Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Updating Oracle Database Appliance Release

• About Oracle Database Appliance Server Patches
• Checking for Patches on My Oracle Support
• Patching Oracle Database Appliance Software with Oracle Appliance Manager

2 Managing Oracle Database on Oracle Database Appliance

• Managing and Maintaining Oracle Database
• Creating and Converting Databases
  • Creating Databases with Oracle Appliance Manager Commands
  • Creating Database Configuration Files with Oracle Appliance Manager Commands
  • Creating Snapshot Databases
  • Converting Single-Instance Databases to Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node
• Managing Multiple Databases on Oracle Database Appliance
  • Managing Multiple Database Instances Using Instance Caging
• Using Oracle Database Appliance SSDs
  • Accelerating Redo Log Writes
  • Caching Database Data
  • Improving I/O Performance for Database Files
• Upgrading Oracle Database on Oracle Database Appliance
  • Upgrading to Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.12 from Previous Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.x Releases
  • Upgrading to Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.12 from Oracle Database 11.2.0.2.x Releases

3 Managing Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform

• Overview of Guest Virtual Machine Deployments
• About Shared Repositories and Virtual Machines on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
• Managing Shared Repositories and Virtual Disks on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
  • Examples of Oracle Appliance Manager Commands for Shared Repositories, Virtual Disks, and Virtual Machines
• About Virtual Machine Templates and Assemblies on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
• Managing Virtual Machine Templates and Assemblies on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
  • Examples of Oracle Appliance Manager Virtual Machine Templates and Assembly Management Commands
• About Virtual Machines on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
• Managing Virtual Machines High Availability on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
• Managing Virtual Machines on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
  • Examples of Oracle Appliance Manager Virtual Machine Commands
• About CPU Pools on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
• Managing CPU Pools on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
  • Examples of Oracle Appliance Manager CPU Pool Management Commands
• 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
• Resizing ODA_BASE

4 Validating and Troubleshooting Oracle Database Appliance

• Oracle Database Appliance Diagnostics and Validation Tool
  • Oracle Database Appliance Validation Tool Overview
  • Examples of Oracle Database Appliance Validation Tool Commands
• 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

5 Oracle Appliance Manager Command-Line Interface

• About Oracle Appliance Manager Command-Line Interface
• Oracle Appliance Manager Command-Line Interface Operational Notes
• Oracle Appliance Manager Command-Line Interface Command Reference
  • oakcli apply
  • oakcli clone
  • oakcli configure
  • oakcli copy
  • oakcli create
  • oakcli delete
  • oakcli deploy
  • oakcli diskwritecache
  • oakcli import vmtemplate
  • oakcli locate
  • oakcli manage diagcollect
  • oakcli modify
  • oakcli orachk
  • oakcli resize dbstorage
  • oakcli restart oda_base
  • oakcli show
  • oakcli start
  • oakcli stop
  • oakcli stordiag
  • oakcli test asr
  • oakcli unpack
  • oakcli update
  • oakcli upgrade
  • oakcli validate

A Oracle Database Appliance Software Configuration Defaults

• Directory Paths for Oracle Database Appliance
• Oracle Groups and Users Configuration for Oracle Database Appliance
• Database Disk Group Sizes for Oracle Database Appliance
• Storage on Oracle Database Appliance
  • ACFS Mount Points
  • Space Management
• System Configuration for Oracle Database Appliance

B Database Sizing for Oracle Database Appliance

• Choosing a Database Template

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