Re: End-of-weekend rant: This is exactly why in fact we want certified platforms!
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:19:51 -0600
Message-ID: <CAP79kiRJ3kV=50kaSoP4gUKa97Cq7CBAwcoVNHLuewf+195_gw_at_mail.gmail.com>
Good information. It's things like this that often rob us DBAs from really enjoying our job because we "know" we're going to run into issues such as these (not if, but when). When you're a high achiever (as most on this list are), it's doubly frustrating because it becomes wasted time (in some sense). Yes we learn a lot, and that's worth a lot, but compared to spending time with family, or doing leisurely things to get away from work, this is, to me, time lost for very little good purpose.
We should start one of those "Why I don't like...." threads so we can get some positive feedback on the things that make being a DBA worth it ;)
Regards,
Chris
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:05 AM, Martin Klier <usn_at_usn-it.de> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> this weekend I had an Oracle clusterware issue (at install time). As
> usual, with root.sh.
>
> Error message:
> USM driver install actions failed
> /u01/app/grid/11.2.0/perl/bin/perl -I/u01/app/grid/11.2.0/perl/lib
> -I/u01/app/grid/11.2.0/crs/install
> /u01/app/grid/11.2.0/crs/install/rootcrs.pl execution failed
>
> The platform was Linux SLES11 SP2, and the GI version 11.2.0.4.0. Means:
> fully certified.
>
> But the "solution" was, to create a symlink with your Linux Kernel
> version number somewhere in $GRID_HOME, or apply a patch whose
> description did not fully match.
> (Details:
>
> http://www.usn-it.de/index.php/2014/01/12/oracle-clusterware-root-sh-usm-driver-install-actions-failed-oracleoks-ko/
> )
>
> So tell me - why do we have such things like "certified platforms"? I
> understand that in this case, the Linux Kernel version changed with an
> online update due to some security stuff. But this could have been
> foreseen, and avoided, by not kind of hard-coding volatile numbers into
> a directory structure. Bah.
>
> _at_Oracle: Thank you for the interesting self-study class. Sorry, but
> stuff like that costs valuable time I could hav spent better - for doing
> more useful doings within the maintenance window, or with my family.
> Also nice I: This was all about ACFS drivers, that I can't use on that
> platform anyway.
> Also nice II: Patch application or workaround only work AFTER root.sh
> already failed, since it needs structures created by earlier parts of
> the script. Un the upside: root.sh now has checkpoints and is (within
> some limitations) repeatable.
>
> Listers, sorry for sounding frustrated, but I hope - at least - I can
> save somebody from having to find this him/herself by posting this in
> public.
>
> Have a good time
> Martin Klier
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