Oracle I/O Domain Administration Guide

Prepare to Configure Databases

Complete these tasks before setting up a database on a Database I/O Domain or a Database Zone.

1. Back up the data on your storage servers.
2. Plan the database and cluster layout.

   You must make the following decisions before you begin to configure databases on Database Domains or Database Zones:

   • The number of clusters that you want to create, and the number of Database Domains or Database Zones that you want to have as members of each cluster.

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

     • 1GbE administration (management) network

     • 10GbE client access network

     • Private IB network

     • Backup/Data Guard network (optional)

   • These IP addresses should be available in DNS and also through the nslookup tool for the host name listed in the joc_import file.

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 Database Domains and clusters that you will be configuring.

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

     • DATA

     • RECO

     • DBFS