When you are setting up an Oracle RAC environment, the cluster nodes must share storage (usually via ASM - Automatic Storage Management). Before the installation can proceed, the installer runs a pre-check to ensure that all nodes in the cluster can see the storage disks and that the permissions on these disks are correct.
This article serves as a complete guide to understanding what this package is, why it is critical for your cluster, how to install it, and where to locate it safely. The name cvuqdisk stands for Cluster Verification Utility Qdisk . It is a proprietary RPM package developed by Oracle Corporation. Its primary function is to enable the Oracle Cluster Verification Utility (CVU) to discover and validate shared storage devices. cvuqdisk-1.0.10-1.rpm download
Without the cvuqdisk package installed, the Cluster Verification Utility (CVU) cannot locate the shared disks. Consequently, the installer will report a failure, often stating that the storage is not shared or that the disks cannot be found, even if you have configured your multipathing (like Device Mapper Multipath or ASMLIB) correctly. The specific version 1.0.10-1 is widely used because it is the standard version shipped with major Oracle Database releases, specifically Oracle Database 19c . As of the release of Oracle 19c Grid Infrastructure, this version of the package became a mandatory prerequisite. When you are setting up an Oracle RAC