3.1.1 MxDB-Oracle-HiAv Installation and Administration Guide

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2. Install Oracle into a PSFS filesystem.

3. Install the PolyServe MxS Oracle Database Solution Pack (MxODM).

4. Set up the matrix configuration file on each node.

5. Perform network configuration for Virtual Oracle Services.

1. Create PSFS Filesystems

The PolyServe Matrix Server Cluster filesystem supports a specialized

mount option called

DBOPTIMIZE that enables direct I/O. It is

recommended that all database files (e.g., datafiles, online redo logs,

archived redo logs) be stored in filesystems mounted with the

DBOPTIMIZE mount option.

However, the Oracle product (

$ORACLE_HOME) must be installed into a

standard mounted PolyServe cluster filesystem. The following example

shows an Oracle Home at the common OFA location of

/u01/app/oracle/product/9204, which is located on the psd4p1 filesystem.

This filesystem is mounted with the normal filesystem options, not

dboptimize.

The $

ORACLE_HOME/oradata directory should be located in a

dboptimized filesystem. In the example, this directory is a symbolic link

to /u02, which is a filesystem (psd5p1) mounted with dboptimize. Note

that the same is true if oradata is located under

ORACLE_BASE.