Building a 5 nodes Oracle EBS using RAC and shared appl top 7.

Forming the RAC database

What we have got now?

• Grid infrastructure
• RAC database software
• 1+3 node Oracle EBS system

It's time to copy the EBS single node database data into the new RAC database.

I will use the 823587.1 note for transfering data from the single node EBS database into the new RAC one.
The main steps will be:

1. Prepare the RAC database software
2. Prepare the source database for the conversion
3. Convert database into RAC
4. Post database conversion steps
1. turn on autoconfig
2. server parameter changes
3. create new EBS specific cluster listeners
5. Configure application tiers for using RAC database service
6. Post configuration steps

This post will contain the steps until the application tier configuration, all remaining steps will be in the next one.