1. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g (9.0.4)Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures  This “ animated guide ” is intended to provide System architects an overview of the various HA architectures and a method to choose an architecture suitable to their requirements. Please read “ OracleAS 10g (9.0.4) Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures ” white paper for a detailed description of every topology described in this flow chart OracleAS 10g (9.0.4) Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures  Use the links in the flow charts to arrive at the target architecture that is best for your requirements  Legend Install ? Fact Action Choice (decision making required) Description of a the architecture and components Action that needs to be performed Installation to perform

2. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Start

3. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Separate DB Oracle Home Coexist with an IM Start

4. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Does the DB already Exist? Separate DB Oracle Home Yes No Start

5. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Does the DB already Exist? Separate DB Oracle Home No Do you want the MR to be 9.2/10g (not 9015) No Yes Start

6. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Does the DB already Exist? Separate DB Oracle Home No Do you want the MR to be 9.2/10g (not 9015) No DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Do and MR only install to create the preseeded DB IM Service Install Start

7. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Does the DB already Exist? Separate DB Oracle Home Yes Is this Db >= 9015 or 9024or 10g? No Yes Start

8. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Does the DB already Exist? Separate DB Oracle Home Yes IM Service Install Is this Db >= 9015 or 9024or 10g? Do a repCa into the existing DB Yes Start

9. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Does the DB already Exist? Upgrade the DB to right version The DB can be CFC or RAC Separate DB Oracle Home Yes Is this Db >= 9015 or 9024or 10g? No Start

10. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? YesNo Start

11. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes No Start

12. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Does the DB already Exist? Separate DB Oracle Home Do you want the MR to be 9.2 or 10g? Yes Do a repCa into the existing DB Create DB using DB install tools DB can be CFC or RAC No IM Service Install Start

13. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Does the DB already Exist? Separate DB Oracle Home IM Service Install Do you want the MR to be 9.2 or 10g? Yes DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC** No Do an MR only install to create a pre-seeded database Start

14. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Do you have Load balancer? Yes No Start

15. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Do you have Load balancer? No Do you have access to network Storage (NAS) No Yes Start

16. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Do you have Load balancer? Yes Do you need active-active HA for IM only Yes External Internet Access * No high availability for metadata repository Yes No Replicated Identiyy Management* Start

17. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Do you have Load balancer? Yes Do you need active-active HA for IM only Yes External Internet Access * No high availability for metadata repository Yes Distributed and replicated Identity Management Install Replicated Identiyy Management* Start

18. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Do you have Load balancer? Yes Do you need active-active HA for IM only Yes External Internet Access * No high availability for metadata repository Replicated Identiyy Management* No Replicated Identity Management Install Start

19. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Do you have Load balancer? No Do you have access to network Storage (NAS) Yes External Internet Access No Yes Start

20. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Do you have Load balancer? No Do you have access to network Storage (NAS) Yes External Internet Access No Manual Failover from shared storage Start

21. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Do you have Load balancer? No Do you have access to network Storage (NAS) Yes External Internet Access Yes Manual Failover from shared storage, distributed IM Start

22. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Do you have Load balancer? No Do you have access to network Storage (NAS) No No highly available (standlone) Install Start

23. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Yes No Do you need active-active HA for IM only * Load Balancer required Replicated* Identity Management External Internet Access Start

24. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Coexist with an IM Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? No Yes NO Do you need active-active HA for IM only * Load Balancer required Replicated* Identity Management External Internet Access Start

25. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? Does the DB already Exist? Separate DB Oracle Home No Do you want the MR to be 9.2/10g (not 9015) Yes IM Service Install Do a repCa into the existing DB Create DB using DB install tools DB can be CFC or RAC Start

26. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Coexist with an IM Yes Cold Failover Cluster External Internet access Needed? Yes No Do you plan a DR site? Yes Start

27. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Coexist with an IM Yes Cold Failover Cluster External Internet access Needed? Yes Do you plan a DR site? Yes Active-active Sso in DMZ( Distributed Cold Failover Cluster * Load Balancer required Start

28. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Coexist with an IM Yes Cold Failover Cluster External Internet access Needed? No Do you plan a DR site? Yes Cold Failover Cluster Install Start

29. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes Active/passive Active-active or active-passive IM Service? Active/active* * Load Balancer required No Start

30. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes No Active-active or active-passive IM Service? * Load Balancer required Cold Failover Cluster External Internet access Needed? Yes Active/passive No Yes Start

31. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes No Active-active or active-passive IM Service? * Load Balancer required Cold Failover Cluster External Internet access Needed? Active/passive No Cold Failover Cluster install Start

32. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes No Active-active or active-passive IM Service? * Load Balancer required Cold Failover Cluster External Internet access Needed? Yes Active/passive Yes Active-active SSO* or Standalone SSO Distributed Cold Failover Cluster install Start

33. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes No Active-active or active-passive IM Service? Active/active* * Load Balancer required Is AFC possible?*** Yes No Start

34. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes No Active-active or active-passive IM Service? Active/active* * Load Balancer required Is AFC possible?*** No Install IM-HA or CFC Start

35. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes No Active-active or active-passive IM Service? Active/active* * Load Balancer required Is AFC possible?*** Yes Active Failover Cluster* External Internet access Needed? No Yes Start

36. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes No Active-active or active-passive IM Service? Active/active* * Load Balancer required Is AFC possible?*** Yes Active Failover Cluster* External Internet access Needed? Yes Active-active SSO* or Standalone SSO Distributed Active Failover Cluster install Start

37. Decision Flowchart for OracleAS 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures (I) Do you plan to coexist the DB tier with OID and/or SSO or will it be separate? DB version is 9015 DB will be CFC or RAC Will you use a hardware cluster for High Availability? Do you plan a DR site? Coexist with an IM Yes No Active-active or active-passive IM Service? Active/active* * Load Balancer required Is AFC possible?*** Yes Active Failover Cluster* External Internet access Needed? No Active Failover Cluster install Start