Summary
PADSTOW has been rebuilt as the primary site for the data guard environment.
References
Oracle Manuals
Procedure
Create OVMS Directory
On VICTORIA, I created the directory for PADSTOW:
mkdir -p /OVS/running_pool/PADSTOW
Duplicate PERSONAL VM
On VICTORIA, I duplicated the VM image for PERSONAL:
cp /OVS/running_pool/PERSONAL/root_disk /OVS/running_pool/PADSTOW/
Allocate VM Resources
The following resources were updated:
Update DNS
The DNS entries on GRIDCTRL were updated for:
- PADSTOW
- BOTANY
Create XEN Configuration File
On VICTORIA, I created the XEN configuration file for PADSTOW as follows:
cat >/OVS/running_pool/PADSTOW/padstow.cfg <<DONE
# =====================================================================
# HVM guest configuration for PADSTOW
# Generated $(date --rfc-3339=seconds)
# =====================================================================
#
# This is a fairly minimal example of what is required for an
# HVM guest. For a more complete guide see xl.cfg(5)
# This configures an HVM rather than PV guest
builder = "hvm"
# Guest name
name = "padstow"
# 128-bit UUID for the domain as a hexadecimal number.
# Use "uuidgen" to generate one if required.
uuid = "$(uuidgen)"
# Initial memory allocation (MB)
memory = 3072
maxmem = 3072
# Number of VCPUS
vcpus = 1
maxvcpus = 1
# Network devices
# A list of 'vifspec' entries as described in
# docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown
vif = [
'mac=00:16:3E:00:00:03,bridge=xenbr0'
]
# Disk Devices
# A list of 'diskspec' entries as described in
# docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
disk = [
'/OVS/running_pool/PADSTOW/root_disk,raw,xvda,rw'
]
# Guest VGA console configuration, either SDL or VNC
vnc = 1
vnclisten = "0.0.0.0"
vncdisplay = 1
DONE
Start VM
On VICTORIA, I started the VM for PADSTOW as follows:
xl create /OVS/running_pool/PADSTOW/padstow.cfg
Change Hostname
Following the procedure in “11.2.4 /etc/sysconfig/network”, I changed the hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network on PADSTOW as follows (changes in bold):
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=padstow.yaocm.id.au
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
# oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall : Add NOZEROCONF=yes
NOZEROCONF=yes
Following the procedure in “11.2.1 /etc/hosts”, I changed the hostname in /etc/hosts on PADSTOW as follows (changes in bold):
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
192.168.1.110 padstow padstow.yaocm.id.au
Reconfigure NIC
Following the procedure in “11.3 Command-line Network Configuration Interfaces”, I changed the NIC configuration on PADSTOW as follows:
cat >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 <<DONE DEVICE=eth0 TYPE=Ethernet UUID=$(uuidgen) ONBOOT=yes NM_CONTROLLED=yes BOOTPROTO=none HWADDR=00:16:3E:00:00:03 IPADDR=192.168.1.110 PREFIX=24 GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 DNS1=192.168.1.252 DNS2=192.168.1.1 DOMAIN=yaocm.id.au DEFROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes IPV6INIT=no NAME="System eth0" DONE