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  • 1.  How can i cluster Oracle 10g RAC on 2 Linux VM?

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 01:56 PM

    Is there any detailed documentation on how to cluster Oracle 10g RAC on 2 Linux VM? I need to know how the second virtual machine will be able to access the shared storage while this storage is locked for the first VM. Is there any script should be run?

    Thanks in advance



  • 2.  RE: How can i cluster Oracle 10g RAC on 2 Linux VM?

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 06:26 PM

    I apologize that I do not have a direct answer for you. However, I have a question and some comments, though:

    Are you planning on using ASM for storage management or a more traditional Linux style file system?

    Regarding the shared location:

    1) If you have availabilty of a iSCSI SAN, you could create a new volume, install a Software iSCSI initiator, and share that way.

    2) You can create a .vmdk (Virtual Disk) that points to a raw partition, called an RDM (Raw Device Mapping). This device will either pass all disk operations directly to a raw device (perhaps a unformatted volume on a SAN somewhere) or act as a middle man which will provide some more VMware expected .vmdk functionality (snapshotting, cloning, etc...). See the following link for some more information, though:http://vmzare.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/vmware-raw-device-mappingrdm/

    The physical RDM option may be your best option. However, I am not too sure how it would work in a DRS/VMotion environment.

    Also, you are going to need to create a seperate Virtual Network for the heartbeat communications. Ideally this is an isolated network with only the hosts participating in the RAC connected.

    So, that is my two cents on the situation. Hopefully it helps point you in the right direction.

    ~Bill



  • 3.  RE: How can i cluster Oracle 10g RAC on 2 Linux VM?

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 06:45 PM

    These articles should help:

    2 Articles on how to set up RAC for test purposes using VMware and Linux. One is 10g and the other is 11g.

    Hope you find these articles useful.



  • 4.  RE: How can i cluster Oracle 10g RAC on 2 Linux VM?