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Creating a disk group and file system for the Oracle software

 To create a disk group and file system for the Oracle software

1. Log in as root user on one node.
2. On one node, create a disk group. For example, type:

   # vxdg init orabindg_galaxy EMCO_1

3. Create the volume of about 7 GB in the group:

   # vxassist -g orabindg_galaxy make \ orabinvol_galaxy 7168M

4. Create a VxFS file system on orabinvol_galaxy to install the binaries. For example, type:

   # mkfs -V vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/orabindg_galaxy/orabinvol_galaxy

5. Create the mount point for the file system:

   # mkdir /app

6. Mount the file system using the device file for the block device:

   # mount -V vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/orabindg_galaxy/orabinvol_galaxy /app

7. Edit the /etc/filesystems file. Find the listing for the /app file system and verify that it resembles this entry:

   .

   /app:

   dev = /dev/vx/dsk/orabindg_galaxy/orabinvol_galaxy

   vfs = vxfs

   mount = true

   check = true

account = false

.

8. Repeat step 1 through on each other node in the cluster.