NFS for Oracle 9 Cluster

Hello
Can I install a RAC over NFS ?
Or I shal use RAW device or OCFS ?
Tanhks for your answer

Your storage should be on a SAN disk array, both machines should have access to the RAW partitions at the hardware level. Before you setup a cluster you have to first insure that you are using a certifed hardware clustering vendor.

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FATAL [INS-41311] One or more Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) locations spec

I'm installing 11.2.0.3 Grid Infrastructure on Red Hat 5.7. I'm receiving the following error that I pasted below. There isn't a whole lot of information regarding it. It seems that the install sees an existing CRS install, but the NFS volumes are empty. This is a fresh install. I ran cleanup, but there's nothing to remove. Any help or insight will be appreciated.
Thank you
INFO: Checking path: /u02/udev/devices/ocr1
INFO: Checking path: /u03/udev/devices/ocr2
INFO: Checking path: /u04/udev/devices/ocr3
INFO: Validating for writability
INFO: Validating for valid OCR locations
INFO: Validating OCR locations.
INFO: validating if it is an existing directory.
INFO: Validating for free space
INFO: PATH has :==>/tmp/OraInstall2012-03-31_12-30-37AM/jdk/jre/lib/amd64/server:/tmp/OraInstall2012-03-31_12-30-37AM/jdk/jre/lib/amd64:/tmp/OraInstall2012-03-31_12-30-37AM/jdk/jre/../lib/amd64
INFO: PATH has :==>/tmp/OraInstall2012-03-31_12-30-37AM/jdk/jre/lib/amd64/server:/tmp/OraInstall2012-03-31_12-30-37AM/jdk/jre/lib/amd64:/tmp/OraInstall2012-03-31_12-30-37AM/jdk/jre/../lib/amd64
INFO: PATH has :==>/tmp/OraInstall2012-03-31_12-30-37AM/jdk/jre/lib/amd64/server:/tmp/OraInstall2012-03-31_12-30-37AM/jdk/jre/lib/amd64:/tmp/OraInstall2012-03-31_12-30-37AM/jdk/jre/../lib/amd64
SEVERE: [FATAL] [INS-41311] One or more Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) locations specified are in an existing OCR directory.
CAUSE: One or more Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) locations specified were in directories with existing OCR files.
ACTION: Specify locations for Oracle Cluster Registry that are not in use.
INFO: Advice is ABORT

user12006502 wrote:
These are NFS mounts off of NetApp NAS. They are volumes that don't contain anything else but an empty .snapshot subdirectory. This is my first NFS RAC implementation. We followed NetApps best practices for the NFS mount options as well as the export options on the NAS. I'm sort of lost as to what the problem could be. Ran the installer with debug and strace, but I'm still not getting any insight into the issue. Thanks for trying to help.
My first reaction to the failed CRS install is to clean it up. I ran the cleanup steps, but the installer didn't get far enough to generate any files.
I'm using the following NFS mount options:
rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,tcp,vers=3,timeo=600,noac,suidUse rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,tcp,noac,actimeo=0,vers=3,timeo=600 for Mount points for CRS voting disk and OCR
Doc id - Mount Options for Oracle files when used with NFS on NAS devices [ID 359515.1]

Oracle Cluster Installation

Dear Guru's,
I'm a very beginner for Oracle cluster. i created Public & Private network and SCAN on DNS. I don't know how to create Virtual IP. Please guide me how to create Private IP for Cluster. I created Virtual Private Network. If it is not a worth question kindly excuse me I'm a very begginer.
Thanks for your help and guidance...

Welcome to the forum.
However, it's the wrong forum: notice the title of the forum? This is for SQL and PL/SQL.
I think you want the RAC Installation forum: RAC, ASM & Clusterware Installation

NFS for clustering

Hi
There two methods in using NFS for Oracle datafiles in RAC
1. creating ordinary datafiles in NFS shared path
2. creating zero filled files in NFS shared path and then using them as disk for ASM
My question is that which method is better in terms of performance for operational environment ?
thanks

TakhteJamshid wrote:
There two methods in using NFS for Oracle datafiles in RAC
1. creating ordinary datafiles in NFS shared path
2. creating zero filled files in NFS shared path and then using them as disk for ASM
My question is that which method is better in terms of performance for operational environment ?IMO, not using NFS at all.
The optimal and most performant architecture is the one with the minimal number of moving parts to achieve the desired result.
In the case of RAC, it means using ASM to manage the shared stored devices for you. It means that there should ideally be no unnecessary software layers between ASM and these shared storage devices. ASM should use the shared storage directly as block devices - and these block devices should be the LUNs visible via the multipath/powerpath driver software that "publishes" these (fibre channel/Infiniband/etc) storage LUNs for the o/s to use.
Throwing an IP layer and other s/w layers in between, affects both robustness and performance.

Encountered ora-29701 during Sun Cluster for Oracle RAC 9.2.0.7 startup (UR

Hi all,
Need some help from all out there
In our Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service for Oracle RAC 9.2.0.7 (Solaris 9) configuration, my team had encountered
ora-29701 *Unable to connect to Cluster Manager*
during the startup of the Oracle RAC database instances on the Oracle RAC Server resources.
We tried the attached workaround by Oracle. This workaround works well for the 1^st time but it doesnt work anymore when the server is rebooted.
Kindly help me to check whether anyone encounter the same problem as the above and able to resolve. Thanks.
Bug No. 4262155
Filed 25-MAR-2005 Updated 11-APR-2005
Product Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition Product Version 9.2.0.6.0
Platform Linux x86
Platform Version 2.4.21-9.0.1
Database Version 9.2.0.6.0
Affects Platforms Port-Specific
Severity Severe Loss of Service
Status Not a Bug. To Filer
Base Bug N/A
Fixed in Product Version No Data
Problem statement:
ORA-29701 DURING DATABASE CREATION AFTER APPLYING 9.2.0.6 PATCHSET
*** 03/25/05 07:32 am ***
TAR:
PROBLEM:
Customer applied 9.2.0.6 patchset over 9.2.0.4 patchset.
While creating the database, customer receives following error:
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Manager
However, if customer goes from 9.2.0.4 -> 9.2.0.5 -> 9.2.0.6, the problem does not occur.
DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS:
It seems that the problem is with libskgxn9.so shared library.
For 9.2.0.4 -> 9.2.0.5 -> 9.2.0.6, the install log shows the following:
installActions2005-03-22_03-44-42PM.log:,
[libskgxn9.so->%ORACLE_HOME%/lib/libskgxn9.so 7933 plats=1=>[46]langs=1=> en,fr,ar,bn,pt_BR,bg,fr_CA,ca,hr,cs,da,nl,ar_EG,en_GB,et,fi,de,el,iw,hu,is,in, it,ja,ko,es,lv,lt,ms,es_MX,no,pl,pt,ro,ru,zh_CN,sk,sl,es_ES,sv,th,zh_TW, tr,uk,vi]]
installActions2005-03-22_04-13-03PM.log:, [libcmdll.so ->%ORACLE_HOME%/lib/libskgxn9.so 64274 plats=1=>[46] langs=-554696704=>[en]]
For 9.2.0.4 -> 9.2.0.6, install log shows:
installActions2005-03-22_04-13-03PM.log:, [libcmdll.so ->%ORACLE_HOME%/lib/libskgxn9.so 64274 plats=1=>[46] langs=-554696704=>[en]] does not exist.
This means that while patching from 9.2.0.4 -> 9.2.0.5, Installer copies the libcmdll.so library into libskgxn9.so, while patching from 9.2.0.4 -> 9.2.0.6 does not.
ORACM is located in /app/oracle/ORACM which is different than ORACLE_HOME in customer's environment.
WORKAROUND:
Customer is using the following workaround:
cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib make -f ins_rdbms.mk rac_on ioracle ipc_udp
RELATED BUGS:
Bug 4169291

Check if following MOS note helps.
Series of ORA-7445 Errors After Applying 9.2.0.7.0 Patchset to 9.2.0.6.0 Database (Doc ID 373375.1)

During the installation of grid infra(cluster) for Oracle 11.2 RAC one.

Good Day All, and thanks in advance…
During the installation of grid infrastructure(cluster) for Oracle 11.2 RAC One Node on AIX6.1 ( PROD) , ASM used. I am getting below errors when executing ./root.sh
Upon investigation ,I managed to get note: 1068212.1 from the support oracle site ( see below for details) . I might be hitting Unpublished bug 8670579. I also logged Severity 2 SR with Oracle support to get the bug/patch fix and no one has attended the call.
This might be configuration issue or otherwise , if you have experienced the same issue please assist ? ( if you need more logfiles please feel free to request)….
I ran the Cluster Verify Check – all passed.
Many Thanks
Ezekiel Filane
/u01/app/11.2.0/grid#./root.sh
Running Oracle 11g root.sh script...
The following environment variables are set as:
ORACLE_OWNER= grid
ORACLE_HOME= /u01/app/11.2.0/grid
Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [usr/local/bin]:
The file "dbhome" already exists in /usr/local/bin. Overwrite it? (y/n) [n]:
The file "oraenv" already exists in /usr/local/bin. Overwrite it? (y/n) [n]:
The file "coraenv" already exists in /usr/local/bin. Overwrite it? (y/n) [n]:
Creating /etc/oratab file...
Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root.sh script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.
2010-10-19 10:33:11: Parsing the host name
2010-10-19 10:33:11: Checking for super user privileges
2010-10-19 10:33:11: User has super user privileges
Using configuration parameter file: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/crsconfig_params
Creating trace directory
User grid has the required capabilities to run CSSD in realtime mode
LOCAL ADD MODE
Creating OCR keys for user 'root', privgrp 'system'..
Operation successful.
root wallet
root wallet cert
root cert export
peer wallet
profile reader wallet
pa wallet
peer wallet keys
pa wallet keys
peer cert request
pa cert request
peer cert
pa cert
peer root cert TP
profile reader root cert TP
pa root cert TP
peer pa cert TP
pa peer cert TP
profile reader pa cert TP
profile reader peer cert TP
peer user cert
pa user cert
Adding daemon to inittab
CRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been started.
ohasd is starting
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.gipcd' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.mdnsd' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.gipcd' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.mdnsd' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.gpnpd' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.gpnpd' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssd' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.diskmon' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.diskmon' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssd' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.ctssd' on 'csgipm'
Start action for daemon aborted
CRS-2674: Start of 'ora.ctssd' on 'csgipm' failed
CRS-2679: Attempting to clean 'ora.ctssd' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2681: Clean of 'ora.ctssd' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-4000: Command Start failed, or completed with errors.
Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl start resource ora.ctssd -init
Start of resource "ora.ctssd -init" failed
Clusterware exclusive mode start of resource ora.ctssd failed
CRS-2500: Cannot stop resource 'ora.crsd' as it is not running
CRS-4000: Command Stop failed, or completed with errors.
Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl stop resource ora.crsd -init
Stop of resource "ora.crsd -init" failed
Failed to stop CRSD
CRS-2500: Cannot stop resource 'ora.asm' as it is not running
CRS-4000: Command Stop failed, or completed with errors.
Command return code of 1 (256) from command: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl stop resource ora.asm -init
Stop of resource "ora.asm -init" failed
Failed to stop ASM
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.cssd' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.cssd' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.gpnpd' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.gpnpd' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.gipcd' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.gipcd' on 'csgipm' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.mdnsd' on 'csgipm'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.mdnsd' on 'csgipm' succeeded
Initial cluster configuration failed. See /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/crsconfig/rootcrs_csgipm.log for details
csgipm:/u01/app/11.2.0/grid#ps -ef | grep pmon
root 6160492 3932160 0 10:54:13 pts/2 0:00 grep pmon
more /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/log/csgipm/client/ocrconfig_5767204.log
csgipm:/usr/sbin#more /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/log/csgipm/client/ocrconfig_5767204.log
2010-10-19 10:33:14.435: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 4
2010-10-19 10:33:14.435: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 5
2010-10-19 10:33:14.435: [ OCRRAW][1]propriogid:1_1: Failed to read the whole bootblock. Assumes invalid format.
2010-10-19 10:33:14.435: [ OCRRAW][1]proprioini: all disks are not OCR/OLR formatted
2010-10-19 10:33:14.435: [ OCRRAW][1]proprinit: Could not open raw device
2010-10-19 10:33:14.442: [ default][1]a_init:7!: Backend init unsuccessful : [26]
2010-10-19 10:33:14.461: [ OCRCONF][1]Exporting OCR data to [OCRUPGRADEFILE]
2010-10-19 10:33:14.461: [ OCRAPI][1]a_init:7!: Backend init unsuccessful : [33]
2010-10-19 10:33:14.461: [ OCRCONF][1]There was no previous version of OCR. error:[PROCL-33: Oracle Local Registry is not configured]
2010-10-19 10:33:14.461: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 0
2010-10-19 10:33:14.461: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 1
2010-10-19 10:33:14.462: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 2
2010-10-19 10:33:14.462: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 3
2010-10-19 10:33:14.462: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 4
2010-10-19 10:33:14.462: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 5
2010-10-19 10:33:14.462: [ OCRRAW][1]propriogid:1_1: Failed to read the whole bootblock. Assumes invalid format.
2010-10-19 10:33:14.462: [ OCRRAW][1]proprioini: all disks are not OCR/OLR formatted
2010-10-19 10:33:14.462: [ OCRRAW][1]proprinit: Could not open raw device
2010-10-19 10:33:14.462: [ default][1]a_init:7!: Backend init unsuccessful : [26]
2010-10-19 10:33:14.462: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 0
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 1
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 2
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 3
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 4
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 5
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCRRAW][1]propriogid:1_1: Failed to read the whole bootblock. Assumes invalid format.
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 0
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 1
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 2
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 3
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 4
2010-10-19 10:33:14.463: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104ef000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 5
2010-10-19 10:33:14.483: [ OCRRAW][1]ibctx: Failed to read the whole bootblock. Assumes invalid format.
2010-10-19 10:33:14.483: [ OCRRAW][1]proprinit:problem reading the bootblock or superbloc 22
2010-10-19 10:33:14.483: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104fe000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 0
2010-10-19 10:33:14.483: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104fe000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 1
2010-10-19 10:33:14.483: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104fe000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 2
2010-10-19 10:33:14.484: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104fe000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 3
2010-10-19 10:33:14.484: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104fe000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 4
2010-10-19 10:33:14.484: [ OCROSD][1]utread:3: Problem reading buffer 104fe000 buflen 4096 retval 0 phy_offset 102400 retry 5
2010-10-19 10:33:14.484: [ OCRRAW][1]propriogid:1_1: Failed to read the whole bootblock. Assumes invalid format.
2010-10-19 10:33:14.541: [ OCRAPI][1]a_init:6a: Backend init successful
2010-10-19 10:33:14.646: [ OCRCONF][1]Initialized DATABASE keys
2010-10-19 10:33:14.650: [ OCRCONF][1]Exiting [status=success]...

Hi,
We are also trying to install 11.2.0.2 Grid infrastructure for Oracle RAC One Node on AIX 6.1. We did a POC in our lab environment and after much struggle got that working. Now we are building 4 clusters in the production environment and the first cluster installation failed while running root.sh on node2. We already have a Sev1 ticket open with Oracle Support but have not heard anything.
Here is root.sh output from node2. The two node names are p01dou416 and p01dou417.
CRS-4402: The CSS daemon was started in exclusive mode but found an active CSS daemon on node p01dou416, number 1, and is terminating
An active cluster was found during exclusive startup, restarting to join the cluster
Failed to start Oracle Clusterware stack
Failed to start Cluster Synchorinisation Service in clustered mode at /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/crsconfig_lib.pm line 1020.
/u01/app/11.2.0/grid/perl/bin/perl -I/u01/app/11.2.0/grid/perl/lib -I/u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/rootcrs.pl execution failed
[root@P01DOU417] /u01/app/11.2.0/grid #
LOG output: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/crsconfig/ rootcrs_p01dou417.log
2010-11-13 17:22:14: Successfully started requested Oracle stack daemons
2010-11-13 17:22:14: Starting CSS in clustered mode
2010-11-13 17:22:14: Executing cmd: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl start resource ora.cssd -init
2010-11-13 17:32:28: Command output:
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'p01dou417'
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.gipcd' on 'p01dou417'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.gipcd' on 'p01dou417' succeeded> CRS-2679: Attempting to clean 'ora.cssd' on 'p01dou417'
CRS-2681: Clean of 'ora.cssd' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.diskmon' on 'p01dou417'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.diskmon' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.gipcd' on 'p01dou417'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.gipcd' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'p01dou417'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
CRS-5804: Communication error with agent process
CRS-4000: Command Start failed, or completed with errors.
End Command output2010-11-13 17:32:28: Executing cmd: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl check css
2010-11-13 17:32:28: Command output:
CRS-4530: Communications failure contacting Cluster Synchronization Services daemon
End Command output2010-11-13 17:32:28: Checking the status of css
2010-11-13 17:32:33: Executing cmd: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl check css
2010-11-13 17:32:33: Command output:
CRS-4530: Communications failure contacting Cluster Synchronization Services daemon
End Command output2010-11-13 17:32:33: Checking the status of css
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'p01dou417'
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.gipcd' on 'p01dou417'
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.gipcd' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssd' on 'p01dou417'
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.diskmon' on 'p01dou417'
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.diskmon' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2674: Start of 'ora.cssd' on 'p01dou417' failed
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2679: Attempting to clean 'ora.cssd' on 'p01dou417'
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2681: Clean of 'ora.cssd' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.diskmon' on 'p01dou417'
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.diskmon' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.gipcd' on 'p01dou417'
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.gipcd' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'p01dou417'
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'p01dou417' succeeded
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-5804: Communication error with agent process
2010-11-13 17:32:38: CRS-4000: Command Start failed, or completed with errors.
2010-11-13 17:32:38: Failed to start Oracle Clusterware stack
2010-11-13 17:32:38: ###### Begin DIE Stack Trace ######
2010-11-13 17:32:38: Package File Line Calling
2010-11-13 17:32:38: --------------- -------------------- ---- ----------
2010-11-13 17:32:38: 1: main rootcrs.pl 324 crsconfig_lib::dietrap
2010-11-13 17:32:38: 2: crsconfig_lib crsconfig_lib.pm 1020 main::__ANON__
2010-11-13 17:32:38: 3: crsconfig_lib crsconfig_lib.pm 997 crsconfig_lib::start_cluster
2010-11-13 17:32:38: 4: main rootcrs.pl 697 crsconfig_lib::perform_start_cluster
2010-11-13 17:32:38: ####### End DIE Stack Trace #######
2010-11-13 17:32:38: 'ROOTCRS_STACK' checkpoint has failed
Any help on this is appreciated.
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Gig Ethernet V/S SCI as Cluster Private Interconnect for Oracle RAC

Hello Gurus
Can any one pls confirm if it's possible to configure 2 or more Gigabit Ethernet interconnects ( Sun Cluster 3.1 Private Interconnects) on a E6900 cluster ?
It's for a High Availability requirement of Oracle 9i RAC. i need to know ,
1) can i use gigabit ethernet as Private cluster interconnect for Deploying Oracle RAC on E6900 ?
2) What is the recommended Private Cluster Interconnect for Oracle RAC ? GiG ethernet or SCI with RSM ?
3) How about the scenarios where one can have say 3 X Gig Ethernet V/S 2 X SCI , as their cluster's Private Interconnects ?
4) How the Interconnect traffic gets distributed amongest the multiple GigaBit ethernet Interconnects ( For oracle RAC) , & is anything required to be done at oracle Rac Level to enable Oracle to recognise that there are multiple interconnect cards it needs to start utilizing all of the GigaBit ethernet Interfaces for transfering packets ?
5) what would happen to Oracle RAC if one of the Gigabit ethernet private interconnects fails
Have tried searching for this info but could not locate any doc that can precisely clarify these doubts that i have .........
thanks for the patience
Regards,
Nilesh

Answers inline...
Tim
Can any one pls confirm if it's possible to configure
2 or more Gigabit Ethernet interconnects ( Sun
Cluster 3.1 Private Interconnects) on a E6900
cluster ?Yes, absolutely. You can configure up to 6 NICs for the private networks. Traffic is automatically striped across them if you specify clprivnet0 to Oracle RAC (9i or 10g). That is TCP connections and UDP messages.
It's for a High Availability requirement of Oracle
9i RAC. i need to know ,
1) can i use gigabit ethernet as Private cluster
interconnect for Deploying Oracle RAC on E6900 ? Yes, definitely.
2) What is the recommended Private Cluster
Interconnect for Oracle RAC ? GiG ethernet or SCI
with RSM ? SCI is or is in the process of being EOL'ed. Gigabit is usually sufficient. Longer term you may want to consider Infiniband or 10 Gigabit ethernet with RDS.
3) How about the scenarios where one can have say 3 X
Gig Ethernet V/S 2 X SCI , as their cluster's
Private Interconnects ? I would still go for 3 x GbE because it is usually cheaper and will probably work just as well. The latency and bandwidth differences are often masked by the performance of the software higher up the stack. In short, unless you tuned the heck out of your application and just about everything else, don't worry too much about the difference between GbE and SCI.
4) How the Interconnect traffic gets distributed
amongest the multiple GigaBit ethernet Interconnects
( For oracle RAC) , & is anything required to be done
at oracle Rac Level to enable Oracle to recognise
that there are multiple interconnect cards it needs
to start utilizing all of the GigaBit ethernet
Interfaces for transfering packets ?You don't need to do anything at the Oracle level. That's the beauty of using Oracle RAC with Sun Cluster as opposed to RAC on its own. The striping takes place automatically and transparently behind the scenes.
5) what would happen to Oracle RAC if one of the
Gigabit ethernet private interconnects fails It's completely transparent. Oracle will never see the failure.
Have tried searching for this info but could not
locate any doc that can precisely clarify these
doubts that i have .........This is all covered in a paper that I have just completed and should be published after Christmas. Unfortunately, I cannot give out the paper yet.
thanks for the patience
Regards,
Nilesh

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