Linking the Veritas extension for Oracle Disk Manager library into Oracle home

If the Veritas extension for Oracle Disk Manager library is not linked into Oracle home, perform the following procedure. The steps vary depending on the Oracle version.

To link the Veritas extension for Oracle Disk Manager library into Oracle home for Oracle 11g

  1. Shut down the database instance before linking the Oracle Disk Manager library.

  2. Use the mv and ln commands.

    For HP-UX PA, enter:

    # mv ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm11.sl \
    ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm11.sl.orig
    # ln -s /opt/VRTSodm/lib/libodm.sl \
    ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm11.sl

    For HP-UX IA, enter:

    # mv ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm11.so \
    ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm11.so.orig
    # ln -s /opt/VRTSodm/lib/libodm.sl \
    ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm11.so
  3. Start the database instance after linking the Oracle Disk Manager library.

To link the Veritas extension for Oracle Disk Manager library into Oracle home for Oracle 10g

  1. Shut down the database instance before linking the Oracle Disk Manager library.

  2. Use the mv and ln commands:

    For HP-UX PA, enter:

    # mv ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm10.sl \
    ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm10.sl.orig
    # ln -s /opt/VRTSodm/lib/libodm.sl \
    ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm10.sl

    For HP-UX IA, enter:

    # mv ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm10.so \
    ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm10.so.orig
    # ln -s /opt/VRTSodm/lib/libodm.sl \
    ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib/libodm10.so
  3. Start the database instance after linking the Oracle Disk Manager library.