This is a step by step demonstration on how to migrate any ASM disk groups from a cluster to another. May be use, with or without virtualization and may be used with storage layer snapshot for fast environment provisioning.

Step 01 – Shutdown source database(s) on VMWARE servers

Shutdown all databases hosted in the targeted Disk groups for which you want consistency. Then unmount the disk groups.

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl stop database -db cdb001

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd umount FRA

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd umount DATA

 

Step 02 – Re route LUNs from the storage array to newf servers

Create a snapshot and make the snapshot LUNs visible for Oracle Virtual Server (OVS) according the third-party storage technology.

Step 03 – Add LUNs to DomUs (VMs)

Then, we refresh the storage layer from OVM Manager to present LUNs in each OVS

OVM> refresh storagearray name=STORAGE_ARRAY_01

Step 04 – Then, tell OVM Manager to add LUNs to the VMs in which we want our databases to be migrated

create VmDiskMapping slot=20 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data01 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data01 on Vm name=rac001
create VmDiskMapping slot=21 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data02 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data02 on Vm name=rac001
create VmDiskMapping slot=22 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data03 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data03 on Vm name=rac001
create VmDiskMapping slot=23 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data04 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data04 on Vm name=rac001
create VmDiskMapping slot=24 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data05 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data05 on Vm name=rac001
create VmDiskMapping slot=25 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data06 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data06 on Vm name=rac001
create VmDiskMapping slot=26 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_reco01 name=sa01_clus01_asm_reco01 on Vm name=rac001
create VmDiskMapping slot=27 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_reco02 name=sa01_clus01_asm_reco02 on Vm name=rac001

create VmDiskMapping slot=20 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data01 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data01 on Vm name=rac002
create VmDiskMapping slot=21 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data02 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data02 on Vm name=rac002
create VmDiskMapping slot=22 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data03 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data03 on Vm name=rac002
create VmDiskMapping slot=23 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data04 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data04 on Vm name=rac002
create VmDiskMapping slot=24 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data05 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data05 on Vm name=rac002
create VmDiskMapping slot=25 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_data06 name=sa01_clus01_asm_data06 on Vm name=rac002
create VmDiskMapping slot=26 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_reco01 name=sa01_clus01_asm_reco01 on Vm name=rac002
create VmDiskMapping slot=27 physicalDisk=sa01_clus01_asm_reco02 name=sa01_clus01_asm_reco02 on Vm name=rac002

At this stage we have all LUNs of our both disk groups for DATA and FRA available on both nodes of the cluster.

Step 05 – Migrate disk in AFD

We can rename disk groups if required or if a disk group with the same name already exists

renamedg phase=both dgname=DATA newdgname=DATAMIG verbose=true asm_diskstring='/dev/xvdr1','/dev/xvds1','/dev/xvdt1','/dev/xvdu1','/dev/xvdv1','/dev/xvdw1'
renamedg phase=both dgname=FRA  newdgname=FRAMIG  verbose=true asm_diskstring='/dev/xvdx1','/dev/xvdy1'

 

Then we migrate disks into AFD configuration

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label DATAMIG /dev/xvdr1 --migrate
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label DATAMIG /dev/xvds1 --migrate
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label DATAMIG /dev/xvdt1 --migrate
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label DATAMIG /dev/xvdu1 --migrate
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label DATAMIG /dev/xvdv1 --migrate
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label DATAMIG /dev/xvdw1 --migrate
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label FRAMIG  /dev/xvdx1 --migrate
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd afd_label FRAMIG  /dev/xvdy1 --migrate

 

Step 06 – Mount disk groups on the new cluster and add database(s) in the cluster

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd mount DATAMIG
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/asmcmd mount FRAMIG

 

Then add database(s) to cluster (repeat for each database)

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl add database -db cdb001 
-oraclehome /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1 
-dbtype RAC 
-spfile +DATAMIG/CDB001/spfileCDB001.ora 
-diskgroup DATAMIG,FRAMIG

 

Step 06 – Startup database

In that case, we renamed the disk groups so we need to modify file locations and some parameter values

create pfile='/tmp/initcdb001.ora' from spfile='+DATAMIG/<spfile_path>' ;
-- modify controlfiles, recovery area and any other relevant paramters
create spfile='+DATAMIG/CDB001/spfileCDB001.ora' from pfile='/tmp/initcdb001.ora' ;

ALTER DATABASE RENAME FILE '+DATA/<datafile_paths>','+DATAMIG/<datafile_paths>'
ALTER DATABASE RENAME FILE '+DATA/<tempfile_paths>','+DATAMIG/<tempfile_paths>'
ALTER DATABASE RENAME FILE '+DATA/<onlinelog_paths>','+DATAMIG/<onlinelog_paths>'
ALTER DATABASE RENAME FILE '+FRA/<onlinelog_paths>', '+FRAMIG/<onlinelog_paths>'

 

Then start the database

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl start database -db cdb001

 

This method can be used to easily migrated TB of data with almost no pain, reducing at most as possible the downtime period. For near Zero downtime migration, just add a GoldenGate replication on top of that.

The method describes here is also perfectly applicable for ASM snapshot in order to duplicate huge volume from one environment to another. This permits fast environment provisioning without the need to duplicate data over the network nor impact storage layer with intensive I/Os.

I hope it may help and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or require further information.