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 > tel. +32 (0)3 451 23 82 > http://www.uptime.be > 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. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'