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OracleAutomatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS) extends OracleAutomatic Storage Management technology to support of all of your applicationdata in both single host and cluster configurations. Oracle Automatic StorageManagement Dynamic Volume

Manager (Oracle ADVM) provides volume managementservices and a standard disk device driver interface to clients. OracleAutomatic Storage Management Cluster File System is layered on Oracle AutomaticStorage Management through the Oracle Automatic Storage Management

DynamicVolume Manager interface.

A) The next matrix providesa roadmap for ACFS support platforms and versions:

11.2.0.1 ACFS new supported OS platforms and data  services

OL5  and RHEL5

Windows  2003 R1 (64-bit)

Windows  2003 R2 (64-bit)

11.2.0.2 ACFS new supported OS platforms and data  services

OL5/RHEL5  Update 3 and later (2.6.18 based kernels)

SLES10  SP3 and later*

Windows  2008 R1 (64-bit)

Windows  2008 R2 (64-bit)

Solaris  10 Update 6 and later

AIX  6.1 TL4 SP2 and later

AIX  7.1 is certified on 11.2.0.2.4

Replication,  Tagging (Linux only)

Enhanced  security and encryption (Linux only)

11.2.0.3 ACFS new supported OS platforms and data  services

2.6.39 (UEK) kernels can request a patch for Bug

OL6  with RedHat Compatible Kernel* / RHEL6 - Update 3* - starting in  11.2.0.3.4GIPSU*

OL6  with RedHat Compatible Kernel* / RHEL6 - Update 0,1,2* - starting in  11.2.0.3.3.GIPSU*

OL5/OL6  2.6.32-100.34.1 and later updates to -100 kernels*

OL5/OL6  2.6.32-200 and later updates to -200 kernels is supported on 11.2.0.3.1 GI  PSU*

OL5/OL6  2.6.32-300 and later updates to -300 kernels is supported on 11.2.0.3.2 GI  PSU*

SLES10  SP3 and later*, SLES11 SP1*

AIX  6.1 TL4 SP2 and later, AIX 7.1

Replication,  Tagging (Linux, Windows)

Enhanced  security and encryption (Linux, Windows)

Note1: '*' denotes 64 bit Linux only.

Note2: "OL" denotes (Oracle Linux ) and"UEK" (Unbreakable

Enterprise Kernel).

Note3: ACFS is not supported on Solaris Containers, only on the globalcontainer/zone, this is completely documented at:

<a href="http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/homepage">http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/homepage</a>

=)&gt;Oracle Database Installation Guide

11gRelease 2 (11.2) for Oracle Solaris

PartNumber E24346-01

==)&gt;3 Oracle Grid Infrastructure

===)&gt;3.2 Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM Support

OracleACFS and Oracle ADVM are supported on Oracle Solaris 10 starting with Update 6.Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM are not supported on Oracle Solaris containers.

Note4: ACFS/ADVM are supported on Linux OVM (paravirtualized environment).

Note5: ACFS/ADVM 11.2.0.3 are not supported/certified yet on "2.6.32-200"kernels (e.g. below):

[root@dbaasm]#./acfsdriverstate -orahome $GRID_HOME supported

ACFS-9459:ADVM/ACFS is not supported on this OS version: '2.6.32-200.19.1.el5uek'

Supportfor "2.6.32-200" kernels will start in the first GI PSU 11.2.0.3.1(11.2.0.3 GIPSU #1), (RFI Bug:13241736 &amp; Bug:12825835).

Note6: Special notes for Linux UEK kernels and11.2.0.X ACFS releases:

Note,install of ACFS support on new OS versions in

11.2.0.X.Xmay require manual post processing if you had originally installed the GridInfrastructure on an OS version which ACFS did NOT support (This will not berequired in

12.1 release).

Thus,if you do a patchset, patch bundle, or one-off patch install which adds ACFSsupport for a new OS kernel version (e.g. a later version of UEK), and you findthat you do not have an ora.drivers or ora.registry resource (as shown bycrsctl stat resource ora.registry.acfs),

the following manual action must betaken:

A) 11.2.0.1 &amp; 11.2.0.2releases:

If youhave installed 11.2.0.1 or 11.2.0.2 Grid Infrastructure on any UEK, which ACFSdoes not support, the Grid Infrastructure install will succeed but ACFS willnot function.

Actionsto take if you want to use ACFS:

a)Downgrade the OS to a 2.6.18 kernel (pre-UEK) where ACFS is supported.

b) Run'acfsroot install' on each node of thecluster.

c) Run'acfsroot enable' on each node of thecluster to restore the ACFS CRS resources.

B) 11.2.0.3 release:

If you have installed 11.2.0.3 GridInfrastructure on the a version of the UEK which ACFS does not support, theGrid Infrastructure install will succeed but ACFS will not function.

Actions to take if you want to use ACFS:

Action 1: If available, install a patchset or patchbundle which supports the version of the UEK in question (which willautomatically run 'acfsrootinstall').

OR

Action 2: Reboot on a prior kernel version where ACFSis supported and then run 'acfsroot

install' oneach node of the cluster.

In either case (both Action #1 &amp; Action#2), run 'acfsrootenable' on each node of thecluster to restore the

ACFS CRS resources.

Example use cases:

i) Customer was running 11.2.0.1 or 11.2.0.2 onUEK, where ACFS wasn't supported and downgraded the OS to 2.6.18 in order torun ACFS.

ii) Customer was running 11.2.0.3 on UEK2.6.32-x00, where ACFS wasn't supported but upgraded Grid or patched Grid sothat ACFS can run on 2.6.32-x00.

iii) Customer was running 11.2.0.3 on UEK2.6.32-x00, where ACFS wasn't supported, but downgraded the OS to 2.6.32-y00where ACFS is supported.

Note 7: After apply

ACFS/ADVM drivers (11.2.0.3.1)

are not being discovered onUEK-300 kernels (this only applies if 11.2.0.3.2 GI PSU is not installed).

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B) ACFS Data Serviceavailability matrix:

Release

Snapshot

Replication

Tagging

Security

Encryption

11.2.0.1

L/W-RO

-

11.2.0.2

ALL-RO

L

11.2.0.3

ALL-RW

L/W

Legend:

Linux (L)

Windows (W)

Linux/Windows/Solaris/AIX(ALL)

Read Only (RO)

Read &amp; Write (RW)

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Patchset: 13919095Installation On RH 6.3 Fails With ACFS-9459 .