Owner's Manual

14 Installing Oracle 11g R2 Database RAC
Configuring Shared Oracle Home for Database
Binary Using ACFS
1 Log in as root user and type:
xhost +
2
Log in as Grid user and run the asmca utility:
$<GRID HOME>/bin/asmca
3
In the ASMCA window, select Disk Groups tab, click Create, and perform
the following steps:
a Enter a name of the disk group. For example, ORAHOME .
b Select the external redundancy , and then select the ASM stamped
disk
that you want to use for the shared database home.
c Click OK .
d Right-click the disk group you have created for the shared oracle
home, and select
Create ACFS for Database Home .
4 The Create ACFS Hosted Database Home Volume option is displayed.
Click
Create .
a Enter a name for the volume. For example, ORAHOME .
b Enter a name for the mount point for Database Home. For example,
/opt/app/oracle/acfsorahome .
c Enter the Database Home size . The minimum size is 20GB.
d Enter the name of the Database Home Owner . For example,
oracle .
e Enter the name of the Database Home Owner group . For example,
oinstall .
f Click OK .
g Log in as root user and run the acfs_script.sh mentioned in the
RUN ACFS Script window. The ACFS volume is automatically
mounted to the mount point specified in step b on all nodes.
h Click Close to close the ACFS script window.