Easily Replacing an AFD Disk in ASM DiskGroup
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Easily Replacing an AFD Disk in ASM DiskGroup

When using OracleASM in normal or high redundancy, a failed disk is nothing to be concerned with. However, when using AFD, there are several additional actions you need to take into account in order to replace the disk quickly and easily. It is imperative to understand that when using AFD, there are some unavoidable tasks…

Using Oracle GI 19c to Provide Highly-Available NFS Services
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Using Oracle GI 19c to Provide Highly-Available NFS Services

Introduction Since Oracle GI version 11.2.0.3, Oracle have provided a clustered file-system called ACFS, based on the underlined technology Oracle ASM. This technology has provided a reliable-enough, although not free from bugs, clustered file-system, while Oracle OCFS2 (which had its own cluster framework: O2CB) has been abandoned and left to die. ACFS was a good-enough…

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Oracle ACFS autostart on Oracle RAC stand alone (Oracle Restart)

I would like to start with a declaration – I would prefer not to use ACFS for a stand-alone system. It binds the “normal” order of startup and mounts to the cluster. Not only that – but while until version 12.1, RAC stand alone had a built-in service for ACFS, this is no longer the…