Re: ocfs2/oracleasm on Red Hat 4
- From: Karl Arao <karlarao@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: QuijadJC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 09:30:23 +0800
For the ASM:
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You can go to this link
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/linux/asmlib/index.html
And see that the link for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS was last updated
last April 01
If you're on AMD64 / Intel em64t Architecture, You'll see these
Library and Tools
* oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
* oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Drivers for kernel 2.6.9-89.EL
* oracleasm-2.6.9-89.ELxenU-2.0.5-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
* oracleasm-2.6.9-89.ELsmp-2.0.5-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
* oracleasm-2.6.9-89.ELlargesmp-2.0.5-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
* oracleasm-2.6.9-89.EL-debuginfo-2.0.5-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
* oracleasm-2.6.9-89.EL-2.0.5-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
ASMlib issue can be solved by installing new driver or linking to the old
kernel
1) If there is an ASMLib driver for the new kernel version, install the
new version and remove the old one. This is the best option
2) If there is no ASMLib driver for the new kernel version, ASMLib can be
linked to use the old kernel, this solution is based on oracleasm_debug_link
usage Note:462618.1
For OCFS2:
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Go to this link
http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/files/RedHat/RHEL4/x86_64/1.2.9-1/ for
the ocfs2 rpm (latest is 2.6.9-89.EL)
and this link
http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools/files/RedHat/RHEL4/x86_64/1.2.7-1/for
ocfs2console and ocfs2-tools
Also for your SAN environment, if you upgrade your kernel, definitely you'll
have to download the appropriate powerpath (EMC) version for the new kernel.
And other dependencies you'll have to check..
- Karl Arao
http://karlarao.wordpress.com
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:35 PM, QuijadaReina, Julio C <
QuijadJC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Alan,
> What you say is interesting. We are a RAC shop and I have always used
> oracleasm tools to create/delete ASM disks for SAN shared storage before or
> after I use them for an ASM instance. Maybe it's just my ignorance, but is
> there another way to do that without oracleasm?
>
> I did check the links and the download files go as far as kernel
> 2.6.9-78.0.22. The kernel I was going to upgrade to was 2.6.9-89 but didn't
> see that one on the list. I will test this on a test RAC to see if the
> current ocfs2/o2cb level allows me to mount the crs disks after upgrading to
> a newer OS kernel.
>
> Thanks,
> Julio Quijada
>
>
> From: alanbort@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:alanbort@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Guillermo Alan Bort
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:51 PM
> To: QuijadaReina, Julio C
> Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: ocfs2/oracleasm on Red Hat 4
>
> oracleasm is not needed for RH4U1 and up, you simply install the RDBMS,
> patch to whaterver patchset you want, fire up dbca and create the ASM
> instance. Works as well for RAC.
>
> Also, check http://oss.oracle.com/osswiki/OCFS2/NewFeaturesList which has
> the documentation for OCFS2. and
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/files/ for the download files. See
> that there are files for both RH4 and RH5.
>
> hth
> Alan Bort
> Oracle Certified Professional
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:19 PM, QuijadaReina, Julio C <
> QuijadJC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I was doing some server updates and noticed that ocfs2 and oracleasm lib
> are not available for Linux kernels higher than 2.6.9-78.0.22. Does this
> imply that for newer kernel versions the user must compile them? or maybe
> the newer kernels don't need these apps to be updated? Anybody seen this out
> there?
>
> Thanks,
> Julio Quijada
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