Provisioning Oracle Exadata Infrastructure is a time-consuming process. Provisioning an Oracle Exadata Infrastructure is a prerequisite for provisioning Oracle Exadata VM Clusters and any Oracle Exadata Databases.

1. Provision your Oracle Exadata Infrastructure and Oracle Exadata VM Cluster resources from the OracleDB@Azure blade. By default, the Oracle Exadata Infrastructure tab is selected. To create a Oracle Exadata VM Cluster resource, select that tab first.
2. Select the + Create icon at the top of the blade to begin the provisioning flow.
3. Check that you are the Create Oracle Exadata Infrastructure flow. If not, exit the flow.
4. From the Basics tab of the Create Oracle Exadata Infrastructure flow, enter the following information.
   1. Select the Microsoft Azure subscription to which the Oracle Exadata Infrastructure will be provisioned and billed.
   2. Select an existing Resource group or select the Create new link to create and use a new Resource group for this resource. A resouce group is a collection of resources sharing the same lifecycle, permissions, and policies.
   3. Enter a unique Name for the Oracle Exadata Infrastructure on this subscription.
   4. Select the Region where this Oracle Exadata Infrastructure will be provisioned. NOTE: The regions where the OracleDB@Azure service is available are limited.
   5. Select the Availability zone where this Oracle Exadata Infrastructure will be provisioned. NOTE: The availability zones where the OracleDB@Azure service is available are limited.
   6. The Oracle Cloud account name field is display-only. If the name is not showing correctly, your OracleDB@Azure account setup has not been successfully completed.
   7. Select Next to continue.
5. From the Configuration tab of the Create Oracle Exadata Infrastructure flow, enter the following information.
   1. From the dropdown list, select the Exadata infrastructure model you want to use for this deployment. NOTE: Not all Oracle Exadata Infrastructure models are available. For more information, see Oracle Exadata Infrastructure Models.
   2. The Database servers selector can be used to select a range from 2 to 32.
   3. The Storage servers selector can be used to select a range from 3 to 64.
   4. The OCPUs and Storage fields are automatically updated based on the settings of the Database servers and Storage servers selectors.
   5. Select Next to continue.
6. From the Maintenance tab of the Create Oracle Exadata Infrastructure flow, enter the following information.
   1. The Maintenance method is selectable to either Rolling or Non-rolling based on your patching preferences.
   2. By default, the Maintenance schedule is set to No preference.
   3. If you select Specify a schedule for the Maintenance schedule, additional options open for you to tailor a maintenance schedule that meets your requirements. Each of these selections requires at least one option in each field.
   4. You can then enter up to 10 Names and Email addresses that are used as contacts for the maintenance process.
   5. Select Next to continue.
7. From the Consent tab of the Create Oracle Exadata Infrastructure flow, you must agree to the terms of service, privacy policy, and agree to access permissions. Once accepted, select Next to continue.
8. From the Tags tab of the Create Oracle Exadata Infrastructure flow, you define Microsoft Azure tags. NOTE: These tags are not propagated to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) portal. Once you have created the tags, if any, for your environment, select Next to continue.
9. From the Review _+ create tab of the Create Oracle Exadata Infrastructure flow, a short validation process is run to check the values that you entered from the previous steps. If the validation fails, you must correct any errors before you can start the provisioning process.
10. Select the Create button to start the provisioning flow.
11. Return to the Oracle Exadata Infrastructure blade to monitor and manage the state of your Oracle Exadata Infrastructure environments.