Prepare some virtual disks

EDIT 2014 Jun 11: 12c is more angry. Use at least 1GB file size. esp

The storage cell software installed and some disks must be created.

Shutdown the machine and with VirtualBox Settings create all the disks: 12 with size 500M (data) and 6 with size 400M (flash)

Choose create a new one, dynamical

with size 500MB.

Repeat 17 more times…  and restart the VM

After storage cell software install some changes in gnome environment produce this strange behaviour

Calm down, is just a profile problem. Switch to failsafe session

and log again in an xterm

and edit /etc/bashrc

[root@stocell1]# vi /etc/bashrc

…..

export DISPLAY=:0

Save, exit and login again.

Now identify disks

[root@stocell1 ~]# fdisk -l 2>/dev/null |grep “B,” Disk /dev/sda: 26.8 GB, 26843545600 bytes Disk /dev/sdb: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdc: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdd: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sde: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdf: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdg: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdh: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdi: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdj: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdk: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdl: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdm: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes Disk /dev/sdn: 419 MB, 419430400 bytes Disk /dev/sdo: 419 MB, 419430400 bytes Disk /dev/sdp: 419 MB, 419430400 bytes Disk /dev/sdq: 419 MB, 419430400 bytes Disk /dev/sdr: 419 MB, 419430400 bytes Disk /dev/sds: 419 MB, 419430400 bytes Disk /dev/dm-0: 22.5 GB, 22515023872 bytes Disk /dev/dm-1: 4194 MB, 4194304000 bytes

(500MB data, 400MB flash)

Looking at environment of the new celladmin user, it could be found an interesting variable that define where the cellsrv process will search for disks:

[root@stocell1 unix]# echo $T_WORK /opt/oracle/cell11.2.3.2.1_LINUX.X64_130109/disks

Under that path a new folder is needed (raw) and symbolic link to “real” disks should be created

cd /opt/oracle/cell11.2.3.2.1_LINUX.X64_130109/disks mkdir disks mkdir disks/raw cd disks/rawln -s /dev/sdb stocell1_DISK01 ln -s /dev/sdc stocell1_DISK02 ln -s /dev/sdd stocell1_DISK03 ln -s /dev/sde stocell1_DISK04 ln -s /dev/sdf stocell1_DISK05 ln -s /dev/sdg stocell1_DISK06 ln -s /dev/sdh stocell1_DISK07 ln -s /dev/sdi stocell1_DISK08 ln -s /dev/sdj stocell1_DISK09 ln -s /dev/sdk stocell1_DISK10 ln -s /dev/sdl stocell1_DISK11 ln -s /dev/sdm stocell1_DISK12 ln -s /dev/sdn stocell1_FLASH01 ln -s /dev/sdo stocell1_FLASH02 ln -s /dev/sdp stocell1_FLASH03 ln -s /dev/sdq stocell1_FLASH04 ln -s /dev/sdr stocell1_FLASH05 ln -s /dev/sds stocell1_FLASH06

Next: Start and use storage cell software to configure cell disks, flash disks, grid disks

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