Hi,

Oracle 10.2.0.2 (x86_64)
SLES 9 SP3 (x86_64) + OCFS2

Clusterware, Oracle SE installed and works fine.

Now I want to create a database with dbca. But dbca does not allow to
install the database files on cluster filesystem nor on raw disk. Only ASM
is available. raw disk is ok, because I dont have one installed, but I need
to install on a external scsi raid formated with ocfs2 and accesible from
all nodes.

Why is the "Cluster Filesystem" option in dbca disabled?

Thanks, Robert

Robert Weiss wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Oracle 10.2.0.2 (x86_64)
> SLES 9 SP3 (x86_64) + OCFS2
>
> Clusterware, Oracle SE installed and works fine.
>
> Now I want to create a database with dbca. But dbca does not allow to
> install the database files on cluster filesystem nor on raw disk. Only ASM
> is available. raw disk is ok, because I dont have one installed, but I need
> to install on a external scsi raid formated with ocfs2 and accesible from
> all nodes.
>
> Why is the "Cluster Filesystem" option in dbca disabled?
>
> Thanks, Robert

Because SE supports RAC only on ASM. To use OCFS or GFS, you'd need EE.
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