Hi In Linux you either put chmod and chown in rc.local to set raw devices permissions or use udev. In HP-UX I have not seen this issue, the permissions are persistent even after reboot for Raw Devices. In HP-UX 11.31 this can happen if the devices are created with mksf instead of mknod, whenever you add new devices with insf -e this will reset permissions Thanks -- LSC On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Syed Jaffar Hussain < sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, > > > We currently have a 4 node Oracle RAC on HP UX Superdom Itanimum II with > EMC SAN (Symatrix DMX4) storage. Since few days, we are facing an abnormal > situation where the RAW disks permissions (includes OCR, Voting and ASM > disks) are getting changed dynamically and sometime during the node reboot > too, which cause Cluster hung situation. Our current workaround is to reset > the permissions to RAW disks. > > If I am not wrong, this sort of problem exists on Linux reboot and to > prevent this, we need to set a parameter which keeps the existing parameter > alive. I am not sure this is the same case on HP. Does anyone out there has > faced similar kind of issue? or it is very abnormal situation? > > We did open a call with HP support and they said, basically, OS doesn't > have any control on the RAW devices and definately it won't change the > permission either dynamically or during the reboot time and they suspect > Oracle might be doing something to change the permission. > > I have opened a TAR with Oracle too and waiting for the reply. Appreciate > if someone can put some limelight on this issue. > > -- > Best Regards, > > Syed Jaffar Hussain > Oracle ACE > 8i,9i & 10g OCP DBA > RAC Certified Expert > > Official Oracle RAC SIG Representative for Saudi Arabian region ( > http://www.oracleracsig.org/) > http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/ > http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=19297:4:1579866181463918::NO:4:P4_ID:126 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Winners don't do different things. They do things differently." > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Syed Jaffar Hussain > Oracle ACE > 8i,9i & 10g OCP DBA > RAC Certified Expert > > Official Oracle RAC SIG Representative for Saudi Arabian region ( > http://www.oracleracsig.org/) > http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/ > http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=19297:4:1579866181463918::NO:4:P4_ID:126 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Winners don't do different things. They do things differently." >