Rconfig: converting a single instance to RAC instance

Question

Hi,
I am trying to use the "rconfig" utility to convert a single instance to a RAC instance in an existing RAC cluster.
I have modified the .xml file, and am trying to run the conversion from the 1st node in the 2 node cluster (where the single instance resides).
The only error message i seem to be getting is below:
<Response>
<Result code="1" >
Operation Failed
</Result>
<ErrorDetails>
ORCL_DATA_ORCLCLN The specified diskgroup is not mounted.
</ErrorDetails>
</Response>
</Convert>
</ConvertToRAC></RConfig>
Now I dont really understand why I would be getting that message as the instance is up and running and ASM disk group is mounted on node1 at the time i run the rconfig command, though its not clear to me if I also need to somehow mount the ASM disk group on the second node prior to running the rconfig command??
node1:
bash-3.00$ asmcmd -p
ASMCMD [+] > lsdg
State Type Rebal Unbal Sector Block AU Total_MB Free_MB Req_mir_free_MB Usable_file_MB Offline_disks Name
MOUNTED EXTERN N N 512 4096 1048576 10181 7442 0 7442 0 ORCL_DATA_ORCLCLN/
node2:
ASMCMD [+] > lsdg
State Type Rebal Unbal Sector Block AU Total_MB Free_MB Req_mir_free_MB Usable_file_MB Offline_disks Name
I have attached the output of the alert log during the rconfig conversion of the target database, but it all looks pretty standard to me (keep in mind i am an oracle novice!).
alert.log
Completed: ALTER DATABASE OPEN
Thu Jul 23 13:51:55 2009
Shutting down instance (abort)
License high water mark = 2
Instance terminated by USER, pid = 15030
Thu Jul 23 13:51:57 2009
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Interface type 1 e1000g1 10.128.113.0 configured from OCR for use as a cluster interconnect
Interface type 1 e1000g0 10.128.113.0 configured from OCR for use as a public interface
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 2
Using LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 parameter default value as /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs/arch
Autotune of undo retention is turned on.
IMODE=BR
ILAT =18
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is disabled
ksdpec: called for event 13740 prior to event group initialization
Starting up ORACLE RDBMS Version: 10.2.0.2.0.
System parameters with non-default values:
processes = 150
__shared_pool_size = 121634816
__large_pool_size = 4194304
__java_pool_size = 4194304
__streams_pool_size = 0
sga_target = 440401920
control_files = +ORCL_DATA_ORCLCLN/control01.ctl
db_block_size = 8192
__db_cache_size = 306184192
compatible = 10.2.0.2.0
log_archive_format = %t_%s_%r.dbf
db_file_multiblock_read_count= 16
cluster_database = FALSE
cluster_database_instances= 1
db_recovery_file_dest_size= 2147483648
norecovery_through_resetlogs= TRUE
undo_management = AUTO
undo_tablespace = UNDOTBS1
remote_login_passwordfile= EXCLUSIVE
db_domain = netapp.com
job_queue_processes = 10
background_dump_dest = /u01/app/oracle/admin/orcldb/bdump/ORCLCLN
user_dump_dest = /u01/app/oracle/admin/orcldb/udump/ORCLCLN
core_dump_dest = /u01/app/oracle/admin/orcldb/cdump/ORCLCLN
db_name = ORCLCLN
open_cursors = 300
pga_aggregate_target = 145752064
Cluster communication is configured to use the following interface(s) for this instance
10.128.113.200
Thu Jul 23 13:51:59 2009
cluster interconnect IPC version:Oracle UDP/IP (generic)
IPC Vendor 1 proto 2
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=15085
DIAG started with pid=3, OS id=15091
PSP0 started with pid=4, OS id=15094
LMON started with pid=5, OS id=15097
LMD0 started with pid=6, OS id=15102
MMAN started with pid=7, OS id=15112
DBW0 started with pid=8, OS id=15114
LGWR started with pid=9, OS id=15116
CKPT started with pid=10, OS id=15125
SMON started with pid=11, OS id=15128
RECO started with pid=12, OS id=15130
CJQ0 started with pid=13, OS id=15134
MMON started with pid=14, OS id=15143
MMNL started with pid=15, OS id=15146
Thu Jul 23 13:52:03 2009
lmon registered with NM - instance id 1 (internal mem no 0)
Thu Jul 23 13:52:04 2009
Reconfiguration started (old inc 0, new inc 2)
List of nodes:
0
Global Resource Directory frozen
* allocate domain 0, invalid = TRUE
Communication channels reestablished
Master broadcasted resource hash value bitmaps
Non-local Process blocks cleaned out
Resources and enqueues cleaned out
Resources remastered 0
Set master node info
Submitted all remote-enqueue requests
Dwn-cvts replayed, VALBLKs dubious
All grantable enqueues granted
Post SMON to start 1st pass IR
Submitted all GCS remote-cache requests
Post SMON to start 1st pass IR
Reconfiguration complete
Thu Jul 23 13:52:04 2009
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
Thu Jul 23 13:52:04 2009
Starting background process ASMB
ASMB started with pid=17, OS id=15157
Starting background process RBAL
RBAL started with pid=18, OS id=15169
Thu Jul 23 13:52:09 2009
SUCCESS: diskgroup ORCL_DATA_ORCLCLN was mounted
Thu Jul 23 13:52:13 2009
Setting recovery target incarnation to 2
Thu Jul 23 13:52:13 2009
Successful mount of redo thread 1, with mount id 4437636
Thu Jul 23 13:52:13 2009
Database mounted in Exclusive Mode
Completed: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
Thu Jul 23 13:52:14 2009
ALTER DATABASE OPEN
Thu Jul 23 13:52:14 2009
Beginning crash recovery of 1 threads
Thu Jul 23 13:52:14 2009
Started redo scan
Thu Jul 23 13:52:14 2009
Completed redo scan
105 redo blocks read, 32 data blocks need recovery
Thu Jul 23 13:52:14 2009
Started redo application at
Thread 1: logseq 2, block 929
Thu Jul 23 13:52:15 2009
Recovery of Online Redo Log: Thread 1 Group 2 Seq 2 Reading mem 0
Mem# 0 errs 0: +ORCL_DATA_ORCLCLN/redo_2_1.log
Mem# 1 errs 0: +ORCL_DATA_ORCLCLN/redo_2_0.log
Thu Jul 23 13:52:15 2009
Completed redo application
Thu Jul 23 13:52:15 2009
Completed crash recovery at
Thread 1: logseq 2, block 1034, scn 613579
32 data blocks read, 25 data blocks written, 105 redo blocks read
Thu Jul 23 13:52:15 2009
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 3
Thread 1 opened at log sequence 3
Current log# 1 seq# 3 mem# 0: +ORCL_DATA_ORCLCLN/redo_1_1.log
Current log# 1 seq# 3 mem# 1: +ORCL_DATA_ORCLCLN/redo_1_0.log
Successful open of redo thread 1
Thu Jul 23 13:52:15 2009
MTTR advisory is disabled because FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET is not set
Thu Jul 23 13:52:15 2009
SMON: enabling cache recovery
Thu Jul 23 13:52:17 2009
Successfully onlined Undo Tablespace 1.
Thu Jul 23 13:52:17 2009
SMON: enabling tx recovery
Thu Jul 23 13:52:17 2009
Database Characterset is WE8ISO8859P1
replication_dependency_tracking turned off (no async multimaster replication found)
Starting background process QMNC
QMNC started with pid=21, OS id=15328
Thu Jul 23 13:52:23 2009
Completed: ALTER DATABASE OPEN
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Answer 1

Ok,
So I managed to get the disk group mounted on the second node, and re-ran the rconfig process.
I got a little further, but encountered another error which is displayed below:
-bash-3.00$ rconfig racconv.xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<RConfig>
<ConvertToRAC>
<Convert>
<Response>
<Result code="1" >
Operation Failed
</Result>
<ErrorDetails>
/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs Data File is not shared across all nodes in the cluster
</ErrorDetails>
</Response>
</Convert>
</ConvertToRAC></RConfig>
I am not using a shared oracle home, each node in the cluster has its own oracle installation residing on local disk. Is a shared oracle home a pre-requisite for usin rconfig?
I have provided the .xml file I am using below:
-bash-3.00$ cat racconv.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<n:RConfig xmlns:n="http://www.oracle.com/rconfig"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.oracle.com/rconfig">
<n:ConvertToRAC>
<!-- Verify does a precheck to ensure all pre-requisites are met, before the conversion is attempted. Allowable values are: YES|NO|ONLY -->
<n:Convert verify="YES">
<!--Specify current OracleHome of non-rac database for SourceDBHome -->
<n:SourceDBHome>/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1</n:SourceDBHome>
<!--Specify OracleHome where the rac database should be configured. It can be same as SourceDBHome -->
<n:TargetDBHome>/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1</n:TargetDBHome>
<!--Specify SID of non-rac database and credential. User with sysdba role is required to perform conversion -->
<n:SourceDBInfo SID="ORCLCLN">
<n:Credentials>
<n:User>oracle</n:User>
<n:Password>password</n:Password>
<n:Role>sysdba</n:Role>
</n:Credentials>
</n:SourceDBInfo>
<!--ASMInfo element is required only if the current non-rac database uses ASM Storage -->
<n:ASMInfo SID="+ASM1">
<n:Credentials>
<n:User>oracle</n:User>
<n:Password>password</n:Password>
<n:Role>sysdba</n:Role>
</n:Credentials>
</n:ASMInfo>
<!--Specify the list of nodes that should have rac instances running. LocalNode should be the first node in this nodelist. -->
<n:NodeList>
<n:Node name="sol002"/>
<n:Node name="sol003"/>
</n:NodeList>
<!--Specify prefix for rac instances. It can be same as the instance name for non-rac database or different. The instance number will be attached to this prefix. -->
<n:InstancePrefix>ORCLCLN</n:InstancePrefix>
<!--Specify port for the listener to be configured for rac database.If port="", alistener existing on localhost will be used for rac database.The listener will be extended to all nodes in the nodelist -->
<n:Listener port=""/>
<!--Specify the type of storage to be used by rac database. Allowable values are CFS|ASM. The non-rac database should have same storage type. -->
<n:SharedStorage type="ASM">
<!--Specify Database Area Location to be configured for rac database.If this field is left empty, current storage will be used for rac database. For CFS, this field will have directory path. -->
<n:TargetDatabaseArea></n:TargetDatabaseArea>
<!--Specify Flash Recovery Area to be configured for rac database. If this field is left empty, current recovery area of non-rac database will be configured for rac database. If current database is not using recovery Area, the resulting rac database will not have a recovery area. -->
<n:TargetFlashRecoveryArea></n:TargetFlashRecoveryArea>
</n:SharedStorage>
</n:Convert>
</n:ConvertToRAC>
</n:RConfig>