Re: [zones-discuss] migrate from global zone ?
Hi Mike, thanks very much for your advices and suggestions. Oracle Solaris 11 Express provides Oracle Solaris 10 Containers which are designed to solve such problems. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/821-1460/gjfbq/index.html http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/821-1460/gjoak/index.html i'm using opensolaris 2009.06 (build 111b), am not sure if the above will work for me. i'll check them out. If you have a non-trivial installation (e.g. you are using ASM, you have SAN attached disk containing file systems for binaries and databases, etc.) you will likely need to do some additional configuration. no asm or san, just local disks and zfs. 1) Configure the zone with zonecfg. You will most likely need to set various resource controls (add rctl in zonecfg) for shared memory, etc. I suspect that current Oracle DB installation docs will describe what needs to be set. 2) Install the zone with zoneadm install. 3) Boot the zone and do any configuration needed. For example, add users and groups needed. 4) Shut down the database 5) Remove (or comment) the /etc/vfstab entries corresponding to the oracle databases and binaries from the global zone 6) Add fs entries to the zone's configuration (with zonecfg) corresponding to the entries removed from the global zone's /etc/vfstab. 7) Reboot the zone 8) Start the database in the zone. thanks for the steps, they are very helpful, especially (6). i'm reading that i'll need to lofs mount the relevent oracle db install directories into the individual zones, and when booted, the instances will run in their non global zones (?). Thanks again, will try out the above steps next week, after i install some other zones/virtualbox guests (this question arises as i'm planning the deployments). cheers, sam -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] migrate from global zone ?
Thanks Hung-Sheng, Christian for your suggestions on p2v. Joerg on www.c0t0d0s0.org mentioned that the code is putback for build as of build 109, so i have have it in my 111b build. will look it up as well, cheers, sam -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] migrate from global zone ?
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:25 AM, sang-suan gam sangsuan@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, how can one migrate oracle DB (2 instances) from the global zone to non-local zones ? thanks, sam Oracle Solaris 11 Express provides Oracle Solaris 10 Containers which are designed to solve such problems. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/821-1460/gjfbq/index.html http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/821-1460/gjoak/index.html If you have a non-trivial installation (e.g. you are using ASM, you have SAN attached disk containing file systems for binaries and databases, etc.) you will likely need to do some additional configuration. Be sure to check with the database folks to ensure that you remain in a supported configuration. If you aren't able to move to Solaris 11 Express (even with Solaris 10 Containers), the process for migrating will be highly dependent on your configuration. The last time I read the oracle database installation instructions (several years ago) the recommendation was to have separate file systems for the oracle executables (e.g. /u01) and others for database files, indexes, etc. (e.g. /u02, /u03, ... or /sid/u01, /sid/u02, ...) If this is the case, then you likely need to do something along the lines of the following. This an off the cuff description of the process that is generic and almost certainly misses things that exist in your configuration. Test it on non-production machines first and consult with DBAs and Oracle Solaris and database support as needed. 1) Configure the zone with zonecfg. You will most likely need to set various resource controls (add rctl in zonecfg) for shared memory, etc. I suspect that current Oracle DB installation docs will describe what needs to be set. 2) Install the zone with zoneadm install. 3) Boot the zone and do any configuration needed. For example, add users and groups needed. 4) Shut down the database 5) Remove (or comment) the /etc/vfstab entries corresponding to the oracle databases and binaries from the global zone 6) Add fs entries to the zone's configuration (with zonecfg) corresponding to the entries removed from the global zone's /etc/vfstab. 7) Reboot the zone 8) Start the database in the zone. -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/ ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] migrate from global zone ?
I have not seen any official support of oracle 11gr2x in solaris 11 express yet so most likely the installation is on s10 I would add the following: on the same host of s10 create full root zone, so you will have the same os and patch level of the GZ. if you also inherit the oracle home then NGZ will get the same copy of the oracle installation you would then work out procedure to migration the db data from GZ to NGZ hth On 1/20/2011 9:24 AM, Mike Gerdts wrote: On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:25 AM, sang-suan gamsangsuan@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, how can one migrate oracle DB (2 instances) from the global zone to non-local zones ? thanks, sam Oracle Solaris 11 Express provides Oracle Solaris 10 Containers which are designed to solve such problems. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/821-1460/gjfbq/index.html http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/821-1460/gjoak/index.html If you have a non-trivial installation (e.g. you are using ASM, you have SAN attached disk containing file systems for binaries and databases, etc.) you will likely need to do some additional configuration. Be sure to check with the database folks to ensure that you remain in a supported configuration. If you aren't able to move to Solaris 11 Express (even with Solaris 10 Containers), the process for migrating will be highly dependent on your configuration. The last time I read the oracle database installation instructions (several years ago) the recommendation was to have separate file systems for the oracle executables (e.g. /u01) and others for database files, indexes, etc. (e.g. /u02, /u03, ... or /sid/u01, /sid/u02, ...) If this is the case, then you likely need to do something along the lines of the following. This an off the cuff description of the process that is generic and almost certainly misses things that exist in your configuration. Test it on non-production machines first and consult with DBAs and Oracle Solaris and database support as needed. 1) Configure the zone with zonecfg. You will most likely need to set various resource controls (add rctl in zonecfg) for shared memory, etc. I suspect that current Oracle DB installation docs will describe what needs to be set. 2) Install the zone with zoneadm install. 3) Boot the zone and do any configuration needed. For example, add users and groups needed. 4) Shut down the database 5) Remove (or comment) the /etc/vfstab entries corresponding to the oracle databases and binaries from the global zone 6) Add fs entries to the zone's configuration (with zonecfg) corresponding to the entries removed from the global zone's /etc/vfstab. 7) Reboot the zone 8) Start the database in the zone. attachment: laotsao.vcf___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] migrate from global zone ?
IMHO, it is unfortunate that there is no official tool to support p2v for s10 in zone_p2v blog it talk about the reason and difficulty why there is no p2v for s10 Since there are many advantage of NGZ, and many user would not migrate to new s11x, even with s10 brand in short time it is very important for solaris to provide p2v in s10 my 2c On 1/20/2011 2:25 AM, sang-suan gam wrote: Hi All, how can one migrate oracle DB (2 instances) from the global zone to non-local zones ? thanks, sam attachment: laotsao.vcf___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] migrate from global zone ?
Hello, äs I know p2v is supported in s10 update 9. You can create a flash archive of the global zone and install as solaris 10th container. Please have a look at the release notes of Solaris 10 update 9 Regards Christian On Jan 20, 2011 4:46 PM, Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph. D. laot...@gmail.com wrote: IMHO, it is unfortunate that there is no official tool to support p2v for s10 in zone_p2v blog it talk about the reason and difficulty why there is no p2v for s10 Since there are many advantage of NGZ, and many user would not migrate to new s11x, even with s10 brand in short time it is very important for solaris to provide p2v in s10 my 2c On 1/20/2011 2:25 AM, sang-suan gam wrote: Hi All, how can one migrate oracle DB (2 instances) from the global zone to non-local zones ? thanks, sam ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] migrate from global zone ?
Yes thank u Sorry about my mistake Sent from my iPad On Jan 20, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Christian Meier meierc...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, äs I know p2v is supported in s10 update 9. You can create a flash archive of the global zone and install as solaris 10th container. Please have a look at the release notes of Solaris 10 update 9 Regards Christian On Jan 20, 2011 4:46 PM, Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph. D. laot...@gmail.com wrote: IMHO, it is unfortunate that there is no official tool to support p2v for s10 in zone_p2v blog it talk about the reason and difficulty why there is no p2v for s10 Since there are many advantage of NGZ, and many user would not migrate to new s11x, even with s10 brand in short time it is very important for solaris to provide p2v in s10 my 2c On 1/20/2011 2:25 AM, sang-suan gam wrote: Hi All, how can one migrate oracle DB (2 instances) from the global zone to non-local zones ? thanks, sam ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
[zones-discuss] migrate from global zone ?
Hi All, how can one migrate oracle DB (2 instances) from the global zone to non-local zones ? thanks, sam -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
