Create database in ASM
Hi,
in 10.2.0.4 , I create database (non ASM) by the following script :
CREATE DATABASE DEVLPT10
USER SYS IDENTIFIED BY oracle
USER SYSTEM IDENTIFIED BY oracle
LOGFILE GROUP 1 ('/home/oracle/oracle/instances/oradata/DEVLPT10/redo1/redo01.log') SIZE 15M,
GROUP 2 ('/home/oracle/oracle/instances/oradata/DEVLPT10/redo2/redo02.log') SIZE 15M,
GROUP 3 ('/home/oracle/oracle/instances/oradata/DEVLPT10/redo3/redo03.log') SIZE 15M
maxdatafiles 254
maxinstances 8
maxlogfiles 32
character set WE8ISO8859P15
National Character Set UTF8
DATAFILE '/home/oracle/oracle/instances/oradata/DEVLPT10/noyau/system_01.dbf' SIZE 2048
SYSAUX DATAFILE '/home/oracle/oracle/instances/oradata/DEVLPT10/noyau/sysaux_01.dbf' SIZE 350M
EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL
DEFAULT TABLESPACE BIG_TBS
DATAFILE '/home/oracle/oracle/instances/oradata/DEVLPT10/donnees/big_tbs_01.dbf'
SIZE 200M EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL
DEFAULT TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp
TEMPFILE '/home/oracle/oracle/instances/oradata/DEVLPT10/temp/temp_01.dbf'
SIZE 150M
UNDO TABLESPACE undotbs1
DATAFILE '/home/oracle/oracle/instances/oradata/DEVLPT10/undo/undotbs_01.dbf'
SIZE 200M AUTOEXTEND ON MAXSIZE UNLIMITED;
CREATE TABLESPACE BIG_TBS_IDX DATAFILE
'/home/oracle/oracle/instances/oradata/DEVLPT10/indexes/BIG_TBS_IDX_01.DBF' SIZE 1024M AUTOEXTEND OFF
LOGGING
ONLINE
PERMANENT
EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL UNIFORM SIZE 64K
SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT MANUAL;Now I'm going to create a DB in ASM. What does change in syntaxe for datafile path ?
Suppose we want to have :
+DGDATA_DB/mydb/datafile/sysaux....................
Thank you.
Try to replace each file name with +DGDATA_DB: Oracle should take care to create each control file, data file, temp file and redo log member in the right ASM directory.
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How to create database with ASM?
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1 -- When I want to install oracle DB with ASM . In this process candidate disks not show . Why?
How I can see disks ..
so I simple install oracle DB software only.
2 -- Now I want to create database with ASM by DBCA .
What process I will follow ?
Please guide me
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Steps to create database with ASM.
1.Install oracle binary with active CRS(For single node installation CRS is activated when you run root.sh) .
2.Create disk without file ssytem.
3.Assign disk to raw .
4.Change owner and permission to raw devices.
5.Configure ASM manually or USing DBCA.
Manually ASM Configuration.
a.Create initialization parameter file and password file.
b.Mandatory parameter is "instance_type=asm" as per your need configure rest of parameter like db_cache_size,large_pool_size,processes,remote_login_passwordfile,shared_pool_size etc..
c.To discover disk configure "asm_diskstring=/dev/raw/raw*"
Using DBCA to configure ASM.
1.In storage type section choose ASM.It will ask for password of sysdba in 10g.
2.ASM configuration window will open -> here it create disk group -> it shows all available ASM candidate disk automatical -> choose normal redundancy,external redundancy or high redundancy.
ASM disk also can be conbfigured with ASMLIB .
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Hi all
I'm trying to use ASM for the first time, on Oracle 10.2.0.1 on Solaris x64.
I have installed the ASM instance into /opt/oracle/asm/10.2.0 and created disk groups. I have cssd running OK. I am able to start and stop the ASM instance without problems, and I can select from v$asm_diskgroup to confirm that disks are mounted OK.
I have then installed Oracle EE separately into /opt/oracle/server/10.2.0. I first did a software only install, and now I am trying to create a DB.
The problems come when I try to use this ASM instance to host a new database. I first tried to use DBCA to create a new database, but on database creation I got the following errors:
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ORA-00202: control file: '+DBLIVE1'
ORA-17502: ksfdcre:4 Failed to create file +DBLIVE1
ORA-15001: diskgroup "DBLIVE1" does not exist or is not mounted
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I then told DBCA just to create the DB creation scripts, and I tried manually running these with SQL*Plus.
When doing it with SQL*PLus, I initially got the same error as shown above. But then something changed (sorry, not sure what), and now the error I get is:
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ERROR at line 1:
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ORA-00349: failure obtaining block size for '+DBLIVE1'
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I've tried the DB creation many times, and in between attempts I completely empty $ORACLE_HOME/admin/<dbname> and delete the files related to the attempted install from $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/ . I've also stopping/starting ASM, rebooting, and I've done the install of ASM and EE a couple of times over in case I made any mistakes in my earlier attempts.
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##### CHECKING ASM
oracle@neonrcom-db1:~$ uname -a
SunOS neonrcom-db1 5.10 Generic_127128-11 i86pc i386 i86pc
# css is running
oracle@neonrcom-db1:~$ ps -ef | grep css
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+ASM:/opt/oracle/asm/10.2.0:N
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SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jul 21 20:53:10 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter password:
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> set line 150
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NAME BLOCK_SIZE STATE TYPE TOTAL_MB FREE_MB
DBARCH1 4096 MOUNTED EXTERN 2096856 2096784
DBLIVE1 4096 MOUNTED EXTERN 4193904 4193812
#### Contents of init.ora for new DB
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##### DB INSTALLATION ATTEMPT
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oracle@neonrcom-db1:~$ export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
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You should Add this entry in the /var/opt/oracle/oratab: NEONREL1:/opt/oracle/server/10.2.0:Y
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jul 21 22:10:54 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
specify a password for sys as parameter 1
Enter value for 1: xxx
specify a password for system as parameter 2
Enter value for 2: xxx
specify a password for sysman as parameter 3
Enter value for 3: xxx
specify a password for dbsnmp as parameter 4
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specify ASM SYS user password as parameter 6
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Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> spool /opt/oracle/server/10.2.0/admin/NEONREL1/scripts/CreateDB.log
SQL> startup nomount pfile="/opt/oracle/server/10.2.0/admin/NEONREL1/scripts/init.ora";
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1.9294E+10 bytes
Fixed Size 2054976 bytes
Variable Size 2264925376 bytes
Database Buffers 1.7012E+10 bytes
Redo Buffers 14721024 bytes
SQL> CREATE DATABASE "NEONREL1"
2 MAXINSTANCES 8
3 MAXLOGHISTORY 1
4 MAXLOGFILES 16
5 MAXLOGMEMBERS 3
6 MAXDATAFILES 100
7 DATAFILE SIZE 300M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 10240K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED
8 EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL
9 SYSAUX DATAFILE SIZE 120M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 10240K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED
10 SMALLFILE DEFAULT TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP TEMPFILE SIZE 20M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 640K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED
11 SMALLFILE UNDO TABLESPACE "UNDOTBS1" DATAFILE SIZE 200M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 5120K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED
12 CHARACTER SET AL32UTF8
13 NATIONAL CHARACTER SET UTF8
14 LOGFILE GROUP 1 SIZE 51200K,
15 GROUP 2 SIZE 51200K,
16 GROUP 3 SIZE 51200K
17 USER SYS IDENTIFIED BY "&&sysPassword" USER SYSTEM IDENTIFIED BY "&&systemPassword";
CREATE DATABASE "NEONREL1"
ERROR at line 1:
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ORA-00349: failure obtaining block size for '+DBLIVE1'
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
Message was edited by:
tjobbinsUpdate: I've worked out the difference between the two sets of errors I get.
The basic error is this:
ORA-00200: control file could not be created
ORA-00202: control file: '+DBLIVE1'
ORA-17502: ksfdcre:4 Failed to create file +DBLIVE1
ORA-15001: diskgroup "DBLIVE1" does not exist or is not mounted
ORA-15055: Message 15055 not found; No message file for product=RDBMS, facility=ORA
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
However if my init.ora contains the line:
control_files=/opt/oracle/server/10.2.0/dbs/cntrlNEONREL1.dbf
then I instead get the second error:
CREATE DATABASE "NEONREL1"
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01501: CREATE DATABASE failed
ORA-00349: failure obtaining block size for '+DBLIVE1'
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
So basically these must be the same error, just in the second case I'm not trying to put the control file on the ASM so it fails at a different point.
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-----------Create Groups and Users--------------------------------------------------------------------
groupadd oinstall
groupadd dba
groupadd oper
groupadd asmdba
groupadd asmoper
groupadd asmadmin
useradd -g oinstall -G asmdba,asmoper,asmadmin grid
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passwd grid
passwd oracle
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uid=502(oracle) gid=502(oinstall) groups=502(oinstall),503(dba),504(oper),505(asmdba),506(asmoper),507(asmadmin)
[root@asm asm]# id grid
uid=501(grid) gid=502(oinstall) groups=502(oinstall),505(asmdba),506(asmoper),507(asmadmin)
[root@asm asm]# uname -rm
2.6.18-238.el5 i686
[root@asm asm]# uname -a
Linux asm.protoeffect.cxm 2.6.18-238.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jan 4 15:24:05 EST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
----------------------ASM RPM Installs---------------------------------------------------------
[root@asm asm]# rpm -Uvh oracleasm-support-2.1.7-1.el5.i386.rpm \
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm \
oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el5.i386.rpm
warning: oracleasm-support-2.1.7-1.el5.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1e5e0159
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:oracleasm-support ########################################### [ 33%]
2:oracleasm-2.6.18-238.el########################################### [ 67%]
3:oracleasmlib ########################################### [100%]
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Scan for Oracle ASM disks on boot (y/n) [y]: y
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-------------------Allocating Disks------------------------------------------------------------
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DISK3
DISK4
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DISK6
DISK7
DISK8
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ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/grid
oracle.install.asm.OSDBA=asmdba
oracle.install.asm.OSOPER=asmoper
oracle.install.asm.OSASM=asmadmin
oracle.install.crs.config.gpnp.scanName=
oracle.install.crs.config.gpnp.scanPort=0
oracle.install.crs.config.clusterName=
oracle.install.crs.config.gpnp.configureGNS=true
oracle.install.crs.config.gpnp.gnsSubDomain=
oracle.install.crs.config.gpnp.gnsVIPAddress=
oracle.install.crs.config.autoConfigureClusterNodeVIP=false
oracle.install.crs.config.clusterNodes=
oracle.install.crs.config.privateInterconnects=
oracle.install.crs.config.storageOption=
oracle.install.crs.config.sharedFileSystemStorage.diskDriveMapping=
oracle.install.crs.config.sharedFileSystemStorage.votingDiskLocations=
oracle.install.crs.config.sharedFileSystemStorage.votingDiskRedundancy=NORMAL
oracle.install.crs.config.sharedFileSystemStorage.ocrLocations=
oracle.install.crs.config.sharedFileSystemStorage.ocrRedundancy=NORMAL
oracle.install.crs.config.useIPMI=false
oracle.install.crs.config.ipmi.bmcUsername=
oracle.install.crs.config.ipmi.bmcPassword=
oracle.install.asm.SYSASMPassword=
oracle.install.asm.diskGroup.name=DATA
oracle.install.asm.diskGroup.redundancy=NORMAL
oracle.install.asm.diskGroup.disks=ORCL:DISK1,ORCL:DISK2,ORCL:DISK3,ORCL:DISK4
oracle.install.asm.diskGroup.diskDiscoveryString=
oracle.install.asm.monitorPassword=
oracle.install.crs.upgrade.clusterNodes=
oracle.install.asm.upgradeASM=false
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oracle.install.option=INSTALL_DB_SWONLY
ORACLE_HOSTNAME=asm.protoeffect.cxm
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ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
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oracle.install.db.isCustomInstall=false
oracle.install.db.customComponents=
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oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.gridcontrol.gridControlServiceURL=
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oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.dbcontrol.emailAddress=
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oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.automatedBackup.enable=false
oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.automatedBackup.osuid=
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oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.storageType=
oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.fileSystemStorage.dataLocation=
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oracle.install.db.config.asm.diskGroup=
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MYORACLESUPPORT_PASSWORD=
SECURITY_UPDATES_VIA_MYORACLESUPPORT=false
DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=false
PROXY_HOST=
PROXY_PORT=
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Now time to solve this problem, to make “user grid in secondary group dba”
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HI PPL,
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But when I try to create database on the configured ASM instance using DBCA , I am getting the following error
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Copyright (c) 1991, 2006, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=10.10.199.141)(PORT=6881)))
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Listener Log File /uat06/asm_home/network/log/asm.log
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Instance "ASM", status BLOCKED, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
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Instance "ASM", status BLOCKED, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
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Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
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The command completed successfully
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NAME TYPE VALUE
local_listener string ASM
log_archive_local_first boolean TRUE
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OS-HP-UX
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regardsHI Chinar,
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LSNRCTL for HPUX: Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on 30-JUL-2010 12:40:17
Copyright (c) 1991, 2006, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=10.10.199.141)(PORT=6881)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
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Version TNSLSNR for HPUX: Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
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(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.10.199.141)(PORT=6881)))
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Service "+ASM_XPT" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "ASM", status BLOCKED, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "ASM" has 1 instance(s).
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Now I am thinking of re-creating my production database and using ASM for storage managment. By doing this can a standby database still be created from a primary database using ASM? I want to be sure I can before I commit to using ASM for the production instance and manually creating a standby database from that instance.
Note: I am using standard edition not enterprise edition.Hi
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How to create second database at ASM in 4 node RAC system
Hi Experts,
we use 4 nodes RAC (11.0.1) with 10.2.0. 4 database in red hat5.0
we want to add second database at ASM in RAC system based on manager decision.
how do I add second database in ASM with exist database?
Do I need to created new ASM insatnce?
how to create two new diskgroup? is it under existing ASM instance or new ASM instance?
how to reset ASM properity to support ( or new) ASM instance and two database?
Do I need to configure AMS again after added more space into ASM?
I could not find ducument that add seconf database into ASM in RAC system.
I want add second database by dbca. any experience for add second database in ASM RAC ?
Thanks for help!
JImHi... I'm in the same situation.
I need to add a new second database on a RAC installation based on already available ASM instance.
I'm using 11gR2.
I read your suggested documentation. Then I typed asmca and analyzed my asm configuration:
As you can see I have a DISK GROUP NAME with several FREE space.
!http://img522.yfrog.com/img522/8405/dbca20100203173248.jpg!
If I select Volumes tab the following is my current configuration:
!http://img682.yfrog.com/img682/562/dbca20100203173343.jpg!
Selecting Create button, I can insert some values as you can see:
!http://img403.yfrog.com/img403/9889/dbca20100203173403.jpg!
First question:
Is this the right way to create space for a new database ? Consider that running dbca.. no DISK GROUP NAME is available.
Second question:
When I created my first database on this DISK GROUP NAME no volumes were created. Why now I have to do it ? Is this necessary to really separate datafiles coming from different databases ? -
What are the differences of creating a physical standby database with ASM?
I want to create a physical standby database for my 10g(10.2.0.1) database. But it is using ASM. Is it possible to create a standby database for a database using ASM?
What are the differences of creating a physical standby database with ASM?tell us what your research shows and we'll try to
validate it. I am simulating Oracle ASM on a PC and I want to try
DataGuard on it now. So I am trying to create DataGuard
on an ASM system. The purpose is only learning and test.That's telling us how you are researching, not what you have observed.
Your research could have included looking at the documetation, and you might have found http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14239/scenarios.htm#sthref1642
which discusses exactly what you are looking for.
Message was edited by:
Hans Forbrich -
Create 10g Database with ASM on Windows Server 2003 x64
I am running Windows 2003 Server Enterprise x64 on a Dell server and wish to install Oracle 10g 10.2 with ASM.
First, I performed a software only install. Then, I created several raw partitions on each of two SATA2 disks, and created a disk group - DGROUP1 - using two partitions from each disk. So far so good.
Next, I tried to use DBCA to create a general purpose database using ASM, and that is where the problem arose. I can use sqlplus to stop and start the ASM instance, but when I use DBCA to select ASM for storage I am asked for the SYS password for ASM. I enter it and get a message "Passwords cannot be verified because: Io exception: The network adapter could not establish the connection". If I ignore this I can go on to select my DGROUP1, but the installation ultimately fails due to "insufficient privileges".
Can anyone please help?Hi Martin
Thanks for the reply. I used ASMTOOLG to stamp the disks and then used DBCA and followed the description hereo create the disk group DGROUP1:
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3571371
At one point, DBCA prompted me to run "localconfig add", which I did.
If it is a missing password file that is the problem, is it possible to create one to put things right?
Charles -
ORA-01501: CREATE DATABASE failed in asm
i am trying to create manual database using asm
and i am using oracle SID
and when i create manual database i am getting the below error
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01501: CREATE DATABASE failed
ORA-00200: control file could not be created
ORA-00202: control file: '+ASMDG/manual/control1.ctl'
ORA-17502: ksfdcre:4 Failed to create file +ASMDG/manual/control1.ctl
ORA-15001: diskgroup "ASMDG" does not exist or is not mounted
and when i use asm SID +asm and if i create a manual database i am getting the below error
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-15000: command disallowed by current instance type
please help me to resolve thisHi Friend,
Please check the following permissions for all the below :
Grid Infrastructure Home Owner : grid
Primary Group : oinstall
Secondary Groups : asmadmin, asmdba, asmoper
RDBMS Home Owner : oracle
Primary Group : oinstall
Secondary Groups : dba, oper, asmdba
In case of stand alone set up, if the 11.2 Database be managed by Oracle Restart ( srvctl stop/start ), then 'grid' user should also be a part of 'dba' group.
The ASM Disks would be owned by grid:asmadmin
Please check once again...Before starts
Hope it helps...
Thanks
LaserSoft -
Because of the discussion present in the following thread, I did few experiments and would you like to share with you. Hope it is a useful information for you guys.
Re: db_name & memory allocation
OS: Win XP SP2 or Windows 2000 <b>(32-bit)</b>
Oracle Version: Oracle 10gR2
System RAM: 1G
<b>Attempting to create the database CCC by specifying db_name parameter only</b>
C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\database>copy con initCCC.ora
db_name=CCC
^Z
1 file(s) copied.
<b> Starting the service </b>
C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\database>oradim -new -sid CCC -startmode m
Instance created.
C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\database>set oracle_sid=CCC
C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\database>sqlplus "/as sysdba"
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Apr 6 07:50:06 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> startup nomount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area <b>113246208</b> bytes -- Default SGA size
Fixed Size 1247588 bytes
Variable Size 58721948 bytes
Database Buffers 50331648 bytes
Redo Buffers 2945024 bytes
<b> On seeing dynamic components size, shared pool got
33m, large pool got 0m, java pool got 25m and buffer cache
got 50m. Please check the references for these default
values. </b>
SQL> select component,current_size from v$sga_dynamic_components;
COMPONENT CURRENT_SIZE
shared pool 33554432
large pool 0
java pool 25165824
streams pool 0
DEFAULT buffer cache 50331648
KEEP buffer cache 0
RECYCLE buffer cache 0
DEFAULT 2K buffer cache 0
DEFAULT 4K buffer cache 0
DEFAULT 8K buffer cache 0
DEFAULT 16K buffer cache 0
COMPONENT CURRENT_SIZE
DEFAULT 32K buffer cache 0
ASM Buffer Cache 0
13 rows selected.
<b>Total=109051904 </b>
SQL>
create database
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01092: ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forced
<b>Errors in alert log file</b>
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
<b>ORA-04031: unable to allocate 40 bytes of shared memory ("shared pool","create unique index
i_proxy_...","sql area","kksol : kksnsg")
</b>
Error 1519 happened during db open, shutting down database
USER: terminating instance due to error 1519
<b>It was thought that shared_pool memory area is not
sufficient. Then thought to know how oracle will behave on
setting sga_target parameter.</b>
<b>initCCC.ora</b>
db_name=CCC
sga_target=113m
SQL> startup nomount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area <b>121634816 bytes -- Got around 121m </b>
Fixed Size 1247636 bytes
Variable Size 54527596 bytes
Database Buffers 62914560 bytes
Redo Buffers 2945024 bytes
<b>Now create database statement got success here.
Instance got few extra Mbs of memory and oracle can create
the database.</b>
<b>Then it was thought that, why to give 121Mb even. Let exactly 113246208 bytes be devoted to the instance.</b>
initCCC.ora
db_name=CCC
sga_target=113246208 -- providing exact number of bytes as obtained in default case
SQL> startup nomount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 113246208 bytes
Fixed Size 1247588 bytes
Variable Size 54527644 bytes
Database Buffers 54525952 bytes
Redo Buffers 2945024 bytes
SQL>
<b> Now create database statement got success here as
well. Because of sga_target, automatic shared memory
management enabled and instance was taking care of buffer
cache, shared pool, large pool, java pool and
streams_pool. In this case shared pool got 46m (greater
than default case value). Java pool and Large pool got 4
mb each and buffer cache got 54m. </b>
SQL> select component,current_size
2 from v$sga_dynamic_components;
COMPONENT CURRENT_SIZE
shared pool 46137344
large pool 4194304
java pool 4194304
streams pool 0
DEFAULT buffer cache 54525952
KEEP buffer cache 0
RECYCLE buffer cache 0
DEFAULT 2K buffer cache 0
DEFAULT 4K buffer cache 0
DEFAULT 8K buffer cache 0
DEFAULT 16K buffer cache 0
COMPONENT CURRENT_SIZE
DEFAULT 32K buffer cache 0
ASM Buffer Cache 0
13 rows selected.
<b>Total=109051904 </b>
SQL>
By providing 113246208 bytes (as in default case) of
memory to SGA by setting sga_target value, Oracle gave
extra memory to shared_pool and buffer cache than in case
of default, thus helping create database statement to get
pass. Oracle always recommends to use automatic shared
memory management by setting sga_target parameter value.
Hope this experiment provides few clues about automatic
shared memory management feature of Oracle 10g. This case
was conducted on 32-bit Oracle. It is quite possible that
create database statement might get success in 64-bit
Platform as by default Oracle will provide 84 Mb to Shared
pool. But to confirm, it has to be experimented.
References:
Shared pool
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/initparams196.htm#sthref804
Large Pool
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/initparams090.htm#sthref377
Java Pool
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/initparams087.htm#sthref364
Buffer Cache
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/initparams043.htm#sthref185Hi,
Good Work Mohammed !!!
Regards
Taj -
Dear All,
Here is the configuration we have:
Primary Database: Oracle RAC (2 Nodes). 11g R1 RAC, 10g R2 Database using ASM (OS: Windows Server 2003)
Data Guard: 10g R2 Database using ASM (OS: Windows Server 2003)
We are getting the following errors in the alert log file of ASM Instance (Data Guard) - Data Gaurd mode is 'Max Performance':
ORA-00270: error creating archive log +DG_DATAFILES_AND_FB/accelastdby/primary_arch_logs/arc32471_0721252017.002
ORA-19504: failed to create file "+DG_DATAFILES_AND_FB/accelastdby/primary_arch_logs/arc32471_0721252017.002"
ORA-17502: ksfdcre:4 Failed to create file +DG_DATAFILES_AND_FB/accelastdby/primary_arch_logs/arc32471_0721252017.002
ORA-15041: diskgroup space exhausted
Uopn checking the disk group DG_DATAFILES_AND_FB, free space is 0.
What are the possible options to create more space on this disk group? Can we delete some files safely without any impact (for example: Archive logs which have been applied to database)?
Thanks for your advice.
Regards,
Muhammad RiazHi,
First you can add more disks to the diskgroup so you can get more space, ASM will do rebalance once new disks added.
Second, It seems that your archivelog in dataguard were not deleted after being applied. You can delete the applied archivelog in dataguard, use RMAN is the best option
Hope this helps
Cheers
FZheng -
Problem in create database use dbca in RAC
i setup a two-nodes RAC, and use dbca to create db
here is the output of dbca
[oracle@rac1 ~]$ dbca -silent -responseFile /home/oracle/dbca.rsp
Copying database files
1% complete
3% complete
9% complete
15% complete
21% complete
27% complete
30% complete
Creating and starting Oracle instance
32% complete
36% complete
40% complete
44% complete
45% complete
48% complete
50% complete
Creating cluster database views
52% complete
70% complete
Completing Database Creation
73% complete
76% complete
79% complete
80% complete
81% complete
90% complete
99% complete
100% complete
Look at the log file "/opt/ora/product/10.2.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/dbca/mydb/mydb.log" for further details.
and here is the log output:
Failed to retrieve network listener resources required for the Real Application Clusters high
availability extensions configurations on the following nodes: [rac1, rac2].
Do you want listeners on port 1521 with prefix LISTENER to be created on nodes [rac1, rac2]
automatically? If you would like to configure the listener with different properties, run NetCA
before continuing.
PRKS-1009 : Failed to start ASM instance "+ASM1" on node "rac1", [CRS-0215: Could not start
resource 'ora.rac1.ASM1.asm'.]
PRKS-1009 : Failed to start ASM instance "+ASM2" on node "rac2", [CRS-0215: Could not start
resource 'ora.rac2.ASM2.asm'.]
Could not mount the diskgroup on node: rac2. The ASM instance on node rac2 is not started.
Could not mount the diskgroup on node: rac2. The ASM instance on node rac2 is not started.
Copying database files
DBCA_PROGRESS : 1%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 3%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 9%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 15%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 21%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 27%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 30%
Creating and starting Oracle instance
DBCA_PROGRESS : 32%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 36%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 40%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 44%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 45%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 48%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 50%
Creating cluster database views
DBCA_PROGRESS : 52%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 70%
Completing Database Creation
Failed to start listeners on nodes "[rac1, rac2]" of cluster database "mydb", "CRS-1028: Dependency
analysis failed because of:
CRS-0223: Resource 'ora.rac2.LISTENER_RAC2.lsnr' has placement error.".
DBCA_PROGRESS : 73%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 76%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 79%
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
ORA-01565: error in identifying file '+ORADG/mydb/spfilemydb.ora'
ORA-17503: ksfdopn:2 Failed to open file +ORADG/mydb/spfilemydb.ora
ORA-15056: additional error message
ORA-17503: ksfdopn:DGOpenFile05 Failed to open file +ORADG/mydb/spfilemydb.ora
ORA-17503: ksfdopn:2 Failed to open file +ORADG/mydb/spfilemydb.ora
ORA-15173: entry 'spfilemydb.ora' does not exist in directory 'mydb'
ORA-06512: at line 4
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
DBCA_PROGRESS : 80%
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
DBCA_PROGRESS : 81%
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
DBCA_PROGRESS : 90%
Enterprise manager configuration failed due to the following error -
Invalid username/password.
Refer to the log file at /opt/ora/product/10.2.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/dbca/mydb/emConfig.log for more
details.
You can retry configuring this database with Enterprise Manager later by manually running
/opt/ora/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin/emca script.
DBCA_PROGRESS : 99%
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
PRKP-1001 : Error starting instance mydb1 on node rac1
CRS-1028: Dependency analysis failed because of:
CRS-0223: Resource 'ora.mydb.mydb1.inst' has placement error.
PRKP-1001 : Error starting instance mydb2 on node rac2
CRS-1028: Dependency analysis failed because of:
CRS-0223: Resource 'ora.mydb.mydb2.inst' has placement error.
DBCA_PROGRESS : 100%
Database creation complete. Check the logfiles at
/opt/ora/product/10.2.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/dbca/mydb for details.
Database Information:
Global Database Name:mydb
System Identifier(SID) Prefix:mydb
it should be run netca before running dbca?this time i run netca first,and then run dbca to configure the ASM,after that i run dbca to create database
listener and asm instance is online,but when i create DB ,still have error
Copying database files
DBCA_PROGRESS : 1%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 3%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 9%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 15%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 21%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 27%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 30%
Creating and starting Oracle instance
DBCA_PROGRESS : 32%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 36%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 40%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 44%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 45%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 48%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 50%
Creating cluster database views
DBCA_PROGRESS : 52%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 70%
Completing Database Creation
DBCA_PROGRESS : 73%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 76%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 79%
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
ORA-01565: error in identifying file '+ORADG/mydb/spfilemydb.ora'
ORA-17503: ksfdopn:2 Failed to open file +ORADG/mydb/spfilemydb.ora
ORA-15056: additional error message
ORA-17503: ksfdopn:DGOpenFile05 Failed to open file +ORADG/mydb/spfilemydb.ora
ORA-17503: ksfdopn:2 Failed to open file +ORADG/mydb/spfilemydb.ora
ORA-15173: entry 'spfilemydb.ora' does not exist in directory 'mydb'
ORA-06512: at line 4
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
DBCA_PROGRESS : 80%
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
DBCA_PROGRESS : 89%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 98%
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
PRKP-1001 : Error starting instance mydb1 on node rac1
CRS-0215: Could not start resource 'ora.mydb.mydb1.inst'.
PRKP-1001 : Error starting instance mydb2 on node rac2
CRS-0215: Could not start resource 'ora.mydb.mydb2.inst'.
DBCA_PROGRESS : 100%
following info from my template file
<MiscParams>
<databaseType>MULTIPURPOSE</databaseType>
<maxUserConn>20</maxUserConn>
<percentageMemTOSGA>40</percentageMemTOSGA>
<customSGA>false</customSGA>
<archiveLogMode>false</archiveLogMode>
<initParamFileName>+ORADG/admin/{DB_UNIQUE_NAME}/pfile/init.ora</initParamFileName>
</MiscParams>
<SPfile useSPFile="true">{ORACLE_HOME}/dbs/spfile{SID}.ora</SPfile>
</InitParamAttributes>
and dbca create +ORADG in /home/oracle dir (why??)
[oracle@rac1 ~]$ ls +ORADG/admin/mydb/pfile/init.ora.6132011173958
+ORADG/admin/mydb/pfile/init.ora.6132011173958
Edited by: 859340 on 2011-7-12 下午7:25 -
Standby database with ASM disks?
Has anyone successfully created a standby database when the primary database and the standby database are using ASM disks? If the answer is yes, how did you copy the files(database backup, control files, etc.) from the asm on primary to asm on standby?
Note: I am using 10gR2 on HP-UX but the copy part should be platform independent so however you did it should help me.Hi d_carmichael2001,
I had done database migration from Non-asm to ASM for single instance by RMAN.
and i think mostly steps are same for create standby database on ASM.
Have a Look.......
1.create a ASM instance manually on new server.
2.Take a backup of Prod database and controlfile.
**backup of controlfile for Standby should be taken as
BACKUP CURRENT CONTROLFILE FOR STANDBY;
Backup database cmd will be same as Backup database plus archivelog;
3. create standby database by using following cmd and set necessary parameter before execute it
Diskgroup for standby should be define in standby spfile's.
**Standby database should be in nomount stange
**connect as % rman TARGET / AUXILIARY SYS/sys_pwd@sbdb1
Use
DUPLICATE TARGET DATABASE FOR STANDBY ;
This command will copy the datafiles, archived redo log files and standby control file in the backup set to the standby database's storage area.
Thanks
Kuljeet Pal Singh
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