Region Management

You can add, edit, and remove regions in your deployment with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.

Creating a Region

Create sharded database regions in your deployment using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.

1. Open the Sharded Database menu, located in the top left corner of the Sharded Database target page, and choose Regions.
2. If prompted, enter the shard catalog credentials, select the shard director to manage under Shard Director Credentials, select the shard director host credentials, and log in.
3. Click Create.
4. Enter a unique name for the region in the Create Region dialog.
5. Optionally, select a buddy region from among the existing regions.
6. Click OK.
7. Click the link in the Information box at the top of the page to view the provisioning status of the region.

When the region is created successfully it appears in the Regions list. You might need to refresh the page to see the updates.

Editing a Region Configuration

Edit sharded database region configurations in your deployment using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.

You can change the buddy region for a sharded database region in Cloud Control. You cannot edit the region name.

1. Open the Sharded Database menu, located in the top left corner of the Sharded Database target page, and choose Regions.
2. If prompted, enter the shard catalog credentials, select the shard director under Shard Director Credentials, select the shard director host credentials, and log in.
3. Select a region from the list and click Edit.
4. Select or remove a buddy region, and click OK.
5. Click the link in the Information box at the top of the page to view the provisioning status of the region configuration changes.

When the region configuration is successfully updated the changes appear in the Regions list. You might need to refresh the page to see the updates.

Removing a Region

Remove sharded database regions in your deployment using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.

1. Open the Sharded Database menu, located in the top left corner of the Sharded Database target page, and choose Regions.
2. If prompted, enter the shard catalog credentials, select the shard director under Shard Director Credentials, select the shard director host credentials, and log in.
3. Select a region from the list and click Delete.
4. Click the link in the Information box at the top of the page to view the provisioning status of the region removal.

When the region configuration is successfully removed the changes appear in the Regions list. You might need to refresh the page to see the updates.