Re: [Ocfs2-users] How long for an fsck?

2011-04-21 Thread Karim Alkhayer
What is the block size? -Original Message- From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Josep Guerrero Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 4:43 PM To: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: [Ocfs2-users] How long for an fsck? I have a cl

Re: [Ocfs2-users] Question about eth communication for ocfs2

2011-02-08 Thread Karim Alkhayer
In a two-node setup, node 0 will survive, because that's the node with the lowest node number (as defined in cluster.conf). You may want to think about adding a third [FAKE] node; if this is a feasible workaround, then only the troublesome node should fence itself. -Original Message

Re: [Ocfs2-users] RAC and OCFS2 timeout interaction issues

2010-11-22 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Here are some hints: - Starting with versions 1.2.5 and later, the ocfs2 network timeout may be configured. - If using network bonding, you should set the network idle timeout to at least 30 seconds. - Set O2CB_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS to at least 3. If the problem persists, set it

Re: [Ocfs2-users] AUTO: Edward C Cheadle is out of the office. (returning 05/18/2010)

2010-05-14 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Please, let us know when you're back! From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Edward C Cheadle Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 1:02 AM To: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: [Ocfs2-users] AUTO: Edward C Cheadle is out of the office. (retur

Re: [Ocfs2-users] problems with mailing list?

2010-05-07 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Seems to be working... Spam folder? From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Kristiansen Morten Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 2:16 PM To: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: [Ocfs2-users] problems with mailing list? Hi, I haven’t

Re: [Ocfs2-users] Compile error on RedHat EL5

2010-05-05 Thread Karim Alkhayer
If you could afford a maintenance downtime, skip the rolling upgrades and do it in one shot, all together. -Original Message- From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Kristiansen Morten Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:05 PM To: Ta

Re: [Ocfs2-users] backup performance problem and snapshot

2010-05-02 Thread Karim Alkhayer
he second issue, slow copy; try to ftp instead (internally, on the same host; ssh to the other lan then ftp get, dummy workaround, but works sometimes, and normally faster than the standard cp). Hope that help Best regards, Karim Alkhayer From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mai

Re: [Ocfs2-users] NIC Bonding

2009-08-17 Thread Karim Alkhayer
bonding should be fine if the above is considered. Best regards, Karim Alkhayer From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Raheel Akhtar Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 5:09 PM To: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: [Ocfs2-users] NIC Bonding

[Ocfs2-users] Overriding O2NET_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS/KEEPALIVE_DELAY default values in precompiled OCFS2 1.2.1

2009-08-15 Thread Karim Alkhayer
How is it possible to override O2NET_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS(value =10)O2NET_KEEPALIVE_DELAY_SECS (value=5), assuming that OCFS2 is the bundled (precompiled)release with SLES9 SP3? in ocfs2/cluster/tcp_internal.h #define O2NET_KEEPALIVE_DELAY_SECS 5 #define O2NET_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SE

Re: [Ocfs2-users] How to clean orphan metadata?

2009-07-27 Thread Karim Alkhayer
associated with orphaned files. Let us know how it goes! Best regards, Karim Alkhayer From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Gonçalo Borges Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 4:35 PM To: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: [Ocfs2-users] How

Re: [Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 v1.4 hangs

2009-06-04 Thread Karim Alkhayer
ure resolution can be applied in a situation where you have setup a net bonding for the interconnects, which is highly recommended. Best regards, Karim Alkhayer -Original Message- From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Joh

Re: [Ocfs2-users] Encountered disk I/O error 19502

2009-04-06 Thread Karim Alkhayer
6:42 PM To: Karim Alkhayer; ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] Encountered disk I/O error 19502 Hi, We already have TAF implemented, unfortunately that doesn't help. It suppose TAF might help if the instance was terminated, but that's not happening instead it termina

Re: [Ocfs2-users] Encountered disk I/O error 19502

2009-04-06 Thread Karim Alkhayer
ELECT) 5. Client awareness of a Failover Can we have an overview of the database setup, nature of transactions, and parameters? It would also help to examine the troublesome node behavior and recovery measures. Best regards, Karim Alkhayer From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.co

Re: [Ocfs2-users] forcing ocfs2 NOT to reboot the server

2009-02-13 Thread Karim Alkhayer
fencing I'd suggest that you re-think of that redo volume, why didn't you go with the standard-simple dataguard configuration? -Original Message- From: Mehmet Can ÖNAL [mailto:mco...@fintek.com.tr] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 4:00 PM To: Karim Alkhayer; Sunil Mushran Cc: o

Re: [Ocfs2-users] forcing ocfs2 NOT to reboot the server

2009-02-13 Thread Karim Alkhayer
How long does the switchover take? I believe that if O2CB_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD value is greater than the time taken to complete the switchover, then you'd overcome the reboot issue. Let me know your thoughts. Best regards, Karim -Original Message- From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com

Re: [Ocfs2-users] ASM over OCFS2 vs. Standard locally managed tablespaces

2009-02-09 Thread Karim Alkhayer
-sized, similar to the ocr and voting disks creation The final product should be quite interesting! Cheers, Karim From: Schmitter, Martin [mailto:martin.schmit...@opitz-consulting.de] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 4:26 PM To: Karim Alkhayer; lfreita...@yahoo.com; ocfs2-users

Re: [Ocfs2-users] ASM over OCFS2 vs. Standard locally managed tablespaces

2009-02-09 Thread Karim Alkhayer
, Karim From: Schmitter, Martin [mailto:martin.schmit...@opitz-consulting.de] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:52 PM To: Karim Alkhayer; lfreita...@yahoo.com; ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: AW: [Ocfs2-users] ASM over OCFS2 vs. Standard locally managed tablespaces Hi Karim

Re: [Ocfs2-users] ASM over OCFS2 vs. Standard locally managed tablespaces

2009-02-09 Thread Karim Alkhayer
We're using OCFS2 for RAC on top of SLES9, which we're going to upgrade to SLES10. Around 10 TB RAID6 multi disk arrays, 5 databases on RAC, and 5 single instances standby for the primary site As there is no AI component in ASM to detect the fast LUNs, and RAC on SLES requires a shared file sy

[Ocfs2-users] ASM over OCFS2 vs. Standard locally managed tablespaces

2009-02-07 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Hello All, Are there any benchmarks with respect to performance with respect to ASM over OCFS2 vs. standard locally managed tablespaces? In our environment, data files hosting tables/lobs are stored on a RAID6 disk array with 10K rpm disks, whilst indices are stored on a different RAID6 disk

[Ocfs2-users] RAC OS Migration

2009-02-06 Thread Karim Alkhayer
>> Hello All, >> We've been finally given the green light to consider the upgrade to the latest available OCFS2 version >> Currently, we're running RAC 10.1.0.5 on a two-nodes cluster, and there are no plans at the moment to upgrade Oracle software version >> My concerns are the following: >> 1)

Re: [Ocfs2-users] o2quo_make_decision

2009-02-03 Thread Karim Alkhayer
time > Best regards, > Karim -Original Message- From: Sunil Mushran [mailto:sunil.mush...@oracle.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:36 PM To: Karim Alkhayer Cc: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] o2quo_make_decision Means the network connection between two no

[Ocfs2-users] o2quo_make_decision

2009-02-03 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Sunil, > Any clue what this means? > Feb 3 12:47:12 oracle2d kernel: (19,1):o2quo_make_decision:144 ERROR: fencing this node because it is connected to a half-quorum of 1 out of 2 nodes which doesn't include the lowest active node 1 > Feb 3 12:47:12 oracle2d kernel: (19,1):o2hb_stop_all_region

Re: [Ocfs2-users] ocfs2 hosts reboot under load

2009-02-03 Thread Karim Alkhayer
oracle.com] On Behalf Of Alex Mestiashvili Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:40 AM To: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] ocfs2 hosts reboot under load Karim Alkhayer wrote: > Hi Alexander, > Try to increase the value of "Heartbeat dead threshold" > 5 minutes could

Re: [Ocfs2-users] ocfs2 hosts reboot under load

2009-02-01 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Hi Alexander, Try to increase the value of "Heartbeat dead threshold" 5 minutes could be acceptable for the preliminary testing under load This will allow you to assess the problem before the node(s) die Best regards, Karim -Original Message- From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mail

Re: [Ocfs2-users] How to force node [a] to consider node [b] dead?

2009-01-26 Thread Karim Alkhayer
: Monday, January 26, 2009 7:52 PM To: Karim Alkhayer Cc: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] How to force node [a] to consider node [b] dead? You are running a 3 year old version of the fs. Please upgrade to something more current. Like sles9 sp4 or sles10 sp1 that bundles ocfs2

[Ocfs2-users] How to force node [a] to consider node [b] dead?

2009-01-26 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Hi All, We have O2CB_HEARTBEAT_THRESHOLD set to 601 as the SAN gets overloaded sometimes and hence causing the nodes to panic This value has proven to be more stable than 31. However, there are sometimes where one of the nodes, for instance node [b] crashes, for whatever reason. While atte

Re: [Ocfs2-users] cluster member hangs during reboot

2009-01-06 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Joel, What happens if you shutdown all the nodes, startup the troublesome node alone; will it succeed? Cheers, Karim From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Joel Freeman Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:17 PM To: ocfs2-users@os

Re: [Ocfs2-users] Filesystem Block Size w// DB_BLOCK_SIZE

2008-12-20 Thread Karim Alkhayer
-Original Message- From: Luis Freitas [mailto:lfreita...@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 3:30 PM To: Karim Alkhayer Cc: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: RE: [Ocfs2-users] Filesystem Block Size w// DB_BLOCK_SIZE Karim, Even if they wont upgrade the entire system,

Re: [Ocfs2-users] Filesystem Block Size w// DB_BLOCK_SIZE

2008-12-20 Thread Karim Alkhayer
houghts Cheers, Karim -Original Message- From: Sunil Mushran [mailto:sunil.mush...@oracle.com] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:57 PM To: Karim Alkhayer Cc: lfreita...@yahoo.com; ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] Filesystem Block Size w// DB_BLOCK_SIZE True. The onl

[Ocfs2-users] Filesystem Block Size w// DB_BLOCK_SIZE

2008-12-18 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Hello All, We're hosting DB1 and DB2 with db_block_size set to 8K, 16K respectively File system creation is done with mkfs.ocfs2 -b 4K -C 32K -N 4 -L LABLE /dev/mapper/ Mount is done with: ocfs2 _netdev,datavolume,nointr 0 0 I'd like to know if we can separate most of the ta

Re: [Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 Upgrade

2008-12-05 Thread Karim Alkhayer
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 7:49 PM To: Karim Alkhayer Cc: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 Upgrade That's sles9 sp3. Would recommend you upgrade to sles9 sp4 and get the latest kernel. That will get you ocfs2 1.2.9. However, if you wish the upgra

[Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 Upgrade

2008-12-05 Thread Karim Alkhayer
Hello All, What is the latest OCFS2 version we can upgrade to, and what are the options? Current OCFS2 version is1.2.1 Current OCFS2 components: ocfs2-tools-1.1.4-0.5 ocfs2console-1.1.4-0.5 Current OS: # uname -r Kernel 2.6.5-7.257-default # cat /etc/SuSE-release SUSE LINUX Enterprise