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Oracle I/O Domain Administration Guide

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Updated: September 2021
 
 

Configuring Zones

The Oracle Solaris Zones feature is available starting with SuperCluster version 2.4.

The zones software provides a method to virtualize OS services to create an isolated environment for running applications. This isolation prevents processes that are running in one zone from monitoring or affecting processes running in other zones. Database Zones are currently the only type of zones that can be configured with the assistant in a Database Zone Domain.

Creating multiple zones on different Database Zone Domains allows you to cluster the zones for redundancy and failover.

Database Zones reside on the Database Zone Domain. You configure Database Zones one at a time, but you can add multiple Database Zones to a single Database Zone Domain. Use the Oracle SuperCluster Virtual Assistant to configure a zone. After the zone configuration, use OEDA to install the Oracle Database in the zone (see Preparing to Configure a Database on a Database Domain or Database Zone, Creating Database Configuration Files (OEDA), and Installing Databases on a Database Domain.)


Tip  -  Adding a Database Zone to an Application Domain is not supported.