Upgrading oracle ASMLib kernel driver - (oracleasm ASMLib Kernel Driver upgrade - steps)

oracleasm ASMLib Kernel Driver upgrade - steps by steps

Shutdown and disable CRS (RAC) or has (non-RAC)

crsctl stop crs / crsctl disable crs
crsctl stop has / crsctl disable has
  
Backup the oracleasm

ls -ltr /etc/sysconfig/oracleasm

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun  6  2011 /etc/sysconfig/oracleasm -> oracleasm-_dev_oracleasm

cp oracleasm-_dev_oracleasm oracleasm-_dev_oracleasm.orig

Comment out (#) the following line in /etc/inittab to avoid respawn

#h1:35:respawn:/etc/init.d/init.ohasd run >/dev/null 2>&1

/sbin/init q

Ensure that init.ohasd is now not running

ps -ef|grep init

/etc/init.d/oracleasm stop

Dropping Oracle ASMLib disks: [  OK  ]

Shutting down the Oracle ASMLib driver: [  OK  ]

/etc/init.d/oracleasm status

Checking if ASM is loaded: no

Checking if /dev/oracleasm is mounted: no

:/etc/sysconfig

/etc/init.d/oracleasm disable

Writing Oracle ASM library driver configuration: done

Dropping Oracle ASMLib disks: [  OK  ]

Shutting down the Oracle ASMLib driver: [  OK  ]

Install oracleasm rpm packages

rpm -ivh oracleasm-2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-debuginfo-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm --nodeps

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

   1:oracleasm-2.6.18-274.18########################################### [100%]

rpm -ivh oracleasm-2.6.18-274.18.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

   1:oracleasm-2.6.18-274.18########################################### [100%]

rpm -ivh oracleasm-2.6.18-274.18.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

   1:oracleasm-2.6.18-274.18########################################### [100%]

rpm -ivh oracleasm-2.6.18-274.18.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

error: Failed dependencies:

        kernel-xen = 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5 is needed by oracleasm-2.6.18-274.18.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64

rpm -qa | grep oracleasm

/usr/lib/oracleasm/oracleasm_debug_link 2.6.9-42.ELsmp $(uname -r)

 

You can remove the old package using rpm -e

 

ls -l /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/addon/oracleasm

total 604

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 613516 Feb 14 23:36 oracleasm.ko

oracleasm status

Checking if ASM is loaded: no

Checking if /dev/oracleasm is mounted: no

/etc/init.d/oracleasm start

/etc/init.d/oracleasm configure

Configuring the Oracle ASM library driver.

This will configure the on-boot properties of the Oracle ASM library

driver.  The following questions will determine whether the driver is

loaded on boot and what permissions it will have.  The current values

will be shown in brackets ('[]').  Hitting without typing an

answer will keep that current value.  Ctrl-C will abort.

Default user to own the driver interface [oracle]:

Default group to own the driver interface [dba]:

Start Oracle ASM library driver on boot (y/n) [n]: y

Scan for Oracle ASM disks on boot (y/n) [y]:

Writing Oracle ASM library driver configuration: done

Initializing the Oracle ASMLib driver: [  OK  ]

Scanning the system for Oracle ASMLib disks:

[  OK  ]

Oracleasm listdisks

DBATOOLS - oracle: oracleasm listdisks

DATA101_DISK1

DATA101_DISK2

DATA101_DISK3

To view alert, run tail -f /var/log/oracleasm 

Startup cluster
crsctl start has or  crsctl start cluster