Hi, Our Company has decided to go for an Active/Passive Oracle Database configuration for the SAP Production Setup. We understand that an active/passive configuration of Oracle Database with Data Guard is acceptable by SAP as we have seen in the SAP Note: 105047.
However, we also noted that having an Oracle RAC ONE NODE is NOT Allowed in SAP setup.
1. We would like to know why is RAC ONE NODE not allowed and technically since RAC is allowed, RAC ONE NODE is the same configuration as RAC with just ONE NODE being down as Passive. So why is this a problem and
2. We also understand that RAC ONE NODE would be certified by SAP soon and if so when can we expect this?
This is very crucial for us to know as we have business decisions to be made based on this. We have searched extensively for further details in SAP forums, SCN, SAP notes, etc but we have not been able to find further information on this subject. So we need your inputs please.
3. I would also be interested to know that if we implement an active/passive setup using oracle clusterware 11.2.0.3 by not technically calling it as RAC ONE but just as an active/passive setup using Oracle Clusterware, will that be accepted by SAP? I did read a document in Oracle that this sort of setup using Oracle Clusterware for an active/passive setup for 11.1.x was allowed but its not supported by Oracle from 11.2.x onwards. Could someone shed some light on this arena?
Thanks and Regards,
Augustine