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Re: Oracle 9.2 RAC installation error on raw devices

From: Rauf Sarwar <rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 11 Aug 2002 18:30:48 -0700
Message-ID: <92eeeff0.0208111730.17144e06@posting.google.com>


> Igor Smaglyuk 1293309929 wrote:
> >
> > During Oracle 9.2 RAC installation on Linux Red Hat 7.3 on raw devices
> > Database Configuration Assistant
> > returned the error message:
> >
> > "Raw device validation check for Data File
> > "/dev/raw/clustdb_raw_cwmlite_100m" failed, No such file or directory".
> >
> > Really this file exists, this is a link to a raw device.
> >
> > How does Oracle validate the raw file?
> > What does this error mean?
> >
> > Igor.

  1. Both raw devices and soft/symbolic links need to be owned by oracle and in dba group.
  2. If you are also planning to create a database using raw devices, make sure that your raw device size is larger then the tablespace.

HTH
//Rauf Sarwar Received on Sun Aug 11 2002 - 20:30:48 CDT

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