VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 for Oracle RAC HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Extracts, December 2005

Oracle File Mapping (ORAMAP)
Verifying Oracle File Mapping Setup
1. Verify $ORACLE_HOME is ready for Oracle file mapping (ORAMAP):
# cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/filemap/bin
# ls –l
-r-xr-x--- 1 root system 900616 Apr 08 19:16 fmputl
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root system 14614 Apr 08 19:16 fmputlhp
2. Confirm the following items and make the appropriate corrections:
◆ root owns fmputlhp and the setud bit is set.
◆ The permissions for fmputlhp are -r-sr-xr-x.
◆ The permissions for fmputl are -r-xr-x---.
Enabling Oracle File Mapping
1. Ensure that the filemap.ora file exists and contains a valid entry for the VERITAS
mapping library for Oracle storage mapping:
# cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/filemap/etc
# cat filemap.ora
For 64-bit Oracle, the filemap.ora file should contain the following setting:
lib=VERITAS:/opt/VRTSormap/lib/libvxoramap_64.so for PA
lib=VERITAS:/opt/VRTSormap/lib/libvxoramap_64.sl for IA
2. After verifying that the system uses the VERITAS library for Oracle storage mapping,
set the file_mapping initialization parameter to true:
SQL> alter system set file_mapping=true;
The default setting for the file_mapping initialization parameter is false. You do
not need to shut down the instance to set this parameter. Setting
file_mapping=true starts the fmon background process.
Note To enable storage mapping whenever starting an instance, set the
file_mapping initialization parameter to true in the init.ora file.
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