How do I find the Oracle instance name?

From SQL*Plus: select instance_name from v$instance; select version from v$instance; If the instance name returned references the Oracle release number, this is a Finding.

What is the instance name of your Oracle database?

Oracle System Identifier (SID) The system identifier (SID) is a unique name for an Oracle database instance on a specific host.

How do I find the Oracle database instance?

To find active (i.e. started) databases, look for *_pmon_* processes on Unix (there’s one per database instance), and Oracle services on Windows. To locate installations of Oracle database software, look at /etc/oratab on Unix. This should contain all the ORACLE_HOME s installed.

How do I find my RAC database?

There are several ways to check the status of the RAC. The srvctl utility shows the current configuration and status of the RAC database. The V$ACTIVE_INSTANCES view can also display the current status of the instances.

How to check RAC instances status in Oracle?

You can check all instance status of database as follows. You can display the configurations (instances name, nodes and oracle home) of any RAC Database as follows. You can shutdown all instances of any database as follows. You can start all instances of any database as follows.

What is the srvctl command in Oracle RAC-it?

SRVCTL ( Server Control ) is very important utility on RAC Databases for Oracle DBA. You can start and stop the database and instances and move or remove instances and services very easily. For Example; You have Full Exadata which is 8 nodes RAC, You need to shutdown all instances.

How to set the initialization parameter in Oracle RAC?

For administrator-managed databases, Oracle internally sets it to the number of configured Oracle RAC instances You can set this parameter to a value that is greater than the current number of instances, if you are planning to add instances.

How to use Oracle RAC in CRS script?

You can display any instance of RAC database as follows. You can add new DB to CRS as follows. You can remove existing DB from CRS as follows. You can shutdown an ASM instance as follows. You can startup an ASM instance as follows. You can display configuration and status an ASM instance as follows.