How to Move 12c Grid Infrastructure Management Repository ( GIMR ) to Another Diskgroup

Grid Infrastructure Management Repository ( GIMR ) should be relocated to a disk group other than default disk group OCR/VOTE.

First, create a disk group GIMR for storing new GIMR data. At the moment, it is stored in disk group OCR_VOTE. Please refer to section “Create New Disks and Create New Diskgroup FRA” for creating a disk group.

1. Stop and disable ora.crf resource on every node

[root@racnode1 bin]# pwd
/u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin

[root@racnode1 bin]# ./crsctl stop res ora.crf -init
CRS-2673: Attempting to stop 'ora.crf' on 'racnode1'
CRS-2677: Stop of 'ora.crf' on 'racnode1' succeeded

[root@racnode1 bin]# ./crsctl modify res ora.crf -attr ENABLED=0 -init
[root@racnode2 bin]#

Do not stop ora.mgmtlsnr or ora.mgmtdb resource, otherwise Step 2 will fail with the following:

Oracle Grid Management database is running on node “racnode1”. Run dbca on node “racnode1” to delete the database.

2.  Use DBCA to delete the management database

As user grid, find on which node the mgmtdb is running on :

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ srvctl status mgmtdb
Database is enabled
Instance -MGMTDB is running on node racnode1

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/dbca -silent -deleteDatabase -sourceDB -MGMTDB
Connecting to database
4% complete
9% complete
14% complete
19% complete
23% complete
28% complete
47% complete
Updating network configuration files
48% complete
52% complete
Deleting instance and datafiles
76% complete
100% complete
Look at the log file "/u01/app/grid/cfgtoollogs/dbca/_mgmtdb.log" for further details.

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ cat "/u01/app/grid/cfgtoollogs/dbca/_mgmtdb.log"
The Database Configuration Assistant will delete the Oracle instance and datafiles for your database. All information in the database will be destroyed. Do you want to proceed?
Connecting to database
DBCA_PROGRESS : 4%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 9%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 14%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 19%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 23%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 28%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 47%
Updating network configuration files
DBCA_PROGRESS : 48%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 52%
Deleting instance and datafiles
DBCA_PROGRESS : 76%
DBCA_PROGRESS : 100%
Database deletion completed.
[grid@racnode1 ~]$

3. Recreate the 12.1.0.2 MGMTDB 

a. As Grid User on any node execute the following DBCA command with the desired <DG Name>:

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/dbca -silent -createDatabase -sid -MGMTDB -createAsContainerDatabase true -templateName MGMTSeed_Database.dbc -gdbName _mgmtdb -storageType ASM -diskGroupName +GIMR -datafileJarLocation /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/assistants/dbca/templates -characterset AL32UTF8 -autoGeneratePasswords -skipUserTemplateCheck
Registering database with Oracle Grid Infrastructure
5% complete
Copying database files
7% complete
9% complete
16% complete
23% complete
30% complete
37% complete
41% complete
Creating and starting Oracle instance
43% complete
48% complete
49% complete
50% complete
55% complete
60% complete
61% complete
64% complete
Completing Database Creation
68% complete
79% complete
89% complete
100% complete
Look at the log file "/u01/app/grid/cfgtoollogs/dbca/_mgmtdb/_mgmtdb0.log" for further details.
[grid@racnode1 ~]$

b. Create a PDB within the MGMTDB by using DBCA.

As Grid User on any node execute the following DBCA command:

NOTE: The CLUSTER_NAME needs to have any hyphens (“-“) replaced with underscores (“_”)

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/dbca -silent -createPluggableDatabase -sourceDB -MGMTDB -pdbName RACNODE_CLUSTER -createPDBFrom RMANBACKUP -PDBBackUpfile /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/assistants/dbca/templates/mgmtseed_pdb.dfb -PDBMetadataFile /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/assistants/dbca/templates/mgmtseed_pdb.xml -createAsClone true
Creating Pluggable Database
4% complete
12% complete
21% complete
38% complete
55% complete
85% complete
Completing Pluggable Database Creation
100% complete
Look at the log file "/u01/app/grid/cfgtoollogs/dbca/_mgmtdb/RACNODE_CLUSTER/_mgmtdb.log" for further details.
[grid@racnode1 ~]$

4.  Secure that the Management Database credential

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ srvctl status MGMTDB
Database is enabled
Instance -MGMTDB is running on node racnode1
[grid@racnode1 ~]$

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/mgmtca <--no output
[grid@racnode1 ~]$

5. Enable and start ora.crf resource on every node

[root@racnode1 ~]# /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/crsctl modify res ora.crf -attr ENABLED=1 -init

[root@racnode1 ~]# /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/crsctl start res ora.crf -init
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.crf' on 'racnode1'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.crf' on 'racnode1' succeeded
[root@racnode1 ~]#

[root@racnode2 bin]# /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/crsctl modify res ora.crf -attr ENABLED=1 -init

[root@racnode2 bin]# /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/crsctl start res ora.crf -init
CRS-2672: Attempting to start 'ora.crf' on 'racnode2'
CRS-2676: Start of 'ora.crf' on 'racnode2' succeeded

[root@racnode1 bin]# ./crsctl stat res -t -init
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Target State Server State details
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cluster Resources
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
ora.asm
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 Started,STABLE
ora.cluster_interconnect.haip
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.crf
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.crsd
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.cssd
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.cssdmonitor
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.ctssd
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 ACTIVE:0,STABLE
ora.diskmon
 1 OFFLINE OFFLINE STABLE
ora.evmd
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.gipcd
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.gpnpd
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.mdnsd
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
ora.storage
 1 ONLINE ONLINE racnode1 STABLE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6. Check management database and management listener

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ srvctl status MGMTDB
Database is enabled
Instance -MGMTDB is running on node racnode1

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ ps -eaf | grep tns
root 15 2 0 20:05 ? 00:00:00 [netns]
grid 1168 892 0 22:37 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto tns
grid 3974 1 0 20:06 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/tnslsnr MGMTLSNR -no_crs_notify -inherit
grid 4064 1 0 20:06 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER -no_crs_notify -inherit
grid 4092 1 0 20:06 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER_SCAN2 -no_crs_notify -inherit
grid 4103 1 0 20:06 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER_SCAN3 -no_crs_notify -inherit

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ lsnrctl status MGMTLSNR
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 12.1.0.2.0 - Production on 14-MAR-2016 22:38:03

Copyright (c) 1991, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=MGMTLSNR)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias MGMTLSNR
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 12.1.0.2.0 - Production
Start Date 14-MAR-2016 20:06:33
Uptime 0 days 2 hr. 31 min. 29 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /u01/app/12.1.0/grid/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /u01/app/grid/diag/tnslsnr/racnode1/mgmtlsnr/alert/log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
 (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=MGMTLSNR)))
 (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=172.16.100.61)(PORT=1521)))
 (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=169.254.146.121)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "-MGMTDBXDB" has 1 instance(s).
 Instance "-MGMTDB", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "_mgmtdb" has 1 instance(s).
 Instance "-MGMTDB", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "racnode_cluster" has 1 instance(s).
 Instance "-MGMTDB", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
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