RE: Addition of Redo logfile onto RAW Device Failing

From: VIVEK_SHARMA <VIVEK_SHARMA_at_infosys.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:00:38 +0530
Message-ID: <69E1360E54B50C4A828A136C158E4742056A8D1292_at_BLRKECMBX02.ad.infosys.com>



Folks

Bug 6051728<mhtml:file://C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\vivek_sharma\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\OLK11\Error%20-%20invalid%20device%20type%20for%20ASM%20disk%20during%20Add%20Logfile.mht!https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/showdoc?db=Bug&id=6051728> in Ver 10.2.0.3 is the Cause

After initiating the following workaround, Addition of Redo Logfiles to RAW Devices was successful.

Cheers

P.S. Workaround is Rename the /usr/sbin/lvmchk binary:-

   cd /usr/sbin
   mv lvmchk lvmchk.no



Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:37 PM Folks

Qs Should the "b" (block device) file - /dev/vg02/rawdb1 OR the "c" (character device) file - /dev/vg02/rrawdb1 be used? Have used BOTH names without success.

NOTE - This is a NON-ASM, NON-RAC Oracle Setup with Database on Mounted Filesystem.

An Old Oracle ver 8 metalink Doc 1051188.6 indicates that Oracle uses only "c" - character device files as raw devices.

Oracle 10.2.0.3.0
HP-UX B.11.23

Cheers

P.S. Errors:-

SQL> alter database add logfile group 3 ('/dev/vg02/rrawdb1') size 500M ; alter database add logfile group 3 ('/dev/vg02/rrawdb1') size 500M
*

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00301: error in adding log file '/dev/vg02/rrawdb1' - file cannot be created
ORA-15059: invalid device type for ASM disk Additional information: 255

$ ls -al /dev/vg02/*raw*
crw-r-----   1 ora10r2    dba         64 0x020002 Feb  6 11:37 /dev/vg02/rrawdb1
crw-r-----   1 ora10r2    dba         64 0x020003 Feb  6 11:37 /dev/vg02/rrawdb2



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