1 About Oracle Database Appliance

Oracle Database Appliance enables you to take advantage of Oracle Database in an easy-to-deploy and manage system. The complete package of software, server, storage, and networking saves time and money by simplifying deployment, maintenance, and support of database and application workloads.

• Oracle Database Appliance Software
  View the Oracle software that is available for download for Oracle Database Appliance.
• Overview of Oracle Database Appliance Deployment
  Review the steps you must complete to deploy Oracle Database Appliance.

Oracle Database Appliance Software

View the Oracle software that is available for download for Oracle Database Appliance.

The table describes the Oracle Database Appliance patches that are available for download and the purpose of the patch.

Note:

Some hardware models may not use the patches listed in the table.

Table 1-1 Software for Oracle Database Appliance 18.2.0.0.0

Patch	Description
Oracle Database Appliance GI Clone	Use to perform an initial deployment of Oracle Database Appliance. The bundle contains the latest Grid Infrastructure. If you reimage Oracle Database Appliance with the Bare Metal ISO Image, download the GI Clone patch to deploy Oracle Database Appliance.
RDBMS Clone	Use the RDBMS Software Clone files to get the RDBMS clone binaries for Oracle Database 18.2.0.0.0 for Oracle Database Appliance. The RDBMS clone file is needed to create Oracle databases and database homes.
Bare Metal ISO Image	Use to reimage the appliance for Oracle Database Appliance 18.2.0.0.0.

Note:

See the Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for the patch numbers and download locations and the component versions.

Overview of Oracle Database Appliance Deployment

Review the steps you must complete to deploy Oracle Database Appliance.

To complete these tasks, refer to topics in this book and in the Oracle Database Appliance Owner's Guide.

1. Prepare for Oracle Database Appliance.
   1. Register your Support Identifier (SI) for Oracle Database Appliance with My Oracle Support to obtain software and support from Oracle.
   2. Plan your configuration options and gather network and related information.
   3. Set up the server site.
   4. Configure network names and addresses on your Domain Name System (DNS) server.
   5. Download the Oracle Database Appliance software to a local computer on the network.
2. Ready Oracle Database Appliance for deployment.
   1. Mount Oracle Database Appliance hardware into a rack at the server site.
   2. Connect power and required cables to Oracle Database Appliance.
   3. Connect the keyboard and mouse to USB ports and video display to VGA port.
   4. Create an initial network configuration to load external files.
   5. Start up the system.
   6. Plumb the network.
3. Install and deploy software on Oracle Database Appliance.
   1. Download the Oracle Database Appliance Single Instance Software Bundles to a system on the network.
   2. Copy the Oracle Database Appliance Single Instance Software Bundles to Oracle Database Appliance.
   3. Run the update-image command to install the bundles.
4. Deploy Oracle Database Appliance.
   1. Log into the Oracle Database Appliance Web Console.
   2. Click Create Appliance.
   3. Enter the configuration details.
   4. Click Submit to start the deployment.
   5. Monitor the progress on the Activity tab.