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Subject:    Re: [suse-oracle] static IP - something cheesy is going on
From:       "C'est Pierre" <cestpierre () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-08-23 14:18:45
Message-ID: 5485940d0608230718t7be64c94m9d9274efc61bc8c2 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Alright, thanks Tom and Yoav. Both of your answers were truly appreciated!

P.

On 8/22/06, Yoav Givon <ygivon@gmail.com> wrote:
> your host file need to be similar to this
>
> 10.81.128.11    diva-cl-01.aida.de diva-cl-01
> 10.81.128.13    diva-cl-02.aida.de diva-cl-02
>
> 172.31.31.1     diva-cl-01-priv.aida.de diva-cl-01-priv
>  172.31.31.3     diva-cl-02-priv.aida.de diva-cl-02-priv
>
> #172.31.31.2     diva-cl-01-priv.aida.de diva-cl-01-priv
> #172.31.31.4     diva-cl-02-priv.aida.de diva-cl-02-priv
>
> 10.81.128.12    diva-cl-01-vip.aida.de diva-cl-01-vip
> 10.81.128.14    diva-cl-02-vip.aida.de diva-cl-02-vip
>
> notes .
>
> makes sure that eth0 connects to the public network . The VIP would be added
> BY ORACLE   to eth0 and will  be eth0:1.   Do not assign NIC   to this JUST
> assign IP .
>
> in the above BONDING were done between two nics going to the interconnect,
> this is why  you see two IP's Pounded (#)
> If you are not do bonding OR if u use hust one NIC on a node  then the
> pounded lines should not be there in the   first place .
>
> Last comment
>
> All   your RAC ip's should be static . If you choose to work with non public
> Ip's ,  Ir is OK  but your CRS installation will fail close to the end as
> VIPCA "hates"  non public IP's .   Finish    your   CRS   installation  as
> is and then   run   VIPCA   as root  .
>
>
> Good luck
>
> Yoav
>
>
>
> On 8/22/06, C'est Pierre <cestpierre@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Tom,
> >
> > I used yast2 to configure the network cards, the server has 4 network
> > cards. I created 3 network cards, but I just noticed that one them
> > isn't necessary, based on yout email's contents, anyways, here's how I
> > set it up:
> >
> > eth0 - public
> > eth1 - vip (to be removed)
> > eth2 - interconnect (to be moved to eth1)
> > eth3 - a random ip just to make eth3 "in-use" and see wether the
> > message would disappear.
> >
> > We haven't finnished Oracle install yet because we're currently with a
> > backup-dba, which doesn't know how to setup RAC and so far, we've only
> > been trying to pass out all the minimum requirements. So far, we do
> > pass those requirements, except this recommendation, which doesn't
> > seem worth the time I am wasting over this.
> >
> > We have no errors.
> >
> > Now, my question is: Do I need to setup eth0 aliases for VIPs manually
> > (through YaST) or does oracle handle it by itself?
> >
> > Thing to notice, I've never done a RAC cluster either.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Pierre
> >
> >
> > On 8/22/06, Tom Corr <tcorr@cox.net> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 05:38, C'est Pierre wrote:
> > > Have you tried to go into yast2 and verify that the IP information is
> correct?
> > >
> > > How many network cards do you have installed in your server?
> > > - We used two.  One for the Public/Virtual IPs and one for the Private.
> Note,
> > > the virtual IP is controlled by Oracle.  It should not appear as part of
> the
> > > yast configuration.
> > >
> > > Using yast2 we were able to see all of our interfaces.  We then made
> sure that
> > > we could see the IP addresses and the hostnames within yast2 and
> /etc/hosts.
> > >
> > > Is the Oracle installer reporting any errors?  I saw the "Recomendation"
> > > section, but I did not see any errors mentioned.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > First, thanks to all of you for the replies!
> > > >
> > > > As for the /etc/hosts, I just finnished adding all IPs and relative
> > > > hosts, such as:
> > > >
> > > > 2  Public IPs (of the 2 servers)
> > > > 2  Virtual IPs (of the 2 servers)
> > > > 2  Interconnect IPs (of the 2 servers)
> > > >
> > > > So far, nothing solved my issue!
> > > >
> > > > Any remaining sugestions, are more than welcome!
> > > >
> > > > Thank you
> > > >
> > > > On 8/21/06, Tom Corr <tcorr@cox.net> wrote:
> > > > > On Monday 21 August 2006 08:41, Chris Black wrote:
> > > > > When we set up 10.1 RAC we needed the Private IP's and the public
> IP's of
> > > > > all three servers in the /etc/hosts file.  If I remember correctly,
> we
> > > > > had to add the full names, as well as, the alias names there.
> > > > >
> > > > > tom
> > > > >
> > > > > > I know at some points during some installation scripts it uses
> > > > > > /etc/hosts to look up host information. You might want to try
> putting
> > > > > > the static IP in /etc/hosts as an entry like:
> > > > > > 10.1.1.1    dbserv.mydomain dbserv
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Replacing 10.1.1.1 with the static IP of course.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chris
> > > > > >
> > > > > > C'est Pierre wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello again,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Now including the list which I seemed to forget before.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I tried adding an ip to all the unused network cards and
> runInstaller
> > > > > > > keeps giving the same warning. Is there a knowledge base or any
> other
> > > > > > > piece of Oracle certified documentation on this case, how
> exactly
> > > > > > > does Oracle check the network interfaces?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Pierre
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 8/21/06, C'est Pierre < cestpierre@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >> Thank you Bart!
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> That explains it, the first interface is setup correctly.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Thank you
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> On 8/21/06, Bart Goossens <bartg4@telenet.be > wrote:
> > > > > > >> > >----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> > > > > > >> > >Van: C'est Pierre [mailto:cestpierre@gmail.com ]
> > > > > > >> > >Verzonden: maandag, augustus 21, 2006 11:17 AM
> > > > > > >> > >Aan: suse-oracle@suse.com
> > > > > > >> > >Onderwerp: [suse-oracle] static IP - something cheesy is
> going on
> > > > > > >> > >
> > > > > > >> > >Hello,
> > > > > > >> > >
> > > > > > >> > >I've just installed our server and asked our DBA to check if
> > > > > > >> > >everything was alright prior to installing a cluster of
> Oracle
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> RAC, he
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> > >returned me this message:
> > > > > > >> > >
> > > > > > >> > >Recommendation: Oracle supports installations on systems
> with
> > > > > > >> > >DHCP-assigned public IP addresses.  However, the primary
> network
> > > > > > >> > >interface on the system should be configured with a static
> IP
> > > > > > >> > > address in order for the Oracle Software to function
> properly.
> > > > > > >> > > See the Installation Guide for more details on installing
> the
> > > > > > >> > > software on systems configured with DHCP.
> > > > > > >> > >
> > > > > > >> > >I am sure the IP is configured staticly and that it's not
> being
> > > > > > >> > >configured dynamicly from a dhcp server but I am not sure
> how to
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> solve
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> > >this problem. I tried google and oracle forums but so far I
> > > > > > >> > > haven't found a clue on how to fix this. Has anyone been
> through
> > > > > > >> > > this?
> > > > > > >> > >
> > > > > > >> > >Thank you.
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > Hello Pierre,
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > Do you have multiple NIC's in the server?  Are they all
> configured
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> with a static IP?  Or is there a NIC that is disabled?  If
> there is
> > > > > > >> one NIC not configured or configured with DHCP, it will give
> this
> > > > > > >> warning even when you don't use it.  If the primary network
> > > > > > >> interface (the one that will be used by Oracle) is configured
> with a
> > > > > > >> static IP, you can ignore this warning.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> > Kind regards,
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > Bart
> > > > >
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>
>
>  --
> Brgds
>
> Yoav Givon
> Fcruise  Software  GmbH
>

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