Re: Reinstalling software on Exadata

From: Steve Harville <steve.harville_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:26:14 -0500
Message-ID: <CAGd4=DR1+eQrmcZ9w4Hej7yX8UO8hPb1fVwpawpKQKwuKPRqag_at_mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Andy, I don't know the details yet. It's good to know there are some options though.

Steve Harville

http://SteveHarville.com

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Andy Colvin <acolvin_at_enkitec.com> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> We'd need a little more information about what went wrong. Was it a
> filesystem issue on /u01 of one compute node? If so (and you don't have
> backups), you could remove the node from the surviving cluster, and add it
> back in via the standard addNode.sh scripts. It's (more or less)
> documented in MOS note #1084360.1 - this includes extra information, such
> as if you had lost the compute node entirely and needed to reinstall the
> OS. If it was a storage server, there is a method to reimage the cell.
> All of that said, I would not go through the procedure myself without
> engaging someone that has done it before (or Oracle support).
>
> Andy Colvin
>
> Principal Consultant
> Enkitec
> andy.colvin_at_enkitec.com
> http://blog.oracle-ninja.com
>
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Steve Harville wrote:
>
> A client has corrupted the Linux file system which holds the software
> Oracle installed on Exadata. There was no backup and the problem does not
> have an easy fix. There are already some databases on the system and they
> are OK.
> Is it possible for customers to reinstall the software without disturbing
> the databases?
> Steve Harville
>
> http://SteveHarville.com
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