This guide describes security for Oracle Database Appliance. It includes information about the components, the recommended password policies, and best practices for securing the Oracle Database Appliance environment.
This document is intended for system, database, and network administrators responsible for securing Oracle Database Appliance.
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For more information about Oracle Database Appliance, go to http://www.oracle.com/goto/oda/docs and click the appropriate release. The following documents are published in the Oracle Database Appliance online documentation library:
Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes
Oracle Database Appliance Licensing Information User Manual
Oracle Database Appliance Security Guide
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA Deployment and User's Guide
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S/M/L Deployment and User's Guide
Oracle Database Appliance Getting Started Guide
Oracle Database Appliance Administration and Reference Guide
Oracle Database Appliance Setup Posters and Booklets (a full-size printed copy ships with Oracle Database Appliance)
Oracle Database Appliance Owner's Guide
Oracle Database Appliance Service Manual
Oracle Database Appliance Series Safety and Compliance Guide
The following My Oracle Support Notes contain additional information:
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=888888.1
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=2144642.1
The following documents are published in the Oracle Database Appliance Plug-ins for Oracle Enterprise Manager online documentation library at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E70264_01/index.htm:
Oracle Database Appliance Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c User's Guide
Oracle Database Appliance Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c User's Guide
For more information about using Oracle Database, go to http://docs.oracle.com/en/database/ and select the database release from the menu. See the following documents in the Oracle Database online documentation library:
Oracle Database Security Guide
Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide
Oracle Database SQL Language Quick Reference
Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User’s Guide
Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Reference
Oracle Database Utilities
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide
For more information about Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager 3.2, see https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37444_01/.
For more details about other Oracle products that are mentioned in Oracle Database Appliance documentation, see the Oracle Documentation home page at http://docs.oracle.com.
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