Additional Information - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual

• In the ocfs2console, select a device in the Available Devices list, click
Mount, specify the directory mount point and mount options (optional), then
click OK.
• Mount the volume from the command line, using the mount command.
• Mount the volume from the /etc/fstab file on system boot.
Mounting an OCFS2 volume takes about 5 seconds, depending on how long it
takes for the heartbeat thread to stabilize. On a successful mount, the device list
in the ocfs2console shows the mount point along with the device.
For information about mounting an OCFS2 volume using any of these methods,
see the OCFS2 User Guide
ocfs2/documentation/] on the OCFS2 project at Oracle
.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/].
When running Oracle RAC, make sure to use the datavolume and nointr
mounting options for OCFS2 volumes that contain the Voting diskfile (CRS),
Cluster registry (OCR), Data files, Redo logs, Archive logs, and Control files.
Do not use these options when mounting the Oracle Home volume.
Option
datavolume
nointr

14.4 Additional Information

For information about using OCFS2, see the OCFS2 User Guide
.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/documentation/] on the OCFS2 project
at Oracle [http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/].
[http://oss.oracle.com/projects/
Description
Ensures that the Oracle processes open the files with
the o_direct flag.
No interruptions. Ensures the IO is not interrupted by
signals.
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