Re: Some question about setting up RAC

From: Steve Howard <stevedhoward_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:32:55 -0000
Message-ID: <1185813175.189327.141290@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com>

On Jul 29, 8:00 am, emdproduct..._at_hotmail.com wrote:
> Dear Group,
>
> I have a few questions about linux(EL 3) when setting up RAC, hope
> some linux expert here can help me out.
>
> 1) I did /etc/init.d/oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/sdb1
> then
> oracleasm listdisk only gives me VOL1, how do I know this VOL1 is
> associated with /dev/sdb1?
>
> 2)how do i know whether
> raw /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/sdc1 been run or not?
>
> in another words, can I get a list of raw device that has already been
> bonded?
>
> I got some errors during the CRS install, and how do I make sure the
> raw device has been binded to the partition for Cluster registery or
> voting disk, so I can rule out one possibility of mistake?
>
> Thanks very much for your help.

Other than Howards suggestion, you can also use dd. (standard disclaimer regarding dd applies, i.e., you will go blind, your mother will disown you, etc.)

[root_at_dev1 ~]# dd if=/dev/sdc1 count=1 | strings -a 1+0 records in
1+0 records out
ORCLDISKVOL1
VOL1
ASM_DG1
VOL1
DxQs

Regards,

Steve Received on Mon Jul 30 2007 - 11:32:55 CDT