6 Oracle Database Appliance Postinstallation Tasks
Complete these administrative tasks after you have deployed software, but before the system is operational.
- Configuring CPU Core Count
Oracle Database Appliance is delivered with all 36 cores on each server enabled. Follow this procedure to reduce the number of cores, if required. - Securing Oracle ILOM Service Processors
Change the Oracle ILOM default password after completing Oracle Database Appliance deployment. - Changing Oracle Database Appliance Passwords
After deploying your appliance, ensure that you change the following passwords for securing your system.
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Configuring CPU Core Count
Oracle Database Appliance is delivered with all 36 cores on each server enabled. Follow this procedure to reduce the number of cores, if required.
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Securing Oracle ILOM Service Processors
Change the Oracle ILOM default password after completing Oracle Database Appliance deployment.
Changing Oracle ILOM Password from the Console
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In the Oracle ILOM console, from the Administration menu, select User Management, and then navigate to the User Accounts subtab.
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Select root user and click Edit.
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Change the
root
user password.
Changing Oracle ILOM Password Using CLI Commands
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Connect to the Oracle ILOM console through SSH:
# ssh -l root SP-ipaddr
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Set the new password:
# set /SP/users/root password=new_password Changing password for user /SP/users/root/password... Enter new password again: ********* New password was successfully set for user /SP/users/root
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Changing Oracle Database Appliance Passwords
After deploying your appliance, ensure that you change the following passwords for securing your system.
Changing the Oracle Installation Owner Passwords
During deployment, the root and database users SYS, SYSTEM and PDBADMIN are set to the system password. After deployment, the oracle and grid passwords are also set to the system password. Change the passwords to comply with your enterprise user security protocols. Refer to the Oracle Database Appliance Security Guide and Oracle Database Security Guide for information about the required configuration and best practices to secure database systems.
Changing the oda-admin User Password through the Command-Line
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Log in to the appliance as
root
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Run the
odacli-adm set-credential
command to reset the password. Enter the new password when prompted.# odacli-adm set-credential --password --username oda-admin Agent password: new password
Changing the the oda-admin User Password through the Web Console
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Log into the Web Console using the user name
oda-admin
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Click About, then User Settings in the upper right corner of the Web Console.
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Enter the password in the Password field and the Password Confirmation field, then click Submit.
A confirmation message is displayed.
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Click About, then click Sign Out.
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Log back into the Web Console with the new password.
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