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Configuring Database Storage on the Host 69
4 Verify that the scripts /etc/udev/scripts/raw-dev.sh and
/etc/udev/rules.d/60-rawdevices.rules exist.
If the scripts exist, continue with the next step in the Installation Guide .
If
the scripts do not exist, follow the Dell PowerEdge Systems Oracle
Database on Enterprise Linux x86_64 Operating System and Hardware
Installation Guide
to install the Dell|Oracle Deployment Automation
Scripts.
5 Ty p e : chkconfig networkwait off .
6 Create the RAW devices by typing: udevstart.
7 Restart the RAW devices service by typing: service rawdevices
restart.
Configuring Shared Storage Disks for Oracle Database and Recovery Files
Using
ASM
Configuration of disks for Automatic Storage Management (ASM) can be
done using either Raw Devices or by using the ORACLEASM library driver.
Configuring Disks for ASM Using Raw Devices
1 Log in as root.
2 On the first node, use fdisk to create a single whole-disk primary partition
on the disk device that you want to use for Database and Recovery Files.
3 Edit the etc/sysconfig/rawdevices file and add additional entries:
/dev/raw/ASM1 /dev/emcpowerb1
/dev/raw/ASM2 /dev/emcpowerc1
where /dev/emcpowerb1 and /dev/emcpowerc1 represent the Database and
Recovery disk device partitions respectively.
4 Restart the RAW devices service by typing: service rawdevices
restart