Using the Console to Activate Exadata Cloud@Customer Infrastructure

To activate Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer infrastructure, ensure that you meet the prerequisites, and complete this procedure.

• Ensure that you have added a primary contact. You cannot activate your infrastructure without adding a primary maintenance contact.
• Locate the activation file. This file is supplied to you by Oracle after the installation and initial configuration of your Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer system.
• Ensure that the current state of your infrastructure is Requires Activation. You can only activate Oracle Exadata if its state is Requires Activation.

1. Download the activation file.
2. Open the navigation menu. Under Oracle Database, click Exadata Cloud@Customer.
3. Choose Region and Compartment, and select the region and compartment that contains the Oracle Exadata infrastructure that you want to activate.
4. Click Exadata Infrastructure.

5. Click the name of the Oracle Exadata infrastructure that you want to activate.

   The Infrastructure Details page displays information about the selected Oracle Exadata infrastructure.

6. Click Activate.

   The Activate button is only available if the Oracle Exadata infrastructure requires activation. You cannot activate Oracle Exadata infrastructure multiple times.

7. Use the Activate dialog to upload the activation file, and then click Activate Now.

   The activation file includes all the relevant details for the additional storage servers included as part of the create infrastructure flow.

   After activation, the state of the Oracle Exadata infrastructure changes to Active.