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Oracle RAC administrators need to know not only how to maintain and optimize an Oracle RAC system, but they must also be able to respond to issues or failures. If you reflect on your training and experience, most of your time is spent practicing what to do when something goes wrong. Interviewers are likely to ask you many questions about system failures during the interview to understand how you responded to these. Keeping the organization's Oracle environment up and functioning is the most critical requirement of this job.

William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
Since you will be asked many questions about how you keep the Oracle RAC system functioning, you should spend a great deal of time before the interview reviewing the procedures you use to accomplish this. This keeps the processes fresh in your mind and will enable you to answer the interviewer's questions accurately. Refreshing your knowledge and practicing your procedures is also recommended as an ongoing exercise, even if you're not interviewing for a new role.

William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"When the Oracle RAC network or storage misses a heartbeat, which is called a 'ping,' the ping failure is written in CRS_HOME/log. This can be reviewed to determine if any data was lost or needs to be refreshed."

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