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How To Setup 12c ACFS RAC Filesystem

Through EM Cloud Control 12c.
Objectives:

A) This document/demo, explains in detail, the required steps to setup a 12c ACFS
RAC filesystem through EM Cloud Control 12c.

B) The steps described in this demo can be used as well to configure an 11gR2 (11.2)
ACFS RAC filesystem through EM Cloud Control 12c.

C) Also, the steps described in this demo can be used as well to configure a 12c ACFS
Standalone filesystem through EM Cloud Control 12c.

D) Finally, the steps described in this demo can be used as well to configure an 11gR2
(11.2) ACFS Standalone filesystem through EM Cloud Control 12c.

RAC Cluster characteristics/requirements used for this demo:

a) Number of Nodes: 4

b) OS release: Oracle Linux Server release 6.4

c) OS kernel release: 2.6.39-400.109.1.el6uek.x86_64

d) ASM/ACFS Cluster/RAC release: 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit

e) Number of ASM instances: 4

f) OS user: oracle

g) Physical disks: Two ( 5,119 MB each to create the ACFSDG diskgroup)

h) EM: Cloud Control 12c

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Steps to configure a 12c ACFS RAC filesystem through EM Cloud Control

12c:

1) First of all, please connect to each RAC Cluster node and validate/confirm/check that
the ACFS/ADVM" drivers/modules are supported, installed & loaded as follows (on all
the cluster nodes):

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/acfsdriverstate supported
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/acfsdriverstate installed
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/acfsdriverstate loaded

Node #1:

Node #2:

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Node #3:

Node #4:

2) If your current OS version is not supported/certified with ACFS, then please check the
following ACFS certification matrix to identify & install the correct & certified OS
version:

ACFS Support On OS Platforms (Certification Matrix). (Doc ID 1369107.1)

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3) Then connect to the Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c using the next url:

https://<hostname>:<EM_port>/em

Example:

https://cehaovmsp130.us.oracle.com:7799/em

Note: You will need to contact your Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
administrator to obtain the EM connection information & details (e.g. URL, login &
password).

4) At the main Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c page (All Targets), identify the
ASM instance(s), for this example we are using 4 RAC cluster ASM instances:

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5) Select the first +ASM1 instance by clicking on the associated link:

6) The Automatic Storage Management page (associated to the +ASM1 instance)

will be displayed:

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7) Click at the Automatic Storage Management list box to display ASM administrative
options:

8) Then select the Disk Groups option to create the ACFS diskgroup:

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9) The Disk Groups page will be displayed:

10) Click on the Create button to create the ACFS diskgroup:

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11) The Create Disk Groups page will be displayed:

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12) Create the ACFS diskgroup (ACFSDG) through the Create Disk Groups page,
as follows:

a) Diskgroup name: ACFSDG

b) Redundancy: External (for this example, but Normal is highly recommended)

c) Allocation Unit Size: 1MB (for this example)

d) Candidate physical disks: /dev/xvdf1 & /dev/xvdg1

e) Diskgroup Compatibility:

Database Compatibility: 12.1.0.0.0

ASM Compatibility: 12.1.0.0.0
ASM volume Compatibility: 12.1.0.0.0

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13) Click on the Show SQL button to display the diskgroup creation syntax (for your
review):

Note: Click on the Return button to go back to the previous screen.

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14) Then, click on the OK button to create the diskgroup:

15) After that, the ACFSDG diskgroup creation will start and the diskgroup will be
mounted on all the +ASM instances:

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16) Once the ACFSDG diskgroup is created and mounted on all the +ASM instances
(+ASM1, +ASM2, +ASM3 & +ASM4), the following confirmation screen will be displayed:

17) As a following step, the ADVM volume needs to be created in the new ACFSDG
diskgroup, therefore please click on the ASM Cluster File System tab:

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18) At the ASM Cluster File System page, click on the Create button:

19) At the Create ASM Cluster File System page, click on the Create ASM Volume
button:

20) Then at the Create ASM Volume page, please provide the following information:

a) Volume: <Volume name> # For this example: acfsdgvol1

b) Disk Group: <ACFS diskgroup name> # For this example: ACFSDG

c) Size: <Volume size in GB|MB|TB> # For this example: 10,000 MB

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21) Click on the Show Command button to display the ADVM volume creation syntax:

Note: Click on the Return button to go back to the previous screen.

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22) Click on the Ok button to start with the ADVM volume creation:

23) Once the ADVM volume is created, the following confirmation page will be
displayed:

24) Then, click on the Ok button to continue with the next steps:

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25) Then you will need to provide the OS credential to access the ACFS/ADVM
filesystem and volume at OS level, in this case you need to provide the OS user and
password associated to the Grid Infrastructure installation owner (e.g. grid or
oracle), for this example, we are using oracle (since oracle owns the Grid
Infrastructure installation in this environment):

UserName: <Grid Infrastructure installation owner> # In this example oracle

Password: <Grid Infrastructure installation owner password>

And then click on the Continue button to accept the values:

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26) At the main ASM page, select the ASM Cluster File Systems option through the
Automatic Storage Management list box:

27) At the ASM Cluster File System page, click on the Create button again:

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28) Select the new recently created ADVM volume, by clicking on the magnifier icon:

And then click the Select button to accept the option and return back to the previous
screen:

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29) Then click on the Ok button:

30) Then the ASM Cluster File System screen will be displayed showing the selected
ADVM volume:

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31) Now, open a new shell session to every RAC/cluster node (as root OS user) and
create the mount point directory (e.g. /u02acfs) for the new ACFS filesystem as
follows:

# mkdir /u02acfs

Node #1:

Node #2:

Node #3:

Node #4:

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32) Go back to the EM Cloud Control 12c and now you will need to click on the
Register button to create the ACFS filesystem on the new ADVM volume as
follows:

33) The Register ASM Cluster File System page will be presented and you will need
to select & register the new mount point (e.g. /u02acfs):

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34) Then click on the Generate Command button to display the Register ACFS
filesystem syntax:

35) The Show Command screen will be displayed containing the command to register
the ACFS filesystem:

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40) Connect to the First RAC/Cluster node and execute the previous command as
root OS user:

# /sbin/acfsutil registry -f -a /dev/asm/acfsdgvol1-24 /u02acfs

Example:

41) Go back to the EM Cloud Control 12c session and click on the Return button:

42) Click on the Return button again on the Register ASM Cluster File System
page:

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43) Then the ACFS Cluster File system screen will be displayed and showing the
new ACFS filesystem (e.g. /u02acfs) as created, mounted & available:

44) Also, access all the other ASM instances through EM Cloud Control 12c and
confirm the new ACFS filesystem (e.g. /u02acfs) is mounted and available on all the
nodes as follows:

Node #1:

Node #2:

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Node #3:

Node #4:

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45) Finally, connect to all the RAC nodes (through an OS shell session) and validate
that the new ACFS filesystem (e.g. /u02acfs) is mounted and available on all the
RAC/Cluster nodes:

Node #1:

Node #2:

Node #3:

Node #4:

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