Oracle Database Appliance - Resize ACFS File System

Introduction

Oracle Database Appliance uses the Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS) for database and virtual machine files storage. Oracle ACFS provides both servers with concurrent access to some or all of the shared storage on Oracle Database Appliance. It supports space-efficient storage snapshots, which provides fast provisioning databases and virtual machines within Oracle Database Appliance.

To check Storage used for database running on ODA, execute the following:

[root@dzuro614001nor ~]# oakcli show databases
Name     Type       Storage   HomeName             HomeLocation                                       Version
-----    ------     --------  --------------       ----------------                                   ----------
odatest  RAC    ACFS      OraDb12102_home1     /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1          2.1.0.2.170117(24732082,24828633)


In this article I will demonstrate how to check ACFS mounts on ODA and how to resize an Oracle ACFS file system.


[root@odanode1 ~]# su - grid

[grid@odanode1 ~]$ . oraenv
ORACLE_SID = [+ASM1] ? +ASM2
The Oracle base has been set to /u01/app/grid

[grid@odanode1 ~]$ mount | grep asm
/dev/asm/flashdata-5 on /u02/app/oracle/oradata/flashdata type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/datdc00000-282 on /u02/app/oracle/oradata/DC00000 type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/datastore-305 on /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/datastore type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/rdodc00001-55 on /u01/app/oracle/oradata/DC00001 type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/datdc00002-282 on /u02/app/oracle/oradata/DC00002 type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/rcodc00002-305 on /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/DC00002 type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/rdodc00000-55 on /u01/app/oracle/oradata/DC00000 type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/datastore-282 on /u02/app/oracle/oradata/datastore type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/rcodc00000-305 on /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/DC00000 type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/datastore-55 on /u01/app/oracle/oradata/datastore type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/datdc00001-282 on /u02/app/oracle/oradata/DC00001 type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/rdodc00002-55 on /u01/app/oracle/oradata/DC00002 type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/rcodc00001-305 on /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/DC00001 type acfs (rw)
/dev/asm/acfsvol-305 on /cloudfs type acfs (rw)

Here I would like to resize the ACFS /u02/app/oracle/oradata/DC00002 from 1.5TB to 2.5TB

Follow the steps below to resize the ACFS file system:

[grid@odanode1 ~]$ df -h /u02/app/oracle/oradata/DC00002
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/asm/datdc00002-282
                      1.5T  233G  1.3T  15% /u02/app/oracle/oradata/DC00002

[grid@odanode1 ~]$ /sbin/advmutil volinfo /dev/asm/datdc00002-282
/dev/asm/datdc00002-282
Interface Version: 1
Size (MB): 1572864
Resize Increment (MB): 64
Redundancy: mirror
Stripe Columns: 8
Stripe Width (KB): 1024
Disk Group: DATA
Volume: DATDC00002
Compatible.advm: 12.1.0.2.0

[grid@odanode1 ~]$ asmcmd lsdg
State    Type    Rebal  Sector  Block       AU   Total_MB   Free_MB  Req_mir_free_MB  Usable_file_MB  Offline_disks  Voting_files  Name
MOUNTED  NORMAL  N         512   4096  4194304  103088128  93545932          6443008        43551462              0             Y  DATA/
MOUNTED  NORMAL  N         512   4096  4194304    1526208    835840           381552          227144              0             N  FLASH/
MOUNTED  NORMAL  N         512   4096  4194304   16930368  13944968          1058148         6443410              0             N  RECO/
MOUNTED  HIGH    N         512   4096  4194304     763120    634480           381560           84306              0             N  REDO/

[grid@odanode1 ~]$ /sbin/acfsutil size -h
Usage: acfsutil [-h] size [[-|+]nnn[K|M|G|T|P]] [-a nnn[K|M|G|T|P]] [-x nnn[K|M|G|T|P]] [-d <device>]  <path>
                                         - Resize file system and configure auto-resize
                [-a]                     - Auto-resize increment
                [-x]                     - Auto-resize maximum
                [-d]                     - Resize only this device


[grid@odanode1 ~]$ /sbin/acfsutil size 2.5T /u02/app/oracle/oradata/DC00002
acfsutil size: new file system size: 2748779069440 (2621440MB)


[grid@odanode1 ~]$ df -h /u02/app/oracle/oradata/DC00002
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/asm/datdc00024-282
                      2.5T  233G  2.2T   9% /u02/app/oracle/oradata/DC00002


[grid@odanode1 ~]$ /sbin/advmutil volinfo /dev/asm/datdc00002-282
Device: /dev/asm/datdc00002-282
Interface Version: 1
Size (MB): 2621440
Resize Increment (MB): 64
Redundancy: mirror
Stripe Columns: 8
Stripe Width (KB): 1024
Disk Group: DATA
Volume: DATDC00002
Compatible.advm: 12.1.0.2.0

Conclusion
In this article we have learned how to resize an Oracle ACFS file system. ODA uses Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS) for database and virtual machine files storage, provides both servers with concurrent access and supports space-efficient storage snapshots.