Deployment Guide

42 Deployment Guide
If the new partitions do not appear in the /proc/partitions file, type:
sfdisk -R /dev/<device name>
1
Start the raw devices by typing:
udevstart
2
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
3
Restart the Raw Devices Service by typing:
service rawdevices restart
Configuring Shared Storage for Database
The shared database partitions can either be configured as raw devices or can be configured using
the ASMLib software.
Configuring Shared Storage Using ASMLib
To configure your cluster using ASM, perform the following steps on the new node:
1
Log in as root .
2 Configure the ASM kernel module by typing:
/etc/init.d/oracleasm configure
The following message appears on the screen:
Configuring the Oracle ASM library driver.
This will configure the on-boot properties of the Oracle ASM library
driver. The following questions will determine whether the driver is
loaded on boot and what permissions it will have. The current values
will be shown in brackets ('[]'). Hitting <ENTER> without typing an
answer will keep that current value. Ctrl-C will abort.
A message appears prompting you to enter the default user owning the driver interface. Type oracle
as mentioned below:
Default user to own the driver interface []: oracle
A message appears prompting you to enter the default group owning the driver interface. Type dba
as mentioned below:
Default group to own the driver interface []: dba
A message appears prompting you to load the oracleasm driver on boot. To load the driver, type y
as mentioned below: