Users Guide

46 Configuring Network and Storage for Oracle RAC Database
Preparing the Database Disk and Flash Recovery Area for Database
Storage With OCFS
NOTE: When using Automatic Storage Management (ASM), the ASM data disk
group should be larger than your database (multiple LUNs) and the ASM Flash
Recovery Area disk group should be at least twice the size of your data disk group.
NOTE: If you are creating the logical drives that are used to create the ASM
storage disk, ignore the following steps and see
"Preparing the Database Disk and
Flash Recovery Area for Database Storage With OCFS" on page 46.
To create logical drives that are used to create the Oracle’s Clustered File
System (OCFS) storage disk:
1 On node 1, create one logical drive for the Database.
a Locate the disk that is assigned for the Oracle Database.
b On the disk partition area, right-click the free space and select
New Logical Drive .
The Welcome to the New Partition wizard is displayed.
c Click Next .
d In the Select Partition Type window, select Logical drive and click
Next .
e In the Specify Partition Size window in the Partition size in MB field,
type the appropriate size and click
Next .
f In the Assign Drive Letter or Path window, select Do not assign a
drive letter or drive path
and click Next .
g In the Format Partition window , select Do not format this partition
and click
Next .
h Click Finish .
2 On node 1, create one logical drive for the Flash Recovery Area.
a Locate the disk that is assigned for the Flash Recovery Area.
b Perform step b to step h in step 1.
3 Restart all other nodes and login as administrator.