Re: V10.2 RAC on OCFS2

I am not sure that information is entirely accurate. You can install and configure ocfs2 first, then install the clusterware using ocfs2 for the votedisk and ocr. I have done that several times, and it works fine. Is it possible its only a problem when adding a new node?

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:59 AM, sol beach <sol.beach_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Linux RHEL5
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> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>wrote:
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>> What OS is this referring to?
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>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:53 AM, sol beach <sol.beach_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> *Note:401132.1
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>>> I was trying to add a new node to a V10.2 RAC on OCF2 when encountered
>>> errors.
>>>
>>> From the note it says
>>> "*It is not possible to directly install Oracle Clusterware 10gR2 to use
>>> the block device because the Oracle Universal installer (OUI) that ships
>>> with 10gR2 is unable to verify the shareability of block devices and hence
>>> will not allow the install to complete complaining that the block devices
>>> that was provided by the user is not shareable.
>>>
>>> Starting with 11g, it is possible to use the installer to use block
>>> device. This may be a simpler workaround since it is supported to use a 11g
>>> Clusterware with 10gR2 Databases. In case that cannot be done, the following
>>> steps may be followed to use block devices with 10gR2 Clusterware."
>>>
>>> Has anyone encountered this & how did you get around this nasty
>>> "feature"?
>>>
>>> TIA!
>>>
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>> --
>> Andrew W. Kerber
>>
>> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
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