Owner's Manual
48 Configuring Network and Storage for Oracle RAC Database
1
Create one logical drive for the Database.
a
Locate the disk that is assigned for the Oracle database.
b
On the disk partition area, right-click the free space and
select
New Logical Drive
.
The
Welcome to the New Partition
wizard is displayed.
c
Click
Next
.
d
In the
Select Partition Type
window, select
Logical drive
and click
Next
.
e
In the
Specify Partition Size
window, type the appropriate size
in the Partition size in MB field and click
Next
.
f
In the
Assign Drive Letter or Path
window, select
Do not assign
a drive letter or drive path
and click
Next
.
g
In the
Format Partition window
, select
Do not format this partition
and click
Next
.
h
Click
Finish
.
2
Create one logical drive for the Flash Recovery Area.
a
Locate the disk that is assigned for the Flash Recovery Area.
b
Perform step b to step h in step 1.
3
Restart all other nodes and log in as the administrator.
Removing the Assigned Drive Letters
1
On the Windows desktop for each node, right-click
My Computer
and select
Manage
.
2
On the
Computer Management
window, expand
Storage and
click Disk Management
.
3
If you find any drive letters assigned to the drives that you created in
"Preparing the OCR and Voting Disks for Clusterware on Windows 2003"
on page 44, perform the following steps:
a
Right-click the logical drive and select
Change Drive Letter and Paths
.
b
In the
Change Drive Letter and Paths
window, select the drive letter
and click
Remove
.
c
In the
Confirm window
, click
Yes
.
d
Repeat step a through step c for the remaining logical drives on
the storage partition.