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Configuring Database Storage on the Host 61
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
Configuring Disks for ASM Using the ORACLEASM Library Driver
Perform the following steps to configure the ASM disks:
1
Log in as root.
2 Open a terminal window and perform the following steps on all nodes:
a Ty p e : service oracleasm configure
b Type the following inputs for all the nodes:
Default user to own the driver interface [ ]: oracle
Default group to own the driver interface [ ]: dba
Start Oracle ASM library driver on boot (y/n) [n]: y
Fix permissions of Oracle ASM disks on boot (y/n) [y]: y
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