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Contents Preface Audience xv Documentation Accessibility xv Conventions xvi 1 Updating Oracle Database Appliance Software 1.1 About the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle 1-1 1.2 About Installing the Latest Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle 1-3 1.3 Installing the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle 1-5 1.3.1 Preparing to Install Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundles 1-6 1.3.2 Step 1: Download the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle from My Oracle Support 1-7 1.3.3 Step 2: Copy and Unpack the Patch Bundle 1-8 1.3.4 Step 3: Validate Readiness and Verify Components that Require Patching 1-9 1.3.5 Step 4: Patch the Server 1-11 1.3.6 Step 5: Patch the Shared Storage (Optional) 1-13 1.3.7 Step 6: Patch Oracle Database 1-13 1.3.8 Step 7: Validate the Patch Update 1-14 1.4 Performing a Bare Metal Restore 1-15 1.4.1 About Performing a Bare Metal Restore 1-16 1.4.2 Downloading an ISO Image for Bare Metal Restore 1-16 1.4.3 Re-imaging Oracle Database Appliance 1-17 2 Managing Oracle Database on Oracle Database Appliance 2.1 About the Oracle Database Appliance OAKCLI Utility 2-1 2.2 Oracle Database Features and Oracle Database Appliance 2-2 2.2.1 Oracle Database Appliance Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager 2-3 2.2.2 Oracle EM Express and DB Console 2-3 2.2.3 Data Migration and Management and Oracle Database Appliance 2-3 2.2.4 Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Database Appliance 2-4 iii 2.2.5 Oracle RAC One Node and Oracle Database Appliance 2-4 2.2.6 Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Database Appliance 2-4 2.2.7 Administrative Groups and Users on Oracle Database Appliance 2-5 2.3 Creating and Converting Databases with OAKCLI 2-6 2.3.1 About Creating Databases with OAKCLI Commands 2-6 2.3.2 Creating, Using, and Removing Database Configuration Files with OAKCLI 2-7 2.3.3 Creating Snapshot Databases With OAKCLI 2-8 2.3.4 About Converting Single-Instance Databases to Oracle RAC or Oracle RAC One Node 2-9 2.4 About Managing Multiple Databases on Oracle Database Appliance 2-9 2.4.1 Downloading an End-User RDBMS Clone File 2-10 2.5 About Managing Multiple Database Instances Using Instance Caging 2-11 2.6 About Oracle Database Appliance SSDs 2-12 2.7 How to Upgrade and Update the Oracle Database on Oracle Database Appliance 2-13 2.7.1 About Oracle Database Upgrades and Updates on Oracle Database Appliance 2-14 2.7.2 Updating to Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.161018 from Previous Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.x Releases 2-14 2.7.3 Upgrading to Oracle Database 12.1.x from Oracle Database 11.2.0.4.x Releases 2-15 2.7.4 Upgrading to Oracle Database 11.2.0.4.161018 from Oracle Database 11.2.0.4.x Releases 2-18 3 Managing Storage 3.1 About Managing Storage 3-1 3.2 Preparing for a Storage Expansion 3-2 4 Managing an Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform 4.1 About Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform 4-2 4.2 Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Architecture 4-3 4.2.1 About Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Architecture 4-3 4.2.2 About Virtual Machines and Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platforms 4-4 4.3 About Deploying an Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform 4-7 4.4 How to Create and Manage Shared Repositories 4-9 4.4.1 Creating a Shared Repository 4-9 4.4.2 Showing the Status of Shared Repositories 4-10 4.4.3 Starting a Shared Repository 4-10 4.4.4 Stopping a Shared Repository 4-11 iv 4.4.5 Deleting a Shared Repository 4-11 4.4.6 Increasing the Size of a Shared Repository 4-12 4.5 How to Manage Virtual Disks in Shared Repositories 4-12 4.5.1 Creating a Virtual Disk for Use in a Shared Repository 4-12 4.5.2 Viewing Information About Virtual Disks 4-13 4.5.3 Cloning Virtual Disks 4-13 4.5.4 Attaching a Virtual Disk to a Virtual Machine 4-14 4.5.5 Deleting a Virtual Disk 4-14 4.6 How to Manage Virtual Machine Templates 4-15 4.6.1 About Managing Virtual Machine Templates 4-15 4.6.2 Listing Virtual Machine Templates 4-16 4.6.3 Importing Virtual Machine Templates 4-17 4.6.4 Configuring a Virtual Machine Template 4-18 4.6.5 Showing Configured Values for a Virtual Machine Template 4-19 4.6.6 Modifying a Virtual Machine Template Configuration 4-19 4.6.7 Removing a Virtual Machine Template 4-20 4.7 How to Create Clones and Snap Clones of a Template 4-20 4.7.1 About Creating Clones and Snap Clones of a Template 4-20 4.7.2 Cloning a Template With OAKCLI 4-21 4.7.3 Creating a Snap Clone from a Template With OAKCLI 4-21 4.7.4 Creating a Snap Clone of an Existing Virtual Machine With OAKCLI 4-22 4.7.5 Creating a Snap Clone of an Existing Virtual Machine That Uses a Different Domain 4-22 4.8 How to Manage Virtual Machines on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform 4-23 4.8.1 About Managing Virtual Machines on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform 4-24 4.8.2 Listing the Virtual Machines in Your Repositories 4-25 4.8.3 Creating a Virtual Machine 4-26 4.8.4 Configuring a Virtual Machine 4-26 4.8.5 Starting and Stopping a Virtual Machine 4-28 4.8.6 Externally Configuring a Virtual Machine 4-28 4.8.7 Opening a Virtual Machine Console for a Virtual Machine 4-28 4.8.8 Creating an Image for a New Virtual Machine 4-29 4.8.9 Setting Up a Virtual Machine for Access from eth0 Using an IP Address 4-29 4.8.10 Adding or Removing a Virtual Disk to or from a Virtual Machine 4-29 4.8.11 Removing a Virtual Machine from a Shared Repository 4-30 4.8.12 Performing a Live Migration for an Oracle Database Appliance Virtual Machine 4-30 4.9 How to Create Driver Domain Virtual Machines 4-31 4.9.1 About Driver Domain Virtual Machines 4-31 4.9.2 Creating a Driver Domain Virtual Machine from a Template 4-32 v 4.9.3 Converting a Virtual Machine to a Driver Domain Virtual Machine 4-33 4.9.4 Converting a Root Disk to a Driver Domain Disk 4-34 4.10 How to Manage High Availability on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform 4-41 4.11 How to Manage CPU Pools on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform 4-42 4.11.1 About Managing CPU Pools for 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