reimaging

How long does it take to redeploy an ODA X8-2M?

Introduction One of the advantage of Oracle Database Appliance is its fast deployment. Most often, the initial setup of a lite ODA (with a reimaging) only takes half a day, from unboxing until a first test database is available. Trust(…)

Patching or reimaging your ODA?

Introduction One of the key features of the ODA (Oracle Database Appliance) is the ability to patch the entire stack every three months, the goal being to keep all the components up-to-date. Most of the customers won’t patch so often,(…)

Why ODA reimaging doesn’t work on the first try?

Introduction Reimaging an ODA is a good practice for a lot of reasons. To make your ODA cleaner if it’s running for many years and if you patch regularly. To simplify patching because if you’re late you could have to(…)

How reimaging detects the ODA hardware?

A long time ago, ODA referred to the only model that existed (nearly). Actually, not so long time ago, as ODA X3, X4 and X5 were released between 2013 and 2015. And it was quite the same hardware. Now there(…)