3 Database Lifecycle Management in Exadata Cloud

You can perform the following database lifecycle management tasks on your Exadata Cloud environment by adopting Database Lifecycle Management Pack:

For more information on the pack, see Database Lifecycle Management Pack for Oracle Database in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Licensing Information User Manual.

Topics:

• Provision a Pluggable Database (PDB)
• Update and Upgrade PDBs using Fleet Maintenance
• Relocate a PDB
• Unplug and Plug a PDB
• Manage Configuration of PDB
• Manage Compliance of a PDB
• Clone a PDB
• Delete a PDB

Before You Begin

Before you begin with Lifecycle Management operations on Exadata Cloud, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.5 Release Update 10 (13.5.0.10) or higher is deployed for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer, and Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.5 Release Update 21 (13.5.0.21) or higher is deployed for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure.
• The Exadata Cloud targets are discovered in Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.5, for more information on discovering Exadata Cloud Targets in Enterprise Manager see Discovery of Exadata Cloud.

Note:

Exadata Cloud PDBs use TDE (Transparent Data Encryption). In line with Oracle’s best practices, Enterprise Manager Cloud Control only supports TDE configuration when it is configured using init.ora. To review additional information and actions on configuring and managing TDE see: Using Transparent Data Encryption in Oracle Database Advanced Security Guide, and Managing Oracle Transparent Data Encryption in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Database Lifecycle Management Administrator's Guide.