Chapter 1 Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Overview
Chapter 3 Initial Configuration
Chapter 4 Network Configuration
Chapter 5 Storage Configuration
Chapter 6 Storage Area Network Configuration
Chapter 8 Setting ZFSSA Preferences
Chapter 10 Cluster Configuration
Chapter 12 Shares, Projects, and Schema
Chapter 16 Maintenance Workflows
Oracle Exadata Database Machine Backup
Manual Configuration of a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance
Configuring Networks, Pools, and Shares
Configuring Oracle Exadata for a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance
Configure Exadata Configuring Oracle Exadata for a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance
Setting Up the Directory Structure to Mount the Shares on the Host
Updating oranfstab to Access ZFS Storage Appliance Exports
Mounting the Shares on the Host
Setting the Ownership of the Mounted Shares
Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Backup
Configuring the ZFS Storage Appliance for Backup
Configuring the ZFS Storage Appliance InfiniBand Datalinks
Configuring the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster InfiniBand Switches to Add the ZFS Storage Appliance
Configuring ZFS Storage Appliance Networking for Single IP Connection
Configuring ZFS Storage Appliance Networking for an Active-Active Configuration
Configuring the ZFS Storage Appliance Storage Pool
Configuring the ZFS Storage Appliance Shares
Configuring the ZFS Storage Appliance DTrace Analytics
Configuring the Client NFS Mount
Tuning the Solaris 11 Network and Kernel
Configuring Oracle Direct NFS (dNFS)
Tuning the Oracle Database Instance for Oracle RMAN Backup and Restore
Creating Dedicated Services for Oracle RMAN Operations
Configuring Oracle SPARC SuperCluster for ZFS Storage Appliance Backup
Configure SSC Configuring Oracle SPARC SuperCluster for ZFS Storage Appliance Backup
Setting Up the Directory Structure to Mount the Shares on the Host
Enabling the NFS Client Service
Updating oranfstab to Access ZFS Storage Appliance Exports
Mounting the Shares on the Host
Setting the Ownership of the Mounted Shares
Oracle Intelligent Storage Protocol
Set the Optimal file record size
Use either ZFS Latency or Throughput write mode for each request
Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Network File System Plug In for Oracle Solaris Cluster
Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Plug-in for Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition
Sun ZFS Storage Management Plug-In for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Controller
Configure for Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring
Unconfigure Oracle Enterprise Manager Monitoring
Oracle Virtual Machine Storage Connect Plug-in for the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance
Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Provider For Volume Shadow Copy Service Software
FC support with Symantec's 'DMP' / Storage Foundation
FC support for Symantec's Storage Foundation 5.1RP2 and greater for the following OS versions
Sun ZFS Storage 7000 Storage Replication Adapter for VMware Site Recovery Manager
Oracle RMAN is an essential component for protecting the content of Oracle Exadata. Oracle RMAN can be used to create backup sets, image copies, and incrementally updated backups of Oracle Exadata content on ZFS Storage Appliances. To optimize performance of Oracle RMAN backups from Oracle Exadata to a ZFS Storage Appliance, the database administrator should apply the following best practices:
Load balance Oracle RMAN channels evenly across the nodes of the database machine.
Load balance Oracle RMAN channels evenly across ZFS Storage Appliance shares and controllers.
To optimize buffering of the Oracle RMAN channel to the ZFS Storage Appliance, you can tune the values of several hidden instance parameters. For Oracle Database 11g Release 2, the following parameters can be tuned:
For backup and restore set:
* _backup_disk_bufcnt=64
* _backup_disk_bufsz=1048576
For image copy backup and restore:
* _backup_file_bufcnt=64
* _backup_file_bufsz=1048576
For additional information about tuning these parameters and tuning equivalent parameters for earlier versions of the Oracle Database software, see Article ID 1072545.1: RMAN Performance Tuning Using Buffer Memory Parameters) at http://support.oracle.com.
Oracle Direct NFS (dNFS) is a high-performance NFS client that delivers exceptional performance for Oracle RMAN backup and restore operations. dNFS should be configured for customers seeking maximum throughput for backup and restore operations.