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Re: [suse-oracle] RAC 10g2 SLES10: hangcheck-timer, asmlib, ocfs2
and heartbeat

nick oprea at cbn dot ro

2007-04-17

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Alexei_Roudnev wrote:
> 1) Docs are for both RHEL and SLES.
> 2) Try to use docs from http://www.suse.com/oracle, they are specific for
> SuSe.
> 3) hangcheck-timer is part of SLES10.
> 4) Oracle RAC configure it itself, you should not worry about this module.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "nick oprea at cbn dot ro" <noprea@(protected)>
> To: <suse-oracle@(protected)>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:51 AM
> Subject: [suse-oracle] RAC 10g2 SLES10: hangcheck-timer, asmlib, ocfs2 and
> heartbeat
>
>
>  
>> Hi list,
>>
>> the RAC installation docs I found on OTN or the docs from "RAC for
>> Administrators" course at Oracle University, are for RedHat 3.0 or
>> higher . They use the hangcheck-timer kernel module, which is not part
>> of SLES 10. Is it really needed on SLES10 ?
>> The hangcheck-timer site
>> (http://oss.oracle.com/projects/hangcheck-timer/dist/documentation/README)
>> says it was integrated in kernels 2.5. How can it be configured ? The
>> vmware 2 node installation is more 'lazy' so I would like to set higher
>> values for it.
>>
>> Maybe this is not related to hangcheck-timer module:
>> the ocfs2 installation , when configuring O2CB driver also asks about
>> kernel or userspace heartbeat method. Does that mean I have to install
>> and configure the heartbeat system ? Do you have any clues ?
>>
>> Maybe I should put 3 different entries in the list ? So threads should
>> be more consistent?
>>
>> Thanks in advance !
>>
>> --
>> Nick Oprea
>> Database Administrator
>> CBN International Europe
>>
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Thanks very much for your quick response.

It seem that I tried to install oc2b driver on an unpatched SLES. After
applying 450 MB of updates, the instalation didn't complain about
hangcheck timer any more.

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Nick Oprea
Database Administrator
CBN International Europe

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