Is good to have RAC 10g inside a super dome HP?

Well I do not know if hp-ux is the best OS to have this type of installation?
I am just starting to think about it, but I do not know how good it could be?
Do you have any information that you can share with me?
A RAC beginner.
Paola.

You normally don't choose hardware and RAC like that. There are usually much more arguments to consider.
Anyway, I've been running on HP-UX PA-RISC for 2+ years. Good platform.
It's behind Solaris and Linux in terms of releases lagging and might have slightly more bugs but they got better recently. It's more common than, say, AIX.
I expect that HP-UX on Itanium is a little more buggy than on PA-RISC but that might be changing at some point.
All is based on subjective experience.

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We have several 10g clusters running on IBM p-Series AIX servers, and our company is changing the domain name for our network. I am concerned that if we do not change the domain names in the TNSNAMES.ora file and also the /etc/hosts file on each server, the cluster will no longer function. We are using CRS (version 10.2.0.3) and ASM within each cluster.
Does anyone know where I can find information about changing the domain name that was set up as part of the CRS and database installs for RAC? Does anyone have experience doing this, and would be willing to share a few insights? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!

You may be able to use the VIPCA utility for RAC to change or modify the public and private settings for your domain names on AIX. Also, the Oracle 10g DBCA "Database Configuration Assistant" should be of use to change your settings for your RAC environment.
Also, see here for a good IBM Redbook that covers Oracle 10g RAC on AIX platforms:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247541.pdf
Regards,
Ben Prusinski
http://oracle-magician.blogspot.com/
Regards,
Ben Prusinski
http://oracle-magician.blogspot.com/

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Problem of using OCFS2 as shared storage to install RAC 10g on VMware

Hi, all
I am installing a RAC 10g cluster with two linux nodes on VMware. I created a shared 5G disk for the two nodes as shared storage partition. By using OCFS2 tools, i formatted this shared storage partition and successfully auto mounted it on both nodes.
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----- Error Message ----
The location /ocfs/OCRFILE, entered for the Oracle Cluster Registry(OCR) is not shared across all the nodes in the cluster. Specify a shared raw partition or cluster file system that is visible by the same name on all nodes of the cluster.
------ Error Message ---
I don't know why the OUI can't recognize /ocfs as shared partition. On both nodes, using command "mounted.ocfs2 -f", i can get the result:
Device FS Nodes
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What's the possible wrong? Any help is appreciated!
Addition information:
1) uname -r
2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.EL
2) Permission of shared partition
$ls -ld /ocfs/
drwxrwxr-x 6 oracle dba 4096 Aug 3 18:22 /ocfs/

Hello
I am not sure how far this following solution is relevant to your problem (regardless when it was originally posted - may help someone who is reading this thread), here is what I faced and here is how I fixed it:
I was setting up RAC using VMWare. I prepared rac1 [installed OS, configured disks, users, etc] and the made a copy of it as rac2. So far so good. When, as per the guide I was following for RAC configuration, I started OCFS2 configuration, faced the following error on RAC2 when I tried to mount the /dev/adb1:
===================================================
[Root @ *rac2* ~] # mount - t ocfs2 - o datavolume, nointr / dev / sdb1 / ocfs
ocfs2_hb_ctl: OCFS2 DIRECTORY corrupted WHILE reading uuid ocfs2_hb_ctl: OCFS2 DIRECTORY corrupted WHILE reading uuid
mount.ocfs2: Error WHEN attempting TO run / sbin / ocfs2_hb_ctl: "Operation not permitted" mount.ocfs2: Error WHEN attempting TO run / sbin / ocfs2_hb_ctl: "Operation not permitted"
===================================================
After a lot of "googling around", I finally bumped into a page, the kind person who posted the solution said [in my words below and more detailed ]:
o shutdown both rac1 and rac2
o in VMWare, "edit virtual machine settings" for rac1
o remove the disk [make sure you drop the correct one]
o recreate it and select *"allocate all disk space now"* [with same name and in the same directory where it was before]
o start rac1 and login as *"root"* and *"fdisk /dev/sdb"* [or whichever is/was your disk where you r installing ocfs2]
Once done, repeat the steps for configuring OCFS2. I was successfully able to mount the disk on both machines.
All this problem was apparently caused by not choosing "allocate all disk space now" option while creating the disk to be used for OCFS2.
If you still have any questions or problem, email me at [email protected] and I'll try to get back to you at my earliest.
Good luck!
Muhammad Amer
[email protected]

RAC 10g on Linux VMs problems with smp

I'm following Vincent Chan's article "Install Oracle RAC 10g on Oracle Enterprise Linux Using VMware Server" in order to get up to speed on Oracle RAC on Linux. I've had good success so far but it appears that when the kernel was created it was created as smp even though I only had processor count set to 1. I went on to choose the oracleasm-2.6.9-42.0.0.1EL driver for UP kernel not realizing I had an smp kernel. Now that I'm trying to create ASM disks I get the following message:
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[FAILED]
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ibmasm-3.0-7
oracleasm-support-2.0.3-2
oracleasmlib-2.0.2-1
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# uname -r
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Hi Frits,
I had the same problem but could not find the right rpm.
Can you give the URL?
My problem:
[root@rac2 ~]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm configure
Configuring the Oracle ASM library driver.
This will configure the on-boot properties of the Oracle ASM library
driver. The following questions will determine whether the driver is
loaded on boot and what permissions it will have. The current values
will be shown in brackets ('[]'). Hitting <ENTER> without typing an
answer will keep that current value. Ctrl-C will abort.
Default user to own the driver interface []: oracle
Default group to own the driver interface []: dba
Start Oracle ASM library driver on boot (y/n) [n]: y
Fix permissions of Oracle ASM disks on boot (y/n) [y]: y
Writing Oracle ASM library driver configuration: [ OK ]
Loading module "oracleasm": Unable to load module "oracleasm"
[FAILED]
[root@rac2 cmshare]# uname -r
2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.ELsmp
[root@rac2 cmshare]# rpm -qa | grep oracleasm
oracleasmlib-2.0.2-1
oracleasm-support-2.0.3-2
oracleasm-2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2
Regards,
Chungmen

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Hi All
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hosts file
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10.144.1.112 spgdb02
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node <nodenumber>: <nodename> <private interconnect name> <hostname>
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node 1: spgdb02 spgdb02p spgdb02
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Copyright (C) 1999, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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- The node 1 (rac1) is started and the instance ORCL1 is online.
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Interesting question.
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http://oracleinstance.blogspot.com/2010/03/oracle-10g-installation-in-linux-5.html
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ora....A1.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE ora1
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ora.ora1.ons   application    ONLINE    UNKNOWN   ora1
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ora....A2.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE ora2
ora.ora2.gsd   application    ONLINE    UNKNOWN   ora2
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Thanks in Advance :)
Edited by: user13405005 on Aug 29, 2011 11:12 PM
Edited by: user13405005 on Aug 29, 2011 11:40 PM

Hi,
don't worry about GSD. GSD is only used if you also run 9i databases in the cluster. Even though it should state as OFFLINE (not as unknown), I would not care about that.
However ONS should not be in the status UNKNOWN.
Can you do the following:
srvctl start nodeapps -n
To restart the ONS and see if it stays.
Also post the output on onsctl debug
(All from CRS Home).
Regards
Sebastian

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Hi All,
I am new to RAC.
I have installed Oracle RAC 10g on Redhat Linux 4.0. Till yesterday failover was happening that is when i stopped one instance on node01 the vip of node01 was transferred to node02.This was shown using ifconfig -a but now that is now happening.Don't know as what has happened.Can you please help me out
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ora....02.lsnr application ONLINE ONLINE node02
ora.node02.gsd application ONLINE ONLINE node02
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ora.node02.vip application ONLINE ONLINE node02
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Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=)(PORT=1521))
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Service "+ASM_XPT" has 1 instance(s).
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Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
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Service "hitesh" has 2 instance(s).
Instance "hitesh1", status READY, has 2 handler(s) for this service...
Instance "hitesh2", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "hiteshXDB" has 2 instance(s).
Instance "hitesh1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Instance "hitesh2", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "hitesh_XPT" has 2 instance(s).
Instance "hitesh1", status READY, has 2 handler(s) for this service...
Instance "hitesh2", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
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CSS appears healthy
CRS appears healthy
EVM appears healthy
[root@node01 oracle]# ps -ef | grep lmon
oracle 5741 1 0 12:07 ? 00:00:03 ora_lmon_hitesh1
root 22582 20805 0 13:01 pts/2 00:00:00 grep lmon
oracle 23643 1 0 11:58 ? 00:00:01 asm_lmon_+ASM1
Please let me know what information else is required
Edited by: user12924280 on Apr 6, 2013 12:36 AM

Since you didn't say "thank you", I assumed my time was of no value to you.
However, I shall try again.
There is no relationship between instance failure and VIP failover. How can there be? What if you are running ten instances on each node, and one fails? Would you want the VIP to relocate? And I've already told you how to test it: kill the node. Just reboot it.

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Hi!
I suppose if you have a Metalink note on which explains is necessary update OCR you must follow it. Software maker always are in reason!
Chiao!

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Hello,
Maybe you can help me (new on RMAN backup) in doing this.
I have configured a single Oracle 10g database to have backup with RMAN with following steps:
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2. $ mkdir $ORACLE_BASE/logs
3. $ mkdir $ORACLE_BASE/tracking
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8. SQL> alter system set log_archive_dest_10='location= use_db_recovery_file_dest';
9. SQL> shutdown immediate
10. SQL> startup nomount
11. SQL> alter database archivelog;
12. SQL> alter database open;
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We also use ASM to store database files, and have Oracle software installed on separate file systems (two Oracle roots for Node1 and Node2).
I have following questions:
1) where to put Flash Recovery Area (FRA)?
I saw recommendations to put FRA on the ASM, is this the best way to do it?
2) Can I put FRA on another file system (not on the ASM) which is available only from Node1? This way I can save space on the ASM.
3) Is it possible/recommended to run RMAN from Node1 only?
Below is the script used to run RMAN on the normal Oracle database (without RAC) which I need to change :
=============================================================================================
2.0 Oracle backup script: /opt/app/oracle/rman_scripts/backup.sh
Use this for daily backups, possiblly as a cron job.
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All other days of the week: /opt/app/oracle/rman_scripts/backup.sh INCREMENTAL
Note: You may have to change ORACLE_SID, ORACLE_BASE below to match your database.
=============================================================================================
#!/usr/bin/ksh
ORACLE_SID=orcl
ORACLE_BASE=/opt/app/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=${ORACLE_BASE}/product/10.2.0/db_1
PATH=${ORACLE_HOME}/bin:/usr/bin
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then
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fi
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full='FULL'
incremental='INCREMENTAL'
if [[ $BACKUPTYPE == $full ]]
then
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run {
backup database;
SQL 'alter system archive log current';
backup archivelog all;
delete noprompt obsolete;
exit;
eof
echo ''
fi
if [[ $BACKUPTYPE == $incremental ]]
then
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman target / nocatalog log ${LOGFILE} append << eof
run {
backup database;
backup incremental level 1 database;
SQL 'alter system archive log current';
backup archivelog all;
delete noprompt obsolete;
exit;
eof
echo ''
fi

Hi [email protected],
Q1) where to put Flash Recovery Area (FRA)?
A1) With RAC: on the shared storage
I saw recommendations to put FRA on the ASM, is this the best way to do it?
If you want your backups to be available for both nodes you have to use shared storage or tape using an mml library.
So if you want to use the FRA for rman backups and the database is on ASM just make ASM the standard for the FRA as well.
Q2) Can I put FRA on another file system (not on the ASM) which is available only from Node1? This way I can save space on the ASM.
A2) Than you cannot recover in case Node1 is down. Best would be to send your storage admin to a training course so he can manage the clustered raw devices needed for ASM.
Q3) Is it possible/recommended to run RMAN from Node1 only?
A3) No see A2.
Regards,
Tycho

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