Re: How to install Oracle 10g RAC on OEL Linux 5 using VmWare?

  • From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:41:11 -0500

I never managed to successfully share drives that way on vmware
workstation.  However, when I created a third vm, running openfiler, I was
able to share iscsi virtual drives from that.  This was a more realistic
approach anyway.

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:52 AM, D'Hooge Freek <Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> When I did some testing with rac and vmware workstation, I had to add the
> following lines to my vmx file:
>
> disk.locking = "FALSE"
> diskLib.dataCacheMaxSize = "0"
> diskLib.dataCacheMaxReadAheadSize = "0"
> diskLib.dataCacheMinReadAheadSize = "0"
> diskLib.dataCachePageSize = "4096"
> diskLib.maxUnsyncedWrites = "0"
>
> regards,
>
> Freek D'Hooge
> Uptime
> Oracle Database Administrator
> e-mail: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx
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> disclaimer
>
>
> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Syed Sabdar Hussain [sabdar.ocdba@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 September 2009 20:01
> To: Oracle List; ora-apps-dba-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> oracle-l-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: How to install Oracle 10g RAC on OEL Linux 5 using VmWare?
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install Oracle 10g RAC on OEL Linux 5 using VmWare. But
> getting the following error.
>
> “the location /dev/sdb1, entered for the oracle cluster registry (ocr) is
> not shared across all the nodes in the cluster….”.
>
> I checked the ownership and permissions are correct. And also zeroed the
> /dev/sdb1.
>
> If you know any solution, or any reference for installing Oracle 10g RAC on
> OEL Linux 5 using VmWare will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> SYED.
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>
>


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