This chapter centralizes the essential information topics you need in order to explore the installation and configuration aspects and the functionality of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer. This is a convenient starting point to learn the basics and get started with your private cloud deployment plans.
Oracle deploys the private cloud infrastructure inside your data center. It is your responsibility to prepare your data center for deployment and ensure that all requirements are met.
Learn about required preparation tasks in anticipation of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer deployment at your site.
Learn about the site requirements that must be met before Oracle Private Cloud at Customer can be deployed at your site. Checklists are provided to help you track any tasks that need to be completed to ensure that all requirements are met.
Learn about the network requirements for Oracle Private Cloud at Customer. Your data center network must accommodate for the integration of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer. A worksheet is provided to help you collect important cofiguration parameters.
Learn about the concept and basic architecture of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer.
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The virtualized environment hosted on Oracle Private Cloud at Customer is managed through Oracle Enterprise Manager. For step by step instructions, refer to these pages:
Deploying guest virtual machines
Learn in detail about the various ways to deploy guest VMs from different provisioning resources.
Managing guest virtual machines
Learn how to use the standard VM management operations available in Oracle Enterprise Manager, such as start/stop commands, HA properties, cloning, and so on.
Downloading and implementing Oracle VM Virtual Appliances
Oracle offers several preconfigured Oracle VM Virtual Appliances for download on Oracle Technology Network. These allow customers to rapidly set up a typical Oracle product stack within their virtualized environment on Oracle Private Cloud at Customer, without having to perform the full installation and configuration process.
The page provides a list of virtual appliances, download links, installation instructions, and references to white papers and detailed product documentation.
All monitoring functionality is centralized within Oracle Enterprise Manager. For detailed information and instructions, refer to these pages:
For detailed information about components of Oracle Private Cloud at Customer, as well as other related documentation, refer to these resources:
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance documentation library
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS7-2 documentation library
Oracle Advanced Support Gateway documentation library
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c documentation library