Chapter 1 MC/LockManager at a Glance

MC/LockManager enables the Oracle Parallel Server RDBMS to run on HP 9000 high availability clusters under the HP-UX operating sysetm. This chapter introduces MC/LockManager and shows where to find different kinds of information in this book. The following topics are presented:

If you are ready to start setting up OPS clusters, skip ahead to the chapter "Planning and Documenting an OPS Cluster." Specific steps for setup are given in the chapter "Building an OPS Cluster Configuration."

	NOTE: This manual contains information that can be used in configuring OPS clusters with both Oracle Parallel Server versions 7.3.x and versions 8.0.5. Some sections of the manual apply to one version and some to the other. These differences are clearly marked as "OPS 7.3.x " or "OPS 8.0.5."