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1 Oracle Database Appliance Checklists

Use these checklists to ensure you have completed the tasks required for se ing up, deploying, and patching Oracle Database Appliance.

Checklist for System Requirements (deployment-checklists-oda.html#GUID-009438F3-9751-4510-B3D4-D2057D46713C)

Before you begin the deployment, ensure that you have the system information described in this checklist ready. This checklist applies to
baremetal and virtualized platform deployments.

Deployment Checklist for Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Systems (deployment-checklists-oda.html#GUID-B92BB3BB-F045-4331-
922A-81D1B49BDC8D)
This checklist provides an overview of the tasks to setup and deploy Oracle Database Appliance bare metal systems for the rst time.

Checklist for Patching Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Deployments (deployment-checklists-oda.html#GUID-4BEE3201-4FC7-
4DDA-94C4-5BAFE22F6E59)
Follow the checklist items to apply patches to Oracle Database Appliance bare metal deployments.

Deployment Checklist for Virtualized Platforms (deployment-checklists-oda.html#GUID-A4E1682F-9E29-4FCF-97B1-AB788E800A9A)

This checklist provides an overview of the tasks to setup and deploy Oracle Database Appliance for Virtualized Platforms for the rst time.

Checklist for Patching Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform (deployment-checklists-oda.html#GUID-07858178-DD0E-4002-

BC18-21BDE1D1725A)
Follow the checklist items to apply patches to Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform.

Checklist for Custom Network Address Con guration (deployment-checklists-oda.html#GUID-607C080A-7318-4302-86A3-

38D3331E50F1)
Use the checklist to identify the IP addresses required for Oracle Database Appliance.

Checklist for System Requirements

Before you begin the deployment, ensure that you have the system information described in this checklist ready. This checklist applies to
baremetal and virtualized platform deployments.

Table 1-1 Checklist for System Con guration Information for Oracle Database Appliance

Component Information Required Comments

Host Name The name for the Oracle Database Appliance Use this space to note the values for your
System. The name must conform with the RFC 952 appliance.
standard, which allows alphanumeric characters
and hyphens ( - ), but does not allow underscores ( Host Name:
_ ). The name should not begin with a numeral or
hyphen and should not end in a hyphen. Oracle
recommends that you use all lowercase characters
for the host name.

Domain Name Your domain name. Domain Name:

For example: example.com

Region The region where you plan to operate the Oracle Region:
Database Appliance system.

Timezone The time zone where you plan to operate the Timezone:
Oracle Database Appliance system.

Diskgroup Redundancy Determine the redundancy level for DATA, RECO, Use this space to note the values for your
and FLASH: appliance.

If there are up to two disks, then you can select the

disk group redundancy as Normal or Flex. If there
are more than two disk drives, then you can select
the redundancy as Normal (two way mirror), High
(three way mirror), or Flex. If you select High
redundancy, then DATA, RECO, and FLASH are all
High Redundancy.

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Component Information Required Comments

Number of Enabled CPU Cores Based on your capacity-on-demand (CoD) license, Use this space to note the values for your
this value speci es the number of enabled CPU appliance.
cores

Backup Determine the backup location. For external Backup location:

backup, you need an NFS device.

Percentage of Storage Reserved for Data Determine the amount of reserves for DATA Use this space to note the values for your
storage. The percentage must be a whole number appliance.
between 10 and 90, and determines how the disks
are partitioned between DATA and RECO. For
example, if you specify 80, then 80% of storage is
reserved for DATA and the remaining 20% is for
RECO.

System Password The password set for the root user of the system, You must provide a system password when you
operating system users, database users, and deploy your appliance.
pdbadmin. The password is also used to set the
database SYS and SYSTEM passwords. Ensure that
the password you provide is in compliance with
common security practices.

DNS Server (Optional) DNS server details. If con guring DNS, a DNS Server details:
minimum of one DNS Server IP is required.

NTP Server (Optional) Network Time Protocol (NTP) server NTP Server details:
details.

Network Information for the client access network Obtain the following network information: Use this space to note the values for your
appliance.
Node 0 Name: such as example0
Node 0 Public IP Address
Node 1 Name (For HA Models): such as
example1
Node 1 Public IP Address (For HA Models)
Node 0 Virtual IP Name (For HA Models): for
example, example0-vip
Node 0 Public Virtual IP Address (For HA
Models)
Node 1 Virtual IP Name (For HA Models): for
example, example1-vip
Node 1 Public Virtual IP Address (For HA
Models)
SCAN Name (For HA Models): for example,
example-scan
SCAN IP Addresses: Two SCAN IP addresses
are required
Netmask
Gateway IP

The Public and private network must not be in

same subnet, they must be in non-related separate
subnet.

Obtain the following additional network

information for virtualized platforms:

OVM Node0 Dom0 Host Name

OVM Node0 Dom0 IP Address
OVM Node1 Dom0 Host Name
OVM Node1 Dom0 IP Address

Network Information for the Oracle Integrated Obtain the following ILOM network information: Use this space to note the values for your
Lights Out Manager (ILOM) network appliance.
ILOM host name
ILOM IP address
Subnet mask
Gateway IP
ILOM Password: default is changeme.

For HA systems, ensure that you have the

information to con gure two ILOM networks.

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Component Information Required Comments

User and group information Determine how you want to con gure your users Use this space to note the values for your
and groups and whether or not you want to allow appliance.
operating system role separation. The default is
two users with six groups.

Operating System Role Separation: Yes/No

Customization of Users and Groups: Yes/No

Groups and IDs:

Grid Infrastructure User
Grid Infrastructure User ID
Database User
Database User ID
Install Group
Install Group ID
DBA Operating System Group
DBA Operating System Group ID
ASM Admin Group
ASM Admin Group ID
ASM Operating System Group
ASM Operating System Group ID
ASM DBA Group
ASM DBA Group ID

Initial Database Details (if you want to create one (Optional) If you choose to create an initial Use this space to note the values for your
during deployment) database during deployment, determine the appliance.
following con guration details:

Database name
Database unique name
Database version (based on the database
clones that are registered with the Oracle
Database Appliance)
Determine the Oracle Database edition
licensing that you have, either Enterprise
Edition or Standard Edition. You cannot mix
editions.
Database deployment, whether Oracle RAC
or single-instance database
CDB (Container Database): Yes or No
PDB name
Shape (for example, odb1, odb2, and so on)
Database Class: Enterprise Edition, OLTP,
DSS, or IMDB. Standard Edition OLTP only.
Data les on Flash storage: Yes/No
Database le size
Database characterset
National characterset
Database language
Storage (Oracle ASM or Oracle ACFS).
11.2.0.4 databases are supported only on
Oracle ACFS storage.
Database redundancy
Con gure Oracle Enterprise Manager
console. If you are using Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control with this appliance, do not
choose this option.
Password for the database

The DB Name and DB Unique name can contain

alphanumeric characters and must start with an
alphabet. It can contain underscores ( _ ), but
cannot contain characters such as "!@%^&*
()+=\\|`~[{]};:'\",<>/?".

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Component Information Required Comments

Oracle Auto Service Request (Oracle ASR) Oracle Auto Service Request (Oracle ASR)
information (Optional) Do you want to con gure and enable information for your appliance
Oracle ASR at deployment or later? If required,
then ensure that you have the following
information.
ASR Type

ASR User Name

ASR Password
SNMP Version
Proxy Server Name
Proxy Port
Proxy User Name
Proxy Password

Information for Virtualized Platform Deployments Base Memory: Memory allocated to the ODA_BASE Use this space to note your values.
Only domain.

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Deployment Checklist for Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Systems

This checklist provides an overview of the tasks to setup and deploy Oracle Database Appliance bare metal systems for the rst time.

Table 1-2 Deployment Checklist for Bare Metal Systems

Component Tasks

Register your hardware Support Identi er (SI) Add your hardware Support Identi er (SI) to your My Oracle Support account
pro le. Your hardware SI is supplied when you purchase Oracle Database
Appliance. If you acquire new software licenses, then you must also register
your new software SIs. The SI registration process can take up to 24 hours to
complete.

Plug in the Appliance

Plug in all the cables including the power cords, and then wait for the SP
OK light to become solid green. Do not power up yet.
If there is no video port available on your Oracle Database Appliance
hardware model, then use the Server Management Serial Port to
connect to a laptop, or determine the DHCP address assigned to it.
Note: Serial port must be set to 115200, so make sure the baud rate
speed matches.

Con gure Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) on Node0 and Before you con gure Oracle ILOM:
Node1
Connect an Ethernet cable from the NET MGT port to your site's
management network. The NET MGT port is a 1 GbE port for Oracle
ILOM and by default, is con gured for DHCP.
Obtain the Oracle ILOM host name and IP address, the netmask, and
the gateway addresses from the DHCP server.
Have a new password ready to replace the default Oracle ILOM
password

Log into the Oracle ILOM console and follow the procedure in the topic
Con guring Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager.

Power ON Power on each node and log in as root user with welcome1 password.
Verify cabling: # /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli validate-
storagetopology
Verify interconnect networking. Run the commands # ethtool p1p1
and # ethtool p1p2.

Follow the steps described in the topic Verifying Cabling and Network
Connections.

Plumb the network Ensure that you have recorded the IP address and netmask address.

Set up a temporary network connection to Oracle Database Appliance. Use the

command odacli configure-firstnet on Node0, for both single- and
multi-node systems.

Log into the Oracle ILOM console and follow the procedure in the topic
Plumbing the Network.

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Component Tasks

Download Oracle Database Appliance Software Log into My Oracle Support and download the software les for deployment.
Refer to the Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for the latest software.

Install Oracle Database Appliance Upload the zip les to a temporary location on Oracle Database Appliance and
then update the repository and install the software.

Follow the steps and run the commands described in the topic Installing
Oracle Database Appliance Software.

Create Appliance
Set the Browser User Interface password for the oda-admin user.
Log into the Browser User Interface and con gure system, network, and
users and groups.
Ensure that you have the information mentioned in Checklist for System
Requirements available to you.

Follow the steps described in the topic Creating an Appliance.

Perform postinstallation tasks Con gure CPU core count.

Change the passwords for Browser User Interface, Oracle users and groups,
and Oracle ILOM.

Follow the steps described in the chapter Oracle Database Appliance

Postinstallation Tasks.

Cleanup Deployments If your deployment failed for some reason, then run the cleanup script and
redeploy the appliance.

For steps to run the cleanup script, see the topic Uninstalling Oracle Database
Appliance Components.

Related Topics

Verifying Cabling and Network Connections (provisioning-oda-baremetal.html#GUID-8DD7AA8B-4D83-4B24-8CD3-138273A2359D)

Con guring Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (readying-oda.html#GUID-2B546F95-622D-4567-BABF-8C933CBE6D0C)
Plumbing the Network (provisioning-oda-baremetal.html#GUID-D48E4009-A9BB-45DE-B79A-236BE31B099E)
Installing Oracle Database Appliance Software (provisioning-oda-baremetal.html#GUID-AD5018E2-C634-4C18-814B-81023F9C6DF7)
Creating the Appliance (provisioning-oda-baremetal.html#GUID-06EA8ACB-83A8-496E-AE40-6BB13A70655F)
Oracle Database Appliance Postinstallation Tasks (postinstallation-tasks-oda.html#GUID-B030AE5A-CA4E-4422-893A-DF615D2D9AEA)
Uninstalling Oracle Database Appliance Components (reimaging-oda.html#GUID-6DEDCA82-94B7-4155-9FBD-3B1FDC232FCC)

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Checklist for Patching Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Deployments

Follow the checklist items to apply patches to Oracle Database Appliance bare metal deployments.

Table 1-3 Checklist for Patching Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Deployments

Component Tasks

Verify Appliance is running and network and cabling are correctly con gured On High-Availability systems only: Verify cabling: #
/opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli validate-storagetopology

Verify interconnect networking. Run the commands # ethtool p1p1 and #

ethtool p1p2.

Check the current version Checking the current version enables you to verify if a patch is applicable to
your appliance. You can then determine whether to upgrade directly to the
target patch version or whether you need to upgrade to an interim version.
Run:

# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli describe-component -

Download the Patches from My Oracle Support Log into My Oracle Support and download the bundle patches for the release.
Refer to the Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for the latest software.

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Component Tasks

Run Patching Pre-checks and Patch Oracle Database Appliance Using the Upload the zip les to a temporary location on Oracle Database Appliance and
Browser User Interface unzip the patch. Run the command on Node0. The patches are propagated to
the other node automatically.

Log into the Browser User Interface with the oda-admin user name and
password.

Follow the steps described in the topic Patching Oracle Database Appliance
Using the Browser User Interface.

Run Patching Pre-checks and Patch Oracle Database Appliance Using the CLI
. Upload the zip les to a temporary location on Oracle Database
Appliance and unzip the patch. Run the command on Node0. The
patches are propagated to the other node automatically.
. Update the repository:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli u

. Con rm update:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli d

. Update the DCS agent:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli u

. Update the DCS admin and DCS components:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli u

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli u

. Update the Server:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli u

. Update Storage:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli u

. Update Database:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli u

Follow the steps and run the commands described in the topic Patching Oracle
Database Appliance Using the CLI.

Run the Cleanup Script (Optional) If your patch failed for some reason, then run the cleanup script and redeploy
the appliance.

For steps to run the cleanup script, see the topic Uninstalling Oracle Database
Appliance Components.

Related Topics

Patching Oracle Database Appliance (patching-oda.html#GUID-24D9EEC6-447C-49DF-BDC0-D44CE7940367)

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Uninstalling Oracle Database Appliance Components (reimaging-oda.html#GUID-6DEDCA82-94B7-4155-9FBD-3B1FDC232FCC)

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Deployment Checklist for Virtualized Platforms

This checklist provides an overview of the tasks to setup and deploy Oracle Database Appliance for Virtualized Platforms for the rst time.

Table 1-4 Deployment Checklist for Virtualized Platform for X8-2/X7-2HA

Component Tasks

Register your hardware Support Identi er (SI) Add your hardware Support Identi er (SI) to your My Oracle Support account
pro le. Your hardware SI is supplied when you purchase Oracle Database
Appliance. If you acquire new software licenses, then you must also register
your new software SIs. The SI registration process can take up to 24 hours to
complete.

Connect to Oracle Database Appliance

Plug in the hardware, and then wait for the SP light to become solid
green. Do not power up yet.
There is no video port on High-Availability models. Use the Server
Management Serial Port to a laptop, or determine the DHCP address
assigned to it. Note: Serial port must be set to 115200, so make sure the
baud rate speed matches.

Con gure Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) on Node0 and Before you con gure Oracle ILOM, ensure that you have following information
Node1 available:

A name and IP address

A password to replace the default Oracle ILOM password
Access to a management network, using an assigned netmask
An Ethernet cable connected from the NET MGT port to the
management network

Log into the Oracle ILOM console and follow the procedure in the topic
Con guring Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager.

Power ON Power on each node and log in as root user with welcome1 password.
Verify interconnect networking. Run the commands # ethtool eth0
and # ethtool eth1.

Follow the steps described in the topic Verifying Cabling and Network
Connections.

Download and deploy Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized ISO Image and Log into My Oracle Support and download the Oracle Database Appliance
Con gure Network Virtualized OS ISO Image for deployment. Refer to the Oracle Database
Appliance Release Notes for the latest software.

Log into the Oracle ILOM console and follow the procedure in the topic
Installing the Virtualized Platform Template.

Install Virtualized Platform Software and Deploy the Appliance Download the Oracle Database Appliance VM Template for deployment and
copy the les to /OVS directory on Node 0.

Set up ODA_BASE.

Use the oakcli update command to update the server and storage
components.

Start Oracle Appliance Manager and provide your con guration options.

Follow the steps and run the commands described in the topic Installing
Virtualized Platform and Deploying the Appliance.

Cleanup Deployments If your deployment failed for some reason, then run the cleanup script and
redeploy the appliance.

For steps to run the cleanup script, see the topic Uninstalling Oracle Database
Appliance Components.

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Checklist for Patching Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform

Follow the checklist items to apply patches to Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform.

Table 1-5 Checklist for Patching Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform

Component Tasks

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Component Tasks

Verify Appliance is running and network and cabling are correctly con gured On High-Availability systems only: verify cabling.

Verify interconnect networking.

Check the current version Checking the current version enables you to verify if a patch is applicable to
your appliance. You can then determine whether to upgrade directly to the
target patch version or whether you need to upgrade to an interim version.
Run:

# /opt/oracle/oak/bin/oakcli show version

Download the Patches from My Oracle Support Log into My Oracle Support and download the bundle patches for the release.
Refer to the Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for the latest software.

Run Patching Pre-checks and Patch Oracle Database Appliance Using the CLI
. Upload the zip les to a temporary location on Oracle Database
Appliance and unzip the patch. Run the command on Node0. The
patches are propagated to the other node automatically.
. Unpack the patch bundle:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/oakcli u

. Run the prepatch report:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/oak/bin/oakcli u

. Update the Server:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/oak/bin/oakcli u

. Update Storage:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/oak/bin/oakcli u

. Update Database:

[root@oda1 opt]# /opt/oracle/oak/bin/oakcli u

. Clean up the directories used for patching, so that you can save space.

Follow the steps and run the commands described in the topic Upgrading the
Operating System and Patching Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized
Platform.

Run the Cleanup Script (Optional) If your patch failed for some reason, then run the cleanup script and redeploy
the appliance.

For steps to run the cleanup script, see the topic Uninstalling Oracle Database
Appliance Components.

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Checklist for Custom Network Address Con guration

Use the checklist to identify the IP addresses required for Oracle Database Appliance.

Note: Oracle does not recommend changing the default Host Private Address. You cannot change the private network after
deploying the appliance.

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Table 1-6 Default IP Address Requirements for Oracle Database Appliance

Type of IP IP Address Default Values Your Values As Applicable

Client Access Network No default No default

Additional Network No default No default

Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager No default No default

(ILOM)

Host Private Addresses In niBand has bonded interface ibbond0 . Not applicable: the private addresses are de ned before
The system con gures icbond0 on non- deployment and should not be changed
In niBand High-Availability systems. The
subnet 192.168.16.0/24 is con gured.

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