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List of Examples
List of Figures
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
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About Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA
Oracle Database Appliance Software
Overview of Oracle Database Appliance Deployment
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Preparing for Oracle Database Appliance Installation and Deployment
Registering Your Support Identifier on My Oracle Support
Planning Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Options
Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Options
Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Options
Selecting Database Configuration Options
Selecting Database Deployment Options for Oracle Database Appliance
Selecting Database Templates for Oracle Database Appliance
Calculating Required Cores
Gathering System Requirement Information
List of Information You Need Before Deployment
Checklist for System Details
Checklist for Custom Node Network Address Configuration
Creating an Oracle Appliance Manager Deployment Plan
About the Standalone Oracle Database Appliance Configurator
Running the Standalone Oracle Database Appliance Configurator
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Readying Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment
About Interconnect Cabling
Attaching Supplied Cables for Oracle Database Appliance
Attaching Cables for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA
Cabling Oracle Database Appliance to Connect to Fiber Public Networks (Optional)
Attaching a Storage Expansion Shelf to Oracle Database Appliance
About Attaching and Cabling Storage Shelves
Installing and Cabling a Storage Expansion Shelf
Attaching Peripheral Devices
First Startup of Oracle Database Appliance
Attaching Power Cords and Initializing Components
Powering On Oracle Database Appliance the First Time
Configuring Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager
Configuring an Initial Network Connection
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Deploying Oracle Software on Oracle Database Appliance
About Deploying Oracle Database Appliance Software Using OAKCLI
Deploying Bare Metal Platforms on Oracle Database Appliance
Deploying Virtualized Platform Software
About Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Deployment
Determining if the System is Configured with a Virtual Machine
Downloading Images for a Virtualized Platform
Installing a Virtualized OS ISO Image
Installing the Virtualized Platform Template
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Oracle Database Appliance Postinstallation Tasks
Changing the Oracle Installation Owner Passwords
Changing the IPMI User Name and Password
Configuring Oracle Auto Service Request
Shutdown the VNC Server
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Updating Oracle Database Appliance Software
About the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle
About Installing an Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle
Installing the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle
Preparing to Install Oracle Database Appliance Patch Set Bundles
Step 1: Download the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle from My Oracle Support
Step 2: Copy and Unpack the Patch Bundle
Step 3: Validate Readiness and Verify Components that Require Patching
Step 4: Patch the Server
Step 5: Patch the Shared Storage (Optional)
Step 6: Patch Oracle Database
Step 7: Validate the Patch Update
Performing a Bare Metal Restore
About Performing a Bare Metal Restore
Downloading an ISO Image for Bare Metal Restore
Re-imaging Oracle Database Appliance
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Managing Oracle Database on Oracle Database Appliance
About the Oracle Database Appliance OAKCLI Utility
Oracle Database Features and Oracle Database Appliance
Data Migration and Management and Oracle Database Appliance
Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Database Appliance
Oracle RAC One Node and Oracle Database Appliance
Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Database Appliance
Administrative Groups and Users on Oracle Database Appliance
Creating and Converting Databases with OAKCLI
About Creating Databases with OAKCLI Commands
Creating, Using, and Removing Database Configuration Files with OAKCLI
Creating Snapshot Databases With OAKCLI
About Converting Single-Instance Databases to Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node
About Managing Multiple Databases on Oracle Database Appliance
Downloading an End-User RDBMS Clone File
About Managing Multiple Database Instances Using Instance Caging
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Managing Storage
About Managing Storage
Preparing for a Storage Upgrade
Adding the 10-Pack of SSDs
Adding the Storage Expansion Shelf
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Managing Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
About Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Architecture
About Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Architecture
About Virtual Machines and Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platforms
How to Create and Manage Shared Repositories
Creating a Shared Repository
Showing the Status of Shared Repositories
Starting a Shared Repository
Stopping a Shared Repository
Deleting a Shared Repository
Increasing the Size of a Shared Repository
How to Manage Virtual Disks in Shared Repositories
Creating a Virtual Disk for Use in a Shared Repository
Viewing Information About Virtual Disks
Cloning Virtual Disks
Attaching a Virtual Disk to a Virtual Machine
Deleting a Virtual Disk
How to Manage Virtual Machine Templates
About Managing Virtual Machine Templates
Listing Virtual Machine Templates
Importing Virtual Machine Templates
Configuring a Virtual Machine Template
Showing Configured Values for a Virtual Machine Template
Modifying a Virtual Machine Template Configuration
Removing a Virtual Machine Template
How to Create Clones and Snap Clones of a Template
About Creating Clones and Snap Clones of a Template
Cloning a Template With OAKCLI
Creating a Snap Clone from a Template With OAKCLI
Creating a Snap Clone of an Existing Virtual Machine With OAKCLI
How to Manage Virtual Machines on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
About Managing Virtual Machines on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
Listing the Virtual Machines in Your Repositories
Creating a Virtual Machine
Configuring a Virtual Machine
Starting and Stopping a Virtual Machine
Externally Configuring a Virtual Machine
Opening a Virtual Machine Console for a Virtual Machine
Creating an Image for a New Virtual Machine
Setting Up a Virtual Machine for Access from eth0 Using an IP Address
Adding or Removing a Virtual Disk to or from a Virtual Machine
Removing a Virtual Machine from a Shared Repository
Performing a Live Migration for an Oracle Database Appliance Virtual Machine
How to Create Driver Domain Virtual Machines
About Driver Domain Virtual Machines
Creating a Driver Domain Virtual Machine from a Template
Converting a Virtual Machine to a Driver Domain Virtual Machine
Converting a Root Disk to a Driver Domain Disk
How to Manage High Availability on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
How to Manage CPU Pools on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
About Managing CPU Pools for Resource Allocation
About Over-Subscribed CPU Pools
Creating a New CPU Pool on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Nodes
Showing the CPU Pools Configured on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Nodes
Changing the Number of CPUs Assigned to a CPU Pool on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Nodes
Assigning a Virtual Machine to a CPU Pool on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
About Network Infrastructure and Virtual Local Area Networks on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
Managing Virtual Local Area Networks on User Domains and on ODA_BASE
How to Resize ODA_BASE
About Resizing ODA_BASE
Changing the ODA_BASE Core Count
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Oracle Appliance Manager Command Line Interface
About the Oracle Appliance Manager Command-line Interface (OAKCLI)
Managing OAKCLI Privileges and Security with SUDO
oakcli add disk -local
oakcli apply
oakcli clone commands
oakcli clone vdisk
oakcli clone vm
oakcli configure commands
oakcli configure additionalnet
oakcli configure asr
oakcli configure cpupool
oakcli configure firstnet
oakcli configure ib2fiber
oakcli configure network
oakcli configure oda_base
oakcli configure repo
oakcli configure vm
oakcli configure vmtemplate
oakcli copy
oakcli create commands
oakcli create cpupool
oakcli create database
oakcli create dbhome
oakcli create dbstorage
oakcli create db_config_params
oakcli create repo
oakcli create snapshotdb
oakcli create vdisk
oakcli create vlan
oakcli delete commands
oakcli delete cpupool
oakcli delete database
oakcli delete db_config_params
oakcli delete dbhome
oakcli delete dbstorage
oakcli delete repo
oakcli delete vdisk
oakcli delete vlan
oakcli delete vm
oakcli delete vmtemplate
oakcli deploy
oakcli describe-cpucore
oakcli expand storage
oakcli diskwritecache
oakcli import vmtemplate
oakcli locate disk
oakcli manage diagcollect
oakcli migrate vm
oakcli modify commands
oakcli modify database
oakcli modify vm
oakcli modify vmtemplate
oakcli orachk
oakcli reconfigure osparams
oakcli resize dbstorage
oakcli restart oda_base
oakcli show commands
oakcli show asr
oakcli show cooling
oakcli show controller
oakcli show core_config_key
oakcli show cpupool
oakcli show databases
oakcli show db_config_params
oakcli show dbhomes
oakcli show dbstorage
oakcli show disk
oakcli show diskgroup
oakcli show enclosure
oakcli show env_hw
oakcli show expander
oakcli show ib
oakcli show ismaster
oakcli show fs
oakcli show iraid
oakcli show memory
oakcli show network
oakcli show power
oakcli show processor
oakcli show raidsyncstatus
oakcli show repo
oakcli show server
oakcli show storage
oakcli show validation storage
oakcli show validation storage errors
oakcli show validation storage failures
oakcli show vdisk
oakcli show version
oakcli show vlan
oakcli show vm
oakcli show vmconsole
oakcli show vmtemplate
oakcli start commands
oakcli start oda_base
oakcli start repo
oakcli start vm
oakcli stop command
oakcli stordiag
oakcli test asr
oakcli unpack
oakcli update
oakcli update-cpucore
oakcli upgrade
oakcli validate
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Validating and Troubleshooting Oracle Database Appliance
Oracle Database Appliance Diagnostics and Validation
Oracle Database Appliance Validation Command Overview
Examples of OAKCLI Validate Command Checks
Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Error Messages
Preparing Log Files for Oracle Support Services
Additional Troubleshooting Tools and Commands
Oracle Appliance Manager Tools for Configuration Auditing and Disk Diagnosis
Trace File Analyzer Collector
Oracle Database Appliance Hardware Monitoring Tool
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Oracle Database Appliance Software Configuration Defaults
Directory Paths for Oracle Database Appliance
Oracle Groups and Users Configuration for Oracle Database Appliance
System Configuration for Oracle Database Appliance
Tuning IOps Values for Improved Performance with Expanded Memory
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Storage on Oracle Database Appliance
About Oracle Database Appliance Storage
Oracle ACFS Mount Points and Storage Space
Displaying Mounted Disk Details
Determining Usable Storage for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA
Oracle ACFS Space Management
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Database Templates for Oracle Database Appliance
About Database Templates for Oracle Database Appliance
Types of Database Templates for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA
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