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Re: ocssd

From: LiShan Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:34:33 +0200
Message-ID: <6e9345580604101334u6f40e8ecx7f3161a1c48f682d@mail.gmail.com>


Hi

Oracle 10g does mess with init.d scripts even you dont have RAC installed. It's because of ASM which uses those init.d processes.

On 4/10/06, Alex Gorbachev <gorbyx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Unless I really miss something but based on my experience, understanding
> and scripts in oracle homes...
> init.evmd, init.cssd, init.crsd, init.crs are created in /etc/init.d only
> during CRS installation by root.sh script. inittab corrected by that
> script as well. If you have those files than CRS was installed at this node
> at some point.
>
> 10.2 database installation doesn't mess around with files in /etc/init.d
>
> So I would expect that no cssd daemon is running on your system if you
> never installed CRS and you don't need to stop it (1) and check that
> /etc/init.d scripts are updated.
>
> I am on SUSE but it should be similar with RH I guess
>
>
> 2006/4/10, LiShan Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > It is not a RAC database.
> >
> > I wonder if 10.2 will try to overwrite 10.1 init scripts in /etc/init.d
> > (this is red hat).
> >
> > I think the step would be
> >
> > 1. stop the cssd with root
> > 2. install 10.2 software
> > 3. verify if init.d scripts are upgraded
> >
> > Correct?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > LSC
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/10/06, Alex Gorbachev < gorbyx_at_gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > Without CRS/RAC no problem - been there done that. But you don't have
> > > ocssd so I assume it's not your case.
> > >
> > > With cluster... well, can only speculate...
> > > If you setup only Oracle database binaries - nothing will happen to
> > > existing CSS daemon. 10.2 can either work linked as not RAC or will
> > > not work linked with RAC (requires CRS to be at least the same version or
> > > higher). How it won't work - no idea but I guess you simply won't be able to
> > > open/mount/start the database... or maybe even linking will fail.
> > >
> > > The correct path with upgrade of the RAC cluster from 10.1 to 10.2 is
> > > to first upgrade CRS to 10.2 and then [optionally] install 10.2 Oracle
> > > home and upgrade 10.1 database(s) or create new one(s). You can also
> > > use 10.1 database with 10.2 CRS (well, in theory... also works on our
> > > test Linux cluster - no issues noticed).
> > >
> > >
> > > 2006/4/10, LiShan Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering what would happen if I install Oracle rdbms 10.2 in
> > > > a server with a 10.1 running? What will happen with ocssd?
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > LSC
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Alex Gorbachev
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Alex Gorbachev
>

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