Users Guide
Configuring Network and Storage for Oracle RAC Database 47
Preparing the Database Disk and Flash Recovery Area for Database
Storage With ASM
NOTE: If you are creating the logical drives that are used to create the OCFS
storage disk, ignore the following steps and follow the procedures in
"Preparing the
Database Disk and Flash Recovery Area for Database Storage With OCFS" on
page 46.
To create logical drives that are used to create ASM disk storage:
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.