Exadata Deployment with Elastic Configuration

Recently, for one of my customers, I had the chance to install a couples of Exadata X7-2 using the new Elastic Configuration. The major benefits of using Elastic Configuration consists in the possibility to acquire the Exadata Machine with almost any possible combination of Database Nodes and Storage Cells.

In the past we were used to standard Oracle pre-defined Exadata Machine configurations: Eighth Rack, Quarter Rack, Half Rack and Full Rack, which is still possible, but not flexible enough.

The pictures below highlight the differences between the two configurations:

Edadats_Classiv_vs_Elastic

source: Oracle Data Sheet Exadata Database Machine X7-2

Deployment Exadata Elactic Configuration

The elastic configuration process automates the initial IP address allocations to databasenodes and storage cells, regardless the ordered configuration. The Exadata Machine is connected to the InfiniBand switches using a standard cabling methodology which allows to determinate the node’s location in the rack. This information is therefore used when the nodes are powered up for the first time in order to assign the initial default IPs.

[root@exatest-iba0 ~]# ibhosts
Ca : 0x579b0123796ba0 ports 2 "node10 elasticNode 192.168.10.17,192.168.10.18 ETH0"
Ca : 0x579b01237966e0 ports 2 "node8 elasticNode 192.168.10.15,192.168.10.16 ETH0"
Ca : 0x579b0123844ab0 ports 2 "node6 elasticNode 192.168.10.11,192.168.10.12 ETH0"
Ca : 0x579b0123845e50 ports 2 "node5 elasticNode 192.168.10.7,192.168.10.8 ETH0"
Ca : 0x579b0123845fe0 ports 2 "node4 elasticNode 192.168.10.40,172.16.2.40 ETH0"
Ca : 0x579b0123845ea0 ports 2 "node3 elasticNode 192.168.10.9,192.168.10.10 ETH0"
Ca : 0x579b0123812b90 ports 2 "node2 elasticNode 192.168.10.1,192.168.10.2 ETH0"
Ca : 0x579b0123812970 ports 2 "node1 elasticNode 192.168.10.3,192.168.10.4 ETH0"
[root@exatest-iba0 ~]#

Because the Virtualization option was required, it has to be activated at this stage:

[root@node8 ~]# /opt/oracle.SupportTools/switch_to_ovm.sh
2019-03-07 01:05:22 -0800 [INFO] Switch to DOM0 system partition /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys3 (/dev/mapper/VGExaDb-LVDbSys3)
2019-03-07 01:05:22 -0800 [INFO] Active system device: /dev/mapper/VGExaDb-LVDbSys1
2019-03-07 01:05:22 -0800 [INFO] Active system device in boot area: /dev/mapper/VGExaDb-LVDbSys1
2019-03-07 01:05:23 -0800 [INFO] Set active system device to /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys3 in /boot/I_am_hd_boot
2019-03-07 01:05:23 -0800 [INFO] Creating /.elasticConfig on DOM0 boot partition /boot
2019-03-07 01:05:34 -0800 [INFO] Reboot has been initiated to switch to the DOM0 system partition
Connection to 192.168.1.8 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.1.8 closed.
✘

After the switch to OVM command it is time to reclaim the space initially used by the Linux bare metal Logical Volumes:

[root@node8 ~]# /opt/oracle.SupportTools/reclaimdisks.sh -free -reclaim
Model is ORACLE SERVER X7-2
Number of LSI controllers: 1
Physical disks found: 4 (252:0 252:1 252:2 252:3)
Logical drives found: 1
Linux logical drive: 0
RAID Level for the Linux logical drive: 5
Physical disks in the Linux logical drive: 4 (252:0 252:1 252:2 252:3)
Dedicated Hot Spares for the Linux logical drive: 0
Global Hot Spares: 0
[INFO ] Check for DOM0 with inactive Linux system disk
[INFO ] Valid DOM0 with inactive Linux system disk is detected
[INFO ] Number of partitions on the system device /dev/sda: 3
[INFO ] Higher partition number on the system device /dev/sda: 3
[INFO ] Last sector on the system device /dev/sda: 3509760000
[INFO ] End sector of the last partition on the system device /dev/sda: 3509759966
[INFO ] Remove inactive system logical volume /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbSys1
[INFO ] Remove logical volume /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbOra1
[INFO ] Extend logical volume /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbExaVMImages
[INFO ] Resize ocfs2 on logical volume /dev/VGExaDb/LVDbExaVMImages
[INFO ] XEN boot version and rpm versions are in sync
[INFO ] XEN EFI files will not be updated
[INFO ] Force setup grub
[root@node8 ~]#

Check the success of the reclaim disks procedure:

[root@node8 ~]# /opt/oracle.SupportTools/reclaimdisks.sh -check
Model is ORACLE SERVER X7-2
Number of LSI controllers: 1
Physical disks found: 4 (252:0 252:1 252:2 252:3)
Logical drives found: 1
Linux logical drive: 0
RAID Level for the Linux logical drive: 5
Physical disks in the Linux logical drive: 4 (252:0 252:1 252:2 252:3)
Dedicated Hot Spares for the Linux logical drive: 0
Global Hot Spares: 0
Valid. Disks configuration: RAID5 from 4 disks with no global and dedicated hot spare disks.
Valid. Booted: DOM0. Layout: DOM0.
[root@node8 ~]#

Upload the Oracle Exadata Database Machine Deployment Assistant configuration files to the database server, together with all software images, and run the One command procedure.

List of all Steps

[root@exatestdbadm01 linux-x64]# ./install.sh -cf TVD-exatest.xml -l
Initializing

1. Validate Configuration File
2. Update Nodes for Eighth Rack
3. Create Virtual Machine
4. Create Users
5. Setup Cell Connectivity
6. Calibrate Cells
7. Create Cell Disks
8. Create Grid Disks
9. Install Cluster Software
10. Initialize Cluster Software
11. Install Database Software
12. Relink Database with RDS
13. Create ASM Diskgroups
14. Create Databases
15. Apply Security Fixes
16. Install Exachk
17. Create Installation Summary
18. Resecure Machine
[root@exatestdbadm01 linux-x64]#

Run Step One to validate the setup

This example includes the creation of three different Clusters.

[root@exatestdbadm01 linux-x64]# ./install.sh -cf TVD-exatest.xml -s 1
Initializing
Executing Validate Configuration File
Validating cluster: Cluster-EFU
Locating machines...
Verifying operating systems...
Validating cluster networks...
Validating network connectivity...
Validating private ips on virtual cluster
Validating NTP setup...
Validating physical disks on storage cells...
Validating users...
Validating cluster: Cluster-PR1
Locating machines...
Verifying operating systems...
Validating cluster networks...
Validating network connectivity...
Validating private ips on virtual cluster
Validating NTP setup...
Validating physical disks on storage cells...
Validating users...
Validating cluster: Cluster-VAL
Locating machines...
Verifying operating systems...
Validating cluster networks...
Validating network connectivity...
Validating private ips on virtual cluster
Validating NTP setup...
Validating physical disks on storage cells...
Validating users...
Validating platinum...
Validating switches...
Checking disk reclaim status...
Checking Disk Tests Status....
Completed validation...

SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.40 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x9.xx.55 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.41 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x9.xx.56 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.45 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.46 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.44 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.43 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.42 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.40 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.55 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.41 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.56 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.45 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.46 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.44 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.43 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.42 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.40 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.55 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.41 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.56 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.45 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.46 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.44 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.43 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.42 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.40 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.55 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.41 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.56 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.45 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.46 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.44 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.43 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.42 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.47 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x9.xx.57 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.48 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x9.xx.58 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.52 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.51 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.53 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.50 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.49 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.47 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.57 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.48 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.58 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.52 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.51 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.53 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.50 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.49 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.47 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.57 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.48 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.58 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.52 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.51 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.53 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.50 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.49 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.47 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.57 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.48 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.58 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.52 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.51 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.53 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.50 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.49 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.54 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x9.xx.59 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.55 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x9.xx.60 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.58 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.60 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.59 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.57 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: Ip address: 10.x8.xx.56 is configured correctly
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.54 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.59 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.55 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.60 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.58 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.60 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.59 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.57 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.56 configured correctly on exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.54 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.59 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.55 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.60 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.58 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.60 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.59 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.57 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.56 configured correctly on exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.54 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.59 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.55 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x9.xx.60 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.58 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.60 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.59 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.57 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: 10.x8.xx.56 configured correctly on exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Validated NTP server 10.x3.xx.xx0
SUCCESS: Validated NTP server 10.x3.xx.xx1
SUCCESS: Required file /EXAVMIMAGES/onecommand/linux-x64/WorkDir/p28514222_122118_Linux-x86-64.zip exists...
SUCCESS: Required file /EXAVMIMAGES/onecommand/linux-x64/WorkDir/p28762988_12201181016GIOCT2018RU_Linux-x86-64.zip exists...
SUCCESS: Required file /EXAVMIMAGES/onecommand/linux-x64/WorkDir/p28762989_12201181016DBOCT2018RU_Linux-x86-64.zip exists...
SUCCESS: Required file config/exachk.zip exists...
SUCCESS: Found Operating system LinuxPhysical and configuration file expects LinuxPhysical on machine exatestceladm03.my.domain.com, machine type: storage
SUCCESS: Found Operating system LinuxPhysical and configuration file expects LinuxPhysical on machine exatestceladm02.my.domain.com, machine type: storage
SUCCESS: Found Operating system LinuxPhysical and configuration file expects LinuxPhysical on machine exatestceladm01.my.domain.com, machine type: storage
SUCCESS: Expected machine exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com to have OS Type of Linux Dom0, and found OsType LinuxDom0
SUCCESS: Expected machine exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com to have OS Type of Linux Dom0, and found OsType LinuxDom0
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestceladm02.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestceladm01.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestceladm03.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: Sufficient memory for all the guests on database node exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Sufficient memory for all the guests on database node exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Expected machine exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com to have OS Type of Linux Dom0, and found OsType LinuxDom0
SUCCESS: Found Operating system LinuxPhysical and configuration file expects LinuxPhysical on machine exatestceladm01.my.domain.com, machine type: storage
SUCCESS: Found Operating system LinuxPhysical and configuration file expects LinuxPhysical on machine exatestceladm02.my.domain.com, machine type: storage
SUCCESS: Expected machine exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com to have OS Type of Linux Dom0, and found OsType LinuxDom0
SUCCESS: Found Operating system LinuxPhysical and configuration file expects LinuxPhysical on machine exatestceladm03.my.domain.com, machine type: storage
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestceladm03.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestceladm01.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestceladm02.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: Sufficient memory for all the guests on database node exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Sufficient memory for all the guests on database node exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Found Operating system LinuxPhysical and configuration file expects LinuxPhysical on machine exatestceladm03.my.domain.com, machine type: storage
SUCCESS: Found Operating system LinuxPhysical and configuration file expects LinuxPhysical on machine exatestceladm02.my.domain.com, machine type: storage
SUCCESS: Found Operating system LinuxPhysical and configuration file expects LinuxPhysical on machine exatestceladm01.my.domain.com, machine type: storage
SUCCESS: Expected machine exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com to have OS Type of Linux Dom0, and found OsType LinuxDom0
SUCCESS: Expected machine exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com to have OS Type of Linux Dom0, and found OsType LinuxDom0
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestceladm03.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestceladm02.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestceladm01.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: NTP servers on machine exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com verified successfully
SUCCESS: Sufficient memory for all the guests on database node exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Sufficient memory for all the guests on database node exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Switch IP 10.x9.xx.51 resolves successfully to host exatest-iba0.my.domain.com on node exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS:
SUCCESS: Switch IP 10.x9.xx.51 resolves successfully to host exatest-iba0.my.domain.com on node exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Switch IP 10.x9.xx.52 resolves successfully to host exatest-ibb0.my.domain.com on node exatestceladm03.my.domain.com
SUCCESS:
SUCCESS:
SUCCESS:
SUCCESS: Switch IP 10.x9.xx.52 resolves successfully to host exatest-ibb0.my.domain.com on node exatestceladm02.my.domain.com
SUCCESS:
SUCCESS: Switch IP 10.x9.xx.51 resolves successfully to host exatest-iba0.my.domain.com on node exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS: Switch IP 10.x9.xx.52 resolves successfully to host exatest-ibb0.my.domain.com on node exatestceladm01.my.domain.com
SUCCESS:
SUCCESS: X7 compute node exatestdbadm01.my.domain.com has updated Broadcom firmware
SUCCESS: X7 compute node exatestdbadm02.my.domain.com has updated Broadcom firmware
SUCCESS: Disk Tests are not running/active on any of the Storage Servers.
SUCCESS: Cluster Version 12.2.0.1.181016 is compatible with OL7 on exatestdbadm01
SUCCESS: Cluster Version 12.2.0.1.181016 is compatible with OL7 on exatestdbadm02
SUCCESS: Cluster Version 12.2.0.1.181016 is compatible with OL7 on exatestdbadm01
SUCCESS: Cluster Version 12.2.0.1.181016 is compatible with OL7 on exatestdbadm02
SUCCESS: Cluster Version 12.2.0.1.181016 is compatible with OL7 on exatestdbadm01
SUCCESS: Cluster Version 12.2.0.1.181016 is compatible with OL7 on exatestdbadm02
SUCCESS: Disk size 10000GB on cell exatestceladm01.my.domain.com matches the value specified in the OEDA configuration file
SUCCESS: Disk size 10000GB on cell exatestceladm02.my.domain.com matches the value specified in the OEDA configuration file
SUCCESS: Disk size 10000GB on cell exatestceladm03.my.domain.com matches the value specified in the OEDA configuration file
SUCCESS: Disk size 10000GB on cell exatestceladm04.my.domain.com matches the value specified in the OEDA configuration file
SUCCESS: Disk size 10000GB on cell exatestceladm05.my.domain.com matches the value specified in the OEDA configuration file
SUCCESS: Disk size 10000GB on cell exatestceladm06.my.domain.com matches the value specified in the OEDA configuration file
Successfully completed execution of step Validate Configuration File [elapsed Time [Elapsed = 250301 mS [4.0 minutes] Thu Mar 07 12:35:31 CET 2019]]
[root@exatestdbadm01 linux-x64]#

Execution of all remaining steps

Than, because we felt confident, we decide to invoke all remaining steps together:

root@exatestdbadm01 linux-x64]# ./install.sh -cf TVD-exatest.xml -r 1-18
...
..

The final result is the Exadata Machine installed with six Oracle VMs, and three Grid Infrastructure clusters each one running a test RAC database.

Oracle VM Server 3.4.5 – Kernel Memory Leak

Oracle VM Server instability on version 3.4.5 due to a Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) bug.

The kernel version 4.1.12-124.14.5.el6uek.x86_64 has introduced a memory leak of the network module i40e.

Here is reported the backtraces collected after the problem from the /var/log/messages:

Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885203] ntpd invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x200da, order=0, oom_score_adj=0
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885208] ntpd cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885217] CPU: 3 PID: 4751 Comm: ntpd Not tainted 4.1.12-124.14.5.el6uek.x86_64 #2
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885221] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10/ProLiant DL360 Gen10, BIOS U32 02/14/2018
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885224]  0000000000000000 ffff8804484cf678 ffffffff816e4bdb ffff88044d44aa00
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885230]  0000000000000000 ffff8804484cf708 ffffffff816e32d1 01ff8804484cf688
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885235]  ffff8804484cf718 ffff8804484cf6c8 ffffffff811fc561 ffff8804484cf800
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885241] Call Trace:
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885251]  [<ffffffff816e4bdb>] dump_stack+0x63/0x81
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885256]  [<ffffffff816e32d1>] dump_header+0x7f/0x1f3
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885264]  [<ffffffff811fc561>] ? vmpressure+0x21/0x90
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885272]  [<ffffffff8118e53c>] oom_kill_process+0x1cc/0x3c0
Dec 12 07:06:30 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885283]  [<ffffffff8108de0e>] ? has_capability_noaudit+0x1e/0x30
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885288]  [<ffffffff8118eaab>] __out_of_memory+0x31b/0x530
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885294]  [<ffffffff8118ee5b>] out_of_memory+0x5b/0x80
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885300]  [<ffffffff81194d42>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x952/0xab0
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885307]  [<ffffffff811de28d>] alloc_pages_vma+0xbd/0x260
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885311]  [<ffffffff8118a59e>] ? find_get_entry+0x1e/0xc0
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885317]  [<ffffffff811ce6bd>] read_swap_cache_async+0xed/0x170
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885322]  [<ffffffff811ce82d>] swapin_readahead+0xed/0x190
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885328]  [<ffffffff811bbfe0>] handle_mm_fault+0x12d0/0x1770
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885335]  [<ffffffff8121d910>] ? poll_select_copy_remaining+0x130/0x130
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885340]  [<ffffffff8106d57f>] __do_page_fault+0x1af/0x480
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885346]  [<ffffffff816f2c1c>] ? page_fault+0xcc/0x120
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885350]  [<ffffffff8106d87f>] do_page_fault+0x2f/0x80
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885354]  [<ffffffff816f2be4>] ? page_fault+0x94/0x120
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885359]  [<ffffffff816f2bdd>] ? page_fault+0x8d/0x120
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885363]  [<ffffffff816f2bd6>] ? page_fault+0x86/0x120
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885367]  [<ffffffff816f2c5f>] page_fault+0x10f/0x120
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885375]  [<ffffffff813316c5>] ? copy_user_enhanced_fast_string+0x5/0x10
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885379]  [<ffffffff8121d7d1>] ? set_fd_set+0x21/0x30
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885384]  [<ffffffff8121e5aa>] core_sys_select+0x1fa/0x2f0
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885392]  [<ffffffff810f8fc3>] ? ntp_notify_cmos_timer+0x23/0x30
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885396]  [<ffffffff810f8a1d>] ? do_adjtimex+0xed/0x100
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885402]  [<ffffffff810ed3ac>] ? SYSC_adjtimex+0x4c/0x80
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885410]  [<ffffffff810209e9>] ? read_tsc+0x9/0x10
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885414]  [<ffffffff810f68cb>] ? ktime_get_ts64+0x4b/0x110
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885419]  [<ffffffff8121e74b>] SyS_select+0xab/0x100
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885424]  [<ffffffff816ed451>] ? system_call_after_swapgs+0xdb/0x18c
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885428]  [<ffffffff816ed51a>] system_call_fastpath+0x18/0xd4
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885457] Mem-Info:
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885469] active_anon:1452 inactive_anon:1426 isolated_anon:65
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885469]  active_file:4559 inactive_file:873 isolated_file:0
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885469]  unevictable:1547 dirty:20 writeback:31 unstable:0
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885469]  slab_reclaimable:6776 slab_unreclaimable:8649
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885469]  mapped:3007 shmem:0 pagetables:1705 bounce:0
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885469]  free:33536 free_pcp:918 free_cma:0
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885483] Node 0 DMA free:15740kB min:60kB low:72kB high:84kB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:0kB inactive_file:0kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:15988kB managed:15900kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:0kB shmem:0kB slab_reclaimable:0kB slab_unreclaimable:0kB kernel_stack:0kB pagetables:0kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:0kB local_pcp:0kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? yes
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885499] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 2661 15921 15921
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885508] Node 0 DMA32 free:64064kB min:11076kB low:13844kB high:16612kB active_anon:5912kB inactive_anon:5876kB active_file:112kB inactive_file:52kB unevictable:836kB isolated(anon):256kB isolated(file):0kB present:2781336kB managed:2751088kB mlocked:836kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:668kB shmem:0kB slab_reclaimable:4792kB slab_unreclaimable:6452kB kernel_stack:912kB pagetables:1692kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:1156kB local_pcp:248kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:619296 all_unreclaimable? yes
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885524] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 13260 13260
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885532] Node 0 Normal free:54340kB min:54392kB low:67988kB high:81584kB active_anon:0kB inactive_anon:0kB active_file:18124kB inactive_file:3440kB unevictable:5352kB isolated(anon):4kB isolated(file):0kB present:13979888kB managed:13534768kB mlocked:5352kB dirty:80kB writeback:124kB mapped:11360kB shmem:0kB slab_reclaimable:22312kB slab_unreclaimable:28144kB kernel_stack:2880kB pagetables:5128kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB free_pcp:2516kB local_pcp:572kB free_cma:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:129384 all_unreclaimable? yes
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885546] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885551] Node 0 DMA: 1*4kB (U) 1*8kB (U) 1*16kB (U) 1*32kB (U) 1*64kB (U) 0*128kB 1*256kB (U) 0*512kB 1*1024kB (U) 1*2048kB (R) 3*4096kB (M) = 15740kB
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885573] Node 0 DMA32: 143*4kB (UE) 111*8kB (UEM) 209*16kB (UE) 140*32kB (UE) 94*64kB (UEM) 57*128kB (UEM) 28*256kB (UEM) 7*512kB (UEM) 4*1024kB (EM) 9*2048kB (MR) 2*4096kB (MR) = 64068kB
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885596] Node 0 Normal: 8736*4kB (UEM) 1360*8kB (UEM) 208*16kB (UEM) 32*32kB (UE) 2*64kB (UE) 0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 1*4096kB (R) = 54400kB
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885615] 8002 total pagecache pages
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885618] 1494 pages in swap cache
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885621] Swap cache stats: add 3717250313, delete 3717248819, find 2895172777/5168362256
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885624] Free swap  = 4129656kB
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885626] Total swap = 4194300kB
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885628] 4194303 pages RAM
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885630] 0 pages HighMem/MovableOnly
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885632] 118864 pages reserved
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885634] 0 pages cma reserved
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885636] 0 pages hwpoisoned
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885638] [ pid ]   uid  tgid total_vm      rss nr_ptes nr_pmds swapents oom_score_adj name
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885650] [  983]     0   983     2677      266      11       3      111         -1000 udevd
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885657] [ 3783]     0  3783   125771     1414      48       5        0         -1000 multipathd
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885662] [ 4334]     0  4334     6944      399      15       3      108         -1000 auditd
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885667] [ 4368]     0  4368    61281      438      23       3      377             0 rsyslogd
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885671] [ 4383]     0  4383     2832      352      11       3      164             0 irqbalance
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885675] [ 4412]    32  4412     4760      397      16       3       74             0 rpcbind
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885680] [ 4436]    29  4436     5853      354      17       3      112             0 rpc.statd
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885684] [ 4481]     0  4481     5790        0      15       3       50             0 rpc.idmapd
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885689] [ 4522]     0  4522     2106      268      12       5       28             0 fcoemon
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885694] [ 4537]    81  4537     5373        0      15       3       62             0 dbus-daemon
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885698] [ 4612]     0  4612     1030      310       9       5       41             0 o2hbmonitor
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885702] [ 4632]     0  4632    47286      410      51       3      221             0 cupsd
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885706] [ 4692]     0  4692     1039      323       9       5       30             0 acpid
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885711] [ 4718]     0  4718     1580      211       8       5       27             0 mcelog
Dec 12 07:06:31 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885715] [ 4738]     0  4738    16579      304      34       3      185         -1000 sshd
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885720] [ 4751]    38  4751     6644      567      18       3      162             0 ntpd
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885724] [ 4796]     0  4796     3235      331      15       6      143             0 xenstored
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885729] [ 4803]     0  4803    21126      307      21       6       69             0 xenconsoled
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885733] [ 4807]     0  4807    53362      393      65       3      525             0 qemu-system-i38
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885737] [ 4910]     0  4910    20252      478      45       3      239             0 master
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885742] [ 4922]    89  4922    20315      486      46       3      238             0 qmgr
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885746] [ 4930]     0  4930    29223      395      16       3      171             0 crond
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885750] [ 5036]     0  5036     5291      283      15       3       67             0 atd
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885755] [ 5345]     0  5345    38468      249      14       5       30             0 osmdaemon
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885759] [ 5366]     0  5366    85597      650      61       7     1514             0 python
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885764] [ 5378]     0  5378    24079      467      27       6      113             0 ovmport
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885768] [ 5390]     0  5390    60521      410      65       6      920             0 ovmwatch
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885772] [ 5405]     0  5405   208969      656      87       7     1558             0 python
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885777] [ 5772]     0  5772   177327     1015      89       6     1775             0 python
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885782] [ 5789]     0  5789    49154      741      71       7     1366             0 python
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885786] [ 5831]     0  5831    82559      555      70       6     1491             0 devmon
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885790] [ 5901]     0  5901     1031      292       9       5       18             0 mingetty
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885794] [ 5903]     0  5903     1031      292       8       5       19             0 mingetty
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885798] [ 5905]     0  5905     1031      292       9       5       19             0 mingetty
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885802] [ 5907]     0  5907     1031      292       9       5       19             0 mingetty
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885806] [ 5909]     0  5909     1031      292       9       5       19             0 mingetty
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885812] [26455]     0 26455    11091      458      44       5      108             0 socat
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885816] [27087]     0 27087    11091      458      45       5      108             0 socat
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885820] [27845]     0 27845    11091      458      44       5      109             0 socat
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885825] [27996]     0 27996    11091      458      44       5      107             0 socat
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885829] [14189]     0 14189    11091      458      44       5      109             0 socat
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885833] [16371]     0 16371    11091      458      44       5      109             0 socat
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885838] [14238]     0 14238     2676      256      11       3      129         -1000 udevd
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885842] [14374]     0 14374     2676      240      11       3      119         -1000 udevd
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885846] [15869]     0 15869    22957      931      62       6     1730             0 python
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885851] [16935]     0 16935    28695     2029      16       5       64             0 OSWatcher
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885855] [ 5867]    89  5867    20272     1250      45       3      229             0 pickup
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885860] [ 8948]     0  8948    27070      682      17       5       71             0 vmsub
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885864] [ 8951]     0  8951    27070      675      17       5       77             0 mpsub
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885868] [ 8953]     0  8953     1581      328      11       5       42             0 vmstat
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885872] [ 8958]     0  8958    27070      659      17       6       41             0 iosub
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885876] [ 8959]     0  8959    25258      441      13       5       46             0 mpstat
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885880] [ 8966]     0  8966    25261      420      11       5       19             0 iostat
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885884] [ 8971]     0  8971    27070      679      17       5        0             0 xtop
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885888] [ 8976]     0  8976    27070      695      17       5        0             0 psmemsub
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885892] [ 8977]     0  8977     3771      483      20       5        3             0 top
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885896] [ 8980]     0  8980    27070      680      17       5        0             0 oswsub
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885901] [ 8985]     0  8985    28695     1794      15       5      131             0 OSWatcher
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885905] [ 8986]     0  8986    27564      523      19       5        8             0 ps
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885909] [ 8987]     0  8987    27070       54      12       5        0             0 psmemsub
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885913] [ 8988]     0  8988    27070       52      11       5        0             0 oswsub
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.885917] Out of memory: Kill process 5772 (python) score 0 or sacrifice child
Dec 12 07:06:32 efuovs02 kernel: [1508192.886216] Killed process 5772 (python) total-vm:709308kB, anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:4060kB

How to fix the OVS Kernel Memory Leak

Download the following kernel version which includes the memoy leak fix for the i40e module: link to Oracle RPM repository

kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm


[root@efuovs02 new_Kernel]# rpm -qp --changelog kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm | grep -B 3 28228724
warning: kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
* Tue Oct 30 2018 Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com> [4.1.12-124.20.8.el6uek] 
- scsi: lpfc: devloss timeout race condition caused null pointer reference (James Smart) [Orabug: 27994179] 
- scsi: qla2xxx: Fix race condition between iocb timeout and initialisation (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 28013813] 
- i40e: Add programming descriptors to cleaned_count (Alexander Duyck) [Orabug: 28228724] 
- i40e: Fix memory leak related filter programming status (Alexander Duyck) [Orabug: 28228724]

Install the new OVS Kernel

Using the steps reported below, the new kernel has been installed on all OVS servers of the farm.

[root@efuovs02 new_Kernel]# rpm -ivh kernel*
warning: kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:kernel-uek-firmware ########################################### [ 50%]
2:kernel-uek ########################################### [100%]
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek.x86_64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.1.12-124.14.5.el6uek.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-4.1.12-124.14.5.el6uek.x86_64.img
done
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.1.12-124.14.5.el6uek.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-4.1.12-124.14.5.el6uek.x86_64.img
done
[root@efuovs02 new_Kernel]#

....

[root@efuovs02 new_Kernel]# reboot

[root@efuovs02 ~]# uname -a
Linux efuovs02 4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek.x86_64 #2 SMP Tue Nov 6 13:31:13 PST 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

RHEL 7.4 fails to mount ACFS File System due to KMOD package

After a fresh OS installation or an upgrade to RHEL 7.4, any attempt to install ACFS drivers will fail with the following message: “ACFS-9459 ADVM/ACFS is not supported on this OS version”

The error persists even if the Oracle Grid Infrastructure software includes the Patch 26247490: 12.2 ACFS MODULE ERRORS & CRASH DURING MODULE LOAD & UNLOAD WITH OL7U4 RHCK.

This problem has been identified by Oracle with BUG 26320387 – 7.4 kmod weak-modules not checking kABI compatibility correctly

And by Red Hat Bugzilla bug: 1477073 – 7.4 kmod weak-modules –dry-run changed output format missing ‘is compatible’ messages.

root@oel7node06:/u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid/crs/install# /u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid/bin/acfsroot install
ACFS-9459: ADVM/ACFS is not supported on this OS version: '3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64'

root@oel7node06:~# /sbin/lsmod | grep oracle
oracleadvm 776830 7
oracleoks 654476 1 oracleadvm
oracleafd 205543 1

The current Workaround consists in downgrade the version of the kmod RPM to kmod-20-9.el7.x86_64.

root@oel7node06:~# yum downgrade kmod-20-9.el7

After the package downgrade the ACFS drivers are correcly loaded:

root@oel7node06:~# /sbin/lsmod | grep oracle
oracleacfs 4597925 2
oracleadvm 776830 8
oracleoks 654476 2 oracleacfs,oracleadvm
oracleafd 205543 1

Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c R2

It has been an exciting week, Oracle 12c R2 came out and suddenly was time to refresh the RAC test environments. My friend Jacques opted for an upgrade from 12.1.0.2 to 12.2.0.1 (here the link to his blog post), I started with a fresh installation, because I also upgraded the Operating System to OEL 7.3.

Compared to 12c R1 there are new options on the installation process, but general speaking the wizard is quite similar.

The first breakthrough is about the installation simplified with an image based, no more runIstaller.sh to invoke but …

Unpack the .Zip file directly inside the Grid Infrastructure Home of the first cluster node as described below:

[grid@oel7node06 ~]$ mkdir -p /u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid 
[grid@oel7node06 ~]$ chown grid:oinstall /u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid 
[grid@oel7node06 ~]$ cd /u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid 
[grid@oel7node06 grid]$ unzip -q download_location/grid_home_image.zip

# From an X session invoke the Grid Infrastructure wizard: 
[grid@oel7node06 grid]$ ./gridSetup.sh

The second screenshot list the new Cluster typoligies available on 12c R2:

Oracle Standalone Cluster
Oracle Cluster Domain
- Oracle Domain Services Cluster
- Oracle Member Clusters
  - Oracle Member Cluster for Oracle Database
  - Oracle Member Cluster for Applications

In my case I’m installing an Oracle Standalone Cluster

And now time for testing.

Installation Oracle Grid Infrastrucure 12c

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LINUX Setup click here

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Setup OS

– Disable the Firewall

[root@oel6srv01 ~]# service iptables save
[root@oel6srv01 ~]# service iptables stop
[root@oel6srv01 ~]# chkconfig iptables off
[root@oel6srv01 ~]# service iptables status

-- If you are using IPv6 firewall, enter:
 [root@oel6srv01 ~]# service ip6tables save
 [root@oel6srv01 ~]# service ip6tables stop
 [root@oel6srv01 ~]# chkconfig ip6tables off
 [root@oel6srv01 ~]# service ip6tables status

– Disable the SELinux

[root@oel6srv01 ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux

– DISABLED kdump

[root@oel6srv01 ~]# chkconfig kdump on

[root@oel6srv01 ~]# chkconfig --list |grep kdump

kdump           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off

– Network Setup

Public Cluster interphases, VIPs and SCAN

Subnet 10.0.0.x
Netmask 255.255.255.0

Private Cluster interphases

Subnet 192.168.0.x
Netmask 255.255.255.0

– Kernel add or amend the following lines to the “/etc/sysctl.conf” file.

# vi /etc/sysctl.conf

fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
 fs.file-max = 6815744
 kernel.shmall = 2097152
 kernel.shmmax = 1062637568
 kernel.shmmni = 4096
 # semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni
 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500
 net.core.rmem_default=262144
 net.core.rmem_max=4194304
 net.core.wmem_default=262144
 net.core.wmem_max=1048586

--Activate the current Kernel parameters:

/sbin/sysctl -p

– Add the following lines to /etc/security/limits.conf

# vi  /etc/security/limits.conf

## Go to the end
 grid     soft     nproc      2047
 grid     hard     nproc     16384
 grid     soft     nofile     1024
 grid     hard     nofile    65536
 oracle   soft     nproc      2047
 oracle   hard     nproc     16384
 oracle   soft     nofile     1024
 oracle   hard     nofile    65536

– Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login

# vi /etc/pam.d/login

session     required    pam_limits.so

– Disable secure linux

–making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows.

# vi /etc/selinux/config

SELINUX=disabled

– NTP Setup

–If you are using NTP, you must add the “-x” option into the following line in the “/etc/sysconfig/ntpd” file.

# vi /etc/sysconfig/ntpd

OPTIONS="-x -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid"

# service ntpd restart
 -- OR STOP NTP SERVER the Grid will start CSSD in Active mode instead of Observe:
 # service ntpd stop
 # chkconfig ntpd off

---------------------------------------------
 - Mandatory Packages for Oracle Linux 6  and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
 ---------------------------------------------
 binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.11.el6 (x86_64)
 compat-libcap1-1.10-1 (x86_64)
 compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6 (x86_64)
 compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686
 gcc-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
 gcc-c++-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
 glibc-2.12-1.7.el6 (i686)
 glibc-2.12-1.7.el6 (x86_64)
 glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6 (x86_64)
 glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6.i686
 ksh
 libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6 (i686)
 libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
 libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
 libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6.i686
 libstdc++-devel-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
 libstdc++-devel-4.4.4-13.el6.i686
 libaio-0.3.107-10.el6 (x86_64)
 libaio-0.3.107-10.el6.i686
 libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6 (x86_64)
 libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6.i686
 make-3.81-19.el6
 sysstat-9.0.4-11.el6 (x86_64)

–Install the cvuqdisk RPM. Without cvuqdisk, Cluster Verification Utility cannot discover shared disks,
–and it raises the following error message “Package cvuqdisk not installed” when Cluster Verification Utility is executed.

–A copy of the cvuqdisk package is present on the 1st Grid Infrastructure ZIP file.

— Log in as root.

Use the following command to find if you have an existing version of the cvuqdisk package:

# rpm -qi cvuqdisk

2. If you have an existing version, then enter the following command to deinstall the existing version:

rpm -e cvuqdisk

Set the environment variable CVUQDISK_GRP to point to the group that will own cvuqdisk, typically oinstall. For example:

# CVUQDISK_GRP=oinstall; export CVUQDISK_GRP

4. Install the cvuqdisk package:

rpm -iv package

# rpm -iv cvuqdisk-1.0.9-1.rpm

--OR

you install oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall

– OPTIONAL RPMs

--Minimum ODBC Drivers for Oracle and Red Hat Linux 6 on x86-64
 unixODBC-2.2.14-11.el6 (64-bit) or later
 unixODBC-devel-2.2.14-11.el6 (64-bit) or later

– UNIX Groups

/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1000 oinstall
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1001 asmadmin
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1002 dba
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1003 asmdba
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1004 asmoper

–New optional roles which grant access to specific features like Data Guard, RMAN and Security have been added in 12c, but not implemented in this example.

– UNIX Users

useradd -u 1100 -g oinstall -G asmadmin,asmdba,asmoper grid
useradd -u 1101 -g oinstall -G asmdba,dba oracle

– Set SSH timeout wait to unlimited

# vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

LoginGraceTime 0

– Create the u01 file system

[root@oel6srv01 ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2871.
 There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
 and could in certain setups cause problems with:
 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
 (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): n
 Command action
 e   extended
 p   primary partition (1-4)
 p

Partition number (1-4): 1
 First cylinder (1-2871, default 1):
 Using default value 1
 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-2871, default 2871):
 Using default value 2871

Command (m for help): w
 The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
 The kernel still uses the old table.
 The new table will be used at the next reboot.
 Syncing disks.
 [root@oel6srv01 ~]#
 [root@oel6srv01 ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes
 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders
 Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
 /dev/sda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
 /dev/sda2              14        2610    20860402+  8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 23.6 GB, 23622320128 bytes
 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2871 cylinders
 Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
 /dev/sdb1               1        2871    23061276   83  Linux

[root@oel6srv01 ~]# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
 mke4fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
 Filesystem label=
 OS type: Linux
 Block size=4096 (log=2)
 Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
 Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
 1441792 inodes, 5765319 blocks
 288265 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
 First data block=0
 Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296
 176 block groups
 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
 8192 inodes per group
 Superblock backups stored on blocks:
 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
 4096000

Writing inode tables: done
 Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
 Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 37 mounts or
 180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune4fs -c or -i to override.
 [root@oel6srv01 ~]#

[root@oel6srv01 /]# mkdir u01
 [root@oel6srv01 /]# cat /etc/fstab

..

..

/dev/sdb1               /u01                    ext4    defaults        0 0

[root@oel6srv01 /]# mount /u01
 [root@oel6srv01 /]# df -h

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
 15G  3.2G   12G  22% /
 /dev/sda1              99M   24M   71M  25% /boot
 tmpfs                 1.3G     0  1.3G   0% /dev/shm
 /dev/sdb1              22G  172M   21G   1% /u01

– Creation of GI and RDBMS directories

mkdir -p /u01/GRID/12.1.0.1
 mkdir -p /u01/app/product/12.1.0.1

#Oracle Base
 chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/app
 chmod -R 775 /u01/app

#Oracle RDBMS Home
 chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/app/product/12.1.0.1
 chmod -R 775 /u01/app/product/12.1.0.1

#Grid Home
 chown -R grid:oinstall /u01/GRID
 chmod -R 775 /u01/GRID/12.1.0.1

– Add this entries to the generic User Profile

# vi /etc/profile

if [ $USER = "oracle" ] || [ $USER = "grid" ]; then
 if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
 ulimit -p 16384
 ulimit -n 65536
 else
 ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536
 fi
 umask 022
 fi
 if [ $USER = "root" ]; then
 umask 022
 fi

— Configure the shared storage for ASM

##########################################################
## Installation Oracle Grid Infrastructure
##########################################################

--Run 12c Cluvfy with the following options to verify that all prerequisites are met:
 ./runcluvfy.sh stage -post hwos -n oel6srv01,oel6srv02,oel6srv03,oel6srv04 -verbose

# Start the Grid Installation…..

[grid@oel6srv01 grid]$ ./runInstaller
 Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Checking Temp space: must be greater than 120 MB.   Actual 39776 MB    Passed
 Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB.   Actual 4031 MB    Passed
 Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors.    Actual 16777216    Passed
 Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2013-06-25_08-23-26PM. Please wait ..

##############################################################
## Grid Infrastructure crsctl output
##############################################################

[grid@oel6srv01 ~]$ crsctl stat res -t
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Name           Target  State        Server                   State details
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Local Resources
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ora.ASMNET2LSNR_ASM.lsnr
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv01                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv02                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.DATA1.VOL_CLOUD01.advm
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv01                Volume device /dev/a
 sm/vol_cloud01-178 i
 s online,STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv02                Volume device /dev/a
 sm/vol_cloud01-178 i
 s online,STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                Volume device /dev/a
 sm/vol_cloud01-178 i
 s online,STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                Volume device /dev/a
 sm/vol_cloud01-178 i
 s online,STABLE
 ora.DATA1.dg
 OFFLINE OFFLINE      oel6srv01               STABLE
 OFFLINE OFFLINE      oel6srv02               STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.FRA1.dg
 OFFLINE OFFLINE      oel6srv01               STABLE
 OFFLINE OFFLINE      oel6srv02               STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.LISTENER.lsnr
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv01                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv02                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.OCRVOTING.dg
 OFFLINE OFFLINE      oel6srv01               STABLE
 OFFLINE OFFLINE      oel6srv02               STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.data1.vol_cloud01.acfs
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv01                mounted on /cloudfs,
 STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv02                mounted on /cloudfs,
 STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                mounted on /cloudfs,
 STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                mounted on /cloudfs,
 STABLE
 ora.net1.network
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv01                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv02                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.ons
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv01                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv02                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.proxy_advm
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv01                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv02                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cluster Resources
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ora.LISTENER_SCAN1.lsnr
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.MGMTLSNR
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                169.254.25.188 192.1
 68.0.114 192.168.0.1
 24,STABLE
 ora.asm
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 3        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ora.cvu
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.mgmtdb
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                Open,STABLE
 ora.oc4j
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv01                STABLE
 ora.oel6srv01.vip
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv01                STABLE
 ora.oel6srv02.vip
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv02                STABLE
 ora.oel6srv03.vip
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv03                STABLE
 ora.oel6srv04.vip
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 ora.scan1.vip
 1        ONLINE  ONLINE       oel6srv04                STABLE
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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