How to establish a single init.ora file for 3 node RAC under ASM
All,
Our environment is a combination of several different memory sized SUN machines (V880, V490 & 250R).
Setting up a single init.ora file that encompasses each of the nodes memory into the SGA sizing is our desired setup.
Though we have established the file, the question is getting each NODE on the RAC to use that single parameter
file to start its database instead of taking the default init.ora file in the default (asm/dbs) directory.
As we have performed fail-over testing, upon the restart of instances they have restarted with wrong memory
definitions that have hung the nodes when it took more memory then what was available and swap space began
to grow.
Steps to configure and enable this process is what I am looking for.
Thanks
Gerry
Gerry,
Here's what we do. Not sure if it is relevant to your situation ...
(on each node)
$ cat $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/initrac11d1.ora
SPFILE='+DATA/rac11d/spfilerac11d.ora'
(in ASM)
$ asmcmd
ASMCMD> ls -la +data/rac11d
Type Redund Striped Time Sys Name
Y CONTROLFILE/
Y DATAFILE/
Y ONLINELOG/
Y PARAMETERFILE/
Y TEMPFILE/
N spfilerac11d.ora => +DATA/RAC11D/PARAMETERFILE/spfile.267.685170285
The spfile has all parameters, qualified by node where applicable. For example :
$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Wed May 6 19:00:45 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Release 11.1.0.7.0 - 64bit Production
With the Real Application Clusters option
SQL> create pfile='/tmp/sb.ora' from spfile;
File created.
SQL> Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Release 11.1.0.7.0 - 64bit Production
With the Real Application Clusters option
$ cat /tmp/sb.ora
*.archive_lag_target=1800
*.audit_file_dest='/var/oracle/admin/rac11d/adump'
rac11d1.dispatchers='(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=msdbc11-vip)(port=64000))'
rac11d2.dispatchers='(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=msdbc12-vip)(port=64000))'
*.global_names=TRUE
rac11d1.instance_number=1
rac11d2.instance_number=2
rac11d1.undo_tablespace='UNDOTBS1'
rac11d2.undo_tablespace='UNDOTBS2'
Hope this helps,
Steve
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