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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 sdz

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 -t 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 -t vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/orabindg_galaxy/orabinvol_galaxy /app

7. To mount the file system automatically across reboot, edit the /etc/fstab file, and add the new file system. For example:

   /dev/vx/dsk/orabindg_galaxy/orabinvol_galaxy /app vxfs defaults 1 1

8. Repeat step 1 through step 7 on each other node in the cluster.