Re: Oracle OFA vs. HP-UX 10.X file system layout

Alexander,

Check out http://www.hp-guru.com, for an HP slant to OFA.

Chris

Alexander Bardos wrote:
>
> I've been struggling for some time with the following issue.
>
> I studied the HP-UX 10.X File System Layout White Paper (authored in 1995)
> and also the Oracle 8.1.5 and 8.1.6 for HP-UX 11.X Installation
> manuals.
>
> The problem I have is that the recommended
> OFA (Optimal Flexible Architecture) - compliant installation
> doesn't seem to respect the recommendations in the HP-UX File System
> White Paper. Specifically, the sample mount points for the software
> and the database files are all located in the root directory
> (e.g. /orasw ..., /u01, /u02, /u03 ...), although when you carefully
> read the manual it only says they should be at the same level
> (not necessarily the root level) of the directory structure.
>
> I consider the UNIX standards/recommendations on where things should live
> as more essential and think that the software should live with all the other
> optional software in something like /opt/orasw, the config files (init.ora,
> config.ora, listener.ora, ...) should be somewhere under /etc/opt/orasw, and
> the logs somewhere under /var/opt.
> I am not sure about the mount points for the Oracle database data files -
> perhaps somewhere under /mnt/oradata/u[01-n].
>
> I definitely don't think it should all be in the root directory.
>
> Any input from your own experience and/or pointers to more practical info
> would be appreciated.
>
> Note: I understand that the OFA-compliant installation is functional but
> I don't think it is really optimized especially from UNIX administration
> and backup perspectives.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Alex Bardos
> alexbrds_at_yahoo.com
> alexbrds_at_infoserve.net
Received on Fri Jan 19 2001 - 16:11:56 CST