Build two node Oracle RAC 11gR2 11.2.0.

3 with GNS (DNS, DHCP) and HAIP

In the article you will have a look at how to use some Oracle VirtualBox features to build two node Oracle 11gR2 (11.2.0.3) RAC system on Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL 6.1). The setup will implement a role separation with different users for Oracle RDBMS and Oracle GI that is, user oracle and grid respectively in order to split the responsibilities between DBAs and storage administrators. The article will show you how to configure DHCP and a sample DNS setup for GNS deployment. You will have a glimpse at deploying HAIP feature allowing up to four private interconnect interfaces. An overview to Oracle Virtualization solutions can be seen here. You can see how to use Oracle VM VirtualBox to build a two node Solaris cluster here. For information related to building a RAC 11gR2 cluster on OEL without GNS click here. In the article you will see how to configure Linux in an Oracle VM VirtualBox Virtual machines, install Oracle GI, Oracle RDBMS and will create a policy managed database and service. The following software will be used:

1. Oracle 11gR2 (11.2.0.3) for Linux (x86-64). Patch 10404530. 2. 3.

Download from MOS here. Oracle Enterprise Linux OEL 6.1(x86-64). Download from here. Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.1.2. Download from here.

Three virtual machines will be created and used. 1. OEL61A for RAC node oel61a 2. OEL61B for RAC node oel61b 3. OEL61 for DNS and DHCP server Ideally a DNS server should be on a dedicated physical server not a part of the cluster. Due to limited resources in this article DNS server will be configured to meet the prerequisites for GI and RDBMS installation for later node addition. Two virtual machines, OEL61A and OEL61B, will be configured for RAC nodes each with: 4GB RAM 300GB bootable disk (Disk space will be dynamically allocated not a fixed size pre-allocation) NIC bridged for public interface in RAC with address 192.168.2.21/22 (first IP 192.168.2.21 on oel61a and second IP 192.168.2.22 on node oel61b). These are public interface in RAC. NIC bridged for private interface in RAC with address 10.10.2.21/22 (first IP 10.10.2.21 on oel61a and second IP 10.10.2.22 on node oel61b). These are private interface in RAC.

NIC bridged for private interface in RAC with address 10.10.5.21/22 (first IP 10.10.5.21 on oel61a and second IP 10.10.5.22 on node oel61b). These are private interface in RAC. NIC bridged for private interface in RAC with address 10.10.10.21/22 (first IP 10.10.10.21 on oel61a and second IP 10.10.10.22 on node oel61b). These are private interface in RAC. 5 10GB attached shared disks for the ASM storage. (Normal Redundancy ASM disk groups will be deployed).

Virtual machine OEL61 will be configured as follows (I will use it for add node later on): 4GB RAM 300GB bootable disk (Disk space will be dynamically allocated not a fixed size pre-allocation) NIC bridged for public interface in RAC with address 192.168.2.11 NIC bridged for private interface in RAC with address 10.10.2.11 NIC bridged for private interface in RAC with address 10.10.5.11 NIC bridged for private interface in RAC with address 10.10.10.11

The interfaces IP addresses will be as show in the table 1 below. OEL61 DNS server and for later add node process. 10.10.2.11 192.168.2.11 10.10.10.11 10.10.5.11 OEL61A RAC node oel61a 10.10.2.21 192.168.2.21 10.10.10.21 10.10.5.21 OEL61B RAC node oel61a 10.10.2.22 192.168.2.22 10.10.10.22 10.10.5.22

eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3

The following MOS notes were used: 1. 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure Redundant Interconnect and ora.cluster_interconnect.haip [ID 1210883.1] 2. DNS and DHCP Setup Example for Grid Infrastructure GNS [ID 946452.1]

The article will cover the following topics 1. Create an OEL61A VM with OEL 6.1 as guest OS for node oel61a. 2. Configure the OEL61A VM to meet the prerequisites for GI and RAC 11.2.0.3 deployment. 3. Clone OEL61A to OEL61B. 4. Clone OEL61A to OEL61.

5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Set up DNS and DHCP server on OEL61. Install GI 11.2.0.3 on oel61a and oel61b. Install RAC RDBMS 11.2.0.3 on oel61a and oel61b. Create a policy managed database RACDB oel61a and oel61b. Verify database creation and create a service.

Create an OEL61A VM with OEL 6.1 as guest OS for node oel61a

In this section you will look at how to create a guest OEL 6.1 VM using Oracle VM VirtualBox. Press the New button on the menu bar and press Next.

Specify the name of the VM and type of the OS and press Next.

Specify the RAM for the OEL61A VM and press Next.

Select an option to create a new disk.

Select VDI type and press Next button.

Select dynamically allocated and press Next button.

Select a size of 300GB and press Next to continue.

Press Create.

Change the VM Settings related to network adapters and CPU. Enable I/O APIC.

Change the CPUs

Make sure all network adapters are enabled and configured as bridged adapters.

Once the VM is created in the left pane select the VM and press the Start button (green arrow in 4.1.2). Press Next to continue.

Select the ISO image for OEL61 and press Next to continue.

Press start to continue.

Press Install or upgrade an existing system

Press Skip to continue.

Press Next to continue.

Select language.

Select keyboard.

Select basic storage devices.

Press Yes.

Specify hostname and press Configure Network.

Add Static IP addresses to each interface. Use the table for reference as IP and interface mapping. For eth0 specify

For eth1 specify

For eth2 specify.

For eth3 specify.

Select time zone and press Next to continue.

Specify root password and press Next to continue.

Specify create custom layout.

The following list specifies the file systems, and their respective sizes, that will be created. Create /u01 last with size the remaining part of the 300GB disk. The approach can be used to create any custom size. Plan accordingly to have sufficient disk space. 1. / - 10000M 2. /boot - 10000M 3. /home - 10000M 4. /opt - 10000M 5. /tmp - 10000M 6. /usr - 10000M 7. /usr/local - 10000M 8. /var - 10000M 9. swap - 10000M 10. /u01 - the remaining disk space. Press Create.

Select Standard partition and press Create.

Specify / and the fixed size and press OK to continue.

Repeat the same steps for all file systems and swap. Once done you will have file systems similar to the image. Press Next to continue.

Select Database Server and Customize now and press Next to continue.

I selected all.

Wait until all packages get installed and press Reboot.

Skip registration and press Forward.

Press Forward.

Create user and press Forward.

Synchronize NTP and press Forward.

Press Finish.

After reboot you will have a similar screen.

Login as root and select Devices->Install Guest Additions. Press OK.

Press the Run button.

Wait for the installation to complete.

If the auto start window does not prompt you to run Guest Additions installation go to the media folder and execute the following command.
sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

Configure the OEL61A VM to meet the prerequisites for GI and RAC 11.2.0.3 deployment
Add divider into /etc/grub.conf

Before
[root@oel61a dhcp]# cat /etc/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0)

# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda5 # initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Oracle Linux Server-uek (2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64 ro root=UUID=ef6e890d 860a-4554-bb70-4315af978e6b rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64.img title Oracle Linux Server-uek-debug (2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64.debug) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64.debug ro root=UUID=ef6e890d-860a-4554-bb70-4315af978e6b rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64.debug.img title Oracle Linux Server (2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 ro root=UUID=ef6e890d-860a4554-bb70-4315af978e6b rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64.img [root@oel61a dhcp]# uname -a Linux oel61a.gj.com 2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed May 25 17:46:45 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@oel61a dhcp]#

After:
[root@oel61a dhcp]# cat /etc/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda5 # initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Oracle Linux Server-uek (2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64 ro root=UUID=ef6e890d 860a-4554-bb70-4315af978e6b rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64 ro root=UUID=ef6e890d 860a-4554-bb70-4315af978e6b rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet divider=10 initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64.img title Oracle Linux Server-uek-debug (2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64.debug)

root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64.debug ro root=UUID=ef6e890d-860a-4554-bb70-4315af978e6b rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64.debug.img title Oracle Linux Server (2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 ro root=UUID=ef6e890d-860a4554-bb70-4315af978e6b rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64.img [root@oel61a dhcp]# [root@oel61a network-scripts]#

Add into /etc/sysctl.conf

net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0 fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576 fs.file-max = 6815744 kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.shmmni = 4096 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500 net.core.rmem_default = 262144 net.core.rmem_max = 4194304 net.core.wmem_default = 262144 net.core.wmem_max = 1048586 net.ipv4.conf.eth2.rp_filter = 2 net.ipv4.conf.eth2.rp_filter = 2 net.ipv4.conf.eth1.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.conf.eth0.rp_filter = 2 kernel.shmmax = 2074277888 fs.suid_dumpable = 1 # Controls the maximum number of shared memory segments, in pages kernel.shmall = 4294967296

Set the user limits for oracle and grid users in /etc/security/limits.conf to restrict the maximum number of processes for the oracle software owner users to 16384 and maximum number of open files to 65536.
oracle soft nproc 2047 oracle hard nproc 16384 oracle soft nofile 1024 oracle hard nofile 65536 grid soft nproc 2047 grid hard nproc 16384 grid soft nofile 1024 grid hard nofile 65536

Add in /etc/pam.d/login, as per MOS Note 567524.1, the line below in order for the login program to load the pam_limits.so so that the /etc/security/limits.conf is read and limits activated and enforced.
session required pam_limits.so

You have two options for time synchronization: an operating system configured network time protocol (NTP), or Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service. Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service is designed for organizations whose cluster servers are unable to access NTP services. If you use NTP, then the Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization daemon (ctssd) starts up in observer mode. If you do not have NTP daemons, then ctssd starts up in active mode and synchronizes time among cluster members without contacting an external time server. So there are two options: For enabling the NTP make sure that /etc/sysconfig/ntpd has the line modified to include -x.
o OPTIONS=-x -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid

For disabling the NTP make sure that the NTP service is stopped and disabled for auto-start and there is not configuration file.
o o o /sbin/service ntpd stop chkconfig ntpd off mv /etc/ntp.conf to /etc/ntp.conf.org

In the article NTP is disabled. Add users and groups.

groupadd groupadd groupadd groupadd groupadd groupadd -g -g -g -g -g -g 1000 1020 1021 1031 1022 1023 oinstall asmadmin asmdba dba asmoper oper

useradd -u 1100 -g oinstall -G asmadmin,asmdba,dba,asmoper grid useradd -u 1101 -g oinstall -G dba,asmdba,oper oracle [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a grid [root@oel61a [root@oel61a shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# groupadd groupadd groupadd groupadd groupadd groupadd groupadd -g -g -g -g -g -g -g 1020 1000 1020 1021 1031 1022 1023 asmadmin oinstall asmadmin asmdba dba asmoper oper

useradd -u 1100 -g oinstall -G asmadmin,asmdba,dba,asmoper

shm]# useradd -u 1101 -g oinstall -G dba,asmdba,oper oracle shm]#

Set the permissions and directories. Note that Oracle RDBMS directory will be created by OUI in the location specified in the profile.

[root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a [root@oel61a

shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]# shm]#

mkdir mkdir mkdir chown chown chown chown mkdir chmod

-p /u01/app/11.2.0/grid -p /u01/app/grid -p /u01/app/oracle grid:oinstall /u01/app/11.2.0/grid grid:oinstall /u01/app/grid oracle:oinstall /u01/app/oracle -R grid:oinstall /u01 -p /u01/app/oracle -R 775 /u01/

Create the profiles for the grid and oracle users. For grid user
[grid@oel61a ~]$ cat .bash_profile # .bash_profile # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi umask 022 ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/grid ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/11.2.0/grid ORACLE_HOSTNAME=oel61a ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH ORACLE_HOSTNAME TEMP=/tmp TMPDIR=/tmp export TEMP TMPDIR ulimit -t unlimited ulimit -f unlimited ulimit -d unlimited ulimit -s unlimited ulimit -v unlimited if [ -t 0 ]; then

stty intr ^C fi # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi # User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export PATH # User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export PATH [grid@oel61a ~]$

For oracle user

[oracle@oel61a ~]$ cat .bash_profile # .bash_profile umask 022 ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1 ORACLE_HOSTNAME=oel61a ORACLE_SID=RACDB_1 ORACLE_UNQNAME=RACDB LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH ORACLE_HOSTNAME ORACLE_UNQNAME TEMP=/tmp TMPDIR=/tmp export TEMP TMPDIR

ulimit -t unlimited ulimit -f unlimited ulimit -d unlimited ulimit -s unlimited ulimit -v unlimited if [ -t 0 ]; then stty intr ^C fi # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi # User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export PATH # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi # User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export PATH [oracle@oel61a ~]$

Create shared disks Lets look from OEL perspective at the available disk devices
[root@oel61a sda sda10 sda1 sda11 [root@oel61a dev]# ls sd* sda2 sda4 sda6 sda3 sda5 sda7 dev]# sda8 sda9

Lets create 5 shared disks and attach them to the OEL61A VM.

e:\vb>VBoxManage createhd --filename d:\vb\l1asm1.vdi --size 10240 --format VDI --variant Fixed 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Disk image created. UUID: 2a173888-d0fb-4cfd-a80c-068951bfc4ff e:\vb>VBoxManage createhd --filename d:\vb\l1asm2.vdi --size 10240 --format VDI --variant Fixed 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Disk image created. UUID: b584ae76-b5a1-4000-b450-e8de6b8356c4 e:\vb>VBoxManage createhd --filename d:\vb\l1asm3.vdi --size 10240 --format VDI --variant Fixed 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Disk image created. UUID: f1252521-0011-48e0-84f8-103f7718748b e:\vb>VBoxManage createhd --filename d:\vb\l1asm4.vdi --size 10240 --format VDI --variant Fixed 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Disk image created. UUID: dbfc0831-8b99-4332-adbd-febc8c5268f7 e:\vb>VBoxManage createhd --filename d:\vb\l1asm5.vdi --size 10240 --format VDI --variant Fixed 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100% Disk image created. UUID: bad953ea-2ea0-42a1-b9f1-b943d080ce92 e:\vb> e:\vb>VBoxManage storageattach OEL61A --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 1 device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm1.vdi --mtype shareable e:\vb>VBoxManage storageattach OEL61A --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 2 device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm2.vdi --mtype shareable e:\vb>VBoxManage storageattach OEL61A --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 3 device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm3.vdi --mtype shareable e:\vb>VBoxManage storageattach OEL61A --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 4 device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm4.vdi --mtype shareable e:\vb>VBoxManage storageattach OEL61A --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 5 device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm5.vdi --mtype shareable e:\vb>VBoxManage modifyhd d:\vb\lasm1.vdi --type shareable e:\vb>VBoxManage modifyhd d:\vb\lasm2.vdi --type shareable e:\vb>VBoxManage modifyhd d:\vb\lasm3.vdi --type shareable e:\vb>VBoxManage modifyhd d:\vb\lasm4.vdi --type shareable e:\vb>VBoxManage modifyhd d:\vb\lasm5.vdi --type shareable e:\vb>

Now we can confirm that there are 5 new disk devices sdb[b-e].

[root@oel61a sda sda10 sda1 sda11 [root@oel61a

dev]# ls sd* sda2 sda4 sda6 sda3 sda5 sda7 dev]#

sda8 sda9

sdb sdc

sdd sde

sdf

Format each of the new devices. For example for /dev/sdb issue the command below.
[root@oel61a dev]# fdisk /dev/sdb Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xb4cd1737. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite) WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to sectors (command 'u'). Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-1305, default 1): Using default value 1 Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-1305, default 1305): Using default value 1305 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xb4cd1737 Device Boot /dev/sdb1 Start 1 End 1305 Blocks 10482381 Id 83 System Linux

Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks. [root@oel61a dev]#

Repeat the steps listed below for each disk from /dev/sdb to /dev/sdf.
[root@oel61a sda sda10 sda1 sda11 [root@oel61a dev]# ls sd* sda2 sda4 sda6 sda3 sda5 sda7 dev]#

sda8 sda9

sdb sdb1

sdc sdc1

sdd sdd1

sde sde1

sdf sdf1

Configure ASMlib

[root@oel61a dev]# oracleasm configure -i Configuring the Oracle ASM library driver. This will configure the on-boot properties of the Oracle ASM library driver. The following questions will determine whether the driver is loaded on boot and what permissions it will have. The current values will be shown in brackets ('[]'). Hitting <ENTER> without typing an answer will keep that current value. Ctrl-C will abort. Default user to own the driver interface []: grid Default group to own the driver interface []: asmadmin Start Oracle ASM library driver on boot (y/n) [n]: y Scan for Oracle ASM disks on boot (y/n) [y]: y Writing Oracle ASM library driver configuration: done [root@oel61a dev]# [root@oel61a dev]# /usr/sbin/oracleasm init Creating /dev/oracleasm mount point: /dev/oracleasm Loading module "oracleasm": oracleasm Mounting ASMlib driver filesystem: /dev/oracleasm [root@oel61a dev]#

Label the shared disks

[root@oel61a dev]# /usr/sbin/oracleasm createdisk DISK1 /dev/sdb1 Writing disk header: done Instantiating disk: done [root@oel61a dev]# /usr/sbin/oracleasm createdisk DISK2 /dev/sdc1 Writing disk header: done Instantiating disk: done [root@oel61a dev]# /usr/sbin/oracleasm createdisk DISK3 /dev/sdd1 Writing disk header: done Instantiating disk: done [root@oel61a dev]# /usr/sbin/oracleasm createdisk DISK4 /dev/sde1 Writing disk header: done Instantiating disk: done [root@oel61a dev]# /usr/sbin/oracleasm createdisk DISK5 /dev/sdf1 Writing disk header: done Instantiating disk: done [root@oel61a dev]# [root@oel61a dev]# /usr/sbin/oracleasm scandisks Reloading disk partitions: done Cleaning any stale ASM disks... Scanning system for ASM disks... [root@oel61a dev]# /usr/sbin/oracleasm listdisks DISK1 DISK2 DISK3 DISK4 DISK5 [root@oel61a dev]#

Make sure you set proper permissions for the devices. Put into /etc/rc.local
chmod -R 660 /dev/oracleasm chown -R grid:asmadmin /dev/oracleasm

Reboot oel61a server.

Clone OEL61A to OEL61B

Right click the VM and select Clone or press CTRL+O. Enter the new name, mark the check box to reinitialize the MAC address of all network interfaces and press Next button. Here a new OEL61B VM is created from OEL61A.

Select Full Clone and press Clone.

Wait until the clone succeeds. This procedure creates a full copy of the original OEL61A including all of the 6 disks from OEL61A. As the intention is to have the five disks shared across both OEL61A and OEL61B I will drop the non OEL disks from OEL61B and will re-attach the shared disks to OEL61B. After dropping the disks from OEL61B I re-attach the shared disks using the following commands.
E:\vb>type oel61_att1.bat VBoxManage storageattach OEL61B --storagectl "SATA Controller" device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm1.vdi --mtype shareable VBoxManage storageattach OEL61B --storagectl "SATA Controller" device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm2.vdi --mtype shareable VBoxManage storageattach OEL61B --storagectl "SATA Controller" device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm3.vdi --mtype shareable VBoxManage storageattach OEL61B --storagectl "SATA Controller" device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm4.vdi --mtype shareable VBoxManage storageattach OEL61B --storagectl "SATA Controller" device 0 --type hdd --medium d:\vb\l1asm5.vdi --mtype shareable VBoxManage VBoxManage VBoxManage VBoxManage VBoxManage E:\vb> modifyhd modifyhd modifyhd modifyhd modifyhd d:\vb\lasm1.vdi d:\vb\lasm2.vdi d:\vb\lasm3.vdi d:\vb\lasm4.vdi d:\vb\lasm5.vdi --type --type --type --type --type shareable shareable shareable shareable shareable --port 1 ---port 2 ---port 3 ---port 4 ---port 5 --

Now power the OEL61B and complete the following steps

Set up the networking

[root@oel61b network-scripts]# eth4 Link encap:Ethernet eth5 Link encap:Ethernet eth6 Link encap:Ethernet eth7 Link encap:Ethernet [root@oel61b network-scripts]# ifconfig -a | grep eth HWaddr 08:00:27:B2:90:0F HWaddr 08:00:27:50:C8:FE HWaddr 08:00:27:1F:22:8F HWaddr 08:00:27:31:76:22

Modify the /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth[0-3] as show below and replace the IPADDR, HWADDR and DNS1. For IPADDR use the values from the table 1 for node oel61a. For HWADDR use the values from the grep example above. For DNS1 use 192.168.2.11 that will be set later on.
[root@oel61b network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE="eth0" NM_CONTROLLED="yes" ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=none DEFROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes IPV6INIT=no NAME="System eth0" IPADDR=10.10.2.22 PREFIX=24 GATEWAY=192.168.2.1 DNS1=192.168.2.11 UUID=5fb06bd0-0bb0-7ffb-45f1-d6edd65f3e03 HWADDR=08:00:27:50:C8:FE [root@oel61b network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth1 DEVICE="eth1" NM_CONTROLLED="yes" ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=192.168.2.22 PREFIX=24 GATEWAY=192.168.2.1 DNS1=192.168.2.11 DEFROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes IPV6INIT=no NAME="System eth1" HWADDR=08:00:27:1F:22:8F UUID=9c92fad9-6ecb-3e6c-eb4d-8a47c6f50c04 [root@oel61b network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth2 DEVICE="eth2" NM_CONTROLLED="yes" ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=10.10.10.22 PREFIX=24 GATEWAY=192.168.2.1 DNS1=192.168.2.11 DEFROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes

IPV6INIT=no NAME="System eth2" HWADDR=08:00:27:31:76:22 UUID=3a73717e-65ab-93e8-b518-24f5af32dc0d [root@oel61b network-scripts]# [root@oel61b network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth3 DEVICE="eth3" NM_CONTROLLED="yes" ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=10.10.5.22 PREFIX=24 GATEWAY=192.168.2.1 DNS1=192.168.2.11 DEFROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes IPV6INIT=no NAME="System eth3" HWADDR=08:00:27:B2:90:0F UUID=c5ca8081-6db2-4602-4b46-d771f4330a6d [root@oel61b network-scripts]#

Modify the hostname from OEL61B VM by replacing the HOSTNAME with oel61b.gj.com
[root@oel61b sysconfig]# cat network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=oel61b.gj.com NOZEROCONF=yes [root@oel61b sysconfig]#

Update the profiles for oracle and grid users

[grid@oel61b ~]$ cat .bash_profile # .bash_profile # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi umask 022 ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/grid ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/11.2.0/grid ORACLE_HOSTNAME=oel61b ORACLE_SID=+ASM2 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH ORACLE_HOSTNAME

TEMP=/tmp TMPDIR=/tmp export TEMP TMPDIR ulimit -t unlimited ulimit -f unlimited ulimit -d unlimited ulimit -s unlimited ulimit -v unlimited if [ -t 0 ]; then stty intr ^C fi # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi # User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export PATH # User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export PATH [grid@oel61b ~]$

Reboot oel61b server.

Clone OEL61A to OEL61

Repeat the same procedure as described in section Clone OEL61A to

OEL61B Set up DNS and DHCP server on OEL61

Set up DNS
The steps in this section are to be executed as root user only on oel61. Only /etc/resolv.conf needs to be modified on all three nodes as root. As root on oel61a setup a DNS by creating the following zones in /etc/named.conf 2.168.192.in-addr.arpa 10.10.10.in-addr.arpa 5.10.10.in-addr.arpa gj.com.

[root@oel61 named]# cat /etc/named.conf // // named.conf // // Provided by Red Hat bind package to configure the ISC BIND named(8) DNS // server as a caching only nameserver (as a localhost DNS resolver only). // // See /usr/share/doc/bind*/sample/ for example named configuration files. // options { listen-on port 53 { any; }; listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; }; directory "/var/named"; dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db"; statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt"; // memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt"; // recursion yes; // allow-recursion { any;}; // allow-recursion-on { any;}; // allow-query-cache { any; }; // allow-query { any; }; // dnssec-enable yes; // dnssec-validation yes; // dnssec-lookaside auto; /* Path to ISC DLV key */ bindkeys-file "/etc/named.iscdlv.key"; }; logging { channel default_debug { file "data/named.run"; severity dynamic; }; }; zone "2.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "gj1.com.reverse"; allow-update { none; }; };

zone "10.10.10.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "priv1.com.reverse"; allow-update { none; }; }; zone "5.10.10.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "priv2.com.reverse"; allow-update { none; }; }; zone "2.10.10.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "priv3.com.reverse"; allow-update { none; }; }; zone "gj.com." IN { type master; file "gj1.zone"; notify no; };

zone "." IN { type hint; file "named.ca"; }; include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones"; [root@oel61 named]#

Create a config file for gj.com zone in /var/named/gj1.zone

[root@oel61 named]# cat gj1.zone $TTL 86400 $ORIGIN gj.com. @ IN SOA oel61.gj.com. root ( 43 3H 15M 1W 1D ) IN NS oel61 192.168.2.11 192.168.2.21 192.168.2.22 192.168.2.23 192.168.2.24 gj.com. IN A 10.10.10.11 IN A 10.10.10.21 IN A 10.10.10.22 IN A 10.10.5.11 IN A 10.10.5.21 IN A 10.10.5.22 IN A 10.10.2.11 IN A 10.10.2.21 IN A 10.10.2.22

; ; ; ; ;

serial (d. adams) refresh retry expiry minimum

oel61 oel61a oel61b oel61c raclinux3 dns oel61-priv1 oel61a-priv1 oel61b-priv1 oel61-priv2 oel61a-priv2 oel61b-priv2 oel61-priv3 oel61a-priv3 oel61b-priv3

IN A IN A IN A IN A IN A CNAME

$ORIGIN grid.gj.com. @ ;; IN IN NS NS gns.grid.gj.com. oel61a.gj.com. IN A 192.168.2.11 192.168.2.21 192.168.2.22 192.168.2.23 192.168.2.52

gns.grid.gj.com. oel61 IN A oel61a IN A oel61b IN A oel61c IN A [root@oel61 named]#

Create a config file for 2.168.192.in-addr.arpa zone in /var/named/ gj1.com.reverse.

[root@oel61 named]# cat gj1.com.reverse $ORIGIN 2.168.192.in-addr.arpa. $TTL 1H @ IN SOA oel61.gj.com.

2.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN NS IN NS oel61.gj.com. 11 IN PTR oel61.gj.com. 21 IN PTR oel61a.gj.com. 22 IN PTR oel61b.gj.com. 23 IN PTR oel61c.gj.com. 24 IN PTR raclinux3.gj.com. 52 IN PTR gns.grid.gj.com. [root@oel61 named]#

root.dnsoel55.gj.com. ( 3H 1H 1W 1H ) oel61.gj.com.

Create a config file for 10.10.10.in-addr.arpa zone in /var/named/ priv1.com.reverse.

[root@oel61 named]# cat priv1.com.reverse $ORIGIN 10.10.10.in-addr.arpa. $TTL 1H @ IN SOA oel61.gj.com. root.oel61.gj.com. ( 3H 1H 1W 1H ) 10.10.10.in-addr.arpa. IN NS oel61.gj.com. IN NS oel61a.gj.com. 11 IN PTR oel6-priv1.gj.com. 21 IN PTR oel61a-priv1.gj.com. 22 IN PTR oel61b-priv1.gj.com. 23 IN PTR oel61c-priv1.gj.com. [root@oel61 named]#

Create a config file for 5.10.10.in-addr.arpa zone in /var/named/ priv2.com.reverse.

[root@oel61 named]# cat priv2.com.reverse

$ORIGIN 5.10.10.in-addr.arpa. $TTL 1H @ IN SOA oel61.gj.com.

5.10.10.in-addr.arpa. IN NS IN NS oel61a.gj.com. 11 IN PTR oel6-priv2.gj.com. 21 IN PTR oel61a-priv2.gj.com. 22 IN PTR oel61b-priv2.gj.com. 23 IN PTR oel61c-priv2.gj.com. [root@oel61 named]#

root.oel61.gj.com. ( 3H 1H 1W 1H ) oel61.gj.com.

Create a config file for 2.10.10.in-addr.arpa priv3.com.reverse.

zone in /var/named/

[root@oel61 named]# cat priv3.com.reverse $ORIGIN 2.10.10.in-addr.arpa. $TTL 1H @ IN SOA oel61.gj.com. root.oel61.gj.com. ( 3H 1H 1W 1H ) 2.10.10.in-addr.arpa. IN NS oel61.gj.com. IN NS oel61a.gj.com. 11 IN PTR oel6-priv3.gj.com. 21 IN PTR oel61a-priv3.gj.com. 22 IN PTR oel61b-priv3.gj.com. 23 IN PTR oel61c-priv3.gj.com. [root@oel61 named]#

Make sure that you enable named service for auto-start issuing the following command.
chkconfig named on

Start the named service issuing the following command.

service named start

Disable the firewall by issuing the following command on all nodes oel61, oel61a and oel61b as root.
chkconfig iptables off

For production systems it is strongly recommended to adjust the iptables rules so that you can have access to the DNS server listening on port 53. Here for simplicity the firewall is disabled. Modify the /etc/resolv.conf file to reflect the DNS IP address specified by nameserver parameter and the domain specified by search parameter on all nodes (oel61, oel61a and oel61b)
[root@oel61a stage]# cat /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by NetworkManager

search gj.com nameserver 192.168.2.11 [root@oel61a stage]#

Test all public and private nodes accessibility and resolution using nslookup.
[root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.11 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61a Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61a.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.21 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61b Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61b.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.22 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 192.168.2.11 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 11.2.168.192.in-addr.arpa name = oel61.gj.com.

[root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 192.168.2.21 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 21.2.168.192.in-addr.arpa name = oel61a.gj.com.

[root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 192.168.2.22 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 22.2.168.192.in-addr.arpa [root@oel61a stage]# [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61a -priv1 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61a-priv1.gj.com Address: 10.10.10.21 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.10.21 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 21.10.10.10.in-addr.arpa [root@oel61a stage]# name = oel61a-priv1.gj.com. name = oel61b.gj.com.

[root@oel61a stage]# nslookup o el61a-priv2 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61a-priv2.gj.com Address: 10.10.5.21 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.5.21 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 21.5.10.10.in-addr.arpa name = oel61a-priv2.gj.com. [root@oel61a stage]# [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61a -priv3 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61a-priv3.gj.com Address: 10.10.2.21 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.2.21 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 21.2.10.10.in-addr.arpa name = oel61a-priv3.gj.com. [root@oel61a stage]# [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61b -priv1 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61b-priv1.gj.com Address: 10.10.10.22 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.10.22 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 22.10.10.10.in-addr.arpa name = oel61b-priv1.gj.com.

[root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61b -priv2 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61b-priv2.gj.com Address: 10.10.5.22 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.5.22 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 22.5.10.10.in-addr.arpa name = oel61b-priv2.gj.com. [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61b -priv3 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61b-priv3.gj.com Address: 10.10.2.22

[root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.2.22 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 22.2.10.10.in-addr.arpa name = oel61b-priv3.gj.com. [root@oel61a stage]# [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.11 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 192.168.2.11 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 11.2.168.192.in-addr.arpa [root@oel61a stage]# [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61-priv1 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61-priv1.gj.com Address: 10.10.10.11 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.10.11 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 11.10.10.10.in-addr.arpa [root@oel61a stage]# [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61-priv2 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Name: oel61-priv2.gj.com Address: 10.10.5.11 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.5.11 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 11.5.10.10.in-addr.arpa name = oel6-priv2.gj.com. [root@oel61a stage]# [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.5.11 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 11.5.10.10.in-addr.arpa name = oel6-priv2.gj.com. [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61-priv3 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 name = oel6-priv1.gj.com. name = oel61.gj.com.

Name: oel61-priv3.gj.com Address: 10.10.2.11 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup 10.10.2.11 Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 11.2.10.10.in-addr.arpa name = oel6-priv3.gj.com. [root@oel61a stage]#

Set up DHCP Create a file /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf to specify Routers set it to 192.168.2.1 Subnet mask set it to 255.255.255.0 Domain name grid.gj.com Domain name server From table 1 the IP is 192.168.2.11 Time offset - EST Range from 192.168.2.100 to 192.168.2.130 will be assigned for GNS delegation.
[root@oel61 named]# cat /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf # # DHCP Server Configuration file. # see /usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.sample # see 'man 5 dhcpd.conf' # ddns-update-style interim; ignore client-updates; subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { option routers 192.168.2.1; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option domain-name "grid.gj.com"; option domain-name-servers 192.168.2.11; option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard Time range 192.168.2.100 192.168.2.130; default-lease-time 86400; } [root@oel61 named]#

Enable auto-start by issuing the following command.

chkconfig dhcpd on

Start the DHCPD service issuing the following command.

service dhcpd start

Reboot oel61 server.

Install GI 11.2.0.3 on oel61a and oel61b

Verify that the prerequisites for GI installation are met.

Run the following commands.

./runcluvfy.sh stage -post hwos -n oel61a,oel61b verbose ./runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -n oel61a,oel61b verbose

The output is in Annex 1 The OUI will be used for setting up user equivalence. Run OUI from the staging directory.
[grid@oel61a grid]$ pwd /u01/stage/grid [grid@oel61a grid]$ ls doc install readme.html response stage welcome.html [grid@oel61a grid]$ ./runInstaller

rpm

runcluvfy.sh

runInstaller

sshsetup

Select skip software updates and press Next to continue.

Select Install and Configure GI and press Next to continue.

Select Advanced installation and press Next to continue.

Select languages and press Next to continue.

Enter the requested data and press Next to continue. The GNS sub-domain is gns.grid.gj.com. The GNS VIP is 192.168.2.52. SCAN post is 1521. SCAN name is oel61-cluster-scan.gns.grid.gj.com.

Click Add.

Click SSH Connectivity.

Select 192.168.2 as public and all 10.10 as private. Press Next to continue. HAIP will be deployed and examined.

Select ASM and press Next to continue.

Select disk group DATA as specified and press Next to continue.

Enter password and press Next to continue.

De-select IPMI and press Next to continue.

Specify the groups and press Next to continue.

Specify locations and press Next to continue.

Examine the findings.

The errors are as follows

Task resolv.conf Integrity - This task checks consistency of file /etc/resolv.conf file across nodes Check Failed on Nodes: [oel61b, oel61a] Verification result of failed node: oel61b Details: PRVF-5636 : The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded "15000" ms on following nodes: oel61a,oel61b - Cause: The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded the value specified on nodes specified. - Action: Make sure that 'options timeout', 'options attempts' and 'nameserver' entries in file resolv.conf are proper. On HPUX these entries will be 'retrans', 'retry' and 'nameserver'. On Solaris these will be 'options retrans', 'options retry' and 'nameserver'. Back to Top Verification result of failed node: oel61a Details: PRVF-5636 : The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded "15000" ms on following nodes: oel61a,oel61b - Cause: The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded the value specified on nodes specified. - Action: Make sure that 'options timeout', 'options attempts' and 'nameserver' entries in file resolv.conf are proper. On HPUX these entries will be 'retrans',

'retry' and 'nameserver'. On Solaris these will be 'options retrans', 'options retry' and 'nameserver'. Reference : PRVF-5636 : The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded "15000" ms on following nodes [root@oel61a bin]# time nslookup not -known ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached real 0m15.009s user 0m0.002s sys 0m0.002s [root@oel61a bin]# Reverse path filter setting - Checks if reverse path filter setting for all private interconnect network interfaces is correct Check Failed on Nodes: [oel61b, oel61a] Verification result of failed node: oel61b Expected Value : 0|2 Actual Value : 1 Details: PRVE-0453 : Reverse path filter parameter "rp_filter" for private interconnect network interfaces "eth3" is not set to 0 or 2 on node "oel61b.gj.com". Cause: Reverse path filter parameter 'rp_filter' was not set to 0 or 2 for identified private interconnect network interfaces on specified node. Action: Ensure that the 'rp_filter' parameter is correctly set to the value of 0 or 2 for each of the interface used in the private interconnect classification, This will disable or relax the filtering and allow Clusterware to function correctly. Use 'sysctl' command to modify the value of this parameter. Back to Top Verification result of failed node: oel61a Expected Value : 0|2 Actual Value : 1 Details: PRVE-0453 : Reverse path filter parameter "rp_filter" for private interconnect network interfaces "eth3" is not set to 0 or 2 on node "oel61a.gj.com". Cause: Reverse path filter parameter 'rp_filter' was not set to 0 or 2 for identified private interconnect network interfaces on specified node. Action: Ensure that the 'rp_filter' parameter is correctly set to the value of 0 or 2 for each of the interface used in the private interconnect classification, This will disable or relax the filtering and allow Clusterware to function correctly. Use 'sysctl' command to modify the value of this parameter. Back to Top

Solution 1. For PRVE-0453 set RP_FILTER as indicated below on each node of the cluster. [root@oel61a disks]# for i in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter ; do

> echo 2 > $i > done [root@oel61a disks]# 2. For PRVF-10406 ASM disk needs to be with right permissions and ownership.

3.

For PRVF-5636 make sure that nslookup always returns for less than 10s. In the example below it takes 15 secs. [root@oel61a bin]# time nslookup not-known ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached real user sys 0m15.009s 0m0.002s 0m0.002s

[root@oel61a bin]#

Review the Summary settings and press Install to continue.

Here is the bottom part.

Wait until prompted for running scripts as root.

The output from the scripts is as follows.

[root@oel61a disks]# /u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh Changing permissions of /u01/app/oraInventory. Adding read,write permissions for group. Removing read,write,execute permissions for world. Changing groupname of /u01/app/oraInventory to oinstall. The execution of the script is complete. [root@oel61a disks]# [root@oel61b disks]# /u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh Changing permissions of /u01/app/oraInventory. Adding read,write permissions for group. Removing read,write,execute permissions for world. Changing groupname of /u01/app/oraInventory to oinstall. The execution of the script is complete. [root@oel61b disks]# [root@oel61a disks]# /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/root.sh Performing root user operation for Oracle 11g

The following environment variables are set as: ORACLE_OWNER= grid ORACLE_HOME= /u01/app/11.2.0/grid Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]: The contents of "dbhome" have not changed. No need to overwrite. The contents of "oraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite. The contents of "coraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite. Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created Finished running generic part of root script. Now product-specific root actions will be performed. Using configuration parameter file: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/crsconfig_params User ignored Prerequisites during installation CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'oel61a' CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssdmonitor' on 'oel61a' succeeded CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.cssd' on 'oel61a' CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.diskmon' on 'oel61a' CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.diskmon' on 'oel61a' succeeded CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.cssd' on 'oel61a' succeeded ASM created and started successfully. Disk Group DATA created successfully. clscfg: -install mode specified Successfully accumulated necessary OCR keys. Creating OCR keys for user 'root', privgrp 'root'.. Operation successful. CRS-4256: Updating the profile Successful addition of voting disk 3744662ab1f94f24bf2c12907758d030. Successful addition of voting disk 909062d7ed274ff3bf50842d55dfb419. Successful addition of voting disk 4b30586423434fd4bf7120c436bea542. Successfully replaced voting disk group with +DATA. CRS-4256: Updating the profile CRS-4266: Voting file(s) successfully replaced ## STATE File Universal Id File Name Disk group -- ----------------------------- --------1. ONLINE 3744662ab1f94f24bf2c12907758d030 (/dev/oracleasm/disks/DISK1) [DATA] 2. ONLINE 909062d7ed274ff3bf50842d55dfb419 (/dev/oracleasm/disks/DISK2) [DATA] 3. ONLINE 4b30586423434fd4bf7120c436bea542 (/dev/oracleasm/disks/DISK3) [DATA] Located 3 voting disk(s). CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.asm' on 'oel61a' CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.asm' on 'oel61a' succeeded CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.DATA.dg' on 'oel61a' CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.DATA.dg' on 'oel61a' succeeded CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.registry.acfs' on 'oel61a' CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.registry.acfs' on 'oel 61a' succeeded Configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster ... succeeded [root@oel61a disks]# [root@oel61b disks]# /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/root.sh Performing root user operation for Oracle 11g The following environment variables are set as: ORACLE_OWNER= grid

ORACLE_HOME=

/u01/app/11.2.0/grid

Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]: Copying dbhome to /usr/local/bin ... Copying oraenv to /usr/local/bin ... Copying coraenv to /usr/local/bin ... Creating /etc/oratab file... Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created Finished running generic part of root script. Now product-specific root actions will be performed. Using configuration parameter file: /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/crsconfig_params Creating trace directory User ignored Prerequisites during installation OLR initialization - successful Adding Clusterware entries to upstart CRS-4402: The CSS daemon was started in exclusive mode but found an active CSS daemon on node oel61a, number 1, and is terminating An active cluster was found during exclusive startup, restarting to join the cluster Configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster ... succeeded [root@oel61b disks]#

Wait for the assistants to finish.

Verify that GI is installed. Check OS processes:

[root@oel61a bin]# ps -ef | grep d.bin root 2823 1 1 06:22 ? 00:00:06 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/ohasd.bin reboot grid 3281 1 0 06:23 ? 00:00:01 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/oraagent.bin grid 3293 1 0 06:23 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/mdnsd.bin grid 3305 1 0 06:23 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/gpnpd.bin grid 3318 1 0 06:23 ? 00:00:02 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/gipcd.bin root 3357 1 0 06:23 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/cssdmonitor root 3369 1 0 06:23 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/cssdagent grid 3381 1 1 06:23 ? 00:00:05 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/ocssd.bin root 3384 1 1 06:23 ? 00:00:06 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/orarootagent.bin root 3400 1 2 06:23 ? 00:00:10 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/osysmond.bin root 3549 1 0 06:23 ? 00:00:01 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/octssd.bin reboot grid 3592 1 0 06:24 ? 00:00:01 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/evmd.bin root 3861 1 0 06:24 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/ologgerd -m oel61b -r -d /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crf/db/oel61a root 3878 1 1 06:24 ? 00:00:04 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsd.bin reboot grid 3956 3592 0 06:24 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/evmlogger.bin -o /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/evm/log/evmlogger.info -l /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/evm/log/evmlogger.log grid 3994 1 0 06:24 ? 00:00:01 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/oraagent.bin root 3998 1 0 06:24 ? 00:00:03 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/orarootagent.bin grid 4118 1 0 06:24 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER -inherit grid 4134 1 0 06:24 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER_SCAN1 -inherit oracle 4166 1 0 06:24 ? 00:00:01 /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/oraagent.bin root 5356 5235 0 06:30 pts/1 00:00:00 grep d.bin [root@oel61a bin]#

Check GI resource status.

[root@oel61a bin]# ./crsctl status res -t -------------------------------------------------------------------------------NAME TARGET STATE SERVER STATE_DETAILS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Local Resources -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ora.DATA.dg ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.LISTENER.lsnr ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.asm ONLINE ONLINE oel61a Started ONLINE ONLINE oel61b Started ora.gsd OFFLINE OFFLINE oel61a OFFLINE OFFLINE oel61b ora.net1.network ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.ons ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.registry.acfs ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cluster Resources -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ora.LISTENER_SCAN1.lsnr

1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.LISTENER_SCAN2.lsnr 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.LISTENER_SCAN3.lsnr 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.cvu 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.gns 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.gns.vip 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.oc4j 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.oel61a.vip 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.oel61b.vip 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.scan1.vip 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.scan2.vip 1 ONLINE ONLINE ora.scan3.vip 1 ONLINE ONLINE [root@oel61a bin]#

oel61b oel61a oel61a oel61a oel61a oel61a oel61a oel61a oel61b oel61b oel61a oel61a

Check the interfaces.

[grid@oel61a grid]$ oifcfg getif -global eth0 10.10.2.0 global cluster_interconnect eth1 192.168.2.0 global public eth2 10.10.10.0 global cluster_interconnect eth3 10.10.5.0 global cluster_interconnect [grid@oel61a grid]$

Check the interfaces from ASM instance.

SQL> select * from V$CLUSTER_INTERCONNECTS; NAME IP_ADDRESS IS_ SOURCE --------------- ---------------- --- ------------------------------eth0:1 169.254.45.77 NO eth3:1 169.254.106.22 NO eth2:1 169.254.188.165 NO eth0:2 169.254.242.179 NO SQL> select * from V$configured_interconnects; NAME IP_ADDRESS IS_ SOURCE --------------- ---------------- --- ------------------------------eth0:1 169.254.45.77 NO eth3:1 169.254.106.22 NO eth2:1 169.254.188.165 NO eth0:2 169.254.242.179 NO eth1 192.168.2.21 YES SQL>

Check the GNS

[grid@oel61b ~]$ cluvfy comp gns -postcrsinst -verbose Verifying GNS integrity Checking GNS integrity...

Checking if the GNS subdomain name is valid... The GNS subdomain name "gns.grid.gj.com" is a valid domain name Checking if the GNS VIP belongs to same subnet as the public network... Public network subnets "192.168.2.0" match with the GNS VIP "192.168.2.0" Checking if the GNS VIP is a valid address... GNS VIP "192.168.2.52" resolves to a valid IP address Checking the status of GNS VIP... Checking if FDQN names for domain "gns.grid.gj.com" are reachable GNS resolved IP addresses are reachable GNS resolved IP addresses are reachable GNS resolved IP addresses are reachable GNS resolved IP addresses are reachable GNS resolved IP Checking status Node -----------oel61b oel61a addresses are reachable of GNS resource... Running? -----------------------no yes

Enabled? -----------------------yes yes

GNS resource configuration check passed Checking status of GNS VIP resource... Node Running? ------------ -----------------------oel61b no oel61a yes

Enabled? -----------------------yes yes

GNS VIP resource configuration check passed. GNS integrity check passed Verification of GNS integrity was successful. [grid@oel61b ~]$

Install RAC RDBMS 11.2.0.3 on oel61a and oel61b

Login as oracle user and start OUI from the staging directory.

Select skip software updates.

Select Install software only and press Next to continue.

Select RAC installation and select all node and press Next to continue.

Establish SSH connectivity.

Select language.

Select EE and press Next to continue.

Select software locations and press Next to continue.

Select groups and press Next to continue.

Examine the findings.

Press Install to continue.

Wait until prompted to run scripts as root.

Run the scripts

Create a policy managed database RACDB oel61a and oel61b

Login as oracle user and start dbca to create a database. Select RAC database and press Next to continue.

Select Create a database.

Select create a general purpose database and press Next to continue.

Specify SID, server pool name and cardinality.

Select Configure Enterprise Manager and press Next to continue.

Specify password and press Next to continue.

Specify disk group and press Next to continue.

Specify FRA and enable archiving and press Next to continue.

Select sample schemas and press Next to continue.

Specify memory size and other parameters. Once done press Next to continue.

Keep the storage settings default and press Next to continue.

Review

Wait for the dbca to succeed.

Change the password and exit

Login to EM DC using the URL specified above.

Cluster Database Home page.

Cluster home page.

Interconnect page.

Verify database creation and create a service

Lets verify the database and pools configuration.
[oracle@oel61a ~]$ srvctl config srvpool Server pool name: Free Importance: 0, Min: 0, Max: -1 Candidate server names: Server pool name: Generic Importance: 0, Min: 0, Max: -1 Candidate server names: Server pool name: servpool Importance: 0, Min: 0, Max: 2 Candidate server names: [oracle@oel61a ~]$ [oracle@oel61a ~]$ srvctl config database -d racdb -a -v Database unique name: RACDB Database name: RACDB Oracle home: /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1 Oracle user: oracle Spfile: +DATA/RACDB/spfileRACDB.ora Domain:

Start options: open Stop options: immediate Database role: PRIMARY Management policy: AUTOMATIC Server pools: servpool Database instances: Disk Groups: DATA Mount point paths: Services: Type: RAC Database is enabled Database is policy managed [oracle@oel61a ~]$

Lets create a service with the following specification.

[oracle@oel61b ~]$ srvctl config service -d racdb Service name: racdbsrv Service is enabled Server pool: servpool Cardinality: UNIFORM Disconnect: false Service role: PRIMARY Management policy: AUTOMATIC DTP transaction: false AQ HA notifications: false Failover type: SELECT Failover method: BASIC TAF failover retries: 10 TAF failover delay: 200 Connection Load Balancing Goal: LONG Runtime Load Balancing Goal: NONE

TAF policy specification: NONE Edition: Service is enabled on nodes: Service is disabled on nodes: [oracle@oel61b ~]$

I will change retries to 200 and delay to 10 and TAF basic.

[oracle@oel61a admin]$ srvctl modify service -d racdb -s racdbsrv -w 10 -z 200 [oracle@oel61a admin]$ srvctl modify service -d racdb -s racdbsrv -P BASIC [oracle@oel61a admin]$ srvctl status service -d racdb Service racdbsrv is running on nodes: oel61a,oel61b [oracle@oel61a admin]$ srvctl config service -d racdb Service name: racdbsrv Service is enabled Server pool: servpool Cardinality: UNIFORM Disconnect: false Service role: PRIMARY Management policy: AUTOMATIC DTP transaction: false AQ HA notifications: false Failover type: SELECT Failover method: BASIC TAF failover retries: 200 TAF failover delay: 10 Connection Load Balancing Goal: LONG Runtime Load Balancing Goal: NONE TAF policy specification: BASIC Edition: Service is enabled on nodes: Service is disabled on nodes: [oracle@oel61a admin]$

Edit tnsnames.ora to add

RACDBSRV = (DESCRIPTION = (LOAD_BALANCE = YES) (FAILOVER = YES ) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = oel61-cluster-scan.gns.grid.gj.com)(PORT = 1521)) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = oel61-cluster-scan.gns.grid.gj.com)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = RACDBSRV) (FAILOVER_MODE = (TYPE = SELECT) (METHOD = BASIC) (RETRIES = 200) (DELAY = 10 ) ) ) )

[oracle@oel61a admin]$ sqlplus system/sys1@racdbsrv SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Tue Oct 4 01:33:22 2011 Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production

With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options SQL> select * from v$configured_interconnects;

NAME IP_ADDRESS IS_ SOURCE --------------- ---------------- --- ------------------------------eth0:2 169.254.57.231 NO eth3:1 169.254.85.187 NO eth2:1 169.254.146.23 NO eth0:1 169.254.233.31 NO eth1 192.168.2.22 YES eth1:1 192.168.2.52 YES eth1:2 192.168.2.117 YES eth1:3 192.168.2.112 YES eth1:4 192.168.2.100 YES eth1:5 192.168.2.111 YES eth1:6 192.168.2.113 YES 11 rows selected. SQL> select * from v$cluster_interconnects; NAME IP_ADDRESS IS_ SOURCE --------------- ---------------- --- ------------------------------eth0:2 169.254.57.231 NO eth3:1 169.254.85.187 NO eth2:1 169.254.146.23 NO eth0:1 169.254.233.31 NO SQL>

There are two types of Virtual IPs 1. Virtual IPs generated by GNS in the 192.168.2.X subnet 2. Virtual IOs generated by HAIP in the 169.254.X.X subnet As per Note 11gR2 Grid Infrastructure Redundant Interconnect and ora.cluster_interconnect.haip [ID 1210883.1] HAIP allocates Virtual IPs from the reserved IPs in the 169.254.X.X subnet for both load balancing and failover. Those IPs generated by HAIP can also be seen using oifcfg
[grid@oel61a admin]$ oifcfg getif -global eth0 10.10.2.0 global cluster_interconnect eth1 192.168.2.0 global public eth2 10.10.10.0 global cluster_interconnect eth3 10.10.5.0 global cluster_interconnect [grid@oel61a admin]$ oifcfg iflist -p -n eth0 10.10.2.0 PRIVATE 255.255.255.0 eth0 169.254.0.0 UNKNOWN 255.255.192.0 eth0 169.254.192.0 UNKNOWN 255.255.192.0 eth1 192.168.2.0 PRIVATE 255.255.255.0 eth2 10.10.10.0 PRIVATE 255.255.255.0 eth2 169.254.128.0 UNKNOWN 255.255.192.0 eth3 10.10.5.0 PRIVATE 255.255.255.0 eth3 169.254.64.0 UNKNOWN 255.255.192.0 virbr0 192.168.122.0 PRIVATE 255.255.255.0 [grid@oel61a admin]$

There is a new resource corresponding to HAIP.

[root@oel61a bin]# ./crsctl status resource -t -init ------------------------------------------------------------------------------NAME TARGET STATE SERVER STATE_DETAILS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cluster Resources ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ora.cluster_interconnect.haip 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a

Using ifconfig command you can look at the addresses.

[root@oel61a named]# ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:1D:31:C1 inet addr:10.10.2.21 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe1d:31c1/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:340942 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:315184 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:224102003 (213.7 MiB) TX bytes:213005762 (203.1 MiB) eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:1D:31:C1 inet addr:169.254.45.77 Bcast:169.254.63.255 Mask:255.255.192.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:1D:31:C1 inet addr:169.254.242.179 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.192.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:88:DD:5D inet addr:192.168.2.21 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe88:dd5d/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:86786 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:82065 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:39897692 (38.0 MiB) TX bytes:28853528 (27.5 MiB) Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:88:DD:5D inet addr:192.168.2.52 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:88:DD:5D inet addr:192.168.2.111 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:88:DD:5D inet addr:192.168.2.112 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.2 55.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:88:DD:5D inet addr:192.168.2.100 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:E2:F8:4B inet addr:10.10.10.21 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fee2:f84b/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

eth0:2

eth1

eth1:1

eth1:2

eth1:3

eth1:4

eth2

RX packets:164579 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:136998 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:104256255 (99.4 MiB) TX bytes:76968904 (73.4 MiB) eth2:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:E2:F8:4B inet addr:169.254.188.165 Bcast:169.254.191.255 Mask:255.255.192.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:0C:85:F5 inet addr:10.10.5.21 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe0c:85f5/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:164007 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:137579 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:104288102 (99.4 MiB) TX bytes:77877992 (74.2 MiB) Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:0C:85:F5 inet addr:169.254.106.22 Bcast:169.254.127.255 Mask:255.255.192.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:416388 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:416388 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:182438529 (173.9 MiB) TX bytes:182438529 (173.9 MiB) Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:DE:7D:10 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:20794 (20.3 KiB)

eth3

eth3:1

lo

virbr0

virbr0-nic Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:DE:7D:10 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) [root@oel61a named]#

GNS provides a resolution to the following Virtual IPs 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. oel61b.gns.grid.gj.com oel61a.gns.grid.gj.com oel61a-vip.gns.grid.gj.com oel61b-vip.gns.grid.gj.com oel61-cluster-scan.gns.grid.gj.com

Example:
[root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61a.gns.grid.gj.com Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53

Non-authoritative answer: Name: oel61a.gns.grid.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.21 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61a -vip.gns.grid.gj.com Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: oel61a-vip.gns.grid.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.100 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61b-vip.gns.grid.gj.com Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: oel61b-vip.gns.grid.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.113 [root@oel61a stage]# nslookup oel61-cluster-scan.gns.grid.gj.com Server: 192.168.2.11 Address: 192.168.2.11#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: oel61-cluster-scan.gns.grid.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.117 Name: oel61-cluster-scan.gns.grid.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.111 Name: oel61-cluster-scan.gns.grid.gj.com Address: 192.168.2.112 [root@oel61a stage]#

Resource status can be seen as follows.

[root@oel61a bin]# ./crsctl status resource -t -init ------------------------------------------------------------------------------NAME TARGET STATE SERVER STATE_DETAILS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cluster Resources ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ora.asm 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a Started ora.cluster_interconnect.haip 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a added 11.2.0.2 ora.crf 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.crsd 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.cssd 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.cssdmonitor 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.ctssd 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ACTIVE:0 ora.diskmon 1 OFFLINE OFFLINE ora.drivers.acfs

1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.evmd 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.gipcd 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.gpnpd 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.mdnsd 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a [root@oel61a bin]# ./crsctl status resource -t ------------------------------------------------------------------------------NAME TARGET STATE SERVER STATE_DETAILS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Local Resources ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ora.DATA.dg ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.LISTENER.lsnr ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.asm ONLINE ONLINE oel61a Started ONLINE ONLINE oel61b Started ora.gsd OFFLINE OFFLINE oel61a OFFLINE OFFLINE oel61b ora.net1.network ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.ons ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.registry.acfs ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cluster Resources ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ora.LISTENER_SCAN1.lsnr 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.LISTENER_SCAN2.lsnr 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.LISTENER_SCAN3.lsnr 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.cvu 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.gns 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.gns.vip 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.oc4j 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.oel61a.vip 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61a ora.oel61b.vip 1 ONLINE ONLINE oel61b ora.racdb.db

1 ONLINE 2 ONLINE ora.racdb.racdbsrv.svc 1 ONLINE 2 ONLINE ora.scan1.vip 1 ONLINE ora.scan2.vip 1 ONLINE ora.scan3.vip 1 ONLINE [root@oel61a bin]#

ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE

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Annex 1
Results from the cluvfy utility are displayed below.
[grid@oel61a grid]$ ./runcluvfy.sh stage -post hwos -n oel61a,oel61b -verbose Performing post-checks for hardware and operating system setup Checking node reachability... Check: Node reachability from node "oel61a" Destination Node Reachable? ------------------------------------ -----------------------oel61b yes oel61a yes Result: Node reachability check passed from node "oel61a" Checking user equivalence... Check: User equivalence for user "grid" Node Name Status ------------------------------------ -----------------------oel61b passed oel61a passed Result: User equivalence check passed for user "grid" Checking node connectivity... Checking hosts config file... Node Name -----------------------------------oel61b oel61a Status -----------------------passed passed

Verification of the hosts config file successful Interface information for node "oel61b" Name IP Address Subnet MTU ------ --------------- ----------------- -----eth1 192.168.2.22 192.168.2.0 08:00:27:1F:22:8F 1500 eth2 10.10.10.22 10.10.10.0 08:00:27:31:76:22 1500 eth3 10.10.5.22 10.10.5.0 08:00:27:B2:90:0F 1500

Gateway

Def. Gateway

HW Address

--------------- --------------- -------------0 .0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.1

eth0 10.10.2.22 08:00:27:50:C8:FE 1500 virbr0 192.168.122.1 52:54:00:DE:7D:10 1500

10.10.2.0 192.168.122.0

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0

192.168.2.1 192.168.2.1

Interface information for node "oel61a" Name IP Address Subnet MTU ------ --------------- ----------------- -----eth0 10.10.2.21 10.10.2.0 08:00:27:1D:31:C1 1500 eth1 192.168.2.21 192.168.2.0 08:00:27:88:DD:5D 1500 eth2 10.10.10.21 10.10.10.0 08:00:27:E2:F8:4B 1500 eth3 10.10.5.21 10.10.5.0 08:00:27:0C:85:F5 1500 virbr0 192.168.122.1 192.168.122.0 52:54:00:DE:7D:10 1500

Gateway

Def. Gateway

HW Address

--------------- --------------- -------------0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.1

ClusterLogger - log file location: /tmp/Logs/remoteInterfaces2011 -10-01_10-36-38PM.log Logfile Location : /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/sshsetup1_2011-10-01_10-36-38PM.log Validating remote binaries.. Remote binaries check succeeded Check: Node connectivity of subnet "192.168.2.0" Source Destination Connected? ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------oel61b[192.168.2.22] oel61a[192.168.2.21] yes Result: Node connectivity passed for subnet "192.168.2.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a Check: TCP connectivity of subnet "192.168.2.0" Source Destination ------------------------------ -----------------------------oel61a:192.168.2.21 oel61b:192.168.2.22 Result: TCP connectivity check passed for subnet "192.168.2.0"

Connected? ---------------passed

Check: Node connectivity of subnet "10.10.10.0" Source Destination Connected? ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------oel61b[10.10.10.22] oel61a[10.10.10.21] yes Result: Node connectivity passed for subnet "10.10.10.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a Check: TCP connectivity of subnet "10.10.10.0" Source Destination ------------------------------ -----------------------------oel61a:10.10.10.21 oel61b:10.10.10.22 Result: TCP connectivity check passed for subnet "10.10.10.0"

Connected? ---------------passed

Check: Node connectivity of subnet "10.10.5.0" Source Destination Connected? ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------oel61b[10.10.5.22] oel61a[10.10.5.21] yes Result: Node connectivity passed for subnet "10.10.5.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a Check: TCP connectivity of subnet "10.10.5.0"

Source Destination ------------------------------ -----------------------------oel61a:10.10.5.21 oel61b:10.10.5.22 Result: TCP connectivity check passed for subnet "10.10.5.0"

Connected? ---------------passed

Check: Node connectivity of subnet "10.10.2.0" Source Destination Connected? ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------oel61b[10.10.2.22] oel61a[10.10.2.21] yes Result: Node connectivity passed for subnet "10.10.2.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a Check: TCP connectivity of subnet "10.10.2.0" Source Destination ------------------------------ -----------------------------oel61a:10.10.2.21 oel61b:10.10.2.22 Result: TCP connectivity check passed for subnet "10.10.2.0"

Connected? ---------------passed

Check: Node connectivity of subnet "192.168.122.0" Source Destination Connected? ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------oel61b[192.168.122.1] oel61a[192.168.122.1] yes Result: Node connectivity passed for subnet "192.168.122.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a Check: TCP connectivity of subnet Source -----------------------------oel61a:192.168.122.1 "192.168.122.0" Destination -----------------------------oel61b:192.168.122.1

Connected? ---------------failed

ERROR: PRVF-7617 : Node connectivity between "oel61a : 192.168.122.1" and "oel61b : 192.168.122.1" failed Result: TCP connectivity check failed for subnet "192.168.122.0" Interfaces found on subnet "192.168.2.0" that are likely candidates for VIP are: oel61b eth1:192.168.2.22 oel61a eth1:192.168.2.21 Interfaces found on subnet "10.10.10.0" that are likely candidates for a private interconnect are: oel61b eth2:10.10.10.22 oel61a eth2:10.10.10.21 Interfaces found on subnet "10.10.5.0" that are likely candidates for a private interconnect are: oel61b eth3:10.10.5.22 oel61a eth3:10.10.5.21 Interfaces found on subnet "10.10.2.0" that are interconnect are: oel61b eth0:10.10.2.22 oel61a eth0:10.10.2.21 Checking subnet mask consistency... Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet Subnet mask consistency check passed. likely candidates for a private

"192.168.2.0". "10.10.10.0". "10.10.5.0". "10.10.2.0". "192.168.122.0".

Result: Node connectivity check failed Checking multicast communication... Checking subnet "192.168.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "192.168.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. Checking subnet "10.10.10.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "10.10.10.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. Checking subnet "10.10.5.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "10.10.5.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. Checking subnet "10.10.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "10.10.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. Checking subnet "192.168.122.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "192.168.122.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. Check of multicast communication passed. Checking for multiple users with UID value 0 Result: Check for multiple users with UID value 0 passed Check: Time zone consistency Result: Time zone consistency check passed Checking shared storage accessibility... Disk -----------------------------------/dev/sdb Disk -----------------------------------/dev/sdc Disk -----------------------------------/dev/sdd Disk -----------------------------------/dev/sde Disk -----------------------------------/dev/sdf Sharing Nodes (2 in count) -----------------------oel61b oel61a Sharing Nodes (2 in count) -----------------------oel61b oel61a Sharing Nodes (2 in count) -----------------------oel61b oel61a Sharing Nodes (2 in count) -----------------------oel61b oel61a Sharing Nodes (2 in count) -----------------------oel61b oel61a

Shared storage check was successful on nodes "oel61b,oel61a" Post-check for hardware and operating system setup was unsuccessful.

Checks did not pass for the following node(s): oel61a : 192.168.122.1 [grid@oel61a grid]$ [grid@oel61a grid]$ ./runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -n oel61a,oel61b Performing pre-checks for cluster services setup Checking node reachability... Node reachability check passed from node "oel61a" Checking user equivalence... User equivalence check passed for user "grid" Checking node connectivity... Checking hosts config file... Verification of the hosts config file successful Node connectivity passed for subnet "192.168.2.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a TCP connectivity check passed for subnet "192.168.2.0" Node connectivity passed for subnet "10.10.10.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a TCP connectivity check passed for subnet "10.10.10.0" Node connectivity passed for subnet "10.10.5.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a TCP connectivity check passed for subnet "10.10.5.0" Node connectivity passed for subnet "10.10.2.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a ERROR: PRVF-7617 : Node connectivity between "oel61a : 10.10.2.21" and "oel61b : 10.10.2.22" failed TCP connectivity check failed for subnet "10.10.2.0" Node connectivity passed for subnet "192.168.122.0" with node(s) oel61b,oel61a ERROR: PRVF-7617 : Node connectivity between "oel61a : 192.168.122.1" and "oel61b : 192.168.122.1" failed TCP connectivity check failed for subnet "192.168.122.0" Interfaces found on subnet "192.168.2.0" that are likely candidates for VIP are: oel61b eth1:192.168.2.22 oel61a eth1:192.168.2.21 Interfaces found on subnet "10.10.10.0" that are likely candidates for a private interconnect are: oel61b eth2:10.10.10.22 oel61a eth2:10.10.10.21 Interfaces found on subnet "10.10.5.0" that are interconnect are: oel61b eth3:10.10.5.22 oel61a eth3:10.10.5.21 Checking subnet mask consistency... Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet likely candidates for a private

"192.168.2.0". "10.10.10.0". "10.10.5.0".

Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet "10.10.2.0". Subnet mask consistency check passed for subnet "192.168.122.0". Subnet mask consistency check passed. Node connectivity check failed Checking multicast communication... Checking subnet "192.168.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "192.168.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. PRVG-11137 : Following error occurred during multicast check <CV_LOG>Exectask: sprvfex_prockill of process (10477) successful</CV_LOG><CV_VRES>0</CV_VRES><CV_ERES>0</CV_ERES>PRKC-1108 : Failed to copy file "cv/remenv/pluggable/unix/check_network_param.sh" on node "localnode" to file "check_network_param.sh" on node "oel61b", {4}bash: /tmp/CVU_11.2.0.3.0_grid/exectask.sh: No such file or directorybash: /tmp/CVU_11.2.0.3.0_grid/exectask.sh: No such file or directory Checking subnet "192.168.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "224.0.0.251"... Check of subnet "192.168.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "224.0.0.251" passed. Checking subnet "10.10.10.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "10.10.10.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. Checking subnet "10.10.5.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "10.10.5.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. Checking subnet "10.10.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "10.10.2.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. Checking subnet "192.168.122.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0"... Check of subnet "192.168.122.0" for multicast communication with multicast group "230.0.1.0" passed. Check of multicast communication passed. Checking ASMLib configuration. Check for ASMLib configuration passed. Total memory check passed Available memory check passed Swap space check passed Free disk space check passed for "oel61b:/tmp" Free disk space check passed for "oel61a:/tmp" Check for multiple users with UID value 1100 passed User existence check passed for "grid" Group existence check passed for "oinstall" Group existence check passed for "dba" Membership check for user "grid" in group "oinstall" [as Primary] passed Membership check for user "grid" in group "dba" passed Run level check passed Hard limits check passed for "maximum open file descriptors" Soft limits check passed for "maximum open file descriptors"

Hard limits check passed for "maximum user processes" Soft limits check passed for "maximum user processes" System architecture check passed Kernel version check passed Kernel parameter check passed for "semmsl" Kernel parameter check passed for "semmns" Kernel parameter check passed for "semopm" Kernel parameter check passed for "semmni" Kernel parameter check passed for "shmmax" Kernel parameter check passed for "shmmni" Kernel parameter check passed for "shmall" Kernel parameter check passed for "file-max" Kernel parameter check passed for "ip_local_port_range" Kernel parameter check passed for "rmem_default" Kernel parameter check passed for "rmem_max" Kernel parameter check passed for "wmem_default" Kernel parameter check passed for "wmem_max" Kernel parameter check passed for "aio-max-nr" Package existence check passed for "binutils" Package existence check passed for "compat-libcap1" Package existence check passed for "compat-libstdc++-33(x86_64)" Package existence check passed for "libgcc(x86_64)" Package existence check passed for "libstdc++(x86_64)" Package existence check passed for "libstdc++-devel(x86_64)" Package existence check passed for "sysstat" Package existence check passed for "gcc" Package existence check passed for "gcc-c++" Package existence check passed for "ksh" Package existence check passed for "make" Package existence check passed for "glibc(x86_64)" Package existence check passed for "glibc-devel(x86_64)" Package existence check passed for "libaio(x86_64)" Package existence check passed for "libaio-devel(x86_64)" Check for multiple users with UID value 0 passed Current group ID check passed Starting check for consistency of primary group of root user Check for consistency of root user's primary group passed Starting Clock synchronization checks using Network Time Protocol(NTP)... NTP Configuration file check started... No NTP Daemons or Services were found to be running Clock synchronization check using Network Time Protocol(NTP) passed Core file name pattern consistency check passed. User "grid" is not part of "root" group. Check passed Default user file creation mask check passed Checking consistency of file "/etc/resolv.conf" across nodes File "/etc/resolv.conf" does not have both domain and search entries defined domain entry in file "/etc/resolv.conf" is consistent across nodes search entry in file "/etc/resolv.conf" is consistent across nodes All nodes have one search entry defined in file "/etc/resolv.conf" PRVF-5636 : The DNS response time for an unreachable node exceeded "15000" ms on following nodes: oel61b File "/etc/resolv.conf" is not consistent across nodes Time zone consistency check passed

Pre-check for cluster services setup was unsuccessful. Checks did not pass for the following node(s): oel61a : 10.10.2.21,oel61b,oel61a : 192.168.122.1 [grid@oel61a grid]$