Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Related Documents
  • Conventions
• 1 Oracle Exadata Exascale Overview
  • 1.1 What is Oracle Exadata Exascale?
  • 1.2 Exascale Components and Concepts
    • 1.2.1 Exascale Services
    • 1.2.2 Storage Media Types
    • 1.2.3 Pool Disks
    • 1.2.4 Storage Pools
    • 1.2.5 Vaults
    • 1.2.6 Files
    • 1.2.7 File Storage Attributes
    • 1.2.8 Templates
    • 1.2.9 Extended Attributes
    • 1.2.10 Clones
    • 1.2.11 Snapshots
    • 1.2.12 Datasets
    • 1.2.13 Exascale Users
    • 1.2.14 Exascale User Credentials
    • 1.2.15 User Privileges
    • 1.2.16 Access Control Lists
    • 1.2.17 Vault and File Access Control
    • 1.2.18 Trust Store
    • 1.2.19 Resource Management
      • 1.2.19.1 Inter-Vault Resource Management Using Exadata IORM
      • 1.2.19.2 Intra-Vault Resource Management Using Exascale Resource Profiles
      • 1.2.19.3 Intra-Database Resource Management Using DBRM
    • 1.2.20 Exascale Block Store
      • 1.2.20.1 Exascale Volumes
      • 1.2.20.2 Volume Attachments
      • 1.2.20.3 Volume Snapshots
      • 1.2.20.4 Volume Clones
      • 1.2.20.5 Volume Backups
      • 1.2.20.6 Block Store VIPs
      • 1.2.20.7 Oracle Advanced Cluster File System (ACFS) on Exascale
      • 1.2.20.8 Virtual Machine Images
    • 1.2.21 Features
• 2 Oracle Exadata Exascale System Administration
  • 2.1 Configure Exascale
    • 2.1.1 Configure Exascale Using the OEDA Web User Interface
      • 2.1.1.1 OEDA Web User Interface Settings and Options for Exascale
      • 2.1.1.2 Exascale Post Deployment Settings
        • 2.1.1.2.1 Exascale Storage Configuration
        • 2.1.1.2.2 Exascale User Accounts and Wallets
  • 2.2 Administer the Exascale Cluster
    • 2.2.1 Administer Exascale Services
      • 2.2.1.1 About Automatic Service Placement
      • 2.2.1.2 List Services
      • 2.2.1.3 Alter the Number of Service Instances
      • 2.2.1.4 Alter the Placement of Services
      • 2.2.1.5 Restart a Service
      • 2.2.1.6 Stop a Service
      • 2.2.1.7 Start a Service
      • 2.2.1.8 Disable a Service
      • 2.2.1.9 Administer Client Services
    • 2.2.2 Modify the Exascale Cluster
    • 2.2.3 Stop the Exascale Cluster
    • 2.2.4 Add a Storage Server
  • 2.3 Administer Exascale Users
    • 2.3.1 Create a User
    • 2.3.2 List User Information
    • 2.3.3 Modify a User
      • 2.3.3.1 Modify a User Name
      • 2.3.3.2 Modify User Privileges
      • 2.3.3.3 Manage a User's Public Keys
    • 2.3.4 Remove a User
    • 2.3.5 Administer the Internal User Accounts
      • 2.3.5.1 Administer the ADMIN User
      • 2.3.5.2 Administer the Node Administration Users
  • 2.4 Administer Exascale Pool Disks
    • 2.4.1 Create Pool Disks
    • 2.4.2 List Pool Disks
    • 2.4.3 Modify the State of a Pool Disk
    • 2.4.4 Resize Pool Disks
    • 2.4.5 Drop Pool Disks
  • 2.5 Administer Exascale Storage Pools
    • 2.5.1 Create a Storage Pool
    • 2.5.2 List Storage Pools
    • 2.5.3 Maintain Free Space in a Storage Pool to Protect Against Disk Failure
    • 2.5.4 Modify a Storage Pool
    • 2.5.5 Drop a Storage Pool
  • 2.6 Administer the Storage Devices in an Exascale Storage Pool
    • 2.6.1 Replacing a Failed Storage Device
    • 2.6.2 Proactively Replacing a Storage Device
  • 2.7 Administer Cluster Templates
    • 2.7.1 Create a Cluster Template
    • 2.7.2 List Cluster Templates
    • 2.7.3 Modify a Cluster Template
    • 2.7.4 Remove a Cluster Template
  • 2.8 Administer Exascale Block Store System Objects
    • 2.8.1 Set the Volume Backup Location
    • 2.8.2 List the Volume Backup Location
    • 2.8.3 Create a Block Store VIP
    • 2.8.4 List Block Store VIPs
    • 2.8.5 Remove a Block Store VIP
• 3 Oracle Exadata Exascale User-Specific Administration
  • 3.1 Administer Exascale User Credentials
    • 3.1.1 Create User Keys
    • 3.1.2 Create a Wallet
    • 3.1.3 Store a Private Key in a Wallet
    • 3.1.4 Fetch the Trust Store
    • 3.1.5 Store the URL for Exascale Cluster Services
    • 3.1.6 Store the Exascale Control Services Endpoint
    • 3.1.7 Distribute a Wallet
    • 3.1.8 Change User Keys
  • 3.2 Administer Exascale Vaults
    • 3.2.1 Create a Vault
    • 3.2.2 List Vaults
    • 3.2.3 Modify a Vault
    • 3.2.4 Remove a Vault
  • 3.3 Administer Exascale Files
    • 3.3.1 Create a File
    • 3.3.2 Copy a File
    • 3.3.3 List Files
    • 3.3.4 Clone Files
    • 3.3.5 Snapshot Files
    • 3.3.6 List Clones and Snapshots
    • 3.3.7 Remove a File
  • 3.4 Administer Exascale Datasets
    • 3.4.1 List Datasets
  • 3.5 Administer Access Control Lists
    • 3.5.1 List ACLs
    • 3.5.2 Modify an ACL
  • 3.6 Administer Extended Attributes
    • 3.6.1 List Extended Attributes
    • 3.6.2 Set an Extended Attribute
    • 3.6.3 Remove an Extended Attribute
  • 3.7 Administer Vault Templates
    • 3.7.1 Create a Vault Template
    • 3.7.2 List Vault Templates
    • 3.7.3 Modify a Vault Template
    • 3.7.4 Remove a Vault Template
  • 3.8 Administer Resource Profiles
    • 3.8.1 Create a Resource Profile
    • 3.8.2 List Resource Profiles
    • 3.8.3 Modify a Resource Profile
    • 3.8.4 Remove a Resource Profile
  • 3.9 Administer Exascale Block Store Data Objects
    • 3.9.1 Administer Volumes
      • 3.9.1.1 Create a Volume
      • 3.9.1.2 List Volumes
      • 3.9.1.3 Modify a Volume
      • 3.9.1.4 Remove a Volume
    • 3.9.2 Administer Volume Attachments
      • 3.9.2.1 Administer EDV Attachments
        • 3.9.2.1.1 Create an EDV Attachment
        • 3.9.2.1.2 List EDV Attachments
        • 3.9.2.1.3 Remove an EDV Attachment
      • 3.9.2.2 Administer iSCSI Attachments
        • 3.9.2.2.1 Create an iSCSI Attachment
        • 3.9.2.2.2 List iSCSI Attachments
        • 3.9.2.2.3 Remove an iSCSI Attachment
    • 3.9.3 Administer Volume Snapshots
      • 3.9.3.1 Create a Volume Snapshot
      • 3.9.3.2 List Volume Snapshots
      • 3.9.3.3 Remove a Volume Snapshot
    • 3.9.4 Administer Volume Clones
      • 3.9.4.1 Create a Volume Clone
        • 3.9.4.1.1 Create a Volume Clone from a Volume Snapshot
        • 3.9.4.1.2 Create a Volume Clone Directly from an Existing Volume
      • 3.9.4.2 List Volume Clones
      • 3.9.4.3 Modify a Volume Clone
      • 3.9.4.4 Remove a Volume Clone
    • 3.9.5 Administer Volume Backups
      • 3.9.5.1 Create a Volume Backup
      • 3.9.5.2 List Volume Backups
      • 3.9.5.3 Restore a Volume Backup
      • 3.9.5.4 Monitor the Progress of a Volume Backup or Restore
      • 3.9.5.5 Remove a Volume Backup
    • 3.9.6 Administer an Advanced Cluster File System (ACFS) on Exascale
      • 3.9.6.1 Create an ACFS File System on Exascale
      • 3.9.6.2 List ACFS File Systems on Exascale
      • 3.9.6.3 Modify an ACFS File System on Exascale
      • 3.9.6.4 Remove an ACFS File System on Exascale
• 4 Using Exascale with Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database
  • 4.1 Using Oracle Grid Infrastructure with Exascale
  • 4.2 Using Oracle Database with Exascale
  • 4.3 About Exascale User Credentials for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database
  • 4.4 Using Oracle Managed Files with Exascale
  • 4.5 Customizing the File Storage Attributes for Oracle Database Files
  • 4.6 Using Exascale Resource Profiles with Oracle Database
  • 4.7 Using Oracle Database with Exascale Snapshots and Clones
    • 4.7.1 Thin Cloning a Pluggable Database
    • 4.7.2 Thin Cloning a Pluggable Database in a Different Container Database
    • 4.7.3 Using a Carousel of Thinly Provisioned Pluggable Database Snapshots
    • 4.7.4 Cloning a Container Database
  • 4.8 Using Exascale with Other Oracle Releases
  • 4.9 Copying a TDE Keystore Between a File System and Exascale Storage
• 5 Using Exascale Block Storage
  • 5.1 Using Exascale Block Storage with EDV
  • 5.2 Using Exascale Block Storage with iSCSI
• 6 Using ESCLI
  • 6.1 Start and Use ESCLI
  • 6.2 ESCLI Command Reference
    • 6.2.1 ESCLI Command Help
    • 6.2.2 Describing Resources and Attributes
    • 6.2.3 Service and Cluster Management
      • 6.2.3.1 cellcli
      • 6.2.3.2 chcluster
      • 6.2.3.3 chfeature
      • 6.2.3.4 chfeatureupdate
      • 6.2.3.5 chservice
      • 6.2.3.6 dbmcli
      • 6.2.3.7 lscell
      • 6.2.3.8 lscelldisk
      • 6.2.3.9 lscluster
      • 6.2.3.10 lscomputeserver
      • 6.2.3.11 lsfeature
      • 6.2.3.12 lsfeatureupdate
      • 6.2.3.13 lsgriddisk
      • 6.2.3.14 lsservice
      • 6.2.3.15 mkfeature
    • 6.2.4 Security and User Management
      • 6.2.4.1 chacl
      • 6.2.4.2 chuser
      • 6.2.4.3 chwallet
      • 6.2.4.4 lsacl
      • 6.2.4.5 lskey
      • 6.2.4.6 lsuser
      • 6.2.4.7 lswallet
      • 6.2.4.8 mkkey
      • 6.2.4.9 mkuser
      • 6.2.4.10 mkwallet
      • 6.2.4.11 rmuser
    • 6.2.5 Storage Pool and Pool Disk Management
      • 6.2.5.1 chpooldisk
      • 6.2.5.2 chstoragepool
      • 6.2.5.3 lspooldisk
      • 6.2.5.4 lsstoragepool
      • 6.2.5.5 lsstoragepooloperation
      • 6.2.5.6 mkstoragepool
      • 6.2.5.7 rmstoragepool
    • 6.2.6 Vault Management
      • 6.2.6.1 chvault
      • 6.2.6.2 mkvault
      • 6.2.6.3 rmvault
    • 6.2.7 Dataset Management
      • 6.2.7.1 lsdataset
    • 6.2.8 File Management
      • 6.2.8.1 cd
      • 6.2.8.2 chfile
      • 6.2.8.3 clonefile
      • 6.2.8.4 extentmap
      • 6.2.8.5 getfile
      • 6.2.8.6 ls
      • 6.2.8.7 lssnapshots
      • 6.2.8.8 mkfile
      • 6.2.8.9 putfile
      • 6.2.8.10 rmfile
      • 6.2.8.11 snapshotfile
    • 6.2.9 Template Management
      • 6.2.9.1 chtemplate
      • 6.2.9.2 lstemplate
      • 6.2.9.3 mktemplate
      • 6.2.9.4 rmtemplate
    • 6.2.10 Resource Profile Management
      • 6.2.10.1 chresourceprofile
      • 6.2.10.2 lsresourceprofile
      • 6.2.10.3 mkresourceprofile
      • 6.2.10.4 rmresourceprofile
    • 6.2.11 Extended Attribute Management
      • 6.2.11.1 chxattr
      • 6.2.11.2 lsxattr
      • 6.2.11.3 rmxattr
    • 6.2.12 Block Store Management
      • 6.2.12.1 acfsctl
      • 6.2.12.2 chvolume
      • 6.2.12.3 chvolumeHAVIP
      • 6.2.12.4 chvolumebackup
      • 6.2.12.5 chvolumesnapshot
      • 6.2.12.6 lsacfsfilesystem
      • 6.2.12.7 lsinitiator
      • 6.2.12.8 lsvolume
      • 6.2.12.9 lsvolumeHAVIP
      • 6.2.12.10 lsvolumeattachment
      • 6.2.12.11 lsvolumebackup
      • 6.2.12.12 lsvolumesnapshot
      • 6.2.12.13 mkacfsfilesystem
      • 6.2.12.14 mkvolume
      • 6.2.12.15 mkvolumeHAVIP
      • 6.2.12.16 mkvolumeattachment
      • 6.2.12.17 mkvolumebackup
      • 6.2.12.18 mkvolumesnapshot
      • 6.2.12.19 rmacfsfilesystem
      • 6.2.12.20 rmvolume
      • 6.2.12.21 rmvolumeHAVIP
      • 6.2.12.22 rmvolumeattachment
      • 6.2.12.23 rmvolumebackup
      • 6.2.12.24 rmvolumesnapshot
• 7 Using XSH
  • 7.1 Start and Use XSH
  • 7.2 XSH Command Reference
    • 7.2.1 cat
    • 7.2.2 chacl
    • 7.2.3 clone
    • 7.2.4 cp
    • 7.2.5 dd
    • 7.2.6 hexdump
    • 7.2.7 ls
    • 7.2.8 lsacl
    • 7.2.9 man
    • 7.2.10 mv
    • 7.2.11 rm
    • 7.2.12 scrub
    • 7.2.13 snap
    • 7.2.14 strings
    • 7.2.15 template
    • 7.2.16 touch
    • 7.2.17 version
    • 7.2.18 xattr
• A Exascale-Specific Information in the Oracle Data Dictionary
  • A.1 Oracle Database Dictionary Views
    • A.1.1 V$EXA_FILE
    • A.1.2 V$EXA_TEMPLATE
    • A.1.3 V$EXA_VAULT