Online Exadata Resources
This appendix details some helpful online resources for DBAs managing Exadata. Oracle Support creates a good many of what are termed support notes. You will see references to some of those we consider most helpful, and you can read them—if you are a licensed user—by going to Oracle’s support site. In addition to the My Oracle Support notes, we would like to point you to the online resources provided by the authors. You should check these resources for additional background information about the book and other Exadata-related topics. There is a mind-blowing number of great Exadata-related blogs out there worth reading as well—too many, in fact, to list here.
My Oracle Support Notes
Listed in Table B-1 are several good online notes for managing the Exadata platform on My Oracle Support (MOS). Some of these notes are living documents, meaning they are continually updated as new software versions and patches become available. MOS Note 888828.1 is a must-read for anyone responsible for administering the system. It contains critical information about supported software releases. Some of the MOS notes listed here, such as 757552.1, are simply placeholders for dozens of other important documents you will want to be aware of. Obviously, this is not a comprehensive or exhaustive list, and there are many more good technical documents for Exadata on MOS, but we hope you find this list helpful in getting you started off in the right direction.
Table B-1. Useful, Nonexhaustive List of Documents for the Exadata Administrator on My Oracle Support
|
Category |
Doc ID |
Title |
|---|---|---|
|
Generic Database |
565535.1 |
Flashback Database Best Practices & Performance |
|
1053147.1 |
11gR2 Clusterware and Grid Home—What You Need to Know | |
|
887522.1 |
Grid Infrastructure Single Client Access Name (SCAN) Explained | |
|
Migration |
1152016.1 |
Master Note For Oracle Database Upgrades and Migrations |
|
1389592.1 |
11G—Reduce Transportable Tablespace Downtime Using Cross Platform Incremental Backup | |
|
2005729.1 |
12C—Reduce Transportable Tablespace Downtime Using Cross Platform Incremental Backup | |
|
762540.1 |
Consolidated Reference List of Notes for Migration / Upgrade Service Requests | |
|
Exadata Configuration, Setup, and Diagnostics |
888828.1 |
Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server-Supported Versions |
|
1389191.1 |
Get Proactive with Exadata | |
|
1346612.2 |
Information Center: Troubleshooting Oracle Exadata Database Machine | |
|
1270094.1 |
Exadata Critical Issues | |
|
757552.1 |
Oracle Exadata Best Practices | |
|
1306791.2 |
Information Center: Oracle Exadata Database Machine | |
|
1274324.1 |
Oracle Sun Database Machine X2-2/X2-8, X3-2/X3-8, and X4-2 Diagnosability and Troubleshooting Best Practices | |
|
1070954.1 |
Oracle Exadata Database Machine exachk or HealthCheck | |
|
761868.1 |
Oracle Exadata Diagnostic Information Required for Disk Failures and Some Other Hardware Issues | |
|
1901729.1 |
SRDC—Oracle Engineered Systems (ES) Sosreport Data Collection for Linux Servers | |
|
330364.1 |
Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) - Main Man Page | |
|
314422.1 |
Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) - Getting Started | |
|
391983.1 |
Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) - Profile Manual Pages | |
|
InfiniBand |
1538237.1 |
Gathering Troubleshooting Information for the Infiniband Network in Engineered Systems |
|
1286263.1 |
Troubleshooting InfiniBand Switch Problems on Exadata | |
|
745616.1 |
Oracle Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) and InfiniBand (IB) Support for RAC Interconnect and Exadata Storage | |
|
Powering Off |
1188080.1 |
Steps to Shut Down or Reboot an Exadata Storage Cell without Affecting ASM |
|
1093890.1 |
Steps to Shut Down / Start Up the Exadata & RDBMS Services and Cell / Compute Nodes on an Exadata Configuration | |
|
Patching |
1364356.2 |
Information Center: Upgrading Oracle Exadata Database Machine |
|
1553103.1 |
dbnodeupdate.sh: Exadata Database Server Patching Using the DB Node Update Utility | |
|
1681467.1 |
11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4 or 12.1.0.1 to 12.1.0.2 Grid Infrastructure and Database Upgrade on Exadata Database Machine Running Oracle Linux | |
|
1565291.1 |
Exadata Database Machine 11.2.0.4 Grid Infrastructure and Database Upgrade for 11.2.0.2 BP12 and later | |
|
1262380.1 |
Exadata Patching Overview and Patch Testing Guidelines |
The Authors’ Blogs
In addition to the My Oracle Support notes, you should check the blogs of the authors of this book for updates, potentially errata, and other interesting Exadata-related material. The very first link to present, though, is the official page to this book, proudly hosted at www.expertoracleexadata.com
The original authors’ blogs are up next, in alphabetical order:
- Andy Colvin: http://blog.oracle-ninja.com
- Randy Johnson: https://dallasdba.wordpress.com
- Kerry Osborne: http://kerryosborne.oracle-guy.com
- Tanel Poder: http://blog.tanelpoder.com
The authors of the second edition blog here:
- Karl Arao: https://karlarao.wordpress.com
- Martin Bach: http://martincarstenbach.wordpress.com
- Andy Colvin http://blog.oracle-ninja.com
- Frits Hoogland: https://fritshoogland.wordpress.com
We wish you happy reading!