RE: Re: Is anyone using Cluster file system using OCFS for Linux for Oracle Cluster Registry and CRS voting disk?

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From: Mark W. Farnham <mwf_at_rsiz.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:05:27 -0400
Message-ID: <KNEIIDHFLNJDHOOCFCDKGEHBFEAA.mwf@rsiz.com>

yes. Thanks. I've read all those. In fact searching in the general search using those metalink numbers you find a series of other notes that make interesting reading (though the notes don't seem to have self-id, so you still have to look up the primary notes individually.)

The salient point I apparently didn't make clear is those notes regarding OCFS 2 are dated in mid to late April, while 10766_04 was released in June, so OCFS is still forbidden as a container of $ORACLE_BASE as of the latest supported online documentation. There is enough going on with 10g {Grid|RAC} that I don't plan to facilitate the response "But you're not using a supported combination." In any case, I don't really have a need to put my binaries on OCFS.

Let me attempt to be clearer in the focus of my interest:

The prohibition of using OCFS for the oracle binary tree as of the apparently latest installation documentation causes me to be skeptical of OCFS in general.
I'll tend to have my concerns overridden by credible reports of success using OCFS from this list. Stories of success with OCFS in general are welcome, but specific references to using OCFS for the CRS areas are even better.

mwf

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Hemant K Chitale Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 4:59 AM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Fwd: Re: Is anyone using Cluster file system using OCFS for Linux for Oracle Cluster Registry and CRS voting disk?

Also see Note 255359.1
However, the question is : IS OCSF 2.0 really available ?

From: Hemant K Chitale <hkchital_at_singnet.com.sg> Subject: Re: Is anyone using Cluster file system using OCFS for Linux for Oracle Cluster Registry and CRS voting disk?

Actually OCFS 2.0 is supposed to support the binaries. That would have been for 10gSE RAC support {although, again, you can have local installs of the Oracle SW}
See Note 252331.1 on MetaLink
At 03:36 PM Friday, you wrote:
Per B10766_04, 5-22, 5-23, it *IS NOT* supported to use Cluster file system using OCFS for Linux to contain $ORACLE_BASE, but it *IS* supported to place Cluster Ready Services (CRS) files on OCFS.

Hemant K Chitale
Oracle 9i Database Administrator Certified Professional http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital

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