VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Oracle Administrator's Guide

Chapter 6, Using Storage Mapping
Prerelease 8 September 2005, 8:55am Oracle File Mapping (ORAMAP)
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Verifying Oracle File Mapping Setup
▼ To verify that $ORACLE_HOME is set up for Oracle file mapping (ORAMAP)
1. Enter:
# 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. Verify that:
◆ fmputlhp is owned by root and that the setud bit is set.
◆ The permissions for fmputlhp are set to -r-sr-xr-x.
◆ The permissions for fmputl are set to -r-xr-x---.
3. If any of these items is not set as specified, make the appropriate corrections.
Enabling Oracle File Mapping
▼ To enable Oracle file mapping with the VERITAS Storage Mapping option
1. Ensure that the file filemap.ora 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/VRTSdbed/lib/libvxoramap_64.so
lib=VERITAS:/opt/VRTSdbed/lib/libvxoramap_64.so for PA
lib=VERITAS:/opt/VRTSdbed/lib/libvxoramap_64.sl for IA
2. After verifying that the system is using the VERITAS library for Oracle storage mapping, set
the file_mapping initialization parameter to true.
SQL> alter system set file_mapping=true;
The file_mapping initialization parameter is set to false by default. You do not need to
shut down the instance to set this parameter. Setting file_mapping=true starts the FMON
background process.