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# 1  
Old 11-28-2008
filesystem
i am about to install oracle on my solaris x86-64
This installation require 4Gb space and i qish to do this installation on the directory
/u01/app/oracle

The following was my approch
Code:
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle

i then use the command below to see if there is enough space

Code:
 #  df -h /uo1/app/oracle
Filesystem             size   used  avail capacity  Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c1d0s0   4.5G  4.3G 129M    98%    /

my whole file system is as below

Code:
# df -h
Filesystem             size   used  avail capacity  Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c1d0s0        4.5G   4.3G   129M    98%    /
/devices                 0K     0K     0K     0%    /devices
ctfs                     0K     0K     0K     0%    /system/contract
proc                     0K     0K     0K     0%    /proc
mnttab                   0K     0K     0K     0%    /etc/mnttab
swap                   1.0G   832K   1.0G     1%    /etc/svc/volatile
objfs                    0K     0K     0K     0%    /system/object
/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1
                       4.5G   4.3G   129M    98%    /lib/libc.so.1
fd                       0K     0K     0K     0%    /dev/fd
swap                   1.0G    76K   1.0G     1%    /tmp
swap                   1.0G    24K   1.0G     1%    /var/run
/dev/dsk/c1d0s7        235G   916M   232G     1%    /export/home

I need to increase the space on filesystem /dev/dsk/c1d0s0 so that i can have enough space to install oracle using the OFA standard "/u01/app/oracle as above.

pls can someone help
# 2  
Old 11-28-2008
It is a very bad idea to put something like this into the root filesystem /. If your application fills up the fs up to 100%, most of your apps, maybe even your OS could stop working properly. I would not dare to risk this.
Better create a separate fs for installing oracle.
# 3  
Old 11-28-2008
U should shrink /dev/dsk/c1d0s7 and create a filesystem on a new slice and mount it to /u01/app/oracle. But this not so easy on solaris, depending on your filesystem (UFS ?).
for test cases you could create a 4 GB File in /export/home and mount it to /u01/app/oracle usung the loopback device - see losetup
# 4  
Old 11-28-2008
Quote:
It is a very bad idea to put something like this into the root filesystem /. If your application fills up the fs up to 100%, most of your apps, maybe even your OS could stop working properly. I would not dare to risk this.
Better create a separate fs for installing oracle.
Thanks Zaxxon for your input, i am a newbie in unix. pls how do i create a new filesystem for my oracle installation
# 5  
Old 11-28-2008
I have no SUN running here anywhere sorry, idk. Read some admin handbook/guide or wait until someone answers here. My guess goes to some fdisk like tool to create a partition and then with crfs to create a FS or something like this as a start. But I guess you'll get an adequate answer soon.
# 6  
Old 11-28-2008
Hi demwz, i was replying Zaxxon when your post came in. Pls can you explain further how i can do this as i am a newbie
# 7  
Old 11-29-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by demwz
U should shrink /dev/dsk/c1d0s7 and create a filesystem on a new slice and mount it to /u01/app/oracle. But this not so easy on solaris, depending on your filesystem (UFS ?).
for test cases you could create a 4 GB File in /export/home and mount it to /u01/app/oracle usung the loopback device - see losetup
Pls can you explain further or direct me to online documentation regarding this.

I also find this site just trying to know if it is helpful.
configure zfs file system in solaris 10 | UNIX SA

pls help
 
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