Need Help with Oracleasm - a kernel module for the ASM library

Question

I am a beginner, trying to install Oracle RAC. I have a system with SuSE Linx 11 (64 bit) loaded. I need to get the correct ASMLib packages needed for installing ASM. I think I got the following packages that are needed for installing ASM
1) oracleasmlib- the ASM libraries (oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.SLE11.x86_64.rpm)
2) oracleasm-support- utilities needed to administer ASMLib (oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.SLE11.x86_64.rpm)
I am unable to find the third package.
3) Oracleasm - a kernel module for the ASM library
I looked at my kernel version it says "2.6.27.19-5-default". I am not sure where I can get the above third package. If you have an answer/know ase share your thoughts.
Thank You

Answer 1

Hi!
Don't use ASMLib, it will be no longer available, it will only came in Oracle Unbreakable Kernel for Linux 6.
The easly way to set the permissions on your devices is with a /etc/init.d script that do the job.
Here is an example:
#! /bin/bash
# chkconfig: 2345 25 19
# description: Set ASM Permissions on to devices at boot.
case "$1" in
start)
/bin/chown oracle:oinstall /dev/sdb1
/bin/chmod 0660 /dev/sdb1
stop)
#do nothing
status)
ls -l /dev/sdb1
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit o
You need to replace the /dev/sdb1 for your acctual partitions.
Please check the Docs to be sure that you meet all pre-reqs.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/relnotes.112/e23558/toc.htm
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e22489/toc.htm
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e24321/toc.htm
Hope it's helps.
Best Regards,
Julio