[rhelv6-list] info on Oracle and ASMLib and ocfs2 for RH EL 6

Heijmans S (spir-it) Heijmans at rechtspraak.nl
Wed Dec 14 12:35:52 UTC 2011


Hi Gianluca,

I asked Oracle the same question last week (december 8th) and got the same result;
>>Thank you for the note. Oracle Database certification with RHEL 6 is under evaluation. While we don't have a timeframe for you at the moment, please feel free to check back in periodically. We are happy to keep you posted.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Oracle Customer Programs

>>So the side question: is there any plan to provide ASMLib kernel module in standard RH EL 6,
For what I know, ASMLib is not going to be supported on RHEL6.
See also this Red Hat document about it; https://access.redhat.com/sites/default/files/oracle_on_rhel_with_or_without_asm_asmlib_0.pdf

Stefan

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Van: rhelv6-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhelv6-list-bounces at redhat.com] Namens Gianluca Cecchi
Verzonden: woensdag 14 december 2011 12:29
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Onderwerp: [rhelv6-list] info on Oracle and ASMLib and ocfs2 for RH EL 6


Hello,
in August Red Hat submitted Oracle 11gR2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Certification Test Results to Oracle:
http://www.redhat.com/about/news/blog/Red-Hat-Submits-Oracle-11gR2-on-Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-6-Certification-Test-Results-to-Oracle

At the end of September I also sent an e-mail to the Oracle address provided inside the article, receiving this kind of answer:

"
Gianluca, thanks for the note. Oracle Database certification with RHEL 6 is under evaluation at this time. We have no further updates at this time.
"

So does any one in Red Hat know the current status? I suggest every one interested in having Oracle RDBMS on RH EL 6 to send an e-mail to them (see the article above).
When possible I try to use other solutions, such as PostgreSQL, but many infrastructures or ISVs are using Oracle so we have to manage this situation...

I landed to this Novell blog entry page that creates some sort of more concern abut the overall matter:
http://www.novell.com/communities/node/13143/oracle-support-documents-underline-reasons-choose-sles-11-oracle-installations

So the side question: is there any plan to provide ASMLib kernel module in standard RH EL 6, as it is GPL sw and Oracle is going to provide it only for its ULN kernels?
Furthermore ASM is going to become the only supported storage infrastructure in the future for Oracle RDBMS....
The same question for ocfs2-tools

Thanks in advance,
Gianluca


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