Re-Imaging Oracle Database Appliance; Cleaning Up Incomplete Or Failed Installations - Oracle X6-2-HA Deployment And User's Manual

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Re-imaging Oracle Database Appliance

Bare metal operating system re-imaging installs Oracle Database Appliance operating
system software on the local (boot) drive.
Bare Metal is a non-virtualized Oracle Database Appliance configuration. Oracle
Database Appliance ships from the factory with a bare metal configuration, default ISO
image and Appliance Manager installed. Use the OS ISO Image to restore the OS to
the "shipped from factory" state. Use only when necessary. Reimaging does not patch
the firmware or update the component versions; it only re-images the local system disk
from an operating system perspective. After imaging is completed, redeploy the End
User image, then restore from backup, as needed.
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Cleaning Up Incomplete or Failed Installations

Use the Oracle Database Appliance cleanup deploy utility, /opt/oracle/oak/
onecmd/cleanup.pl to uninstall Oracle Database Appliance components.
• Restoring an Oracle Database Appliance Baremetal System
Re-image Oracle Database Appliance to perform a bare metal restore of Oracle
Database Appliance.
• Performing Secure Erase of Data on Storage Disks
With this release, you can securely erase data from storage devices. Running the
secure erase tool deletes the data on the storage disk permanently.
• Installing Oracle ORAchk Health Check Tool after Re-imaging the Appliance
For Oracle Database Appliance bare metal systems, you must manually reinstall
Oracle ORAchk Health Check Tool after re-imaging the appliance.
Related Topics
• Errors when re-imaging Oracle Database Appliance
Understand how to troubleshoot errors that occur when re-imaging Oracle
Database Appliance.
Cleaning Up Incomplete or Failed Installations
Use the Oracle Database Appliance cleanup deploy utility, /opt/oracle/oak/onecmd/
cleanup.pl to uninstall Oracle Database Appliance components.
About the Cleanup Utility
Use the cleanup deploy utility to do the following:
• Uninstall Oracle Auto Service Request (Oracle ASR)
• Uninstall Oracle Trace File Analyzer (TFA)
• Uninstall Oracle Grid Infrastructure and the Oracle stack
• Reset or delete the Oracle Linux udev rules
• Delete users and groups that were created when the appliance was created.
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