Re: [suse-oracle] Question regarding ASM on SLES 11

Werner,
The ACFS is software included in the Grid Infraestructure Oracle =

Software distribution.
You can download from otn.oracle.com.
Also you can view the doc from ACFS here : =

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14072_01/server.112/e10500/asmfilesyste=
m.htm#CACHAJGD

Best regards
Arturo

Werner Flamme escribi=F3:
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>> Hello Werner,
>> Is not necesary install ASM on SAP servers only on database servers. Use =

>> ASM is transparent to the apps , SAP or .....
>> You can copy files from ASM to a external file system  and viceversa,  =

>> or copy files a remote instance.
>> I don't know about OCFS and ASM question.  Starting with 11g R2 Oracle =

>> provide a ACFS (Asm Cluster file system) that is that you can create a =

>> file system using a ASM volumen, to store regular files.
>>
>> Regards
>> Arturo
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>
> Hi Arturo,
>
> this is good news! I do not want to install ASM on my SAP hosts, and I'm
> not responsible for the RAC nodes :-)
>
> But I do have to install something to use ACFS (following SAP, this is
> used along)? "zypper se acfs" does not find any packages :-(
>
> Unfortunately, I don't find ASM or ACFS in the SLES Storage
> Administration Guide :-( In the SLES HA Guide, there ist one chapter
> about OCFS2, but nothing about ASM/ACFS :-(
>
> Regards,
> Werner
>
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>> Werner Flamme escribi=F3:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> we want to update our Oracle RAC 11.1 (2 nodes, running with Oracle
>> Linux 5.x) to Oracle RAC 11.2.0.2.
>>
>> Afterwards, we plan to migrate our SAP databases to ASM. Since we have
>> no experience with ASM, there are some questions.
>>
>> 1) when our DB runs inside ASM on the RAC nodes, do I have to install
>> ASM on the SAP servers (SLES 11 SP1) too? If yes, there are the SLES
>> packages oracleasm and oracleasm-kmp-$flavor, are these enough?
>>
>> 2) Can I symlink a file outside ASM to a file inside ASM?
>>
>> 3) Is it correct that we can't use ASM and OCFS2 simultaneously? At
>> least, not on the RAC nodes?
>>
>> Fucking SAP support says that these questions are not theirs to answer.
>> Can someone please help me?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Werner
>>
>>
>>     =

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Oracle DBA Certified Professional OCP  [7.3-10g]
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