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Backup ODA_BASE: Database Appliance ODA X5

There are situations we may need to backup ODA_BASE, especially before patching ODA_BASE.This article applies only to virtual deployment of ODA.In this Article I’ve used ODA-X5-2 appliance to backup.The procedure is applicable for ODA X5 or higher versions.ODA_BASE is backed up from the DOM machines, i.e. the parent machine from where ODA_BASE was created.Login...

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ODA X5 CPU configuration

Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 nodes each contain 2 CPUs and each CPU has 18 cores. When you deploy Oracle Database Appliance X5-2, all 72 cores (36 cores in each server) are active with hyper-threading enabled by default. Below show processor showing each node having two processors and each with 18 cores i.e. Node 0:...

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Single Instance to RACOne Node Conversion.

Convert single instance to RAC using rconfig utility. Verify the database is added to cluster and is SINGLE Instance. [oracle@SAMOELNODE01 ~]$ srvctl config database -d ORCL Database unique name: ORCL Database name: Oracle home: /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/dbhome_2 Oracle user: oracle Spfile: Domain: Start options: open Stop options: immediate Database role: PRIMARY Management policy: AUTOMATIC Server pools:...

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