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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Thanks
Herbert for your reply. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Few concern:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#31849B'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>My
shared partition is formatted with OCFS2 (128). Now if I update Linux with may
be 5.5 or 5.8, no need to format all partition again right ? Because all my
production data resides in that storage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#31849B'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>One
more silly question: Can I upgrade OS one by one ? I mean first I upgrade one
node and then second ?. During first node upgrade, I un-mount all shared partition
and made available only to second node. I can do similar activity vice-versa ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Yuvrajsinh
Chauhan || CRESTEL || Sr. DBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>E</span></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>litecore</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'> T</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt'>echnologies </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>P</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt'>vt. </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:red'>L</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>td.</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>904,
Silicon Tower || Off C.G.Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Behind
Pariseema Building || Ahmedabad 380 006<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>[M]:
+91 9727746022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>
Herbert van den Bergh [mailto:herbert.van.den.bergh@oracle.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 May 2012 21:39<br>
<b>To:</b> Yuvrajsinh Chauhan<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ocfs2-users] Need Expert Comments - OS Upgrade<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>First of all, why bother update to 5.5, when you can
update to 5.8? Many bugs have been fixed since 5.5. Do you really
want to run into those?<br>
<br>
OCFS2 and the kernel have to be upgraded at the same time. In other
words, you have to make sure you install both the kernel and the OCFS2 module
that goes with it at the same time, then you reboot into the new kernel with
the new OCFS2 module. The easiest thing to do is to just run yum update,
and let it update to the latest package versions, and then install the OCFS2
package for the kernel that got installed.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Herbert.<br>
<br>
On 5/14/12 1:26 AM, Yuvrajsinh Chauhan wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Dear OCFS2
Experts,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>I required
expert comments on my below scenario.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Oracle
RAC Database 11gR2 is running on RHEL5.3 (OS Kernel Version is 128). Database
is in Production. We have used SAN for cluster file system and all shared
partition formatted with OCFS2 Version 128. As of now, it seems to be fine. No
issues received as of now.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>We
have business requirements. Upper managements wants to Upgrade Linux OS.
(Suggested Version is RHEL 5.5).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Now I want
to know How should I go for above requirements.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Should
I upgrade OS First or should I first Install OCFS2 RPM compatible with 5.5 Kernel
?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Any
impact on my existing storage ?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>I need
expert comments because I have not done such upgrade with OCFS2. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Regards,</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Yuvrajsinh
Chauhan || CRESTEL || Sr. DBA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>E</span></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>litecore</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'> T</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt'>echnologies </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>P</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt'>vt. </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:red'>L</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>td.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>904,
Silicon Tower || Off C.G.Road</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>Behind
Pariseema Building || Ahmedabad 380 006 || INDIA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#31849B'>[GSM]:
+91 9727746022</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>
<br>
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