4.3 Recommendations for Changing the Exadata Storage Server Network Address

Review the following advice before changing the fundamental configuration of a storage server, such as changing the IP address, host name, or RDMA Network Fabric address.

• Before changing the storage server configuration, ensure that all Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM), Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) and database instances that use the storage servers do not access the storage server while you are changing the IP address.

• After changing the storage server configuration, ensure that consumers of storage server services are correctly reconfigured to use the new connect information of the storage server. If Oracle Auto Service Request (ASR) is being used, then deactivate the asset from Oracle ASR Manager, and activate the asset with the new IP address.

• When changing a storage server configuration, change only one storage server at a time to ensure that Oracle ASM and Oracle RAC work properly during the changes.