Hi

Try to use a loop device :

mkdir /asm
dd if=/dev/zero of=/asm/vol4 bs=1m count=1000
losetup /dev/loop1 /asm/vol4

Now you can use the orsacleasm to create ASM disk
/etc/init.d/orsacleasm VOL4 /dec/loop1

After that you can create a ASM diskgroup in sqlplus

create diskgroup diskgroup4 external redundancy disk 'ORCL_:VOL4';

This is described in the good book "Pro Oracle Database 10g RAC on Linux" by Dyke & Shaw.

/Peter

LOPEZ DIAZ, JORGE wrote:

Hello again.

 

  Now I'm trying to configure ASM in my VMware 2 nodes 10g RAC. Is it possible to use block devices for ASM without installing asmlib? I can't get runInstaller sees  any block device.

 

SLES 10 x86_64

RAC and Database 10.2.0.1

Vmware Server 1.0.1

 

Thank you

 

Jorge López Díaz