The case I'm describing apply to a specific configuration:
RAC 10g R2 on Linux x86_64 with EMC storage using EMC Powerpath and ASM.
It may be not relevant in other configurations, still it provides guidelines to diagnose and solve similar issues. In brief the problem was the following:
CRS failed to start after the Linux Kernel was upgraded from version 2.6.9-22.ELsmp to 2.6.9-55.0.2.ELsmp; ASM also failed to start
The solution steps were:
This document provide a full description of the case and the solution implementation:- Reinstall EMC Powerpath
- Reconfigure /etc/sysconfig/rawdevices
- Install ASMLib rpm's matching the new kernel
Comments (1)
thank you Alejandro for your always very interesting blog entries.
One question: is the system that you mention a production system? Is powerpath supported for RHEL4U5?
regards,
eric
Posted by Eric Grancher | October 31, 2007 7:47 AM
Posted on October 31, 2007 07:47