The MiniCluster Management Utility (MCMU) enables you to perform a variety of installation, configuration, and management activities with a secure, browser user interface (BUI). You select management tasks and provide configuration information, and the utility performs the complex operations in the background.
This list summarizes the types of activities you can perform using this utility:
Initially configure MiniCluster – The utility verifies the network and storage topology for MiniCluster, sets up the two SPARC S7-2 compute nodes for internet and management access, and configures an NFS shared file system for application VM group usage as required. The utility configures the network according to site preferences, configures the hostnames and IP addresses for client access and for the management console.
Create and manage database virtual machines – The utility installs the Oracle Grid Infrastructure on the database VM group and supports provisioning of Oracle single instance databases, RAC databases, and RAC One Node databases.
Create and manage application virtual machines – Based on your configuration preferences, the utility provisions either two VMs (one on each compute node), or one VM per application group. Multiple App VM groups can be created. Configuration parameters enable you to host application binaries on local storage or install the binaries in shared storage. You can cluster application VMs and install a grid infrastructure.
View the system configuration and network information – By clicking a few buttons, you can view the configuration of VMs on the compute nodes, view the network topology, see network parameters, and verify initialization processes.
Run security benchmarks – Based on your security requirements, use the MCMU to configure, run, and monitor security benchmarks.
Upgrade MiniCluster firmware and software – The utility installs MiniCluster patch updates, which can include updates to the OS, firmware, Oracle ILOM, and the Oracle Database software.
Enable automatic system tuning capabilities – The MCMU includes a virtual tuning assistant which automatically adjusts system parameters to ensure the system runs optimally.
Perform system checks – By clicking a few buttons in the utility, you can verify the configuration of the system and check the status of the drives.
Use simplified support tasks – The MCMU provides the ability to generate support bundles and to configure the ASR feature.