent for Oracle to access all archive logs for the recovery process similar to the way Oracle accesses them, you must follow Oracle’s recommendation for building a RAC environment. Oracle requires access to all required archive logs, whatever their origin, in the RAC environment during recovery. To allow the Agent for Oracle access to all the archived logs, you must do one of the following:

For more information about Oracle Real Application Cluster, see the Oracle documentation.