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Installing and configuring Oracle Linux KVM on Dell PowerFlex
Executive summary PowerFlex product overview Introduction to Oracle Software Introduction to hard partitioning Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters
Deploying Oracle Real Application Clusters
Logical architecture
Network architecture
Oracle RAC configuration
Hardware and software configuration details
Host configuration
Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager
Storage domain
Best practices for Oracle RAC
Conclusion References

Storage domain

Storage domain

  •  Perform the following steps to create a storage domain for Oracle Linux KVM:

    • The volumes need to be created from the PowerFlex UI and mapped to SDC.
    • From Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, these volumes will be visible as Fibre Channel devices from Oracle Linux KVM.
    • From Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager UI, create a new storage domain by following the path Storage – Domain – New Domain and choosing Storage Type as Fibre Channel.

    Figure 8.   New storage domain creation

    The following table provides details of storage domains created from PowerFlex and mapped to the Oracle Linux KVM required for Oracle ASM disks

    Table 6.      Storage domains used for the Oracle RAC database

    Storage domain

    Size

    Description

    Datastore1

    703 GB

    To be used for OS file system for VM

    Oraclestore1

    1.6 TB

    To be used for DATA ASM diskgroup

    Oraclestore2

    1.4 TB

    To be used for FRA ASM diskgroup

    Oraclestore3

    700 GB

    To be used for REDO ASM diskgroup