Configure ACFS in Oracle 11.2

Monday, June 30, 2014

Configure ACFS in Oracle 11.2

SQL> alter diskgroup data add volume acfsvol1 size 1G;
alter diskgroup data add volume acfsvol1 size 1G
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-15032: not all alterations performed
ORA-15477: cannot communicate with the volume driver

[root@vmxdb01 ~]# cd /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/bin/
[root@vmxdb01 bin]# ./acfsroot install
ACFS-9300: ADVM/ACFS distribution files found.
ACFS-9312: Existing ADVM/ACFS installation detected.
ACFS-9314: Removing previous ADVM/ACFS installation.
ACFS-9315: Previous ADVM/ACFS components successfully removed.
ACFS-9307: Installing requested ADVM/ACFS software.
ACFS-9308: Loading installed ADVM/ACFS drivers.
ACFS-9321: Creating udev for ADVM/ACFS.
ACFS-9323: Creating module dependencies - this may take some time.
ACFS-9154: Loading 'oracleoks.ko' driver.
ACFS-9154: Loading 'oracleadvm.ko' driver.
ACFS-9154: Loading 'oracleacfs.ko' driver.
ACFS-9327: Verifying ADVM/ACFS devices.
ACFS-9156: Detecting control device '/dev/asm/.asm_ctl_spec'.
ACFS-9156: Detecting control device '/dev/ofsctl'.
ACFS-9309: ADVM/ACFS installation correctness verified.

[root@vmxdb01 bin]# acfsload start <— run this in the /etc/rc.local to enable mount during the bootup
ACFS-9391: Checking for existing ADVM/ACFS installation.
ACFS-9392: Validating ADVM/ACFS installation files for operating system.
ACFS-9393: Verifying ASM Administrator setup.
ACFS-9308: Loading installed ADVM/ACFS drivers.
ACFS-9327: Verifying ADVM/ACFS devices.
ACFS-9156: Detecting control device '/dev/asm/.asm_ctl_spec'.
ACFS-9156: Detecting control device '/dev/ofsctl'.
ACFS-9322: completed

[root@vmxdb01 bin]# lsmod | grep oracle
oracleacfs           1976568 0
oracleadvm            243152 0
oracleoks             426742 2 oracleacfs,oracleadvm
oracleasm              53865 1

[root@vmxdb01 ~]# mkdir /acfs

[oracle@vmxdb01 stage]$ sqlplus / as sysasm

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.4.0 Production on Mon Jun 30 22:07:21 2014

Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
With the Automatic Storage Management option

SQL> alter diskgroup data add volume acfsvol1 size 1G;

Diskgroup altered.

[oracle@vmxdb01 stage]$ /sbin/mkfs -t acfs -b 4k /dev/asm/acfsvol1-436
mkfs.acfs: version                   = 11.2.0.4.0
mkfs.acfs: on-disk version           = 39.0
mkfs.acfs: volume                    = /dev/asm/acfsvol1-436
mkfs.acfs: volume size               = 1073741824
mkfs.acfs: Format complete.

[oracle@vmxdb01 stage]$ /sbin/acfsutil registry -f -a /dev/asm/acfsvol1-436 /acfs
acfsutil registry: mount point /acfs successfully added to Oracle Registry

[root@vmxdb01 ~]# /bin/mount -t acfs /dev/asm/acfsvol1-436 /acfs
[root@vmxdb01 ~]# chown oracle:dba /acfs
[root@vmxdb01 ~]# df -h /acfs
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/asm/acfsvol1-436
1.0G 41M 984M 4% /acfs