oracle database appliance

ODA: Check your DB homes before applying server patch

Introduction Patching an Oracle Database Appliance is divided in 4 main steps with 4 odacli commands in this order: odacli update-dcs[admin|components|agent]: the easiest part dedicated to update the ODA tooling, including odacli itself odacli update-server: the most complex part.

ODA: ASR Manager RPM update stuck

When updating ODA, ASR Manager RPM update is stuck(…)

Warning: ODA HA disk enclosure is not smart!

Introduction Apart from the number of servers (1 vs 2), the main difference between Oracle Database Appliance lite (S/L) and High-Availability (HA) is the data disks location. They are inside the server on lite ODAs, and in a dedicated(…)

ODA X9-2 and CPU speed

Introduction It’s been several months now that Oracle released new Oracle Database Appliance X9-2 series. And my first project with 4 of these servers is coming to an end as moving to production is planned for the next weeks.

ODA: how to configure ILOM IP without DHCP?

Introduction Once your brand new Oracle Database Appliance is racked and connected to power, the first configuration step is to setup the static IP address on the management console (ILOM). Until ODA X6-2 generation, servers were equipped with a(…)

Patching your ODA may enable all cores!

Introduction If you use Enterprise Edition on your Oracle Database Appliance environment, and if you don’t have unlimited licences, you probably lowered the CPU cores available on each server to dispatch your licences accross your environment. This operation is(…)

ODA: How to use Data Preserving Reprovisioning?

Introduction Oracle Database Appliance has a global patch available each quarter, so all the components can be patched together on a regular basis. Most of the time, applying the patch on your ODA will be OK, but sometimes you(…)

CIFS mounts no more compatible with ODA

Introduction Some of us are using CIFS mountpoints on the ODA. This is mostly for sharing files with Windows application servers. On ODA, as on other Linux setup, it works like a charm. But it ends working starting from(…)

Patch 19.15 is available for your ODA

Introduction Patch 19.15 is now available on Oracle Database Appliance. It’s time to test it. What’s new? This version brings April’s PSU to database and grid homes with their bug fixes, as usual. It also brings latest database(…)

ODA X9-2: it’s finally here!

Updated the 10th of June, 2022: add PMEM option on X9-2L. Introduction It’s been nearly 3 years that Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 reached the market, and in 2022 it’s still a great performer. But now it’s time(…)