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Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Updating Oracle Database Appliance Software

• About the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle
• About Installing the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Set Bundle 12.1.2.8.0
• About Installing the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Set Bundle 12.1.2.7
• Installing the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Set Bundle
  • Preparing to Install Oracle Database Appliance 12.1.2.7 Patch Set Bundles
  • Step 1: Download the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle from My Oracle Support
  • Step 2: Copy and Unpack the Patch Bundle
  • Step 3: Verify Components that Require Patching
  • Step 4: Patch the Server
  • Step 5: Patch the Shared Storage (Optional)
  • Step 6: Patch Oracle Database
  • Step 7: Validate the Patch Update
• Reimaging Oracle Database Appliance

2 Managing Oracle Database on Oracle Database Appliance

• About the Oracle Database Appliance OAKCLI Utility
• Oracle Database Features and Oracle Database Appliance
  • Oracle Database Appliance Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express and Oracle Database Appliance
  • Data Migration and Management and Oracle Database Appliance
  • Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Database Appliance
  • Oracle RAC One Node and Oracle Database Appliance
  • Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Database Appliance
  • Administrative Groups and Users on Oracle Database Appliance
• Creating and Converting Databases with OAKCLI
  • About Creating Databases with OAKCLI Commands
  • Creating, Using, and Removing Database Configuration Files with OAKCLI
  • Creating Snapshot Databases With OAKCLI
  • About Converting Single-Instance Databases to Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node
• About Managing Multiple Databases on Oracle Database Appliance
• About Managing Multiple Database Instances Using Instance Caging
• About Oracle Database Appliance SSDs
• How to Upgrade and Update the Oracle Database on Oracle Database Appliance
  • About Oracle Database Upgrades and Updates on Oracle Database Appliance
  • Updating to Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.160119 from Previous Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.x Releases
  • Upgrading to Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.160119 from Oracle Database 11.2.0.4.x Releases

3 Managing Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform

• About Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
• Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Architecture
  • About Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Architecture
  • About Virtual Machines and Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platforms
• About Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Deployment
• How to Create and Manage Shared Repositories
  • Creating a Shared Repository
  • Showing the Status of Shared Repositories
  • Starting a Shared Repository
  • Stopping a Shared Repository
  • Deleting a Shared Repository
  • Increasing the Size of a Shared Repository
• How to Manage Virtual Disks in Shared Repositories
  • Creating a Virtual Disk for Use in a Shared Repository
  • Viewing Information About Virtual Disks
  • Cloning Virtual Disks
  • Attaching a Virtual Disk to a Virtual Machine
  • Deleting a Virtual Disk
• How to Manage Virtual Machine Templates
  • About Managing Virtual Machine Templates
  • Listing Virtual Machine Templates
  • Importing Virtual Machine Templates
  • Configuring a Virtual Machine Template
  • Showing Configured Values for a Virtual Machine Template
  • Modifying a Virtual Machine Template Configuration
  • Removing a Virtual Machine Template
• How to Create Clones and Snap Clones of a Template
  • About Creating Clones and Snap Clones of a Template
  • Cloning a Template With OAKCLI
  • Creating a Snap Clone from a Template With OAKCLI
  • Creating a Snap Clone of an Existing Virtual Machine With OAKCLI
  • Creating a Snap Clone of an Existing Virtual Machine That Uses a Different Domain
• How to Manage Virtual Machines on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
  • About Managing Virtual Machines on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
  • Listing the Virtual Machines in Your Repositories
  • Creating a Virtual Machine
  • Configuring a Virtual Machine
  • Starting and Stopping a Virtual Machine
  • Externally Configuring a Virtual Machine
  • Opening a Virtual Machine Console for a Virtual Machine
  • Creating an Image for a New Virtual Machine
  • Setting Up a Virtual Machine for Access from eth0 Using an IP Address
  • Adding or Removing a Virtual Disk to or from a Virtual Machine
  • Removing a Virtual Machine from a Shared Repository
  • Performing a Live Migration for an Oracle Database Appliance Virtual Machine
• How to Manage High Availability on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
• How to Manage CPU Pools on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
  • About Managing CPU Pools for Resource Allocation
  • About Over-Subscribed CPU Pools
  • Creating a New CPU Pool on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Nodes
  • Showing the CPU Pools Configured on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Nodes
  • Changing the Number of CPUs Assigned to a CPU Pool on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Nodes
  • Assigning a Virtual Machine to a CPU Pool on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
• 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
• How to Resize ODA_BASE
  • About Resizing ODA_BASE
  • Changing the ODA_BASE Core Count

4 Oracle Appliance Manager Command Line Interface

• About the Oracle Appliance Manager Command-line Interface (OAKCLI)
• Managing OAKCLI Privileges and Security with SUDO
• oakcli add disk -local
• oakcli apply
• oakcli clone commands
  • oakcli clone vdisk
  • oakcli clone vm
• oakcli configure commands
  • oakcli configure additionalnet
  • oakcli configure asr
  • oakcli configure cpupool
  • oakcli configure firstnet
  • oakcli configure ib2fiber
  • oakcli configure network
  • oakcli configure oda_base
  • oakcli configure repo
  • oakcli configure vm
  • oakcli configure vmtemplate
• oakcli copy
• oakcli create commands
  • oakcli create cpupool
  • oakcli create database
  • oakcli create dbhome
  • oakcli create dbstorage
  • oakcli create db_config_params
  • oakcli create repo
  • oakcli create snapshotdb
  • oakcli create vdisk
  • oakcli create vlan
• oakcli delete commands
  • oakcli delete cpupool
  • oakcli delete database
  • oakcli delete db_config_params
  • oakcli delete dbhome
  • oakcli delete dbstorage
  • oakcli delete repo
  • oakcli delete vdisk
  • oakcli delete vlan
  • oakcli delete vm
  • oakcli delete vmtemplate
• oakcli deploy
• oakcli diskwritecache
• oakcli import vmtemplate
• oakcli locate disk
• oakcli manage diagcollect
• oakcli migrate vm
• oakcli modify commands
  • oakcli modify database
  • oakcli modify vm
  • oakcli modify vmtemplate
• oakcli orachk
• oakcli resize dbstorage
• oakcli restart oda_base
• oakcli show commands
  • oakcli show asr
  • oakcli show cooling
  • oakcli show controller
  • oakcli show core_config_key
  • oakcli show cpupool
  • oakcli show databases
  • oakcli show db_config_params
  • oakcli show dbhomes
  • oakcli show dbstorage
  • oakcli show disk
  • oakcli show diskgroup
  • oakcli show enclosure
  • oakcli show env_hw
  • oakcli show expander
  • oakcli show ib
  • oakcli show fs
  • oakcli show iraid
  • oakcli show memory
  • oakcli show network
  • oakcli show power
  • oakcli show processor
  • oakcli show raidsyncstatus
  • oakcli show repo
  • oakcli show server
  • oakcli show storage
  • oakcli show validation storage
  • oakcli show validation storage errors
  • oakcli show validation storage failures
  • oakcli show vdisk
  • oakcli show version
  • oakcli show vlan
  • oakcli show vm
  • oakcli show vmconsole
  • oakcli show vmtemplate
• oakcli start commands
  • oakcli start oda_base
  • oakcli start repo
  • oakcli start vm
• oakcli stop command
• oakcli stordiag
• oakcli test asr
• oakcli unpack
• oakcli update
• oakcli upgrade
• oakcli validate

5 Validating and Troubleshooting Oracle Database Appliance

• Oracle Database Appliance Diagnostics and Validation
  • Oracle Database Appliance Validation Command Overview
  • Examples of OAKCLI Validate Command Checks
• 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

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
• Usable Storage on Oracle Database Appliance X5-2
• Storage on Oracle Database Appliance
  • About Oracle Database Appliance Storage
  • Oracle ACFS Mount Points and Storage Space
  • Oracle ACFS Space Management
• System Configuration for Oracle Database Appliance

B Database Templates for Oracle Database Appliance

• Types of Database Templates for Oracle Database Appliance

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