Re: [suse-oracle] Oracle ASM driver for SLES 11

Thanks, I'll download SP1 and give it a shot.

Howard

-----Original Message-----
From: Arun Singh [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 3:28 PM
To: Howard Stewart; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [suse-oracle] Oracle ASM driver for SLES 11


>>> On 1/14/2011 at 12:14 PM, Howard Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> Once again I want to thanks you for your assistance on this issue.
> 
> Method 1) 
> 
> I have tried the ASMLib drivers from
>
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/linux/downloads/sles11-099661.html 
> and I'm able to install "oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.SLE11.x86_64.rpm"
> successfully but "oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.SLE11.x86_64.rpm" is failing to be
> installed with this error message :
> 
> 	nothing provides oracleasm >= 1.0.4 needed by
> oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.SEL11.x86_64
> 
> Am I missing a step with method 1?  Will the SP1 disc assist be in
resolving
> this error?

Yes, oracleasm-kmp is missing. You need to install first from SLES11 (or
SP1) DVD.

> 
> Method 2)
> 
> Will I be able to download SP1 just for the libraries and use it with
> openSUSE?

May be. I will suggest stick to SLES11 or SLES11 SP1.

-Arun

> 
> Howard
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arun Singh [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 3:01 PM
> To: Howard Stewart; [email protected] 
> Subject: RE: [suse-oracle] Oracle ASM driver for SLES 11
> 
> Hi Howard,
> 
> Do you have SLES11 or SLES11 SP1 DVD (else how you installed OS)? Kernel
> portion ( oracleasm-kmp) is included in the SLES11 OS (not openSUSE). 
> 
> Here is the link to download latest SLES11 SP1:
> http://www.novell.com/products/server/eval.html 
> 
> For ASM tools -
>
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/linux/downloads/sles11-099661.html 
> 
> Hope this will get you going,
> Arun
> 
>>>> On 1/14/2011 at 11:38 AM, Howard Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have searched the DVD and was unable to find it.
>> The ISO that I downloaded yesterday (1/13/10) is
> "openSUSE-11.3-DVD-x86_64".
>> I have been struggling with installing ASMLib for the last 2 days.  I
> would
>> appreciate it if you can point me to the location on the DVD where I can
>> find the RPM?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Howard
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Arun Singh [mailto:[email protected]] 
>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:13 PM
>> To: Howard Stewart; [email protected] 
>> Subject: Re: [suse-oracle] Oracle ASM driver for SLES 11
>> 
>>>>> On 1/14/2011 at 8:44 AM, Howard Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I am unable to find the appropriate ASMLib drivers for openSUSE 11.3
>>> (x86_64).
>>> I found a thread on google which suggested that the driver could be
found
>> on
>>> the installation DVD, however I did not find that to be the case.
>>> Can anyone assist me on finding the appropriate ASMLib drivers?
>> 
>> As e-mail header suggest, It's included in SLES11 (& SP1) DVD.
>> 
>> -Arun


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