oracle_man wrote:
> All,
>
> I have done a number of RAC installs on various Linux/Unix flavors.
> I have recently come across an install done by Oracle Consulting
> Services in which the person building the RAC added the following to /
> etc/modprobe.conf
>
> options hangcheck_timer hangcheck_reboot=1
>
> This build was on a RHEL4 2.6.9-55.ELsmp kernel. I don't recall
> seeing this particular mod in the install guide for 10.2.0.x RAC on
> Linux. The only hangcheck references in the install guides and notes
> out on the web are for doing something similar to the following to
> start the module located in the directories of the current kernel
> version:
>
> # insmod /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/char/hangcheck-
> timer.ko
> hangcheck_tick=30 hangcheck_margin=180
>
> In the preceding command example, the variable kernel_version is the
> kernel
> version running on your system.
>
> My question is: Why did the Oracle consultant add this: "options
> hangcheck_timer hangcheck_reboot=1" to /etc/modprobe.conf?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rich
My guess is that the person from Oracle was not the sharpest knife in
the drawer: It is, as you have surmised, a 9i parameter.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Fri Jul 27 2007 - 02:13:31 CDT
