So does this mean, this option was required for 10g (10.2.0.4) only? Just collecting more points for discussion on this point.<div><br></div><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 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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    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 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?  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>
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                  <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
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <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">             
This

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

                          direct  IOs  to  the  hosted  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">             
cluster

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

                          instead use the init.ora parameter,
                          filesystemio_options, to enable direct IOs.</span></p>
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                      <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 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&#39;m pretty sure that should be
                                  fine.
                                  <div>
                                    <div><br>
                                      <br>
                                      On Oct 30, 2012, at 10:34 AM,
                                      Pravin K Patil &lt;<a href="mailto:pravinkpatil@gmail.com" target="_blank">pravinkpatil@gmail.com</a>&gt;

                                      wrote:<br>
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                                    <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 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"> The
                                                  datavolume option
                                                  didn&#39;t really do
                                                  much.  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. 
                                                  Those programs have
                                                  long since been
                                                  fixed.  And there&#39;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>
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                                                      <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 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 href="mailto:pravinkpatil@gmail.com" target="_blank">pravinkpatil@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
                                                          wrote:<br>
                                                          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc 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 href="mailto:tiger.yang@oracle.com" target="_blank">tiger.yang@oracle.com</a>&gt;</span>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
                                                          1.6 could
                                                          recoginze 1.4
                                                          format, but
                                                          after moving
                                                          to the new
                                                          server,  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>
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