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    It looks like this was fixed in 11.2.0.2, so yes, 10.2.0.4 and older
    needed the datavolume option.<br>
    <br>
    Thanks,<br>
    Herbert.<br>
    <br>
    On 11/01/2012 04:55 PM, Pravin K Patil wrote:
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAB+pmO1d=G4VXko32j-11HruQ3YWmYpBhqAZhN6DtUGcoQNWzw@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">So does this mean, this option was required for 10g
      (10.2.0.4) only? Just collecting more points for discussion on
      this point.
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      <div>Regards,<br>
        Pravin<br>
        <br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 6:17 PM,
          Herbert van den Bergh <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:herbert.van.den.bergh@oracle.com"
              target="_blank">herbert.van.den.bergh@oracle.com</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
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            <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Pravin,<br>
              <br>
              With that database version you do not need the datavolume
              option in 1.4 or 1.6.<br>
              <br>
              Thanks,<br>
              Herbert.
              <div>
                <div class="h5"><br>
                  <br>
                  <div>On 10/31/12 3:16 PM, Pravin K Patil wrote:<br>
                  </div>
                  <blockquote type="cite">yes, we use OCFS2 to store
                    Oracle database files and Oracle database version is
                    11.2.0.2 and we are upgrading it to 11.2.0.3 before
                    we are ready to switch from OCFS2 1.4 to 1.6
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Regards,<br>
                      Pravin<br>
                      <br>
                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at
                        3:16 PM, Herbert van den Bergh <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:herbert.van.den.bergh@oracle.com"
                            target="_blank">herbert.van.den.bergh@oracle.com</a>&gt;</span>
                        wrote:<br>
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                          <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Pravin,<br>
                            <br>
                            Are you using OCFS2 to store Oracle database
                            files?&nbsp; What database version do you use?<br>
                            <br>
                            Thanks,<br>
                            Herbert.
                            <div>
                              <div><br>
                                <br>
                                <div>On 10/31/12 11:45 AM, Pravin K
                                  Patil wrote:<br>
                                </div>
                                <blockquote type="cite">Just attaching
                                  the guide which is by Sunil, refer to
                                  page 43 and it says to use the
                                  datavolume option but the man page of
                                  mount.ocfs2 says that its depricated
                                  parameter. below is details form man
                                  page of mount .ocfs2
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                                  </div>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">datavolume</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This


                                        mount option has been
                                        deprecated. It has been used in
                                        the past, to force&nbsp; the&nbsp; Oracle&nbsp;
                                        RDBMS&nbsp; to</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
issue&nbsp;


                                        direct&nbsp; IOs&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; hosted&nbsp;
                                        data files, control files, redo
                                        logs, archive logs, voting disk,</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
cluster


                                        registry, etc. It has been
                                        deprecated because it is no
                                        longer required.&nbsp; Oracle&nbsp; RDBMS&nbsp;
                                        users</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
should


                                        instead use the init.ora
                                        parameter, filesystemio_options,
                                        to enable direct IOs.</span></p>
                                    <div><br>
                                    </div>
                                    <div>Just want to be cautious of
                                      what we use.<br>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>Regards,<br>
                                        Pravin<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue,
                                          Oct 30, 2012 at 1:58 PM,
                                          Herbert van den Bergh <span
                                            dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                                              href="mailto:herbert.van.den.bergh@oracle.com"
                                              target="_blank">herbert.van.den.bergh@oracle.com</a>&gt;</span>
                                          wrote:<br>
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                                            <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
                                              <div>Yes, I'm pretty sure
                                                that should be fine.
                                                <div>
                                                  <div><br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    On Oct 30, 2012, at
                                                    10:34 AM, Pravin K
                                                    Patil &lt;<a
                                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pravinkpatil@gmail.com" target="_blank">pravinkpatil@gmail.com</a>&gt;


                                                    wrote:<br>
                                                    <br>
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                                                <div>
                                                  <blockquote
                                                    type="cite">
                                                    <div>thanks for
                                                      quick response, so
                                                      does this mean, we
                                                      can even remove
                                                      that option on
                                                      current 1.4 OCFS2
                                                      and prepare new
                                                      host also without
                                                      this option and we
                                                      swing the storage
                                                      and we should be
                                                      fine?
                                                      <div> <br>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>Regards,<br>
                                                        Pravin<br>
                                                        <div><br>
                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_quote">On

                                                          Tue, Oct 30,
                                                          2012 at 12:03
                                                          PM, Herbert
                                                          van den Bergh
                                                          <span
                                                          dir="ltr">&lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:herbert.van.den.bergh@oracle.com"
                                                          target="_blank">herbert.van.den.bergh@oracle.com</a>&gt;</span>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          style="margin:0
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                                                          bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
                                                          text="#000000">
                                                          The datavolume
                                                          option didn't
                                                          really do
                                                          much.&nbsp; It just
                                                          changed the
                                                          filesystem
                                                          identifier
                                                          from OCFS2 to
                                                          OCFS V1, so
                                                          some programs
                                                          which shall
                                                          not be named
                                                          would detect
                                                          it as OCFS and
                                                          do something
                                                          special.&nbsp;
                                                          Those programs
                                                          have long
                                                          since been
                                                          fixed.&nbsp; And
                                                          there's
                                                          absolutely no
                                                          other
                                                          functional
                                                          behavior
                                                          change with or
                                                          without the
                                                          parameter.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Thanks,<br>
                                                          Herbert.
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div>On
                                                          10/30/12 8:08
                                                          AM, Pravin K
                                                          Patil wrote:<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <blockquote
                                                          type="cite">Hi
                                                          All,
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>While
                                                          building new
                                                          servers, we
                                                          just noticed
                                                          that on new
                                                          servers which
                                                          are SLES11 SP2
                                                          and OCFS2 1.6
                                                          there is no
                                                          option for
                                                          mount
                                                          as&nbsp;datavolume</div>
                                                          <div>All our
                                                          file system
                                                          which have
                                                          oracle data
                                                          files are
                                                          mounted with
                                                          this option in
                                                          current system
                                                          which is
                                                          SLES10 SP4 and
                                                          OCFS 1.4</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>So when
                                                          we swing the
                                                          storage, we
                                                          will have to
                                                          be careful of
                                                          this mount
                                                          option. Any
                                                          suggestions?</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Regards,<br>
                                                          Pravin<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_quote">On


                                                          Thu, Oct 25,
                                                          2012 at 10:54
                                                          PM, Pravin K
                                                          Patil <span
                                                          dir="ltr">&lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pravinkpatil@gmail.com"
                                                          target="_blank">pravinkpatil@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          style="margin:0
                                                          0 0
                                                          .8ex;border-left:1px
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                                                          solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks


                                                          a lot for all
                                                          the responses,
                                                          I will reply
                                                          back with
                                                          practical
                                                          experience in
                                                          few weeks.<span><font
color="#888888">
                                                          <div> <br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </font></span>
                                                          <div><span><font
color="#888888">Pravin</font></span>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_quote">On


                                                          Thu, Oct 25,
                                                          2012 at 9:39
                                                          PM, Tiger Yang
                                                          <span
                                                          dir="ltr">&lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:tiger.yang@oracle.com"
                                                          target="_blank">tiger.yang@oracle.com</a>&gt;</span>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          bgcolor="#ffffff"
                                                          text="#000000">
                                                          1.6 could
                                                          recoginze 1.4
                                                          format, but
                                                          after moving
                                                          to the new
                                                          server,&nbsp; maybe
                                                          need enable
                                                          new features
                                                          which only
                                                          supported by
                                                          1.6 via
                                                          tunefs.ocfs2.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Thanks,<br>
                                                          Tiger
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          On 10/26/2012
                                                          01:19 AM,
                                                          Pravin K Patil
                                                          wrote: </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <blockquote
                                                          type="cite">
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>Hi,
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>We have
                                                          current Oracle
                                                          RAC running
                                                          with OCFS2
                                                          1.4.2 on
                                                          SLES10 SP4
                                                          servers.</div>
                                                          <div>we are
                                                          building new
                                                          RAC nodes with
                                                          SLES11 SP2
                                                          which will
                                                          have OCFS2 1.6</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>We plan
                                                          to just
                                                          represent the
                                                          storage from
                                                          current HW to
                                                          new HW and
                                                          expect the new
                                                          server to
                                                          recognize all
                                                          FS and let
                                                          Oracle start
                                                          RAC instances.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Are there
                                                          any steps
                                                          required
                                                          after/before
                                                          presenting the
                                                          storage to new
                                                          server.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Regards,<br>
                                                          Pravin</div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
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