Chapter 2. Installing and Configuring GFS

This chapter describes installing and configuring Red Hat GFS 6.0 for use with Oracle9i RAC, using the sample cluster described in Chapter 1 Overview. This chapter consists of the following sections:

2.1. Installation and Configuration Procedure

Installing and configuring GFS consists of the following steps:

  1. Installing GFS

  2. Configuring pools

  3. Setting up the GFS configuration

  4. Starting the lock servers

  5. Creating and mounting GFS file systems