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

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Arturo Gutierrez [02.09.2011 14:32]:
> 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/asmfilesys=
tem.htm#CACHAJGD
> =

> Best regards
> Arturo

Arturo,

yes, thank you. I hoped for some special files in the SLES environment ;-)

Regards,
Werner

> =

> Werner Flamme escribi=F3:
> Arturo Gutierrez [02.09.2011 13:01]:
>   =

>>>> Hello Werner,
>>>> Is not necesary install ASM on SAP servers only on database servers. U=
se =

>>>> 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
>>>>     =

> =

> 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
> =

>   =

>>>> 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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