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24 Installing Oracle 11g R2 Database (Single Node)
4 Verify the new partition by running the following command:
cat /proc/partitions
If you do not detect the new partition, type:
sfdisk -R /dev/sdb
sfdisk -R /dev/sdc
5 Run the following command:
mke2fs -j /dev/sdb1
mke2fs -j /dev/sdc1
6 Edit the /etc/fstab file for the newly created file system by adding entries
such as:
/dev/sdb1 /opt/oracle/oradata ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/sdc1 /opt/oracle/recovery ext3 defaults 1 2
7
Run the following command:
chown -R oracle.dba oradata recovery
8
Run the following command:
mount /dev/sdb1 /opt/oracle/oradata
mount /dev/sdc1 /opt/oracle/recovery
Configuring the Database Storage Disks for ASM
The following procedure describes how to configure the database storage
disks for ASM using the ORACLEASM library driver:
The following example assumes that you have three storage devices ( sdb , sdc ,
and
sdd ) available, one to create a disk group for the ASM SP file, one for the
database files, and the last one for the Flash Recovery Area (FRA) respectively.
1 Log in as root .
2 Use either fdisk or parted to create a single whole-disk partition on the
three storage devices (
sdb , sdc , and sdd ).