ORACLE GRID 11gr2 (RAC) on HPVM Guests

[RafS]

Hi all,
I installed ORACLE GRID 11gr2 (RAC) on 2 HPVM guests v4.2.
The VMs reside on 2 different HPVM Hosts on 2 c7000.

When I try to start the instance, it takes about 15 minutes to start up.

Using the command :#netstat -s -p ip, I get too many "fragments dropped after timeout".

Have you ever installed ORACLE GRID 11gr2 (RAC) on HPVM Guests ?
Have you any ideas to solve this problem?

Thanks a lot,
Raffaele

[Duncan Edmonstone]

Ummm you do know that RAC isn't officially supported in a HPVM don't you?

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/virtualizationmatrix-172995.html


It should however "work" - Where are you seeing the "fragments dropped after timeout"? on the guest or on the host?

HTH

Duncan

[RafS]

Hi,
I know that RAC isn't supported, but I think it should work.

I see the fragment dropped on the VM.

Thanks a lot,
Raffaele

[Duncan Edmonstone]

So do you see anything on the VM host?

HTH

Duncan

[RafS]

On the VM Host the fragments dropped after timeout are 0.

Thanks a lot,
Raffaele

[Duncan Edmonstone · Accepted solution]

What AVIO driver version do you have in the host and guest? Are you on the latest and greatest?

https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=AVIO

HTH

Duncan

[RafS]

Hi,
I have:
HostAVIOStor B.11.31.1003.01
HostAvioLan B.11.31.1003.01
GuestAVIOStor B.11.31.1003
GuestAvioLan B.11.31.1003

I'll upgrade AVIO software and I'll give you any news.

Thanks a lot,
Raffaele

[RafS]

Hi all,
now I have:

GuestAVIOStor B.11.31.1103
GuestAvioLan B.11.31.1103
HostAVIOStor B.11.31.1103
HostAvioLan B.11.31.1103.01

but the problem persists.

Thanks again,
Raffaele

[Duncan Edmonstone]

OK, so have you reviewed all the known networking issues in section 7.2 of the HPVM4.2 release notes:

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02471305/c02471305.pdf

HTH

Duncan

[RafS]

Hi,
I upgraded the VM from 4.2 to 4.3, but I didn't solve the problem.

Thanks again,
Raffaele