Owner's Manual

Installing Oracle 11g R1 Database RAC 23
11 In the Create ASM Instance window, perform the following steps:
a In the SYS password field, type a password.
b Select Create server parameter file (SPFILE) .
c In the Server Parameter Filename field, type:
/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/initl+ASM.ora
d Click Next .
12 When a message is displayed indicating that DBCA is ready to create and
start the ASM instance, click
OK .
13 Under ASM Disk Groups , click Create New .
14 In the Create Disk Group window, perform the following steps:
a Type a name for the disk group to be created, such as databaseDG ,
select
External Redundancy , and then select the disks to include in
the disk group.
b Select one of the following methods to include the disks in the disk
group depending on how you configured the Shared Storage Disks for
Automatic Storage Management (ASM):
• If you are using the Block device interface, select
/dev/emcpowerX
where
/dev/emcpowerX is the disk device that you will use for the
database files.
• If you are using the ORACLEASM Library Driver, select
ORCL:ASM1 where ASM1 is the disk device you will use for the
database files.
NOTE: If you are using the ASM library driver and the candidate disks are not
listed, click Change Disk Discover String and type
ORCL:*.
NOTE: If you are using the ASM library driver and you cannot access the
candidate disks, click Change Disk Discovery String, type
ORCL:*, and then
select ASM1.
c
Click OK .
The first ASM disk group is created on your cluster.
Next, the
ASM Disks Groups window is displayed.
15 Repeat step 14 for the remaining ASM disk group, using flashbackDG
as the disk group name.