In addition to what has already been said... When you are installing VMware Tools in a Linux VM that has the dependencies installed you usually can just press Enter are each question and not have to type anything. As an example I typically just keep pressing Enter except for the Screen Resolution as I like to set it less then the default.
Installing Gcc On Openfiler
While this guide provides detailed instructions for successfully installing a complete Oracle RAC 11g system, it is by no means a substitute for the official Oracle documentation (see list below) . In addition to this guide, users should also consult the following Oracle documents to gain a full understanding of alternative configuration options, installation, and administration with Oracle RAC 11g. Oracle's official documentation site is docs.oracle.com.
If you decide against using ASM for the OCR and voting disk files, Oracle Clusterware still allows these files to be stored on a cluster file system like Oracle Cluster File System release 2 (OCFS2) or a NFS system. Please note that installing Oracle Clusterware files on raw or block devices is no longer supported, unless an existing system is being upgraded.
An iSCSI target is the "server" component of an iSCSI network. This is typically the storage device that contains the information you want and answers requests from the initiator(s). For the purpose of this article, the node openfiler1 will be the iSCSI target.
As we start to go into the details of the installation, note that most of the tasks within this document will need to be performed on both Oracle RAC nodes (racnode1 and racnode2). I will indicate at the beginning of each section whether or not the task(s) should be performed on both Oracle RAC nodes or on the network storage server (openfiler1).
This screen is basically a confirmation screen. Click [Next] to start the installation. If you are installing Oracle Enterprise Linux using CDs, you will be asked to switch CDs during the installation process depending on which packages you selected.
After installing Enterprise Linux, the next step is to verify and install all packages (RPMs) required by both Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC. The Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) performs checks on your machine during installation to verify that it meets the appropriate operating system package requirements. To ensure that these checks complete successfully, verify the software requirements documented in this section before starting the Oracle installs.
The Single Client Access Name (SCAN) virtual IP is new to 11g Release 2 and seems to be the one causing the most discussion! The SCAN must be configured in GNS or DNS for Round Robin resolution to three addresses (recommended) or at least one address. If you choose not to use GNS, then Oracle states the SCAN must be resolved through DNS and not through the hosts file. If the SCAN cannot be resolved through DNS (or GNS), the Cluster Verification Utility check will fail during the Oracle grid infrastructure installation. If you do not have access to a DNS, I provide an easy workaround in the section Configuring SCAN without DNS. The workaround involves modifying the nslookup utility and should be performed before installing Oracle grid infrastructure.
With the network configured on both Oracle RAC nodes, the next step is to install the Openfiler software to the network storage server ( openfiler1). Later in this article, the network storage server will be configured as an iSCSI storage device for all Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC shared storage requirements.
Before installing the Openfiler software to the network storage server, you should have both NIC interfaces (cards) installed and any external hard drives connected and turned on (if you will be using external hard drives).
After downloading and burning the Openfiler ISO image (ISO file) to CD, insert the CD into the network storage server ( openfiler1 in this example), power it on, and answer the installation screen prompts as noted below.
We are now ready to create the three new iSCSI targets - one for each of the iSCSI logical volumes. The example below illustrates the three steps required to create a new iSCSI target by creating the Oracle Clusterware / racdb-crs1 target ( iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:racdb.crs1). This three step process will need to be repeated for each of the three new iSCSI targets listed in the table above.
From the Openfiler Storage Control Center, navigate to [Volumes] / [iSCSI Targets]. Verify the grey sub-tab "Target Configuration" is selected. This page allows you to create a new iSCSI target. A default value is automatically generated for the name of the new iSCSI target (better known as the "Target IQN"). An example Target IQN is " iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:tsn.ae4683b67fd3":
The iSCSI software initiator will be configured to automatically log in to the network storage server ( openfiler1) and discover the iSCSI volumes created in the previous section. We will then go through the steps of creating persistent local SCSI device names (i.e. /dev/iscsi/crs1) for each of the iSCSI target names discovered using udev. Having a consistent local SCSI device name and which iSCSI target it maps to, helps to differentiate between the three volumes when configuring ASM. Before we can do any of this, however, we must first install the iSCSI initiator software.
At this point the iSCSI initiator service has been started and each of the Oracle RAC nodes were able to discover the available targets from the network storage server. The next step is to manually log in to each of the available targets which can be done using the iscsiadm command-line interface. This needs to be run on both Oracle RAC nodes. Note that I had to specify the IP address and not the host name of the network storage server ( openfiler1-priv) - I believe this is required given the discovery (above) shows the targets using the IP address.
When either of the Oracle RAC nodes boot and the iSCSI initiator service is started, it will automatically log in to each of the targets configured in a random fashion and map them to the next available local SCSI device name. For example, the target iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:racdb.crs1 may get mapped to /dev/sdb. I can actually determine the current mappings for all targets by looking at the /dev/disk/by-path directory:
This mapping, however, may change every time the Oracle RAC node is rebooted. For example, after a reboot it may be determined that the iSCSI target iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:racdb.crs1 gets mapped to the local SCSI device /dev/sdc. It is therefore impractical to rely on using the local SCSI device name given there is no way to predict the iSCSI target mappings after a reboot.
The listing above shows that udev did the job it was suppose to do! We now have a consistent set of local device names that can be used to reference the iSCSI targets. For example, we can safely assume that the device name /dev/iscsi/crs1/part will always reference the iSCSI target iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:racdb.crs1. We now have a consistent iSCSI target name to local device name mapping which is described in the following table:
The above steps are working perfectly on RHEL based operating system versions 6,7 and 8 as well. We have tested and worked perfectly. In case, if you have any issue while compiling or installing kindly let us know through the comment section.
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