Prepare to Configure Zones

Complete these tasks before setting up zones and clusters on the Database Domains with zones in the Oracle SuperCluster M6-32.

1. Back up the data on your storage servers.

   You might have to repartition the drives in the storage servers that are accessed by the zones that you create in this document. See Guidelines for Planning the Storage Server Disk Group Layout for more information. Refer to the storage server documentation for more information.

2. Plan the zone and cluster layout.

   You must make the following decisions on the zones and the clusters before beginning the processes in this document:

   • The number of zones that you want to create on the Database Domains with zones

   • The size of each zone that you want to create

   • The number of clusters that you want to create, and the number of zones that you want to have as members of each cluster

   • The starting IP addresses for the following networks for each zone and cluster that you are creating:

     • Administration network

     • Client access network

     • Private IB network

     • Backup/Data Guard network (optional)

3. Plan the storage server layout.

   You must make the following decisions on the storage server layout before beginning the processes in this document:

   • The number of storage servers and the amount of disk space available for the zones and clusters that you will be creating

   • The size of the following disk groups for each cluster:

     • DATA

     • RECO

     • DBFS

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     Note - You can opt to designate the DBFS disk group as UNUSED, where the Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) and voting disks are part of the DATA disk group.

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4. Gather the necessary networking information and configuration files for your existing configuration.

   At the time of your initial installation, the Oracle representatives should have provided a document with all the following information:

   • Name of the Oracle SuperCluster M6-32

   • IP addresses and host names for Oracle ILOM for the following components:

     • PDomain SPP with Database Domains that you are setting up zones on

     • Storage servers

   • IP addresses and host names for the 1GbE host management administration network for the following components:

     • Storage servers

     • Switches (IB leaf and spine switches, and the Cisco switch)

     • PDUs

   • IP addresses and host names for the IB network for the storage servers

   In addition, as part of the initial installation when your Oracle SuperCluster M6-32 was first set up, the Oracle installer should have saved a configuration file from OEDA that contains all the configuration information for your system. You need this configuration file in order to set up zones on Database Domains with zones.

5. Update the base software.

   See Update the Base Software.