How to change RAC Database NoarchiveLog Mod to Archivelog mode

Login to one of the nodes (i.e. linux Node1) and disable the cluster instance parameter by setting cluster_database to FALSE from the current instance:

[oracle@host01 grid]$ sqlplus “/ as sysdba”
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Sat May 2 03:04:06 2015
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Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 – Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP,
Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

SQL> archive log list
Database log mode              No Archive Mode
Automatic archival             Disabled
Archive destination            USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Oldest online log sequence     26
Current log sequence           27

SQL> alter system set cluster_database=false scope=spfile sid=’racdb1′;
System altered.

SQL> show parameter cluster_database
NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
———————————— ———– ——————————
cluster_database                     boolean     TRUE
cluster_database_instances           integer     1

Shutdown all instances accessing the clustered database:
srvctl stop database -d racdb

Startup same instance in ‘MOUNT EXCLUSIVE’ mode;
SQL> startup mount exclusive
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area  523108352 bytes
Fixed Size                  1337632 bytes
Variable Size             398460640 bytes
Database Buffers          117440512 bytes
Redo Buffers                5869568 bytes
Database mounted.

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SQL> show parameter cluster_database
NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
———————————— ———– ——————————
cluster_database                     boolean     FALSE
cluster_database_instances           integer     1

Set required parameter

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET log_archive_start=TRUE scope=SPFILE;
System altered.

Shut the database and STARTUP MOUNT

SQL> shut immediate

Enable ARCHIVELOG mode
SQL> alter database archivelog;
database altered

SQL> archive log list
Database log mode              Archive Mode
Automatic archival             Enabled
Archive destination            USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Oldest online log sequence     27
Next log sequence to archive   28
Current log sequence           28

Set cluster_database=true again.
SQL> alter system set cluster_database=true scope=spfile sid=’racdb1′ ;
System altered.

Shutdown the local instance:
Bring all instance up using srvctl:
SQL> shut immediate
ORA-01109: database not open
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.

[oracle@host01 ~]$ srvctl start database -d racdb
[oracle@host01 ~]$ srvctl status database -d racdb
Instance racdb1 is running on node host01
Instance racdb2 is running on node host02