What is the optimal migration path to be used while migrating the E-Business suite to RAC?
Following is the recommended and most optimal path to migrate you E-Business suite to RAC environment: 1. Migrate the existing application to new hardware. (If applicable). 2. Use Clustered File System for all data base files or migrate all database files to raw devices. (Use dd for Unix or ocopy for NT) 3. Install/upgrade to the latest available e-Business suite. 4. Upgrade database to Oracle9i (Refer document 216550.1 on Metalink) 5. In step 4, install RAC option while installing Oracle9i and use Installer to perform install for all the nodes. 6. Clone Oracle Application code tree.