Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640
"Sam Diaz de Leon" <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Sep 2008 06:56:27 -0700
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--===============1627413385== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_34035_5766110.1220536587779" ------=_Part_34035_5766110.1220536587779 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sorry, Seems like you sent your email to the wrong address. But, we too have the HPrx8640 and planning to port OpenVMS to HP/UX... do you have any experiences with that set up? Sam 2008/9/3 Siddhartha Barua <[email protected]> > Hi Keith, > > Hope things are going great at your end. Its been long time, so pl allow me > to help you recall. > > I was with the Oracle 10g R2 RAC Installation on a dual node HP rx7640 when > I got the first leads from you and it greatly helped to make it a successful > installation for BSNL NE-1 Circle. Its running. > > Of late, I came across one drawback in the entire system, for which I am > not getting any help from any sources. Confidentially, the HP P/N: B6965BA > was not there in the BOM. I have been trying to contact concerned HP person > in the North East India, but failed till date to get a response. > > Unless, we have this license, we are unable to take any online/cold backups > of the Oracle Database onto the HP MSL 6060 Tape Library, and the whole > installation in at stake, and the purpose of Disaster Recovery is still left > unaddressed. > > Pl help me get the quote for HP P/N: B6865BA and if possible pl let know > why this part was missed in the BOM which was prepared by HP > > regards > Siddhartha > > > On 8/28/07, Fahrenfort, Keith (PSS Americas Oracle) < > [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Siddhartha, thanks for the customer details - I'll forward them to >> one of HP's AP folks to contact you. >> >> Oracle Metalink is Oracle's support site - http://metalink.oracle.com. >> >> Oracle have desupported Oracle 9iR2, so your customer should be looking at >> Oracle 10gR2 rel 10.2.0.2 at least for their RAC implementation. >> >> Since you are only going to be using these servers for an Oracle RAC >> database, then Oracle provides all the necessary Clusterware to "fail >> over" Oracle RAC databases across both servers. >> >> FYI, I don't believe RedHat Cluster Suite and/or RedHat GFS are >> available for RHEL4 on Itanium2 - some-one of this list is sure to clarify >> that. >> >> Thanks! Keith >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Siddhartha Barua [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Monday, August 27, 2007 4:39 AM >> *To:* Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor >> *Subject:* Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640 >> >> >> >> Hi Keith >> >> Greetings once again! >> >> No there is no plan to have a non-database app that need to fail-over. >> Basically, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) is planning to deploy >> DOTSOFT (a software developed by Department Of Telecom, an in-house >> developed software, integrating the Commercial Activities, Telecom >> Billing & Accounting, FRS and Directory Enquiry). DOTSOFT will have >> Oracle 9i RAC at its backend. >> >> The plan is to cluster 2 nos. of HP rx7640 using Redhat Cluster Suite >> and have 9i RAC over it. Then DOTSOFT. Since, this is the first of its >> kind project for me as well as my Company (ORG Informatics Ltd., Guwahati) >> >> I am still not able to figure out totally, the best approach. So, i >> actually >> am not sure whether RHCS is actually reqd. or not, but failover is >> definitely >> our/Customer's dire necessity. >> >> The Customer details:- >> >> O/o Chief General Manager Telecom >> Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited >> North East - I Circle >> Shillong, Meghalaya >> (India, Asia-Pacific) >> >> Regarding Oracle MetaLink - no I dont have access to it. Please let me >> know >> how i can gain access to it. >> >> As of now, the Final stages of the Wide Area Network Project (which also >> is >> being implemented by my Company) is under way, So, Clustering, 9i RAC, etc >> have not yet been started. >> >> Thanks for you invaluable guidance, and I hope to keep in touch with you >> >> With best regards >> Siddhartha >> >> >> On 8/17/07, Fahrenfort, Keith (PSS Americas Oracle) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Siddhartha, great to hear you got it up and running! >>> >>> It sounds you do not have a graphical console on the Integrity servers, >>> so you will have to use a PC/laptop running a desktop Linux. Then after you >>> do an xhost + on your PC and then ssh -x to the Integrity servers, x-windows >>> programs (such as the Oracle installer) will start on the Integrity >>> servers and be displayed on the PC screen. >>> >>> Do you plan to have non-database apps that need to fail-over? If not, >>> you don't need RHCS, since if all you are going to do is deploy an Oracle >>> RAC database on Linux, there is no need for additional clustering software - >>> Oracle provides it all. >>> >>> Here is the patch detail for Oracle on Linux on the Integrity rx7640's: >>> >>> Oracle only support 9iR2 rel 9.2.08, 10gR1 rel 10.1.0.5 , and 10gR2 rel >>> 10.2.0.2, or newer versions of those - so your application will need to >>> be able to use those releases at least. >>> >>> In addition, some specific Oracle Java patches are required prior to >>> installing Oracle. >>> >>> Do you have access to Oracle Metalink? If so see note 400227.1 - How To >>> Install Oracle RDBMS Software On Itanium Servers With Montecito Processors - >>> it has the required detailed steps. >>> >>> Could you let me know the customer name and region - Americas/EMEA/Asia >>> Pacific? That way I can possibly link you to a regional team for help. >>> >>> Thanks! Keith >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Siddhartha Barua [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:13 AM >>> *To:* Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor >>> *Subject:* Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640 >>> >>> >>> Hi Keith, >>> >>> Greetings once again! I kno i am disturbing you in your busy schedule, >>> but your guidance has been invaluable help me in my job. The U5 has been a >>> success and thanks to you in all respects. There are minor issues that you >>> can clear me about. Firstly, i dont have the GUI, as both the rx7640 didn't >>> have any kinda display adapters. All i have is a HP thin client, will that >>> give me the GUI? Secondly, we propose to form a cluster of 2 nodes, i guess >>> i have to be doing the clustering first..i have Redhat Cluster Suite. Then, >>> a have the EVA6000 (with 2 san switches, 2 controllers and 4 arrays with 4 >>> hdds each - total 16). And finally Oracle RAC. I have been collecting >>> documents from hp, redhat. But, i am in need of your tech-tips as my >>> guidelines, and all the important patches for oracle that u told me about in >>> your last mail. >>> >>> Pls. send me your suggestions. Thanks. >>> >>> With best regards >>> Siddhartha >>> >>> On 8/2/07, Fahrenfort, Keith (PSS Americas Oracle) <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Siddhartha, I only receive the daily digest so this may well have >>>> been answered already. >>>> >>>> Certification information for Linux on all HP Integrity servers can be >>>> found here - www.hp.com/go/integritylinux: >>>> >>>> Under Certification Matrices click Integrity Servers, then click rx7640. >>>> >>>> Specifically, RHEL4 U4 is required for the rx7640 - see "*Minimum >>>> Supported Red Hat Updates - *Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4" link >>>> here - http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/423640-0-0-0-121.html >>>> . >>>> >>>> For installation tips, see the Documentation link -> *HP Integrity >>>> Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux User's Guide * here - http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-7635/5991-7635.pdf >>>> . >>>> >>>> If you will be installing Oracle on the server let me know, as there are >>>> some specific patches required. >>>> >>>> I hope this helps! Thanks! Regards! >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *Please let me know if you prefer to not receive email from me.* >>>> ** >>>> >>>> >>>> *Keith Fahrenfort* >>>> Solutions Architect - Hewlett Packard >>>> Oracle Competency Center >>>> HP Americas Presales Shared Services >>>> 20555 SH249, MS HOM7 >>>> Houston, TX 77070 >>>> 281.927.8611 - Direct Phone >>>> 1.800.424.0993 option2 - OCC Team >>>> [email protected] >>>> *http:// www.hp.com/go/oracle* >>>> *For HP's privacy policy and contact information, please see here -* >>>> http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/privacy.html >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* Siddhartha Barua [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 02, 2007 2:39 AM >>>> *To:* Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor >>>> *Subject:* Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640 >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Tony >>>> >>>> Yes, my RHEL is plain and i was doubting that. Can you pls confirm that >>>> HP Itanium rx7640 needs at least U3, or U4, U5. I dont have any access to >>>> such information. What i have is only RHEL Version 4 (Intel Itanium) and i >>>> am failing with that for the last 2 weeks. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Siddhartha >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/1/07, Luck, Tony <[email protected] > wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That looks like you have a plain RHEL4 (no updates) disk. I'm basing >>>>> that on the " Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done" >>>>> message printed when you were trying to boot. The kernel (and thus >>>>> initrd) version is probably plain RHEL4. By U3 the kernel >>>>> version had reached 2.6.9-34, and by U5 (current version) it is >>>>> 2.6.9-51 >>>>> >>>>> -Tony >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>> *On Behalf Of *Siddhartha Barua >>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:57 AM >>>>> *To:* Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor >>>>> *Subject:* Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Doug >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your response.Appreciate it. >>>>> >>>>> As you said, i am reinstalling without Smart Setup CD. I would just >>>>> want to clarify from you, the RHEL4 that i am using is definitely for >>>>> Itanium but i cant figure out if its U4 - that's not mentioned anywhere. If >>>>> its only RHEL4 (without an update) will it work? >>>>> >>>>> Further, i also tried to boot into rescue mode from installation media >>>>> disk 1 to reinstall the Boot Loader as it was not there. But to my surprise >>>>> i could find /sbin/grub-install. Further if i type "fdisk -l" the >>>>> output is >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> Disk /dev/sda: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes >>>>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders >>>>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> But i created 3 partitions and 2 were created by the SmartSetup CD. I >>>>> am very confused as a newbee >>>>> >>>>> regards >>>>> Siddhartha >>>>> >>>>> On 7/31/07, Doug Chapman <[email protected] > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 18:40 +0530, Siddhartha Barua wrote: >>>>>> > Hi All ! Greetings >>>>>> > >>>>>> > I am trying to install RHEL AS 4.0 on HP Itanium rx7640currently >>>>>> with >>>>>> > 1 73GB SCSI HDD through LSI 1030 SCSI Controller. I started with the >>>>>> > HP Smart Setup CD. I am making only 3 partitions as follows: >>>>>> > /boot/efi - type vfat - 100MB >>>>>> > SWAP - 32GB (I have 16GB memory) >>>>>> > / - type ext3 - 20GB >>>>>> >>>>>> You should not need the smart setup CD anymore. You can let the Red >>>>>> Hat >>>>>> installer create all the partitions. >>>>>> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > The installation is successful, but when i reboot i get the >>>>>> following >>>>>> > message:- >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ELILO boot: Uncompressing Linux... done >>>>>> > Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done >>>>>> > audit(1185269336.355:0): initialized >>>>>> > i8042.c: i8042 controller self test timeout. >>>>>> > Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting >>>>>> > mkrootdev: label / not found >>>>>> > mount: missing mount point >>>>>> > mount: error 2 mounting none >>>>>> > switchroot: mount failed: 22 >>>>>> > umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 >>>>>> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! >>>>>> > >>>>>> > I booted into the rescue mode and have tried the following >>>>>> commands:- >>>>>> > e2label /dev/hda5 / >>>>>> > e2label /dev/hda3 /boot (this didn't work) >>>>>> >>>>>> The /boot filesystem is vfat, not ext2 so e2lablel won' work. Under >>>>>> RHEL4 U4 /boot was not mounted by using a label so you should not need >>>>>> to label it anyway (under RHEL4 U5 however it does us a label FYI). >>>>>> >>>>>> I suggest trying a fresh install and tell the installer to remove all >>>>>> existing partitions and create new ones. Let me know if you run into >>>>>> any more issues. >>>>>> >>>>>> - Doug >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> ia64-list mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> ia64-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ia64-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ia64-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ia64-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > ia64-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list > ------=_Part_34035_5766110.1220536587779 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div dir="ltr">Sorry,<br><br>Seems like you sent your email to the wrong address. But, we too have the HPrx8640 and planning to port OpenVMS to HP/UX... do you have any experiences with that set up?<br><br>Sam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> 2008/9/3 Siddhartha Barua <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>Hi Keith,</div> <div> </div> <div>Hope things are going great at your end. Its been long time, so pl allow me to help you recall. </div> <div> </div> <div>I was with the Oracle 10g R2 RAC Installation on a dual node HP rx7640 when I got the first leads from you and it greatly helped to make it a successful installation for BSNL NE-1 Circle. Its running.</div> <div> </div> <div>Of late, I came across one drawback in the entire system, for which I am not getting any help from any sources. Confidentially, the HP P/N: B6965BA was not there in the BOM. I have been trying to contact concerned HP person in the North East India, but failed till date to get a response.</div> <div> </div> <div>Unless, we have this license, we are unable to take any online/cold backups of the Oracle Database onto the HP MSL 6060 Tape Library, and the whole installation in at stake, and the purpose of Disaster Recovery is still left unaddressed.</div> <div> </div> <div>Pl help me get the quote for HP P/N: B6865BA and if possible pl let know why this part was missed in the BOM which was prepared by HP</div> <div> </div> <div>regards</div> <div>Siddhartha <br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fahrenfort, Keith (PSS Americas Oracle)</b> <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="2">Hi Siddhartha<span>, thanks for the customer details - I'll forward them to one of HP's AP folks to contact you. </span></font></font></font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="2"><span></span></font></font></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="2"><span>Oracle Metalink is Oracle's support site - <a href="http://metalink.oracle.com/" target="_blank">http://metalink.oracle.com</a>.</span></font></font></font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="2"><span></span></font></font></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="2"><span>Oracle have desupported Oracle 9iR2, so your customer should be looking at Oracle 10gR2 rel <a href="http://10.2.0.2/" target="_blank">10.2.0.2</a> at least for their RAC implementation.</span></font></font></font></span></div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"></font> </div> <div><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Since you are only going to be using these servers for an Oracle RAC database, then <span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Oracle provides all the necessary Clusterware to "fail over" Oracle RAC databases across both servers. </font></span></font></span></div> <div><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span></span></font></span> </div> <div><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span></span> FYI, <span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">I don't believe RedHat Cluster Suite and/or RedHat GFS are available for RHEL4 on Itanium2 - some-one of this list is sure to clarify that. </font></span></font></span></div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"></font> </div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="2">Thanks! <span>Keith</span></font></font></font><br> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us"> <hr> <font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span><b>From:</b> Siddhartha Barua [mailto:<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>] <br></span><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 27, 2007 4:39 AM <div><span><br><b>To:</b> Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640<br></span></div></font><br> </div> <div><span> <div></div> <p>Hi Keith</p> <p>Greetings once again! </p> <p>No there is no plan to have a non-database app that need to fail-over.<br>Basically, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) is planning to deploy<br>DOTSOFT (a software developed by Department Of Telecom, an in-house <br> developed software, integrating the Commercial Activities, Telecom <br>Billing & Accounting, FRS and Directory Enquiry). DOTSOFT will have<br>Oracle 9i RAC at its backend.</p> <p>The plan is to cluster 2 nos. of HP rx7640 using Redhat Cluster Suite<br>and have 9i RAC over it. Then DOTSOFT. Since, this is the first of its <br>kind project for me as well as my Company (ORG Informatics Ltd., Guwahati) <br> I am still not able to figure out totally, the best approach. So, i actually<br>am not sure whether RHCS is actually reqd. or not, but failover is definitely<br>our/Customer's dire necessity. </p> <p>The Customer details:-</p> <p>O/o Chief General Manager Telecom <br>Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited<br>North East - I Circle<br>Shillong, Meghalaya <br>(India, Asia-Pacific)</p> <p>Regarding Oracle MetaLink - no I dont have access to it. Please let me know<br>how i can gain access to it.</p> <p>As of now, the Final stages of the Wide Area Network Project (which also is <br>being implemented by my Company) is under way, So, Clustering, 9i RAC, etc<br>have not yet been started.</p> <p>Thanks for you invaluable guidance, and I hope to keep in touch with you</p> <p>With best regards<br>Siddhartha</p><br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fahrenfort, Keith (PSS Americas Oracle)</b> <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>Hi Siddhartha, great to hear you got it up and running! </span></font></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span></span></font><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span></span></font> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>It sounds you do not have a graphical console on the Integrity servers, so you will have to use a PC/laptop running a desktop Linux. Then after you do an xhost + on your PC and then ssh -x to the Integrity servers, x-windows programs (such as the Oracle installer) will start on the Integrity servers and be displayed on the PC screen. </span></font></div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"></font> </div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span> Do you plan to have non-database apps that need to fail-over? If not, you don't need RHCS, since if all you are going to do is deploy an Oracle RAC database on Linux, there is no need for additional clustering software - Oracle provides it all. </span></font></div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span></span></font> </div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>Here is the patch detail for Oracle on Linux on the Integrity rx7640's: </span></font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>Oracle only support 9iR2 rel 9.2.08, 10gR1 rel <a href="http://10.1.0.5/" target="_blank">10.1.0.5</a> , and 10gR2 rel <a href="http://10.2.0.2/" target="_blank">10.2.0.2</a>, or newer versions of those - so your application will need to be able to use those releases at least. </span></font></div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span></span></font> </div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>In addition, some specific Oracle Java patches are required prior to installing Oracle. </span></font></div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span></span></font> </div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>Do you have access to Oracle Metalink? If so see note 400227.1 - How To Install Oracle RDBMS Software On Itanium Servers With Montecito Processors - it has the required detailed steps. </span></font></div> </blockquote> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Could you let me know the customer name and region - Americas/EMEA/Asia Pacific? That way I can <span>possibly </span>link <span>you to</span> a regional team <span> for</span> help.</font></div> <div align="left"> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="2"></font></font></font> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#000080"><font size="2">Thanks! <span>Keith</span></font></font></font></div></div><br> <div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us"> <hr> <font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span><b>From:</b> Siddhartha Barua [mailto:<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>] <br></span><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:13 AM <div><span><br><b>To:</b> Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640<br></span></div></font><br> </div> <div><span> <div></div> <div>Hi Keith,</div> <div> </div> <div>Greetings once again! I kno i am disturbing you in your busy schedule, but your guidance has been invaluable help me in my job. The U5 has been a success and thanks to you in all respects. There are minor issues that you can clear me about. Firstly, i dont have the GUI, as both the rx7640 didn't have any kinda display adapters. All i have is a HP thin client, will that give me the GUI? Secondly, we propose to form a cluster of 2 nodes, i guess i have to be doing the clustering first..i have Redhat Cluster Suite. Then, a have the EVA6000 (with 2 san switches, 2 controllers and 4 arrays with 4 hdds each - total 16). And finally Oracle RAC. I have been collecting documents from hp, redhat. But, i am in need of your tech-tips as my guidelines, and all the important patches f or oracle that u told me about in your last mail. </div> <div> </div> <div>Pls. send me your suggestions. Thanks.</div> <div> </div> <div>With best regards</div> <div>Siddhartha<br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Fahrenfort, Keith (PSS Americas Oracle)</b> <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank"> [email protected]</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Hi Siddhartha, I only receive the daily digest so this may well have been answered already.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Certification information for Linux on all HP Integrity servers can be found here - <a href="http://www.hp.com/go/integritylinux" target="_blank">www.hp.com/go/integritylinux</a>:</font></span></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Under Certification Matrices click Integrity Servers, then click rx7640.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS">Specifically, RHEL4 U4 is required for the rx7640 - see "<font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><b>Minimum Supported Red Hat Updates - </b>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4</font></font>" link here - <a href="http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/423640-0-0-0-121.html" target="_blank">http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/423640-0-0-0-121.html</a>.</font></span></div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"></font> </div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS"><span><font size="2">For installation tips, see the Documentation link -> <font color="#000000" face="Arial"><b>HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux User's Guide </b></font> here - </font><a href="http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-7635/5991-7635.pdf" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-7635/5991-7635.pdf </font></a><font size="2">.</font></span></font></div> </blockquote> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>If you will be installing Oracle on the server let me know, as there are some specific patches required.</span></font></div> <div><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"></font> </div> <div align="left"> <div align="left"><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>I hope this helps! </span>Thanks! Regards! </font></div> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="310"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="390" height="15"> <hr align="left" color="#0a357e" width="305"> <div><font size="1" face="Century Gothic"><b>Please let me know if you prefer to not receive email from me.</b></font></div> <div><b><font size="1" face="Century Gothic"><font size="1"><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#000000"></font></font></font></font></b> </div></td></tr> <tr> <td align="justify" valign="center" width="140" height="129"><font color="#000000" size="1"> <p style="margin-top: 0px;"><font color="#000000" size="2"><a title="http://www.hp.com/"></a><font color="#000080"></font><font color="#000080"></font><font color="#000080"></font><font color="#000080"></font></font><a title="http://www.hp.com/"></a> </p> </font></td> <td valign="top" width="250"> <div><b><font color="#0a357e"><font size="2"><span>Keith Fahrenfort</span></font></font></b></div> <div> <div><font size="1">Solutions Architect - Hewlett<span> </span>Packard</font></div> <div><font size="1"><span>Oracle Competency Center</span></font></div> <div><font size="1"><span>HP Americas Presales Shared Services </span></font></div> <div><font size="1"><span>20555 SH249, </span><span>MS HOM7</span> </font></div> <div><font size="1"><span>Houston, TX 77070</span></font></div> <div><font size="1"><span>281.<span>927</span>.<span>8611</span> </span><span>- Direct Phone</span></font></div> <div><font size="1">1.800.4<span>24</span>.<span>0993</span> <span>option2 - OCC Team </span></font></div> <div><span><font color="#000080"><font color="#0000ff" size="1"><a title="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></font></font></span></div> <div><a title="http://www.hp.com/go/oracle"><font title="http://www.hp.com/go/oracle" size="1"><b title="http://www.hp.com/go/oracle">http:/<span title="http://www.hp.com/go/oracle">/</span><span title="http://www.hp.com/go/oracle"> www.hp.com/go/oracle</span></b></font></a></div> </div></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="390" height="15"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><font size="1"><b>For HP's privacy policy and contact information, please see here -</b> </font><a title="http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/privacy.html"><font title="http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/privacy.html" size="1" face="Futura Bk">http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/privacy.html</font></a></span><font size="1"> <hr align="left" color="#0a357e" width="305"> </font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div> <hr> <font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Siddhartha Barua [mailto:<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 02, 2007 2:39 AM <div><span><br><b>To:</b> Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640<br></span></div></font><br> </div> <div><span> <div></div> <div>Hi Tony</div> <div> </div> <div>Yes, my RHEL is plain and i was doubting that. Can you pls confirm that HP Itanium rx7640 needs at least U3, or U4, U5. I dont have any access to such information. What i have is only RHEL Version 4 (Intel Itanium) and i am failing with that for the last 2 weeks. </div> <div> </div> <div>Regards</div> <div>Siddhartha<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Luck, Tony</b> <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> > wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">That looks like you have a plain RHEL4 (no updates) disk. I'm basing that on the "<font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done</font>"</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">message printed when you were trying to boot. The kernel (and thus initrd) version is probably plain RHEL4. By U3 the kernel</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">version had reached 2.6.9-34, and by U5 (current version) it is 2.6.9-51</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">-Tony</font></span></div><br> <div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us"> <hr> <font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank"> [email protected]</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Siddhartha Barua<br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640<br></font><br> </div> <div><span> <div></div> <div>Hi Doug</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for your response.Appreciate it.</div> <div> </div> <div>As you said, i am reinstalling without Smart Setup CD. I would just want to clarify from you, the RHEL4 that i am using is definitely for Itanium but i cant figure out if its U4 - that's not mentioned anywhere. If its only RHEL4 (without an update) will it work? </div> <div> </div> <div>Further, i also tried to boot into rescue mode from installation media disk 1 to reinstall the Boot Loader as it was not there. But to my surprise i could find <font face="Courier New">/sbin/grub-install. Further if i type "fdisk -l" the output is </font></div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>Disk /dev/sda: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes<br>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div> <div> </div> <div>But i created 3 partitions and 2 were created by the SmartSetup CD. I am very confused as a newbee</div> <div> </div> <div>regards</div> <div>Siddhartha<br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Doug Chapman</b> <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> > wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 18:40 +0530, Siddhartha Barua wrote:<br>> Hi All ! Greetings<br>><br> > I am trying to install RHEL AS 4.0 on HP Itanium rx7640currently with<br> > 1 73GB SCSI HDD through LSI 1030 SCSI Controller. I started with the<br>> HP Smart Setup CD. I am making only 3 partitions as follows:<br>> /boot/efi - type vfat - 100MB <br>> SWAP - 32GB (I have 16GB memory)<br> > / - type ext3 - 20GB<br><br>You should not need the smart setup CD anymore. You can let the Red Hat<br>installer create all the partitions.<br><br>><br>> The installation is successful, but when i reboot i get the following <br> > message:-<br>><br>> ELILO boot: Uncompressing Linux... done<br>> Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done<br>> audit(1185269336.355:0): initialized<br>> i8042.c: i8042 controller self test timeout. <br> > Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting<br>> mkrootdev: label / not found<br>> mount: missing mount point<br>> mount: error 2 mounting none<br>> switchroot: mount failed: 22<br>> umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 <br> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!<br>><br>> I booted into the rescue mode and have tried the following commands:-<br>> e2label /dev/hda5 /<br>> e2label /dev/hda3 /boot (this didn't work) <br> <br>The /boot filesystem is vfat, not ext2 so e2lablel won' work. Under<br>RHEL4 U4 /boot was not mounted by using a label so you should not need<br>to label it anyway (under RHEL4 U5 however it does us a label FYI). <br> <br>I suggest trying a fresh install and tell the installer to remove all<br>existing partitions and create new ones. 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