Install Oracle RAC 12.2 ( 12cR2 ) PM – Policy Managed

Overview

This tutorial is based on :

Feature Overview

  • FLEX ASM
  • Convert a Adminstrator Managed Database to Policy Managed  ( PM)
  • Configure GNS – requirement for Policy Managed Database
  • UDEV to manage ASM disks
  • Using Chrony as our Timeserver [ replacing NTP ]

Sofware Versions

  • VirtualBox 5.1.18
  • OEL 7.3
  • Oracle RAC 12.2.0.1 using UDEV, Policy Managed Database , Flex ASM feature

Virtualbox Images used

  • ns1 – Name Server / DHCP server / Chrony server running on 192.168.5.50 IP addresss
  • ractw21 – Cluster node 1
  • ractw22 – Cluster node 2

For installing the nameserver please read the article mentioned below :

In this tutorial we have replaced NTP by Chrony. For Chrony setup please read

Networking Details

Domain            : example.com            Name Server: ns1.example.com                192.168.5.50
RAC Sub-Domain    : grid122.example.com    Name Server: gns122.grid122.example.com     192.168.5.55
DHCP Server       : ns1.example.com
Chrony NTP  Server: ns1.example.com
DHCP adresses     : 192.168.1.100 ... 192.168.1.254

Configure DNS:
Identity     Home Node     Host Node                         Given Name                        Type        Address        Address Assigned By     Resolved By
GNS VIP        None        Selected by Oracle Clusterware    gns122.example.com                Virtual     192.168.5.59   Net administrator       DNS + GNS
Node 1 Public  Node 1      ractw21                           ractw21.example.com               Public      192.168.5.141  Fixed                   DNS
Node 1 VIP     Node 1      Selected by Oracle Clusterware    ractw21-vip.grid122.example.com   Private     Dynamic        DHCP                    GNS
Node 1 Private Node 1      ractw21int                        ractw21-int.example.com           Private     192.168.2.141  Fixed                   DNS
Node 2 Public  Node 2      ractw22                           ractw22.example.com               Public      192.168.5.142  Fixed                   DNS
Node 2 VIP     Node 2      Selected by Oracle Clusterware    ractw22-vip.grid122.example.com   Private     Dynamic        DHCP                    GNS
Node 2 Private Node 2      ractw22int                        ractw22-int.example.com           Private     192.168.2.142  Fixed                   DNS
SCAN VIP 1     none        Selected by Oracle Clusterware    RACTW2-scan.grid122.example.com   Virtual     Dynamic        DHCP                    GNS
SCAN VIP 2     none        Selected by Oracle Clusterware    RACTW2-scan.grid122.example.com   Virtual     Dynamic        DHCP                    GNS
SCAN VIP 3     none        Selected by Oracle Clusterware    RACTW2-scan.grid122.example.com   Virtual     Dynamic        DHCP                    GNS

Create VirtualBox Image OEL73 as our RAC Provisioning Server

After basic OS Installation install some helpful YUM packages

[root@ractw21 ~]# yum install system-config-users
[root@ractw21 ~]# yum install wireshark
[root@ractw21 ~]# yum install wireshark-gnome

Install X11 applications like xclock
[root@ractw21 ~]# yum install xorg-x11-apps
[root@ractw21 ~]# yum install telnet 

Use the “oracle-database-server-12cR2-preinstall” package to perform all your prerequisite setup

[root@ractw21 ~]# yum install oracle-database-server-12cR2-preinstall -y

Perpare Network

Change the setting of SELinux to permissive by editing the "/etc/selinux/config" file, i
making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows.

SELINUX=permissive

If you have the Linux firewall enabled, you will need to disable or configure it, as shown 
here or here. The following is an example of disabling the firewall.

Disable AVAHI daemon  [ only if running ]
# /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon stop
To disable it: 
# /sbin/chkconfig  avahi-daemon off
Stop Firewall 
[root@ractw21 ~]# systemctl stop firewalld
[root@ractw21 ~]# systemctl disable firewalld
[root@ractw21 ~]# systemctl status firewalld
● firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)
Potential Nameserver issues

Make sure the "/etc/resolv.conf" file includes a nameserver entry that points to the correct nameserver. 
Also, if the "domain" and "search" entries are both present, comment out one of them. For the OS installation
 
my "/etc/resolv.conf" looked like this.

#domain localdomain
search localdomain
nameserver 192.168.1.1

The changes to the "resolv.conf" will be overwritten by the network manager, due to the presence of the 
NAT interface. For this reason, this interface should now be disabled on startup. You can enable it manually 
if you need to access the internet from the VMs. Edit the "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp0s3" (eth0) 
file, making the following change. This will take effect after the next restart.

ONBOOT=no

Modify resolv.conf and reboot the system:
# Generated by Helmut 
search example.com
nameserver 192.168.5.50

Afer a reboot we have following IP setting and Nameserver loopup should working fine
[root@ractw21 ~]# ifconfig
enp0s3: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 08:00:27:c6:ab:10  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
       
enp0s8: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.5.141  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.5.255
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe83:429  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        
enp0s9: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.2.141  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.2.255

Note device emp0s3 has no IP V4 address assigned ! 
        
[root@ractw21 ~]# nslookup ractw21
Server:        192.168.5.50
Address:    192.168.5.50#53

Name:    ractw21.example.com
Address: 192.168.5.141

Perpare and verify Swap Space and /u01 pratition

Follow article :   Prepare Swap and /u01 Oracle partition

Verify Space and Memory
[root@ractw21 ~]# df / /u01
Filesystem                  1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/ol_ractw21-root  15718400 9381048   6337352  60% /
/dev/mapper/ol_ractw21-u01   15718400   39088  15679312   1% /u01
[root@ractw21 ~]# free
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:        5700592      595844     4515328       13108      589420     5001968
Swap:       8257532           0     8257532

Note as we can only provide 6 MByte memory the cluvfy Physical Memory Test will fail !

Switching between RAC and Internet ACCESS Networking

RAC Networking
 - enp0s3 down - No IP V4 address assigned 
 - /etc/resolv.conf points to our RAC Nameserver 192.168.5.50
 - RAC Nameserver is working 
 - BUT Internet access is disabled  

[root@ractw21 ~]# ifdown enp0s3
Device 'enp0s3' successfully disconnected.
[root@ractw21 ~]# ifconfig
enp0s3: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 08:00:27:c6:ab:10  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)

[root@ractw21 ~]# ping google.de
connect: Network is unreachable

[root@ractw21 ~]# nslookup ractw21
Server:        192.168.5.50
Address:    192.168.5.50#53

Name:    ractw21.example.com
Address: 192.168.5.141

Internet Access Networking
Note we may need to have Internet access for running yum, ...
 - activate enp0s3  
 - /etc/resolv.conf points to our Router Gateway  192.168.1.1
 - RAC Nameserver is NOT working 
 - Internet access is enabled  

[root@ractw21 ~]# ifup enp0s3
Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2)
[root@ractw21 ~]# ifconfig enp0s3
enp0s3: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.0.2.15  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.0.2.255
Verify 
[root@ractw21 ~]#   ping google.de
PING google.de (172.217.18.3) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from fra15s28-in-f3.1e100.net (172.217.18.3): icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=45.0 ms
64 bytes from fra15s28-in-f3.1e100.net (172.217.18.3): icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=60.8 ms

nslookup for our RAC IP fails - this is expected
[root@ractw21 ~]# nslookup ractw21
Server:        192.168.1.1
Address:    192.168.1.1#53
** server can't find ractw21: NXDOMAIN

Note if ping google.de does not work you may need to add following entrry to 
/etc/sysconfig/network
    GATEWAYDEV=enp0s3  

After reboot ping and route should work fine
[root@ractw21 ~]# ip route
default via 10.0.2.2 dev enp0s3  proto static  metric 100 
10.0.2.0/24 dev enp0s3  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.0.2.15  metric 100 
192.168.2.0/24 dev enp0s9  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.2.141  metric 100 
192.168.5.0/24 dev enp0s8  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.5.141  metric 100 
192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.122.1 

[root@ractw21 ~]# traceroute google.de
traceroute to google.de (172.217.22.35), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  gateway (10.0.2.2)  0.164 ms  0.195 ms  0.074 ms
 2  gateway (10.0.2.2)  1.156 ms  1.917 ms  1.832 ms

Create and Verify User accounts

[root@ractw21 ~]# /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1001 oinstall
[root@ractw21 ~]# /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1002 dba
[root@ractw21 ~]# /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1004 asmadmin
[root@ractw21 ~]# /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1006 asmdba
[root@ractw21 ~]# /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1007 asmoper

Create the users that will own the Oracle software using the commands:
[root@ractw21 ~]# /usr/sbin/useradd -u 1001 -g oinstall -G asmadmin,asmdba,asmoper grid
[root@ractw21 ~]#  /usr/sbin/useradd -u 1002 -g oinstall -G dba,asmdba oracle

[root@ractw21 ~]# usermod -G vboxsf -a grid
[root@ractw21 ~]# usermod -G vboxsf -a oracle
[root@ractw21 ~]# passwd oracle
[root@ractw21 ~]# passwd grid

[root@ractw21 ~]# su - grid
[grid@ractw21 ~]$ id
uid=1001(grid) gid=1001(oinstall) groups=1001(oinstall),983(vboxsf),1004(asmadmin),1006(asmdba),1007(asmoper) context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023

[root@ractw21 ~]# su - oracle
[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ id
uid=1002(oracle) gid=1001(oinstall) groups=1001(oinstall),983(vboxsf),1002(dba),1006(asmdba) context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023

Creating Installation directories

Oracle GridHome restrictions

    It must not be placed under one of the Oracle base directories, including the Oracle base 
    directory of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation owner.

    It must not be placed in the home directory of an installation owner. These requirements 
    are specific to Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster installations.

Create Directories:
 - Have a separate ORACLE_BASE for both GRID and RDBMS install !

Create the Oracle Inventory Directory
To create the Oracle Inventory directory, enter the following commands as the root user:
  [root@ractw21 ~]#  mkdir -p /u01/app/oraInventory
  [root@ractw21 ~]# chown -R grid:oinstall /u01/app/oraInventory

Creating the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home Directory
To create the Grid Infrastructure home directory, enter the following commands as the root user:

Creating the Oracle Base Directory for Grid User
  [root@ractw21 ~]# mkdir -p /u01/app/grid
  [root@ractw21 ~]# chown -R grid:oinstall /u01/app/grid
  [root@ractw21 ~]# chmod -R 775 /u01/app/grid

Creating  GridHome 
  [root@ractw21 ~]#  mkdir -p /u01/app/122/grid
  [root@ractw21 ~]# chown -R grid:oinstall /u01/app/122/grid
  [root@ractw21 ~]# chmod -R 775 /u01/app/122/grid

Creating the Oracle Base Directory for Database Software 
To create the Oracle Base directory, enter the following commands as the root user:
  [root@ractw21 ~]# mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle
  [root@ractw21 ~]# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/app/oracle
  [root@ractw21 ~]# chmod -R 775 /u01/app/oracle

Create file /etc/oraInst.loc wiht following content

<inventory_loc=/u01/app/oraInventory
inst_group=oinstall

Modify .bashrc scripts for users oracle and grid

Add following lines to grid user .bashrc script
export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/grid
export ORACLE_SID=+ASM1
export GRID_HOME=/u01/app/122/grid
export ORACLE_HOME=$GRID_HOME
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:.:$PATH
export HOST=`/bin/hostname`
alias h=history
alias log='cd $ORACLE_BASE/diag/crs/hract21/crs/trace'
alias trc='cd $ORACLE_BASE/diag/crs/hract21/crs/trace'
#unalias ls 
alias sys='sqlplus / as sysdba'
alias sql='sqlplus scott/tiger'

Add following lines to oracle user .bashrc script

export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
export ORACLE_SID=ractw21
export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/122/ractw2
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:.:$PATH
export  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:.
export HOST=`/bin/hostname`
alias h=history
#unalias ls 
alias sys='sqlplus / as sysdba'
alias sql='sqlplus scott/tiger'

Verify our  newly created VM with cluvfy

 Prepare 12.2 Clufy Usage and Cluvfy log File Location


Create a shared Folder and mount the Installation media
[root@ractw21 ~]# mkdir /kits
[root@ractw21 ~]# mount -t vboxsf kits /kits
[root@ractw21 ~]# su - grid

Extract the GRID Zip file on your VBox Host Computer ot get access to Cluvfy Tool  ./runcluvfy.sh

The runcluvfy.sh script contains temporary variable definitions which enable it to 
run before you install Oracle Grid Infrastructure or Oracle Database. 
After you install Oracle Grid Infrastructure, use the cluvfy command to check 
prerequisites and perform other system readiness checks.

Add the proper protections for grid and oracle user  to get access to the GRID media
[root@ractw21 ~]# usermod -G vboxsf -a grid
[root@ractw21 ~]# usermod -G vboxsf -a oracle


Run Cluvfy from 12.2 Installation Media and print the cluvfy version number 

Clufy logs [ very usefull ] are found under $ORACLE_BASE of our grid user 
[grid@ractw21 ~]$ ls -ld $ORACLE_BASE
drwxrwxr-x. 2 grid oinstall 6 Apr 18 14:47 /u01/app/grid

[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ cd  /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  ./runcluvfy.sh -version
12.2.0.1.0 Build 010417x8664

Run cluvfy a first time  with -fixup options

Run cluvfy a first time  with -fixup options before we are cloning the system 
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  cd /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home

[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ ./runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -fixup -n  ractw21
..
Got a lot of Errors on the first run !

Execute fixup script "/tmp/CVU_12.2.0.1.0_grid/runfixup.sh" as root user on nodes "ractw21" 
to perform the fix up operations manually

Rerunning clufy ends up with ONLY a following Error / Warning 
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  ./runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -fixup -n  ractw21

..
Verifying Physical Memory ...FAILED
ractw21: PRVF-7530 : Sufficient physical memory is not available on node
         "ractw21" [Required physical memory = 8GB (8388608.0KB)]

-
CVU operation performed:      stage -pre crsinst
Date:                         Apr 8, 2017 7:40:07 AM
CVU home:                     /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home/
User:                         grid

PRVF-7530  : I could not fix this as I have only 16 GByte memory - but I've spend at least 6 GByte for the RAC VMs


Cluvfy Logs can be found below:  ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/grid
      /u01/app/grid/crsdata/ractw21/cvu

Testing the DHCP connectivty with cluvfy

Testing  DHCP connectivty with cluvfy: 
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ runcluvfy.sh comp dhcp -clustername  ractw2 -method root
Enter "ROOT" password:

Verifying Task DHCP configuration check ...
  Verifying IP address availability ...PASSED
  Verifying DHCP response time ...PASSED
Verifying Task DHCP configuration check ...PASSED

Verification of DHCP Check was successful. 

CVU operation performed:      DHCP Check
Date:                         Apr 11, 2017 1:25:39 PM
CVU home:                     /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home/
User:                         grid

Our NameServer should log the following in /var/log/messages
Apr 11 13:26:07 ns1 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.5.198 to 00:00:00:00:00:00 via eth1
Apr 11 13:26:07 ns1 dhcpd: DHCPRELEASE of 192.168.5.198 from 00:00:00:00:00:00 via eth1 (found)
Apr 11 13:26:12 ns1 dhcpd: DHCPRELEASE of 192.168.5.198 from 00:00:00:00:00:00 via eth1 (found)
Apr 11 13:26:13 ns1 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:00:00:00:00:00 via eth1
Apr 11 13:26:13 ns1 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.5.252 to 00:00:00:00:00:00 via eth1

Verify DHCP Connectivity at OS Level

Verify DHCP Connectivity at OS Level
[root@ractw21 OEL73]# dhclient enp0s8

Check messages file on our RAC system
[root@ractw21 ~]#   tail -f /var/log/messages
Apr 11 13:11:21 ractw21 dhclient[10998]: DHCPREQUEST on enp0s8 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 (xid=0x43037720)
Apr 11 13:11:21 ractw21 dhclient[10998]: DHCPACK from 192.168.5.50 (xid=0x43037720)
Apr 11 13:11:21 ractw21 NET[11077]: /usr/sbin/dhclient-script : updated /etc/resolv.conf
Apr 11 13:11:21 ractw21 dhclient[10998]: bound to 192.168.5.218 -- renewal in 8225 second

--> Our NameServer sucessfully answered with an DHCP address !

Cleanup OS test by Killing the dhclient process 
[root@ractw21 OEL73]#  ps -efl | grep dhclient
1 S root     11106     1  0  80   0 - 28223 poll_s 13:11 ?        00:00:00 dhclient enp0s8
[root@ractw21 OEL73]# kill -9 11106

Verify GNS Setup

Name Server Entry for GNS
$ORIGIN grid122.example.com.
@       IN          NS        gns122.grid122.example.com. ; NS  grid.example.com
        IN          NS        ns1.example.com.      ; NS example.com
gns122  IN          A         192.168.5.59 ; glue record

Verify  whether UDP port 53 is in use on our RAC VM
[root@ractw21 ~]# lsof -P  -i:53 
dnsmasq 2507 nobody    5u  IPv4  22448      0t0  UDP ractw21.example.com:53 
dnsmasq 2507 nobody    6u  IPv4  22449      0t0  TCP ractw21.example.com:53 (LISTEN)

Run cluvfy - should fail  !
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  runcluvfy.sh  comp gns -precrsinst -domain grid122.example.com  -vip 192.168.5.59 -verbose 
Verifying GNS Integrity ...
  Verifying subdomain is a valid name ...PASSED
  Verifying GNS VIP is a valid address ...PASSED
  Verifying Port 53 available for component 'GNS' ...FAILED (PRVG-0330)
Verifying GNS Integrity ...FAILED (PRVG-0330)
Verification of GNS integrity was unsuccessful on all the specified nodes. 
Failures were encountered during execution of CVU verification request "GNS integrity".
Verifying GNS Integrity ...FAILED
  Verifying Port 53 available for component 'GNS' ...FAILED
  ractw21: PRVG-0330 : "UDP" port number "53" required for component "GNS" is
           already in use on nodes "ractw21"

As expected cluvfy fails wiht  PRVG-0330 !
 
You may read article to identify the service which occupies port #53:
  What process/service occupies a certain port like port 53 ? 

Having done this you may now disable the related service
[root@ractw21 ~]# systemctl stop libvirtd.service
[root@ractw21 ~]# systemctl disable libvirtd.service
You may need to kill the remaining /sbin/dnsmasq  processess
[root@ractw21 ~]#  ps -elf | grep dnsmasq
5 S nobody   17124     1  0  80   0 -  3888 poll_s 07:59 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelper
1 S root     17126 17124  0  80   0 -  3881 pipe_w 07:59 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelper
0 R root     18099 11262  0  80   0 - 28162 -      08:20 pts/4    00:00:00 grep --color=auto dnsmasq
[root@ractw21 ~]# kill -9 17124 17126

Note soemtimes dnsmasq service blocks this port. In that case run
[root@ractw21 ~]# systemctl stop dnsmasq.service
[root@ractw21 ~]# systemctl disable dnsmasq.service

Now cluvfy GNS verification should run fine 
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ runcluvfy.sh  comp gns -precrsinst -domain grid122.example.com  -vip 192.168.5.59 -verbose
Verifying GNS Integrity ...
  Verifying subdomain is a valid name ...PASSED
  Verifying GNS VIP is a valid address ...PASSED
  Verifying Port 53 available for component 'GNS' ...PASSED
Verifying GNS Integrity ...PASSED

Verification of GNS integrity was successful. 

CVU operation performed:      GNS integrity
Date:                         Apr 11, 2017 12:38:29 PM
CVU home:                     /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home/
User:                         grid

Testing subdomain delegation with cluvfy

Start the DNS server 
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ ./runcluvfy.sh comp dns -server -domain grid122.example.com -vipaddress 192.168.5.59/255.255.255.0/enp0s8 -verbose -method root
Enter "ROOT" password:

Verifying Task DNS configuration check ...
Waiting for DNS client requests...

--> Server blocks here

Note : If the /runcluvfy.sh comp dns -server doesn't block [ means cluvfy returns to command prompt ] you may read the following article :     
Common cluvfy errors and warnings including first debugging steps  
  Section:: Running cluvfy comp dns -server fails silent – Cluvfy logs show PRCZ-2090 error

Now Start the  DNS client
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ runcluvfy.sh comp  dns -client -domain   grid122.example.com -vip  192.168.5.59  -method root -verbose
Enter "ROOT" password:
Verifying Task DNS configuration check ...PASSED
Verification of DNS Check was successful. 
CVU operation performed:      DNS Check
Date:                         Apr 14, 2017 6:18:49 PM
CVU home:                     /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home/
User:                         grid

Run DNS client again and terminate DNS server by using -last swich
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  runcluvfy.sh comp  dns -client -domain   grid122.example.com -vip  192.168.5.59  -method root -verbose -last
...
Now server responds but terminates after servicing the request 
Verifying Task DNS configuration check ...PASSED
Verification of DNS Check was successful. 
CVU operation performed:      DNS Check
Date:                         Apr 14, 2017 6:17:53 PM
CVU home:                     /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home/
User:                         grid

Current Status

  • At this time we have created a base system which we will use for cloning
  • Following cluvfy commands runs sucessfully
  • Only the first command fails with PRVF-7530 : Sufficient physical memory is not available on node
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ cd  /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ ./runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -fixup -n  ractw21
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ ./runcluvfy.sh  comp gns -precrsinst -domain grid122.example.com  -vip 192.168.5.59 -verbose
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ ./runcluvfy.sh comp dhcp -clustername  ractw2 -method root

[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ ./runcluvfy.sh comp dns -server -domain grid122.example.com -vipaddress 192.168.5.59/255.255.255.0/enp0s8 -verbose -method root
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ ./runcluvfy.sh comp  dns -client -domain   grid122.example.com -vip  192.168.5.59  -method root -verbose -last
  • Its now time to shutdown the VM and  do backup  VM and Vbox file

Clone ractw21 system

You man change in File-> Preference the default machine path first  
M:\VM\RACTW2

Cloning ractw21 :
Now cleanly shutdown your Reference/Clone system 
Virtualbox -> Clone [ Name clone ractw22 ]  ->  add new Network Addresses -> Full Clone 


Boot ractw22 VM a first time - retrieve the new MAC addresses 
[root@ractw22 ~]#  dmesg |grep eth
[    8.153534] e1000 0000:00:03.0 eth0: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) 08:00:27:dd:af:2c
[    8.153539] e1000 0000:00:03.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[    8.565884] e1000 0000:00:08.0 eth1: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) 08:00:27:05:1d:93
[    8.565888] e1000 0000:00:08.0 eth1: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[    8.956019] e1000 0000:00:09.0 eth2: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) 08:00:27:7b:22:80
[    8.956023] e1000 0000:00:09.0 eth2: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[    8.957249] e1000 0000:00:03.0 enp0s3: renamed from eth0
[    8.966330] e1000 0000:00:09.0 enp0s9: renamed from eth2
[    8.983008] e1000 0000:00:08.0 enp0s8: renamed from eth1

Change and verify the NEW hostname 
[root@ractw21 ~]# hostnamectl set-hostname ractw22.example.com  --static
[root@ractw21 ~]# hostnamectl status
   Static hostname: ractw22.example.com
Transient hostname: ractw21.example.com
         Icon name: computer-vm
           Chassis: vm
        Machine ID: c173da783e4c45eab1402e69f783ce10
           Boot ID: 3dad3ed3b1f345d3b7fee60778257cd6
    Virtualization: kvm
  Operating System: Oracle Linux Server 7.3
       CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7:3:server
            Kernel: Linux 4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek.x86_64
      Architecture: x86-64


Go to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and change IP addresses 
file "ifcfg-enp0s8" IPADDR=192.168.5.142
     "ifcfg-enp0s9" IPADDR=192.168.2.142

Restart the Network 
[root@ractw22 network-scripts]# service network restart

Verify that our Network devices has the proper setttings
[root@ractw22 ~]# ifconfig
enp0s3: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 08:00:27:dd:af:2c  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
       
enp0s8: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.5.142  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.5.255

enp0s9: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.2.142  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.2.255

Note as mentioned before enp0s3 ( our NAT device ) is disabled and has no IP V4 address

Verify RAC nameserver connectivity
[root@ractw22 ~]# nslookup ractw22
Server:        192.168.5.50
Address:    192.168.5.50#53

Name:    ractw22.example.com
Address: 192.168.5.142
 
Now boot rawtw21 VM and check IP connectivty
[root@ractw22 ~]#  ping ractw21
PING ractw21.example.com (192.168.5.141) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ractw21.example.com (192.168.5.141): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.663 ms
 64 bytes from ractw21.example.com (192.168.5.141): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.309 ms
..
[root@ractw22 ~]# ping ractw21int
PING ractw21int.example.com (192.168.2.141) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ractw21int.example.com (192.168.2.141): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.210 ms
64 bytes from ractw21int.example.com (192.168.2.141): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.264 ms
...
Check disk space and memory 
[root@ractw22 ~]# free
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:        5700592      528364     4684328       11256      487900     5083212
Swap:       8257532           0     8257532
[root@ractw22 ~]# df / /u01
Filesystem                  1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/ol_ractw21-root  15718400 9381788   6336612  60% /
/dev/mapper/ol_ractw21-u01   15718400   46552  15671848   1% /u01


Login into ractw21
[root@ractw21 ~]# ping ractw22
PING ractw22.example.com (192.168.5.142) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ractw22.example.com (192.168.5.142): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.216 ms
64 bytes from ractw22.example.com (192.168.5.142): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.303 ms
...

[root@ractw21 ~]#  ping ractw22int
PING ractw22int.example.com (192.168.2.142) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ractw22int.example.com (192.168.2.142): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.266 ms
64 bytes from ractw22int.example.com (192.168.2.142): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.445 ms

Create and attach ASM Disks

Create ASM disks 

M:\VM>cd RACTW2
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage createhd --filename M:\VM\RACTW2\asm1_122_20G.vdi --size 20480 --format VDI --variant Fixed
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Medium created. UUID: 886d76b0-eeb0-43e4-9ab2-bd7d9e8ad879

M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage createhd --filename M:\VM\RACTW2\asm2_122_20G.vdi --size 20480 --format VDI --variant Fixed
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Medium created. UUID: be823513-0d1c-4b25-af29-fe504e28e910

M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage createhd --filename M:\VM\RACTW2\asm3_122_20G.vdi --size 20480 --format VDI --variant Fixed
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Medium created. UUID: 3238860f-a90f-459c-965b-f93773f2ad38

M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage createhd --filename M:\VM\RACTW2\asm4_122_20G.vdi --size 20480 --format VDI --variant Fixed
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Medium created. UUID: 185218e4-a7f6-4d29-ae7c-dc7499b05238

M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage modifyhd  asm1_122_20G.vdi  --type shareable
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage modifyhd  asm2_122_20G.vdi  --type shareable
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage modifyhd  asm3_122_20G.vdi  --type shareable
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage modifyhd  asm4_122_20G.vdi  --type shareable

Attach Disks to ractw21
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage storageattach ractw21 --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium asm1_122_20G.vdi  --mtype shareable
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage storageattach ractw21 --storagectl "SATA" --port 2 --device 0 --type hdd --medium asm2_122_20G.vdi  --mtype shareable
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage storageattach ractw21 --storagectl "SATA" --port 3 --device 0 --type hdd --medium asm3_122_20G.vdi  --mtype shareable
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage storageattach ractw21 --storagectl "SATA" --port 4 --device 0 --type hdd --medium asm4_122_20G.vdi  --mtype shareable


Attach the ASM disks to ractw22
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage storageattach ractw22 --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium asm1_122_20G.vdi  --mtype shareable
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage storageattach ractw22 --storagectl "SATA" --port 2 --device 0 --type hdd --medium asm2_122_20G.vdi  --mtype shareable
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage storageattach ractw22 --storagectl "SATA" --port 3 --device 0 --type hdd --medium asm3_122_20G.vdi  --mtype shareable
M:\VM\RACTW2>VBoxManage storageattach ractw22 --storagectl "SATA" --port 4 --device 0 --type hdd --medium asm4_122_20G.vdi  --mtype shareable

Use parted to create a single disk partition
root@ractw21 ~]# parted /dev/sdb
GNU Parted 3.1
Using /dev/sdb
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print                                                            
Error: /dev/sdb: unrecognised disk label
Model: ATA VBOX HARDDISK (scsi)                                           
Disk /dev/sdb: 21.5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags: 

(parted) mklabel msdos
(parted) print                                                            
Model: ATA VBOX HARDDISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 21.5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 
Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags

(parted) mkpart                                                           
Partition type?  primary/extended? primary                                
File system type?  [ext2]?                                                
Start?                                                                  
End? -1                                                                   
(parted) print                                                            
Model: ATA VBOX HARDDISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 21.5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 
Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  21.5GB  21.5GB  primary

Display in disk sectors
(parted) unit s print
Model: ATA VBOX HARDDISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 41943040s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 
Number  Start  End        Size       Type     File system  Flags
 1      2048s  41940991s  41938944s  primary

Repeat this for /dev/sdc /dev/sdd and /dev/sde

Create following bash script
[root@ractw21 ~]# cat ./check_wwid.sh 
#!/bin/bash
#
#Usage:  As root user run : ./check_wwid.sh 
#
for FILE in `find /dev -name "sd*" | sort`
   do
     WWID=`/lib/udev/scsi_id --whitelisted --replace-whitespace --device=$FILE `
     echo $FILE " WWID:  "  $WWID
   done

Display the disk UUIDs
[root@ractw21 ~]# ./check_wwid.sh 
/dev/sda  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VB9a03ce8e-7e44db17
/dev/sda1  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VB9a03ce8e-7e44db17
/dev/sda2  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VB9a03ce8e-7e44db17
/dev/sdb  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VB4f9101ae-136f6f41
/dev/sdb1  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VB4f9101ae-136f6f41
/dev/sdc  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VBe92a2992-3bbc2c78
/dev/sdc1  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VBe92a2992-3bbc2c78
/dev/sdd  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VBed1a6a99-97750413
/dev/sdd1  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VBed1a6a99-97750413
/dev/sde  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VBc47b21a6-a7b01781
/dev/sde1  WWID:   1ATA_VBOX_HARDDISK_VBc47b21a6-a7b01781



Add the following to the "/etc/scsi_id.config" file to configure SCSI devices as trusted. Create the file if it doesn't already exist.
options=-g


[root@ractw21 ~]# /sbin/partprobe /dev/sdb1
[root@ractw21 ~]# /sbin/partprobe /dev/sdc1
[root@ractw21 ~]# /sbin/partprobe /dev/sdd1
[root@ractw21 ~]# /sbin/partprobe /dev/sde1

[root@ractw21 ~]# /sbin/udevadm control --reload-rules

[root@ractw21 ~]#  ls -l /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1
brw-rw----. 1 grid   asmadmin 8, 17 Apr 19 15:53 /dev/sdb1
brw-rw----. 1 grid   asmadmin 8, 33 Apr 19 15:53 /dev/sdc1
brw-rw----. 1 grid   asmadmin 8, 49 Apr 19 15:53 /dev/sdd1
brw-rw----. 1 grid   asmadmin 8, 65 Apr 19 15:53 /dev/sde1

[root@ractw21 ~]#  ls -l /dev/oracleasm
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 19 15:53 asmdisk1_sdb1 -> ../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 19 15:53 asmdisk2_sdc -> ../sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 19 15:53 asmdisk3_sdd -> ../sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 19 15:53 asmdisk_sde -> ../sde1


Copy scsi_id.config 99-oracle-asmdevices.rules to ractw22 
[root@ractw21 ~]# scp  /etc/scsi_id.config ractw22:/etc
scsi_id.config                                                                                    100%   11     0.0KB/s   00:00    
[root@ractw21 ~]# scp  /etc/udev/rules.d/99-oracle-asmdevices.rules  ractw22:/etc/udev/rules.d/
99-oracle-asmdevices.rules                                                                        100%  887     0.9KB/s   00:00 

Reboot ractw22 and verify ASM disks 
[root@ractw22 ~]#  ls -l /dev/oracleasm
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 19 16:06 asmdisk1_sdb1 -> ../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 19 16:06 asmdisk2_sdc1 -> ../sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 19 16:06 asmdisk3_sdd1 -> ../sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Apr 19 16:06 asmdisk_sde1 -> ../sde1

[root@ractw22 ~]# ls -l /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1
brw-rw----. 1 grid asmadmin 8, 17 Apr 19 16:06 /dev/sdb1
brw-rw----. 1 grid asmadmin 8, 33 Apr 19 16:06 /dev/sdc1
brw-rw----. 1 grid asmadmin 8, 49 Apr 19 16:06 /dev/sdd1
brw-rw----. 1 grid asmadmin 8, 65 Apr 19 16:06 /dev/sde1

Setup ssh connectivity for grid user with cluvfy

Cleanup .shh directories which may have inconsistent data due to cloning
On Note ractw21
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  rm -rf /home/grid/.ssh
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  ssh grid@ractw22

On Note ractw22
[grid@ractw22 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  rm -rf /home/grid/.ssh
[grid@ractw22 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  ssh grid@ractw21

Now run cluvfy with -fixup option
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ runcluvfy.sh comp admprv -n "ractw21,ractw22" -o user_equiv -verbose -fixup
Verifying User Equivalence ...
  Node Name                             Status                  
  ------------------------------------  ------------------------
  ractw22                               failed                  
Verifying User Equivalence ...FAILED (PRVG-2019, PRKN-1038)

Verification of administrative privileges was unsuccessful. 
Checks did not pass for the following nodes:
    ractw22
Failures were encountered during execution of CVU verification request "administrative privileges".

Verifying User Equivalence ...FAILED
ractw22: PRVG-2019 : Check for equivalence of user "grid" from node "ractw21"
         to node "ractw22" failed
         PRKN-1038 : The command "/usr/bin/ssh -o FallBackToRsh=no  -o
         PasswordAuthentication=no  -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes  -o
         NumberOfPasswordPrompts=0  ractw22 -n /bin/true" run on node "ractw21"
         gave an unexpected output: "Permission denied
         (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password)."

CVU operation performed:      administrative privileges
Date:                         Apr 19, 2017 5:05:53 PM
CVU home:                     /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home/
User:                         grid
Setting up SSH user equivalence for user "grid" between nodes "ractw21,ractw22"
Enter "grid" password:
SSH user equivalence was successfully set up for user "grid" on nodes "ractw21,ractw22"

Now rerun the command :
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  runcluvfy.sh comp admprv -n "ractw21,ractw22" -o user_equiv -verbose 
Verifying User Equivalence ...
  Node Name                             Status                  
  ------------------------------------  ------------------------
  ractw22                               passed                  
  Verifying Checking user equivalence for user "grid" on all cluster nodes ...PASSED
  From node     To node                   Status                  
  ------------  ------------------------  ------------------------
  ractw22       ractw21                   SUCCESSFUL              
Verifying User Equivalence ...PASSED

Verification of administrative privileges was successful. 
CVU operation performed:      administrative privileges
Date:                         Apr 19, 2017 5:18:21 PM
CVU home:                     /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home/
User:                         grid

Verify at OS level:
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$  ssh grid@ractw22
Last login: Wed Apr 19 17:14:22 2017 from ractw21.example.com

[grid@ractw22 ~]$ ssh grid@ractw21
Last login: Wed Apr 19 17:12:16 2017 from ractw22.example.com




Run cluvfy  a first time against both nodes

  • with Network  Connectivity checks
  • with ASM Disk checks
 
[grid@ractw21 ~]$  cd  /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home
[grid@ractw21 linuxx64_12201_grid_home]$ runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -asm -presence local -asmgrp asmadmin  \
>     -asmdev /dev/oracleasm/asmdisk1_sdb1,/dev/oracleasm/asmdisk2_sdc1,/dev/oracleasm/asmdisk3_sdd1,/dev/oracleasm/asmdisk4_sde1     \
>     -networks enp0s8:192.168.5.0:PUBLIC/enp0s9:192.168.2.0:cluster_interconnect  \
>     -n "ractw21,ractw22" 

Verifying Physical Memory ...FAILED (PRVF-7530)
Verifying Available Physical Memory ...PASSED
Verifying Swap Size ...PASSED
Verifying Free Space: ractw22:/usr,ractw22:/var,ractw22:/etc,ractw22:/sbin,ractw22:/tmp ...PASSED
Verifying Free Space: ractw21:/usr,ractw21:/var,ractw21:/etc,ractw21:/sbin,ractw21:/tmp ...PASSED
..
Verifying Node Connectivity ...
  Verifying Hosts File ...PASSED
  Verifying Check that maximum (MTU) size packet goes through subnet ...PASSED
  Verifying subnet mask consistency for subnet "192.168.2.0" ...PASSED
  Verifying subnet mask consistency for subnet "192.168.5.0" ...PASSED
Verifying Node Connectivity ...PASSED
Verifying Multicast check ...PASSED
Verifying Device Checks for ASM ...
  Verifying ASM device sharedness check ...
    Verifying Package: cvuqdisk-1.0.10-1 ...PASSED
    Verifying Shared Storage Accessibility:/dev/oracleasm/asmdisk1_sdb1,/dev/oracleasm/asmdisk3_sdd1,/dev/oracleasm/asmdisk2_sdc1,/dev/oracleasm/asmdisk4_sde1 ...PASSED
  Verifying ASM device sharedness check ...PASSED
  Verifying Access Control List check ...PASSED
Verifying Device Checks for ASM ...PASSED
...

Verifying ASM Filter Driver configuration ...PASSED
Pre-check for cluster services setup was unsuccessful on all the nodes. 
Failures were encountered during execution of CVU verification request "stage -pre crsinst".
Verifying Physical Memory ...FAILED
ractw22: PRVF-7530 : Sufficient physical memory is not available on node
         "ractw22" [Required physical memory = 8GB (8388608.0KB)]

ractw21: PRVF-7530 : Sufficient physical memory is not available on node
         "ractw21" [Required physical memory = 8GB (8388608.0KB)]

CVU operation performed:      stage -pre crsinst
Date:                         Apr 19, 2017 6:12:00 PM
CVU home:                     /media/sf_kits/Oracle/122/linuxx64_12201_grid_home/
User:                         grid

Again the above failures were expected due to memory constraints 

Install GRID software

Unzip and install GRID software

$ cd $GRID_HOME
$ unzip -q $SOFTWARE_LOCATION/linuxx64_12201_grid_home.zip

$ ./gridSetup.sh

-> Configure a standard cluster
-> Advanced Installation
   Cluster name : ractw2
   Scan name    : ractw2-scan
   Scan port    : 1521
   -> Create New GNS
      GNS VIP address: 192.168.5.59
      GNS Sub domain : grid122.example.com
  Public Hostname           Virtual Hostname 
  ractw21.example.com        AUTO
  ractw22.example.com        AUTO

-> Test and Setup SSH connectivity
-> Setup network Interfaces
   enp0s3: don't use
   enp0s8: PUBLIC                              192.168.5.X
   enp0s9: Private Cluster_Interconnect,ASM    192.168.2.X
 
-> Configure GRID Infrastruce: YES
-> Use standard ASM for storage
-> ASM setup
   Diskgroup         : DATA
   Disk discover PATH: /dev/asm*
--> Don't use IPMI

Run root scritps as requested by the installation script !
[root@ractw22 etc]# /u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh
Changing permissions of /u01/app/oraInventory.
Adding read,write permissions for group.
Removing read,write,execute permissions for world.
Changing groupname of /u01/app/oraInventory to oinstall.
The execution of the script is complete.

[root@ractw21 etc]# /u01/app/122/grid/root.sh

[root@ractw22 etc]# /u01/app/122/grid/root.sh

Verify GRID Installation status

Verify Grid Installation Status using crsctl stat res 

[grid@ractw21 ~]$  crsi

*****  Local Resources: *****
Resource NAME               INST   TARGET       STATE        SERVER          STATE_DETAILS
--------------------------- ----   ------------ ------------ --------------- -----------------------------------------
ora.asm                        1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.cluster_interconnect.haip  1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.crf                        1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.crsd                       1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.cssd                       1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.cssdmonitor                1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.ctssd                      1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         OBSERVER,STABLE  
ora.diskmon                    1   OFFLINE      OFFLINE      -               STABLE  
ora.driver.afd                 1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.drivers.acfs               1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.evmd                       1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.gipcd                      1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.gpnpd                      1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.mdnsd                      1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.storage                    1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  

[grid@ractw21 ~]$ crs
*****  Local Resources: *****
Rescource NAME                 TARGET     STATE           SERVER       STATE_DETAILS                       
-------------------------      ---------- ----------      ------------ ------------------                  
ora.ASMNET1LSNR_ASM.lsnr       ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw21      STABLE   
ora.ASMNET1LSNR_ASM.lsnr       ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw22      STABLE   
ora.DATA.dg                    ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw21      STABLE   
ora.DATA.dg                    ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw22      STABLE   
ora.LISTENER.lsnr              ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw21      STABLE   
ora.LISTENER.lsnr              ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw22      STABLE   
ora.net1.network               ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw21      STABLE   
ora.net1.network               ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw22      STABLE   
ora.ons                        ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw21      STABLE   
ora.ons                        ONLINE     ONLINE          ractw22      STABLE   
ora.proxy_advm                 OFFLINE    OFFLINE         ractw21      STABLE   
ora.proxy_advm                 OFFLINE    OFFLINE         ractw22      STABLE   
*****  Cluster Resources: *****
Resource NAME               INST   TARGET       STATE        SERVER          STATE_DETAILS
--------------------------- ----   ------------ ------------ --------------- -----------------------------------------
ora.LISTENER_SCAN1.lsnr        1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw22         STABLE  
ora.LISTENER_SCAN2.lsnr        1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.LISTENER_SCAN3.lsnr        1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.MGMTLSNR                   1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         169.254.51.105 192.1 68.2.141,STABLE
ora.asm                        1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         Started,STABLE  
ora.asm                        2   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw22         Started,STABLE  
ora.asm                        3   OFFLINE      OFFLINE      -               STABLE  
ora.cvu                        1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.gns                        1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.gns.vip                    1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.mgmtdb                     1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         Open,STABLE  
ora.qosmserver                 1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.ractw21.vip                1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.ractw22.vip                1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw22         STABLE  
ora.scan1.vip                  1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw22         STABLE  
ora.scan2.vip                  1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE  
ora.scan3.vip                  1   ONLINE       ONLINE       ractw21         STABLE

Verify Grid Installation Status by using cluvfy

[grid@ractw21 ~]$ cluvfy stage -post crsinst -n ractw21,ractw22

Verifying Node Connectivity ...
  Verifying Hosts File ...PASSED
  Verifying Check that maximum (MTU) size packet goes through subnet ...PASSED
  Verifying subnet mask consistency for subnet "192.168.2.0" ...PASSED
  Verifying subnet mask consistency for subnet "192.168.5.0" ...PASSED
Verifying Node Connectivity ...PASSED
Verifying Multicast check ...PASSED
Verifying ASM filter driver configuration consistency ...PASSED
Verifying Time zone consistency ...PASSED
Verifying Cluster Manager Integrity ...PASSED
Verifying User Mask ...PASSED
Verifying Cluster Integrity ...PASSED
Verifying OCR Integrity ...PASSED
Verifying CRS Integrity ...
  Verifying Clusterware Version Consistency ...PASSED
Verifying CRS Integrity ...PASSED
Verifying Node Application Existence ...PASSED
Verifying Single Client Access Name (SCAN) ...
  Verifying DNS/NIS name service 'ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com' ...
    Verifying Name Service Switch Configuration File Integrity ...PASSED
  Verifying DNS/NIS name service 'ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com' ...PASSED
Verifying Single Client Access Name (SCAN) ...PASSED
Verifying OLR Integrity ...PASSED
Verifying GNS Integrity ...
  Verifying subdomain is a valid name ...PASSED
  Verifying GNS VIP belongs to the public network ...PASSED
  Verifying GNS VIP is a valid address ...PASSED
  Verifying name resolution for GNS sub domain qualified names ...PASSED
  Verifying GNS resource ...PASSED
  Verifying GNS VIP resource ...PASSED
Verifying GNS Integrity ...PASSED
Verifying Voting Disk ...PASSED
Verifying ASM Integrity ...
  Verifying Node Connectivity ...
    Verifying Hosts File ...PASSED
    Verifying Check that maximum (MTU) size packet goes through subnet ...PASSED
    Verifying subnet mask consistency for subnet "192.168.2.0" ...PASSED
    Verifying subnet mask consistency for subnet "192.168.5.0" ...PASSED
  Verifying Node Connectivity ...PASSED
Verifying ASM Integrity ...PASSED
Verifying Device Checks for ASM ...PASSED
Verifying ASM disk group free space ...PASSED
Verifying I/O scheduler ...
  Verifying Package: cvuqdisk-1.0.10-1 ...PASSED
Verifying I/O scheduler ...PASSED
Verifying User Not In Group "root": grid ...PASSED
Verifying Clock Synchronization ...
CTSS is in Observer state. Switching over to clock synchronization checks using NTP

  Verifying Network Time Protocol (NTP) ...
    Verifying '/etc/chrony.conf' ...PASSED
    Verifying '/var/run/chronyd.pid' ...PASSED
    Verifying Daemon 'chronyd' ...PASSED
    Verifying NTP daemon or service using UDP port 123 ...PASSED
    Verifying chrony daemon is synchronized with at least one external time source ...PASSED
  Verifying Network Time Protocol (NTP) ...PASSED
Verifying Clock Synchronization ...PASSED
Verifying Network configuration consistency checks ...PASSED
Verifying File system mount options for path GI_HOME ...PASSED

Post-check for cluster services setup was successful. 

CVU operation performed:      stage -post crsinst
Date:                         Apr 20, 2017 10:00:30 AM
CVU home:                     /u01/app/122/grid/
User:                         grid

Verify GNS installation with OS tools

[root@ractw22 ~]#  dig @192.168.5.50 ractw2-scan.grid122.example.com
...
;ractw2-scan.grid122.example.com. IN    A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
ractw2-scan.grid122.example.com. 0 IN    A    192.168.5.223
ractw2-scan.grid122.example.com. 0 IN    A    192.168.5.221
ractw2-scan.grid122.example.com. 0 IN    A    192.168.5.222

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
grid122.example.com.    3600    IN    NS    ns1.example.com.
grid122.example.com.    3600    IN    NS    gns122.grid122.example.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.example.com.    3600    IN    A    192.168.5.50

;; Query time: 11 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.5.50#53(192.168.5.50)
;; WHEN: Thu Apr 20 09:49:09 CEST 2017
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 163

[grid@ractw21 ~]$ nslookup ractw2-scan.grid122.example.com
Server:        192.168.5.50
Address:    192.168.5.50#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    ractw2-scan.grid122.example.com
Address: 192.168.5.223
Name:    ractw2-scan.grid122.example.com
Address: 192.168.5.221
Name:    ractw2-scan.grid122.example.com
Address: 192.168.5.222

[grid@ractw21 ~]$  srvctl config gns -a -list
GNS is enabled.
GNS is listening for DNS server requests on port 53
GNS is using port 5353 to connect to mDNS
GNS status: OK
Domain served by GNS: grid122.example.com
GNS version: 12.2.0.1.0
..
ractw2-scan.ractw2 A 192.168.5.221 Unique Flags: 0x81
ractw2-scan.ractw2 A 192.168.5.222 Unique Flags: 0x81
ractw2-scan.ractw2 A 192.168.5.223 Unique Flags: 0x81
ractw2-scan1-vip.ractw2 A 192.168.5.221 Unique Flags: 0x81
ractw2-scan2-vip.ractw2 A 192.168.5.223 Unique Flags: 0x81
..

Install RDBMS software

  • Extract database zip File on a VirtualBox Host
Setup ssh connectivity for oracle user by using sshUserSetup.sh

[oracle@ractw21 sshsetup]$ cd /media/sf_kits/ORACLE/122/linuxx64_12201_database/database/sshsetup
[oracle@ractw21 sshsetup]$ ./sshUserSetup.sh -user oracle -hosts "ractw21 ractw22" -advanced -exverify -noPromptPassphrase

Verify setup
[oracle@ractw22 ~]$ /usr/bin/ssh -x -l oracle ractw21
Last login: Thu Apr 20 13:32:51 2017

[oracle@ractw21 ~]$  /usr/bin/ssh -x -l oracle ractw22
Last login: Thu Apr 20 13:43:35 2017 from ractw21.example.com

In case trouble you may read following article :

Verify oracle account for rdbms installation with cluvfy

 
[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ /u01/app/122/grid/bin/cluvfy stage -pre  dbinst  -n  ractw21,ractw22 -d /u01/app/oracle/product/122/ractw2 -fixup

Verifying Physical Memory ...PASSED
Verifying Available Physical Memory ...PASSED
Verifying Swap Size ...PASSED
Verifying Free Space: ractw22:/u01/app/oracle/product/122/ractw2 ...PASSED
Verifying Free Space: ractw22:/tmp ...PASSED
Verifying Free Space: ractw21:/u01/app/oracle/product/122/ractw2 ...PASSED
Verifying Free Space: ractw21:/tmp ...PASSED
Verifying User Existence: oracle ...
  Verifying Users With Same UID: 1002 ...PASSED
...
Verifying Maximum locked memory check ...PASSED

Pre-check for database installation was successful. 

CVU operation performed:      stage -pre dbinst
Date:                         Apr 20, 2017 1:49:00 PM
CVU home:                     /u01/app/122/grid/
User:                         oracle

Install RDBMS software

Allow and check X-Windows Usage 
[root@ractw21 ~]# xhost +
access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ xclock

[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ cd /media/sf_kits/ORACLE/122/linuxx64_12201_database/database/
[oracle@ractw21 database]$ ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Checking Temp space: must be greater than 500 MB.   Actual 5972 MB    Passed
Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB.   Actual 7977 MB    Passed
Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors.    Actual 16777216    Passed
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2017-04-20_02-01-56PM. Please wait ...

-> Select "Install database software only" option
-> Select "Oracle Real Application Clusters database installation" option 
-> Select Oracle Nodes: ractw21, ractw22
-> Test SSH Connectivity
-> Select Enterpris Edition
-> Seelct Group: dba 
-> Select ORACLE_BASE:  /u01/app/oracle
          ORACLE_HOME:  /u01/app/oracle/product/122/ractw2

-> Press Install Button 

-> Execute root scripts
   ractw21 :
   ractw22 :  

Create a RAC database with dbca

Create a RAC database with dbca – Adminstator managed

[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ id
uid=1002(oracle) gid=1001(oinstall) groups=1001(oinstall),983(vboxsf),1002(dba),1006(asmdba) context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023

[oracle@ractw21 database]$ dbca
--> Create and Configure a Database
  --> Oracle Real Application Cluster database 
   --> Policy Managed : false 
    --> Generel Purpose or Transaction Procession
     --> Server Pool:  Top_Priority Cardinality :2
      --> Global database Name : ractw2.example.com
       --> Use local UNDO for PDPs
       --> Create as Container db 
        --> Let ASM unchanged 
         --> Enable Archiving
         --> Enable FRA
         --> recoveryAreaDestination=+DATA
          --> Limit SGA, PGA
              sga_target=1367MB
              pga_aggregate_target=456MB
            --> password : sys/sys
 
       --> PDP Name : ractw2pdb
     --> Select all 2 RAC members
      --> Test/Create SSH connectivity
       --> Advanced Install 
        --> Select Generell Purpose / Transaction database type
         --> recoveryAreaDestination=+DATA
          --> Select ASM and for OSDDBA use group:  dba ( default )


Convert Adminstrator Managed Database to Policy Managed

Verify setup by connecting via Scan Name

Find the Scan Name 
[grid@ractw21 ~]$  srvctl config scan
SCAN name: ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com, Network: 1
Subnet IPv4: 192.168.5.0/255.255.255.0/enp0s8, dhcp
Subnet IPv6: 
SCAN 1 IPv4 VIP: -/scan1-vip/192.168.5.234
SCAN VIP is enabled.
SCAN VIP is individually enabled on nodes: 
SCAN VIP is individually disabled on nodes: 
SCAN 2 IPv4 VIP: -/scan2-vip/192.168.5.232
SCAN VIP is enabled.
SCAN VIP is individually enabled on nodes: 
SCAN VIP is individually disabled on nodes: 
SCAN 3 IPv4 VIP: -/scan3-vip/192.168.5.231
SCAN VIP is enabled.
SCAN VIP is individually enabled on nodes: 
SCAN VIP is individually disabled on nodes: 
--> Our Scan Name is  ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com

Test the Namesever connectivity: Note we expect to see our 3 VIP addresses here for a working setup
[grid@ractw21 ~]$ nslookup ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com
Server:        192.168.5.50
Address:    192.168.5.50#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com
Address: 192.168.5.231
Name:    ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com
Address: 192.168.5.234
Name:    ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com
Address: 192.168.5.232

Find one of our SCAN listener running on this node 
[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ ps -elf | grep LISTENER_SCAN
0 S grid     16391     1  0  80   0 - 70631 -      10:25 ?        00:00:00 /u01/app/122/grid/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER_SCAN1 -no_crs_notify -inherit

Query the SCAN Listener for registered services 
[grid@ractw21 ~]$  lsnrctl status LISTENER_SCAN1
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 12.2.0.1.0 - Production on 23-APR-2017 13:25:23
...
Services Summary...
Service "-MGMTDBXDB" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "-MGMTDB", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "4d93c06c65234fffe0538d05a8c0a06a" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "-MGMTDB", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "4dac7be3b0930f43e0538e05a8c01163.example.com" has 2 instance(s).
  Instance "ractw_1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
  Instance "ractw_2", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "_mgmtdb" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "-MGMTDB", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "gimr_dscrep_10" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "-MGMTDB", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "ractw.example.com" has 2 instance(s).
  Instance "ractw_1", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
  Instance "ractw_2", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
... 
Both instances ractw_1 and ractw_2 are registered for service ractw.example.com at portnumber 1521 !

Now build the connect string using service and scan name
[oracle@ractw21 ~]$  sqlplus system/sys@ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com:1521/ractw.example.com @v
INSTANCE_NUMBER INSTANCE_NAME     STATUS       HOST_NAME
--------------- ---------------- ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------
          2 ractw_2      OPEN          ractw22.example.com


[oracle@ractw21 ~]$  sqlplus system/sys@ractw2-scan.ractw2.grid122.example.com:1521/ractw.example.com @v
INSTANCE_NUMBER INSTANCE_NAME     STATUS       HOST_NAME
--------------- ---------------- ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------
          1 ractw_1      OPEN          ractw21.example.com

- Using the SCAN connect string connect us to different RAC instances on different hosts.
- This means our scan setup works fine and connection load balacing takes place

Reference

Convert a administrator managed RAC database to policy managed [ 12.2 ]

Check Database and Pool Status

Check RAC database status
[grid@ractw21 ~]$   srvctl config database -d ractw
Database unique name: ractw
Database name: ractw
Oracle home: /u01/app/oracle/product/122/ractw2
Oracle user: oracle
Spfile: +DATA/RACTW/PARAMETERFILE/spfile.325.941894301
Password file: +DATA/RACTW/PASSWORD/pwdractw.284.941893247
Domain: example.com
Start options: open
Stop options: immediate
Database role: PRIMARY
Management policy: AUTOMATIC
Server pools: 
Disk Groups: DATA
Mount point paths: 
Services: 
Type: RAC
Start concurrency: 
Stop concurrency: 
OSDBA group: dba
OSOPER group: 
Database instances: ractw1,ractw2
Configured nodes: ractw21,ractw22
CSS critical: no
CPU count: 0
Memory target: 0
Maximum memory: 0
Default network number for database services: 
Database is administrator managed

Check pool status 
[oracle@ractw21 ~]$  srvctl status srvpool -a
Server pool name: Free
Active servers count: 0
Active server names: 
Server pool name: Generic
Active servers count: 2
Active server names: ractw21,ractw22
NAME=ractw21 STATE=ONLINE
NAME=ractw22 STATE=ONLINE

Convert Database to Policy Managed

Stop database,add RAC database to pool and finally check pool status [grid@ractw21 grid]$ srvctl stop database -d ractw
[grid@ractw21 grid]$ srvctl add srvpool -g TopPriority  -l 1 -u 2 -i 5
[grid@ractw21 grid]$ srvctl modify database -d ractw -g TopPriority
                        
PRCD-1130 : Failed to convert administrator-managed database ractw into a policy-managed database to use server pool TopPriority
PRCR-1071 : Failed to register or update resource ora.ractw.db
CRS-0245:  User doesn't have enough privilege to perform the operation

Run as user Oracle :
[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ srvctl modify database -d ractw -g TopPriority

[grid@ractw21 grid]$ srvctl config  srvpool -g TopPriority
Server pool name: TopPriority
Importance: 5, Min: 1, Max: 2
Category: hub
Candidate server names: 

[grid@ractw21 grid]$  srvctl config  database -d ractw
Database unique name: ractw
Database name: ractw
Oracle home: /u01/app/oracle/product/122/ractw2
Oracle user: oracle
Spfile: +DATA/RACTW/PARAMETERFILE/spfile.325.941894301
Password file: +DATA/RACTW/PASSWORD/pwdractw.284.941893247
Domain: example.com
Start options: open
Stop options: immediate
Database role: PRIMARY
Management policy: AUTOMATIC
Server pools: TopPriority
Disk Groups: DATA
Mount point paths: 
Services: 
Type: RAC
Start concurrency: 
Stop concurrency: 
OSDBA group: dba
OSOPER group: 
Database instances: 
Configured nodes: 
CSS critical: no
CPU count: 0
Memory target: 0
Maximum memory: 0
Default network number for database services: 
Database is policy managed

[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ srvctl start database -d ractw
PRCR-1079 : Failed to start resource ora.ractw.db
CRS-2643: The server pool(s) where resource 'ora.ractw.db' could run have no servers

Remove category and add servers 

Trying to add servers 
[grid@ractw21 ~]$ srvctl modify srvpool -serverpool TopPriority  -servers  "ractw21,ractw22" -verbose
[grid@ractw21 ~]$ srvctl config srvpool -serverpool TopPriority 
Server pool name: TopPriority
Importance: 5, Min: 1, Max: 2
Category: 
Candidate server names: ractw21,ractw22

[grid@ractw21 ~]$  srvctl status srvpool -a
Server pool name: Free
Active servers count: 0
Active server names: 
Server pool name: Generic
Active servers count: 2
Active server names: ractw21,ractw22
NAME=ractw21 STATE=ONLINE
NAME=ractw22 STATE=ONLINE
Server pool name: TopPriority
Active servers count: 0
Active server names: 

Both severs  ractw21,ractw22 still assigned to GENERIC pool !

Removing our admin managed test database ! 
[oracle@ractw21 ~]$ srvctl remove database -db test
Remove the database test? (y/[n]) y

Verify Database Status and Pool Status after changes

Now verify pool 
[grid@ractw21 ~]$  srvctl status srvpool -a
Server pool name: Free
Active servers count: 0
Active server names: 
Server pool name: Generic
Active servers count: 0
Active server names: 
Server pool name: TopPriority
Active servers count: 2
Active server names: ractw21,ractw22
NAME=ractw21 STATE=ONLINE
NAME=ractw22 STATE=ONLINE
--> Now both servers are assigned to our TopPriority pool 

Starting ractw database and confirm cluster resource status
[oracle@ractw21 dbs]$ srvctl start  database -db ractw

*****  Cluster Resources: *****
Resource NAME               INST   TARGET    STATE        SERVER          STATE_DETAILS
--------------------------- ----   ------------ ------------ --------------- -----------------------------------------
ora.ractw.db                   1   ONLINE    ONLINE       ractw21         Open,HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/122/ractw2,STABLE
ora.ractw.db                   2   ONLINE    ONLINE       ractw22         Open,HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/122/ractw2,STABLE

Setup Chrony to avoid PRVG-13606 in a VirtualBox/RAC env

Configure Local Chrony Server on our RAC Nameserver ns1.example.com

1) Install chrony and disable NTP
[root@ns1 etc]# yum install -y chrony
[root@ns1 etc]# service ntpd stop
[root@ns1 etc]# chkconfig ntpd off
[root@ns1 etc]#  chkconfig --list ntpd
ntpd               0:off    1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off    6:off

2) Edit the Server Config file '/etc/chrony.conf' and make the following changes.

#Comment the server entries
#server 0.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
#server 1.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
#server 2.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
#server 3.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst

# Allow NTP client access from local network.
allow 192.168/16

#Not synchronized to any external source. (local mode)
local stratum 10

3) Start the server and enable at boot time
[root@ns1 etc]# systemctl start chronyd
[root@ns1 etc]# systemctl enable chronyd

4) Verify Chrony tracking
[root@ns1 etc]# chronyc tracking
Reference ID    : 127.127.1.1 ()
Stratum         : 10
Ref time (UTC)  : Sat Apr  8 08:58:22 2017
System time     : 0.000000000 seconds fast of NTP time
Last offset     : +0.000000000 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.000000000 seconds
Frequency       : 0.000 ppm fast
Residual freq   : +0.000 ppm
Skew            : 0.000 ppm
Root delay      : 0.000000 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.000001 seconds
Update interval : 0.0 seconds
Leap status     : Not synchronised

The Reference ID field shows the IP Address or name of the NTP Server to which we are synchronized.
The value 127.127.1.1 indicates "local" mode (Not synchronized with any external source).

Configure Chrony Client for our RAC VMs

1) Install chrony
[root@ractw21 etc]# yum install -y chrony

2) Edit the Client Config file '/etc/chrony.conf' and make the following changes.

#Comment the server entries
#server 0.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
#server 1.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
#server 2.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
#server 3.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst

#Add local Chrony server entry pointing to our RAC Nameserver
server 192.168.5.50  iburst

3) Start the server and enable at boot time
[root@ractw21 etc]# systemctl start chronyd
[root@ractw21 etc]# systemctl enable chronyd

4) Verify Chrony tracking

[root@ractw21 etc]# chronyc tracking
Reference ID    : 192.168.5.50 (ns1.example.com)
Stratum         : 11
Ref time (UTC)  : Sat Apr  8 09:02:32 2017
System time     : 0.000008410 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : +0.000009758 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.012060679 seconds
Frequency       : 4.164 ppm slow
Residual freq   : +0.001 ppm
Skew            : 0.482 ppm
Root delay      : 0.000209 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.000002 seconds
Update interval : 65.1 seconds
Leap status     : Normal

The Reference ID field shows the IP Address or name of the NTP Server to which we are synchronized.

5) Verify Chrony Sources and resync time with our Nameservers time

[root@ractw21 ~]# chronyc sources
210 Number of sources = 1
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
^* ns1.example.com              10   6    77    30    -23us[ +206us] +/-   91us

NOTE: To quickly synchronize with the server run ntpdate
[root@ractw21 ~]# ntpdate 192.168.5.50
8 Apr 11:10:56 ntpdate[25464]: adjust time server 192.168.5.50 offset 0.000664 sec


Chrony not working after reboot

Chrony status after reboot
[root@ractw21 ~]#  chronyc sources
210 Number of sources = 1
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
^? ns1.example.com               0   6     0   10y     +0ns[   +0ns] +/-    0ns

Local chrony is not synchronized with our Master Server 


[root@ractw21 ~]# systemctl status chronyd.service
● chronyd.service - NTP client/server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-04-14 11:15:17 CEST; 2min 42s ago
  Process: 858 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/chrony-helper update-daemon (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 805 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/chronyd $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 811 (chronyd)
   CGroup: /system.slice/chronyd.service
           └─811 /usr/sbin/chronyd

Apr 14 11:15:17 ractw21.example.com systemd[1]: Starting NTP client/server...
Apr 14 11:15:17 ractw21.example.com chronyd[811]: chronyd version 2.1.1 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +DE...CHASH)
Apr 14 11:15:17 ractw21.example.com chronyd[811]: Could not resolve address of initstepslew server ns1.example.com
Apr 14 11:15:17 ractw21.example.com chronyd[811]: Frequency -3.525 +/- 2.346 ppm read from /var/lib/chrony/drift
Apr 14 11:15:17 ractw21.example.com systemd[1]: Started NTP client/server.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

Status
- chronyc Client reports a problem reaching our Chrony Master server during the Boot process
- Not sure whether this problem is related to VirtualBox or due to problems with the parallel
  OEL 7.3 Linux startup scripts

Anyway a quick and dirty fix is to use rc.local the set Chrony ONLINE when fully network connectivity is established  
- First set  server attribute to OFFLINE  chrony.conf 
    server ns1.example.com offline
- Set chrony ONLINE in rc.local. Add line
   ( sleep 5; chronyc -a  online ) &>/tmp/CHRONY.log 
   Don't forget to give proper permissions 
   [root@ractw21 ~]# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local'


After a reboot chronyc looks like 
[root@ractw21 ~]# chronyc sources
210 Number of sources = 1
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
^* ns1.example.com              10   6   377    18   -384us[ -686us] +/-  168us

Working Chrony Client Setup

  • Don’t forget the set chrony ONLIE in rc.local
Configuration:

192.168.5.50    : IP Address of our Nameserver running Chrony Master
ns1.example.com : Hostname of our Nameserver running Chrony Master

Client File: /etc/chrony.conf
server ns1.example.com offline
driftfile /var/lib/chrony/drift
logdir /var/log/chrony
log measurements statistics tracking
keyfile /etc/chrony.keys
local stratum 10
initstepslew 20 ns1.example.com
allow 192.168.5.50

Chrony Commands

Check Chrony version 
[root@ractw21 ~]# rpm -qa |grep chrony
chrony-2.1.1-4.el7_3.x86_64


If chronyc command fails with:  501 Not authorised     
[root@ractw21 ~]# chronyc online
501 Not authorised

Login to chrony in interactive Mode 
chronyc> authhachrony.confsh SHA1
chronyc> password  HEX:F88F845A9773AEEC9340EFA825AA60435D78D773
chronyc> online 
200 OK

Using chrony from command line when login in required 
[root@ractw21 ~]# chronyc -a  offline
200 OK
200 OK
[root@ractw21 ~]# chronyc -a  online
200 OK
200 OK

Display current chrony Status 
[root@ractw21 ~]# systemctl  status chronyd
● chronyd.service - NTP client/server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-04-14 10:05:43 CEST; 6min ago
  Process: 4461 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/chrony-helper update-daemon (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 4457 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/chronyd $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 4459 (chronyd)
   CGroup: /system.slice/chronyd.service
           └─4459 /usr/sbin/chronyd

Apr 14 10:05:37 ractw21.example.com systemd[1]: Starting NTP client/server...
Apr 14 10:05:37 ractw21.example.com chronyd[4459]: chronyd version 2.1.1 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +D...CHASH)
Apr 14 10:05:37 ractw21.example.com chronyd[4459]: Frequency -2.683 +/- 0.064 ppm read from /var/lib/chrony/drift
Apr 14 10:05:41 ractw21.example.com chronyd[4459]: System's initial offset : 0.082425 seconds fast of true (slew)
Apr 14 10:05:43 ractw21.example.com systemd[1]: Started NTP client/server.
Apr 14 10:05:47 ractw21.example.com chronyd[4459]: Selected source 192.168.5.50
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.



Check sources stats
[root@ractw21 ~]# chronyc sources
210 Number of sources = 1
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
^* ns1.example.com              10   6   377    18   -384us[ -686us] +/-  168us

The columns are as follows:
M
    This indicates the mode of the source. 
     ^ means a server 
     = means a peer  
     # indicates a locally connected reference clock. 
S
    This column indicates the state of the sources. 
    * indicates the source to which chronyd is current synchronised. 
    + indicates other acceptable sources. 
    ? indicates sources to which connectivity has been lost.


Chrony Status Change to Synchronized - this may take a while  
[root@ractw21 ~]#  chronyc sources
210 Number of sources = 1
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
^? ns1.example.com              10   6     3    62  -1487ms[-1487ms] +/-  221us

[root@ractw21 ~]#  chronyc sources
210 Number of sources = 1
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
^? ns1.example.com              10   6     3    64  -1487ms[-1487ms] +/-  221us
[root@ractw21 ~]#  chronyc sources
210 Number of sources = 1
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
^* ns1.example.com              10   6     7     0  -5616ns[-1487ms] +/-  976us

Status is set to synchronized with source when Reach Count > 3 - so be patient !


Verify Chrony tracking status
[root@ractw21 etc]# chronyc tracking
Reference ID    : 192.168.5.50 (ns1.example.com)
Stratum         : 11
Ref time (UTC)  : Sat Apr  8 09:02:32 2017
System time     : 0.000008410 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : +0.000009758 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.012060679 seconds
Frequency       : 4.164 ppm slow
Residual freq   : +0.001 ppm
Skew            : 0.482 ppm
Root delay      : 0.000209 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.000002 seconds
Update interval : 65.1 seconds
Leap status     : Normal

The Reference ID field shows the IP Address or name of the NTP Server used for time synchronizing.


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