Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Options; Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Options - Oracle X6-2-HA Deployment And User's Manual

Caution:
Do not use Oracle Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) to create
databases on Oracle Database Appliance. Only use Oracle Appliance
Manager for database configuration. Deploying Oracle Database instances
using Oracle Appliance Manager ensures that these databases are properly
configured, optimized, and supported on Oracle Database Appliance.
Topics:
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Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Options

Oracle Database Appliance is shipped from the factory to deploy as bare metal.
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Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Options

Review Virtualized Platform options, and requirements for these options, such as
shared disks and virtual local area networks.
• Selecting Database Configuration Options
Select the database templates and configuration options to properly size and
configure your initial database.
Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Options
Oracle Database Appliance is shipped from the factory to deploy as bare metal.
Review the systems requirements, database configuration, and software downloads to
continue with a bare metal deployment.
Selecting Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform Options
Review Virtualized Platform options, and requirements for these options, such as
shared disks and virtual local area networks.
Before you implement virtual machines, you must decide how and where you want
them to run. Based on your requirements, you can select High Availability options, or
you can select options to reduce interference between competing virtual machines for
CPU and network access. You can also select options to provide more storage space,
or enable automatic startup for virtual machines. Some of these options require
additional network configuration beyond the configuration required for the Oracle
Database Appliance servers.
By default, Oracle Database Appliance includes one local repository on each node.
The maximum size of that repository depends on your Oracle Database Appliance
hardware. The maximum size is 350 GB for Oracle Database Appliance X6-2-HA
Virtualized Platform.
When you create virtual machines in the default repositories, the virtual machines can
run only on the node where they are located. Because they run on only one node, they
have no failover capability.
To obtain the most flexible shared machine environment, use a shared repository with
Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs). Shared repositories provide High Availability
options, more storage capacity, and reduced local storage use. VLANs help you
partition network traffic for your virtual machines.
Planning Oracle Database Appliance Configuration Options
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