Veritas File System 5.1 SP1 Administrator"s Guide (5900-1499, April 2011)

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

Oracle 10g

Shut down the database instance before linking the Oracle Disk Manager

library.

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

Start the database instance after linking the Oracle Disk Manager library.

Preparing existing database storage for Oracle Disk

Manager

Non-Quick I/O files in a VxFS file system work with Oracle Disk Manager without

any changes. The files are found and identified for Oracle Disk Manager I/O by

default. To take full advantage of Oracle Disk Manager datafiles, files should not

be fragmented.

If you are using Quick I/O files in a VxFS file system and you want to move to

Oracle Disk Manager, convert the Quick I/O files to normal files using the

qio_convertdbfiles -u command.

You must be running Oracle10g or later to use Oracle Disk Manager.

Converting Quick I/O files to Oracle Disk Manager

files

If you plan to run the Veritas product with Oracle10g or later, and you have been

using Quick I/O files, Symantec recommends that you convert your Quick I/O files

to regular files. This should be done after you upgrade.

113Using Veritas Extension for Oracle Disk Manager

Preparing existing database storage for Oracle Disk Manager