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Re: ASM installation problems: re: Further adventures in the world of RAC

From: Charles Schultz <sacrophyte_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:05:17 -0500
Message-ID: <7b8774110706280605m61717d83ifb11c1a37554a04e@mail.gmail.com>


The permissions are set via oracleasm, correct? They are the same for both nodes, and they are still under root.

On 6/28/07, Anurag Verma <anuragdba_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Did you set the persmissions of disk to oracle user on Node 2 when the
> node boots up??
> Are they still under root user on the second node?
>
>
>
> On 6/27/07, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Two updates:
> >
> > Oracle Support has responded rather quickly, so perhaps I may be able to
> > get an answer through those channels first, for a pleasant change. =)
> > Also, ASM on node1 mounted the disk fine, but node2 has the problem:
> >
> > NODE1_SQL> select state,header_status,substr(name,1,12) Name,free_mb,
> > substr(path,1,16) PATH from v$asm_disk;
> >
> > STATE HEADER_STATU NAME FREE_MB PATH
> > -------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------------
> > NORMAL PROVISIONED 0 ORCL:VOLUME2
> > NORMAL MEMBER VOLUME1 34766 ORCL:VOLUME1
> >
> > NODE2_SQL> select state,header_status,substr(name,1,12) Name,free_mb,
> > substr(path,1,16) PATH from v$asm_disk;
> >
> > STATE HEADER_STATU NAME FREE_MB PATH
> > -------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------------
> > NORMAL UNKNOWN 0 ORCL:VOLUME2
> > NORMAL UNKNOWN 0 ORCL:VOLUME1
> >
> > It has been suggested that I try to drop and recreate the disks. I am
> > willing to try it (because this is a new install), but will that mess things
> > up for node1?
> >
> > On 6/27/07, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte_at_gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > I found Bill Wagman's thread<http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/04-2007/msg00205.html>to be quite interesting, especially since we are hitting a similar problem
> > > now. I filed the SR ( 6395660.992) first in the hopes that someone at
> > > Oracle Support will eventually get around to it. =)
> > >
> > > Hardware/software:
> > > RHEL4 (Nanant) running on 2 Dell 2950's, gigabit nic
> > > Stock Oracle 10.2.0.1 for clusterware and asm oracle home
> > >
> > > CRS install went just dandy, including all of K Gopal's suggest cluvfy
> > > steps. The ASM install was going nicely until I hit the DBCA, at which point
> > > the ASM instance on node 2 could not start because it could not mount the
> > > disks. After digging around and finding Varga's blog<http://blogs.oracle.com/AlejandroVargas/newsItems/viewFullItem$126>,
> > > I did some homework with my sysadmin and configured /etc/sysconfig/oracleasm
> > > to exclude the scsi drivers from our linux multipath ( not EMC
> > > PowerPath) scans. So, how do I get my ASM instance to mount the disks after
> > > solving that little riddle? I am looking through K Gopal's book (and now we
> > > have Julian Dyke's book as well); I am sure the answer is in there
> > > somewhere, but if someone wants to give me a little hint as to what page,
> > > that would be cool. *grin*
> > >
> > > For those interested in nitty-gritty details, here is the current
> > > error:
> > > SQL> ALTER DISKGROUP ALL MOUNT;
> > > ALTER DISKGROUP ALL MOUNT
> > > *
> > > ERROR at line 1:
> > > ORA-15032: not all alterations performed
> > > ORA-15063: ASM discovered an insufficient number of disks for
> > > diskgroup "DATA"
> > >
> > > From alert.log
> > > NOTE: cache registered group DATA number=1 incarn=0x0e9a9f02
> > > Wed Jun 27 17:08:20 2007
> > > ORA-15186: ASMLIB error function = [asm_open], error = [1], mesg =
> > > [Operation not permitted]
> > > Wed Jun 27 17:08:20 2007
> > > ORA-15186: ASMLIB error function = [asm_open], error = [1], mesg =
> > > [Operation not permitted]
> > > Wed Jun 27 17:08:20 2007
> > > ERROR: no PST quorum in group 1: required 2, found 0
> > > Wed Jun 27 17:08:20 2007
> > > NOTE: cache dismounting group 1/0x0E9A9F02 (DATA)
> > > NOTE: dbwr not being msg'd to dismount
> > > ERROR: diskgroup DATA was not mounted
> > >
> > > I have also looked at Metalink notes:
> > > *391136.1
> > > * *309815.1
> > > **353423.1 - this one might be helpful, but since node1 appears to be
> > > ok, I am not so sure about dropping the diskgroup
> > > * 398622.1 - I saw a reference for this, but cannot find the note
> > > itself.
> > >
> > > TIA. Hopefully, I am missing something obvious.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Charles Schultz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Charles Schultz
>
>
>

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Charles Schultz

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