Failed to upgrade Oracle Cluster Registry configuration(root.sh)

    近期在给客户基于Suse 11 sp3安装Oracle 10g RAC，在安装完clusterware运行/u01/app/crs/root.sh时收到错误提示。Failed to upgrade Oracle Cluster Registry configuration因为当前的环境使用了多路径，从Oracle的描写叙述来看。这是一个Oracle Bug(4679769)，假设你有同样的问题，请接着往下看。

一、故障现象
suse11a:/u01/app/crs # /u01/app/crs/root.sh
WARNING: directory '/u01/app' is not owned by root
Checking to see if Oracle CRS stack is already configured
/etc/oracle does not exist. Creating it now.

Setting the permissions on OCR backup directory
Setting up NS directories
Failed to upgrade Oracle Cluster Registry configuration  #此处为错误提示

#以下使用clsfmt命令时提示Received unexpected error。注。/u01/app/crs 为ORA_CRS_HOME。
suse11a:/ # /u01/app/crs/bin/clsfmt ocr /dev/raw/raw1
clsfmt: Received unexpected error 4 from skgfifi
skgfifi: Additional information: -2
Additional information: 1073741824

#以下是详细的错误日志
suse11a:/u01/app/crs/log/suse11a/client # pwd
/u01/app/crs/log/suse11a/client

suse11a:/u01/app/crs/log/suse11a/client # more ocrconfig_24066.log
Oracle Database 10g CRS Release 10.2.0.1.0 Production Copyright 1996, 2005 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
2014-08-11 11:52:14.993: [ OCRCONF][2176517888]ocrconfig starts...
2014-08-11 11:52:14.994: [ OCRCONF][2176517888]Upgrading OCR data
2014-08-11 11:52:15.100: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]propriogid:1: INVALID FORMAT
2014-08-11 11:52:15.101: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]ibctx:1:ERROR: INVALID FORMAT
2014-08-11 11:52:15.101: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]proprinit:problem reading the bootblock or superbloc 22

2014-08-11 11:52:15.102: [ default][2176517888]a_init:7!: Backend init unsuccessful : [22]
2014-08-11 11:52:15.102: [ OCRCONF][2176517888]Exporting OCR data to [OCRUPGRADEFILE]
2014-08-11 11:52:15.102: [  OCRAPI][2176517888]a_init:7!: Backend init unsuccessful : [33]
2014-08-11 11:52:15.102: [ OCRCONF][2176517888]There was no previous version of OCR. error:[PROC-33: Oracle Cluster Registry is not configured]
2014-08-11 11:52:15.108: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]propriogid:1: INVALID FORMAT
2014-08-11 11:52:15.108: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]ibctx:1:ERROR: INVALID FORMAT
2014-08-11 11:52:15.108: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]proprinit:problem reading the bootblock or superbloc 22

2014-08-11 11:52:15.108: [ default][2176517888]a_init:7!: Backend init unsuccessful : [22]
2014-08-11 11:52:15.113: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]propriogid:1: INVALID FORMAT
2014-08-11 11:52:15.113: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]ibctx:1:ERROR: INVALID FORMAT
2014-08-11 11:52:15.113: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]proprinit:problem reading the bootblock or superbloc 22

2014-08-11 11:52:15.118: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]propriogid:1: INVALID FORMAT
2014-08-11 11:52:15.126: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]propriowv: Vote information on disk 0 [/dev/raw/raw1] is adjusted from [0/0] to [2/2]
2014-08-11 11:52:15.137: [  OCRRAW][2176517888]propriniconfig:No 92 configuration
2014-08-11 11:52:15.137: [  OCRAPI][2176517888]a_init:6a: Backend init successful
2014-08-11 11:52:15.165: [ OCRCONF][2176517888]Initialized DATABASE keys in OCR
2014-08-11 11:52:15.176: [ OCRCONF][2176517888]csetskgfrblock0: clsfmt returned with error [4].
2014-08-11 11:52:15.176: [ OCRCONF][2176517888]Failure in setting block0 [-1]
2014-08-11 11:52:15.176: [ OCRCONF][2176517888]OCR block 0 is not set !
2014-08-11 11:52:15.176: [ OCRCONF][2176517888]Exiting [status=failed]...

二、解决故障
#因为该故障是使用多路径时产生的一个Bug。因此直接參考DocID 466673.1予以解决
#以下是下载补丁4679769之后步骤

suse11a:/robin # unzip p4679769_10201_Linux-x86-64.zip #解压补丁
Archive:  p4679769_10201_Linux-x86-64.zip
   creating: 4679769/
  inflating: 4679769/README.txt      
  inflating: 4679769/clsfmt.bin

suse11a:/robin # cp /u01/app/crs/bin/clsfmt.bin /u01/app/crs/bin/clsfmt.bin.bak 
suse11a:/robin # cp ./4679769/clsfmt.bin /u01/app/crs/bin/clsfmt.bin  #覆盖原文件(注该操作仅在安装节点运行就可以)
suse11a:/robin # chmod 755 /u01/app/crs/bin/clsfmt.bin                #授予权限
suse11a:/robin # /u01/app/crs/bin/clsfmt.bin ocr /dev/raw/raw1        #使用clsfmt.bin验证成功
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#以下使用dd命令清除ocr 与votingdisk 磁盘(当前的2个裸设备大小为1G)
#注意一定要dd，否则root.sh依然不能成功
suse11a:~ # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/raw/raw1 bs=1024k count=800
800+0 records in
800+0 records out
838860800 bytes (839 MB) copied, 2.64104 s, 318 MB/s
suse11a:~ # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/raw/raw2 bs=1024k count=800
800+0 records in
800+0 records out
838860800 bytes (839 MB) copied, 3.21852 s, 261 MB/s

#再次使用clsfmt.bin验证成功
clsfmt: successfully initialized file /dev/raw/raw1
suse11a:/robin # /u01/app/crs/bin/clsfmt.bin ocr /dev/raw/raw2
clsfmt: successfully initialized file /dev/raw/raw2

#再次自行root.sh成功
suse11a:/robin # /u01/app/crs/root.sh

三、DocID 466673.1
APPLIES TO:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 and later
Linux x86
IBM: Linux on POWER Systems
Linux x86-64
Linux Itanium
***Checked for relevance on 11-Mar-2013***
SYMPTOMS

On a new clusterware installation on Linux root.sh script is failing with the following error while running root.sh on the first node:

PROT-1: Failed to initialize ocrconfig
Failed to upgrade Oracle Cluster Registry configuration

The problem can be tracked down to clsfmt command:

./clsfmt ocr /dev/raw/raw1
     clsfmt: Received unexpected error 4 from skgfifi
     skgfifi: Additional information: -2
     Additional information: 1000718336

CHANGES

It has been found that the following changes can cause this problem to occur:

1. Use Mutiple Path (MP) disk configuration, may hit this issue.
2. Use EMC device (powerpath**) may hit this issue.

But it was not confirmed that these are the only things that can cause this problem to occur, as it has been found that on other hardware and configuration the problem might occur, the key change in this issue is that if the disk size presented from the storage to the cluster nodes are not dividable by 4K the problem should occur.

CAUSE

This issue is addressed in Bug:4679769 which states that this is a known issue with the clusterware installation on platforms: Linux x86, x86-64 and "IBM Power Based Linux".

SOLUTION

Before running the root.sh on the first node in the cluster do the following:

1. Download Patch:4679769 from Metalink (contains a patched version of clsfmt.bin).
2. Do the following steps as stated in the patch README to fix the problem:
Note:  clsfmt.bin need only be replaced on the 1st node of the cluster

# Patch Installation Instructions:
# --------------------------------
# To apply the patch, unzip the PSE container file:
#
# p4679769_10201_LINUX.zip
#
# Set your current directory to the directory where the patch
# is located:
#
# % cd 4679769
#
# Copy the clsfmt.bin binary to the $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory where
# clsfmt is being run:
#
# % cp $ORACLE_HOME/bin/clsfmt.bin $ORACLE_HOME/bin/clsfmt.bin.bak
# % cp clsfmt.bin $ORACLE_HOME/bin/clsfmt.bin
#
# Ensure permissions on the clsfmt.bin binary are correct:
#
# % chmod 755 $ORACLE_HOME/bin/clsfmt.bin

3. Run the root.sh script and proceed with the installation.