rootpre fails with PowerHA 7.1 in AIX 7.1

[Marco_Galhardi]

Hello,

I´m installing Oracle 11.2.0.2 in AIX 7.1 with PowerHA 7,1 active.

When running rootpre.sh it aborts with the following error:

# ./rootpre.sh

./rootpre.sh output will be logged in /tmp/rootpre.out_12-03-26.17:15:54

Checking if group services should be configured....

Group "hagsuser" does not exist.

Creating required group for group services: hagsuser

Please add your Oracle userid to the group: hagsuser

Configuring HACMP group services socket for possible use by Oracle.

Please make sure that the group services subsystem is active.

Aborting pre-installation procedure. Installations of Oracle may fail.

# ./rootpre.sh

./rootpre.sh output will be logged in /tmp/rootpre.out_12-03-26.17:25:31

Checking if group services should be configured....

Please confirm your Oracle Clusterware Userid is a member of the group:

hagsuser

Configuring HACMP group services socket for possible use by Oracle.

Please make sure that the group services subsystem is active.

Aborting pre-installation procedure. Installations of Oracle may fail.

# pg /tmp/rootpre.out_12-03-26.17:25:31

./rootpre.sh output will be logged in /tmp/rootpre.out_12-03-26.17:25:31/bin/uname -a: AIX hcmprd 1 7 00F6B9834C00

OSVER: 7

OSREL: 1

Environment:

------------

_=/bin/env

LANG=C

LOGIN=root

THREAD=NOPS

CLCMD_PASSTHRU=1

PATH=/oracle/HP1/112_64/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/oracle/HP1/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:.:/usr/sap/HP1/SYS/exe/uc/rs6000_64:/usr/sap/HP1/SYS/exe/run:/oracle/HP1

NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.UTF8

LC_ALL=C

ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/HP1

LC__FASTMSG=true

LOGNAME=orahp1

MAIL=/var/spool/mail/orahp1

dbs_ora_tnsname=HP1

LOCPATH=/usr/lib/nls/loc

ORACLE_SID=HP1

DB_SID=HP1

DIR_LIBRARY=/usr/sap/HP1/SYS/exe/run

USER=orahp1

AUTHSTATE=files

SAPEXE=/usr/sap/HP1/SYS/exe/run

dbs_ora_schema=SAPSR3

SHELL=/bin/csh

ODMDIR=/etc/objrepos

CLUSTER_OVERRIDE=yes

SAPDATA_HOME=/oracle/HP1

PAM_SERVICE=su

HOME=/oracle/HP1

TERM=xterm

MAILMSG=[YOU HAVE NEW MAIL]

ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/HP1/112_64

PWD=/oracle/stage/112_64/database

TZ=America/Sao_Paulo

dbms_type=ORA

SAPSYSTEMNAME=HP1

------------

Checking if group services should be configured....

ODMDIR=/etc/objrepos, isHACMP= 14

CMD: /bin/chmod +x /usr/sbin/cluster/utilities/cldomain

CMD: /usr/sbin/lsgroup hagsuser

hagsuser id=208 admin=false users=orahp1 adms=root registry=files

Please confirm your Oracle Clusterware Userid is a member of the group:

hagsuser

Configuring HACMP group services socket for possible use by Oracle.

/var/ha/soc/grpsvcsdsocket.hcm_cluster: No such file or directory.

Please make sure that the group services subsystem is active.

Aborting pre-installation procedure. Installations of Oracle may fail.

#

A few more details on the issue described below.

As you can see Oracle installation stops at:

“...Configuring HACMP group services socket for possible use by Oracle.

/var/ha/soc/grpsvcsdsocket.hcm_cluster: No such file or directory.

Please make sure that the group services subsystem is active.

Aborting pre-installation procedure. Installations of Oracle may fail….”

The installation misses the

file/socket /var/ha/soc/grpsvcsdsocket.hcm_cluster.

We are using PowerHA 7.1 on AIX 7.1.

It seems that PowerHA is not properly installed/configured, but we

think it is not the case.

The /var/ha/soc/grpsvcsdsocket.hcm_cluster seems to be related to

the “grpsvcs” AIX service that was used by PowerHA/HACMP on previous

versions.

But, by default, on AIX 7.1, PowerHA 7.1 does not use this services

anymore, it uses the CAA services of AIX 7.1.

The services used by our PowerHA installation are:

[root@IBM,9179-MHB:hcmprd csn]# clshowsrv -v

Status of the RSCT subsystems used by HACMP:

Subsystem Group PID Status

cthags cthags 7864380 active

ctrmc rsct 4522174 active

Status of the HACMP subsystems:

Subsystem Group PID Status

clstrmgrES cluster 14418030 active

clcomd caa 5963970 active

Status of the optional HACMP subsystems:

Subsystem Group PID Status

clinfoES cluster 19726452 active

As you can see, there are no grpsvcs services.

The redbook “IBM PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1 for AIX” (sg247845) has more

details.

It can be found at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247845.html?Open

Can anyone help with this issue?

Thanks

Marco Galhardi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Marco,

Socket location has changed in PowerHA 7.1. Oracle has raised a workaround to solve this problem. Check "Running rootpre.sh with PowerHA 7.1 (avoid socket location failure) [ID 1384060.1]" document on Oracle metalink.

Best regards,

Orkun Gedik