Owner's Manual
18 Deployment Guide
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c
Edit the
/etc/sysconfig/rawdevices
file and add the following lines for a Fibre Channel
cluster:
/dev/raw/votingdisk /dev/emcpowera1
/dev/raw/ocr.dbf /dev/emcpowera2
/dev/raw/spfile+ASM.ora /dev/emcpowera3
d
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service rawdevices restart
to restart the Raw Devices Service.
Configuring Shared Storage for the Database
This section provides procedures for configuring the shared storage using either Oracle Cluster File
System (OCFS) or Automatic Storage Management (ASM).
Configuring the Shared Storage Using OCFS
1
Log in as
root
.
2
On
each node
, perform the following steps:
a
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startx
to start the X Window System.
b
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ocfstool
to format the storage with the OCFS.
c
From the menu, click
Tas ks
and click
Generate Config
.
d
Enter the private NIC device name and private host name of the node and click
OK
.
e
Click
Exit
.
3
For a Fibre Channel cluster, on the first node, create one partition on each of the other two
external storage devices with
fdisk
:
a
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fdisk /dev/emcpowerx
and create a primary partition for the entire device.
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h
for help within the
fdisk
utility.
b
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cat /proc/partitions
to verify that the new partition exists.
If you do not observe the new partition, type:
sfdisk -R /dev/<device name>
NOTE: The following steps use the sample values /u01 and /u02 for mount points and u01 and u02
as labels.
4
On
one node only
, format the external storage devices for OCFS by typing:
mkfs.ocfs -b 128 -F -u <ID of user oracle> -g <primary group ID
of user oracle> -L <volume label> -m <mount point> -p <OCFS
volume permissions> <PowerPath device name>
To find the user ID and group ID, type:
id oracle