ADD Swap to ORACLE LINUX

Add Swap file on ORACLE LINUX

fdisk /dev/sdb

create partition

-create swap file
mkswap /dev/sdb1

-add swap
swapon -a /dev/sdb1


-add in /etc/fstab

/dev/sdb1    swap swap    deafults 0 0

ORACLE ASM not start (ORA-01078, ORA-29701)

ORACLE ASM not start

SQL> startup
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
ORA-29701: unable to connect to Cluster Synchronization Service


(+ASM) /export/home/oracle $ crs_stat -t
Name           Type           Target    State     Host
------------------------------------------------------------
ora.DATA.dg    ora....up.type ONLINE    ONLINE    devdb01
ora.FRA.dg     ora....up.type ONLINE    ONLINE    devdb01
ora....ER.lsnr ora....er.type ONLINE    ONLINE    devdb01
ora.asm        ora.asm.type   ONLINE    ONLINE    devdb01
ora.cssd       ora.cssd.type  ONLINE    ONLINE    devdb01
ora.diskmon    ora....on.type ONLINE    ONLINE    devdb01
ora.evmd       ora.evm.type   ONLINE    ONLINE    devdb01
ora.meis.db    ora....se.type ONLINE    ONLINE    devdb01
ora.ons        ora.ons.type   OFFLINE   OFFLINE


ENABLE HAS

(+ASM) /export/home/oracle $ crsctl enable has
CRS-4622: Oracle High Availability Services autostart is enabled.

(+ASM) /export/home/oracle $ crsctl start has
CRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been started.



Connect ORACLE +ASM instance

sqlplus / as sysasm
startup

esxi update patch error ( thumbprint, not trusted)

Error:
Connect to esxi.mydomain.com failed. Server SHA-1 thumbprint 5D:01:06:63:55:9D:DF:FE:38:81:6E:2C:FA:71:BC:63:82:C5:16:51 <not trusted>

- install VMware Vsphere CLI


C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\apps\general>
credstore_admin.pl add --server esxi.mydomain.com --username my_user --password my_password
credstore_admin.pl add --server esxi.mydomain.com --thumbprint 5D:01:06:63:55:9D:DF:FE:38:81:6E:2C:FA:71:BC:63:82:C5:16:51

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin>
esxcli --server esxi.mydomain.com --username my_user software vib update --depot=/vmfs/volumes/Data_Store_name/Path_file/ESXi550-201412001.zip

VMware PowerCLI export ova

#Set ENV
$VM = Get-Content .\vmhost_list.txt
$BackupvCenter = "vCenter.domain.local"
$BackupHost = "esxi-01.Domain.local"
$backupDate = Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd
$backupDatastore = "vmd-01:LocalStorage"

Connect-VIServer -Server $BackupvCenter -User user_name@domain.local -Password user_password

#Dynamically create a folder
$BackupDir = "E:\vMware-backup\$BackupDate"
mkdir $BackupDir

foreach ($line in $VM) {

    Get-VM -Server $BackupvCenter  | where { $_.PowerState -like 'PoweredOn' -and $_.name -like $line } | select name, vmhost, usedspacegb

    $VM_TMP = $line+'-ova_backup-'+$backupDate

#Clone New VM
New-VM -Name $VM_TMP -VM $line -VMHost $BackupHost -Datastore $backupDatastore

#Export OVA file
Export-VApp -Destination $BackupDir -VM $VM_TMP -Format OVA

#Remove-VM $TMP -DeleteFromDisk -Confirm:$true
}