3.1.1 MxDB-Oracle-HiAv Installation and Administration Guide

Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration 4

See “Configure PSFS Filesystems” in the PolyServe Matrix Server

Administration Guide for details about creating and mounting filesystems.

2. Install Oracle

For MxDB-Oracle-HiAv to function properly, Oracle Home must be

installed into a PSFS filesystem.

MxDB-Oracle-HiAv depends on the standard Optimal Flexible

Architecture (OFA) layout of the Oracle software. Databases created with

the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) will generally possess the

layout required for MxDB-Oracle-HiAv. You will need to comply with

two configuration requirements:

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ORACLE_HOME/dbs. For any database managed by the solution pack,

appropriate database configuration files must exist in this directory.

The solution pack requires either an init.ora or a spfile.ora. DBCA

creates either the init${ORACLE_SID}.ora or spfile${

ORACLE_SID}.ora in

$ORACLE_{HOME|BASE}/admin/DBNAME/pfile and makes a symbolic

link to

$ORACLE_HOME/dbs. However, to put a database created with

means other than DBCA under MxDB-Oracle-HiAv control, a copy or

symbolic link of the appropriate configuration file must exist in

$ORACLE_HOME/dbs.

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ORACLE_{HOME|BASE}/oradata. Before using MxDB-Oracle-HiAv, you

will need to change the oradata directory to a symbolic link that points

to a directory on a PSFS filesystem mounted with the

DBOPTIMIZE

option. MxDB-Oracle-HiAv contains functionality to build and

configure a demonstration database for training and testing purposes.

The database, called

PILOT, adheres to OFA methodology. The

Solution Pack creates this database through DBCA without

intervention from the operator. All

PILOT database files are located in

$ORACLE_HOME/oradata.

3. Install the MxS Oracle Database Solution Pack

The PolyServe MxS Oracle Database Solution Pack (MxODM) is a

specialized implementation of the Oracle Disk Manager library interface

and is bundled with MxDB-Oracle-HiAv. MxODM is installed into the

shared Oracle Home through only one node in the matrix.