Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Title and Copyright Information
- Recovery Appliance Preface
- Changes in Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Owner's Guide Release 23.1
- 1 Introduction to the Recovery Appliance
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Part I Preinstallation
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Site Requirements for Recovery Appliance and Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack
- Reviewing Safety Guidelines
- Ensuring That the Site is Ready
- General Environmental Requirements
- Space Requirements
- Receiving, Unpacking, and Access Route Requirements
- Maintenance Access Requirements
- Flooring Requirements
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Electrical Power Requirements
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PDU Power Requirements
- Low-Voltage 15 kVA Single Phase PDU for North America, South America, Japan and Taiwan
- Low-Voltage 22 kVA Single Phase PDU for North America, South America, Japan and Taiwan
- Low-Voltage 15 kVA Three Phase PDU for North America, South America, Japan and Taiwan
- Low-Voltage 24 kVA Three Phase PDU for North America, South America, Japan and Taiwan
- High-Voltage 15 kVA Single Phase PDU for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC), except for Japan and Taiwan
- High-Voltage 22 kVA Single Phase PDU for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC), except for Japan and Taiwan
- High-Voltage 15 kVA Three Phase PDU for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC), except for Japan and Taiwan
- High-Voltage 24 kVA Three Phase PDU for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC), except for Japan and Taiwan
- Facility Power Requirements
- Circuit Breaker Requirements
- Electrical Grounding Guidelines
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PDU Power Requirements
- Temperature and Humidity Requirements
- Ventilation and Cooling Requirements
- Network Connection and IP Address Requirements for ZDLRA Rack
- Dedicated Backup Network between Oracle Exadata and Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
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3
Preparing Your Networks for Recovery Appliance
- Overview of Network Requirements
- Registering Recovery Appliance in the Domain Name System
- Factory IP Address Settings
- Port Assignments When Using a Firewall
- Proxy Servers
- 4 Setting Up Auto Service Request
- 5 Using Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant
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2
Site Requirements for Recovery Appliance and Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack
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Part II Installation and Configuration
- 6 Unpacking and Installing ZDLRA Rack
- 7 Expanding a Recovery Appliance Rack with Additional Storage Servers
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8
Configuring a Recovery Appliance Rack
- Supporting Auto Service Request
- Installing the Tape Hardware
- Verifying the Network Configuration Prior to Configuring the Rack
- Configuring the RDMA Network Fabric Switch
- Configuring the Cisco Ethernet Switch
- Configuring the Power Distribution Units
- Checking the Health of the Compute Servers
- Checking the Health of the Storage Servers
- Verifying the RoCE Network Fabric Configuration
- Verifying the InfiniBand Network Fabric Network
- Setting the Subnet Manager Master on Oracle Exadata Database Machine Full Rack and Oracle Exadata Database Machine Half Rack
- 9 Installing the Recovery Appliance Software
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Part III Security and Maintenance of Recovery Appliance
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10
User Security on Recovery Appliance
- Default User Accounts for Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
- User Roles for the Recovery Appliance
- RACLI Non-Root User
- Securing the Operations of the Recovery Appliance
- Kerberos Authentication and the Recovery Appliance
- LDAP Authentication and the Recovery Appliance
- Quorum
- Default Password Requirements
- Default Security Settings Implemented by OEDA
- 11 Keeping the Recovery Appliance Secure
- 12 Recovering the Recovery Appliance
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Maintaining the Recovery Appliance Hardware
- Cautions and Warnings
- Determining the Server Model
- Powering On and Off a Recovery Appliance Rack
- Replacing the Disk Controller Batteries
- Replacing a Power Distribution Unit
- Replacing a Tape Drive
- Save Configuration before Updating Firmware
- Resetting a Non-Responsive Oracle ILOM
- Maintaining the Compute Servers
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Reimaging a Compute Server
- Contacting Oracle Support Services
- Downloading the Latest Release of the Cluster Verification Utility
- Removing the Failed Compute Server from the Cluster
- Preparing the USB Flash Drive for Imaging
- Copying the Image to the New Compute Server
- Configuring the Replacement Compute Server
- Preparing the Replacement Compute Server for the Cluster
- Applying Patch Bundles to a Replacement Compute Server
- Cloning the Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Clone Oracle Database Homes to the Replacement Compute Server
- Maintaining the Storage Servers
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Maintaining the Physical Disks of Storage Servers
- About System Disks and Data Disks
- Monitoring the Status of Physical Disks
- What Happens When Disk Errors Occur?
- About Detecting Underperforming Disks
- About Rebalancing the Data
- Monitoring Hard Disk Controller Write-Through Cache Mode
- Replacing a Failed Physical Disk
- Replacing a Faulty Physical Disk
- Removing an Underperforming Physical Disk
- Moving All Drives from One Storage Server to Another
- Removing and Replacing the Same Physical Disk
- Reenabling a Rejected Physical Disk
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Maintaining the Flash Disks of Storage Servers
- About the Flash Disks
- Faulty Status Indicators
- Identifying Flash Disks in Poor Health
- Identifying Underperforming Flash Disks
- When Is It Safe to Replace a Faulty Flash Disk?
- Replacing a Failed Flash Disk
- Replacing a Faulty Flash Disk
- Removing an Underperforming Flash Disk
- About Write-Back Flash Cache
- Replacing a Disk Controller Battery Backup Unit
- Using the Storage Server Rescue Procedure
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Reconfiguring the Hardware
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Changing Component Passwords
- Changing the Compute Server Passwords
- Changing the Storage Server Passwords
- Creating New Users and Changing Passwords on a PDU
- Changing the Oracle ILOM Password
- Changing an InfiniBand Switch Password
- Changing the Cisco Ethernet Switch Password
- Changing the Recovery Appliance Database User Password
- Changing OSB Tape Backup Passwords
- Changing the DNS Servers
- Changing the chrony/NTP Servers
- Changing the Time Zone Settings
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Changing Component Passwords
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10
User Security on Recovery Appliance
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Part IV Recovery Appliance Command Line Interface Reference
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RACLI Overview
- racli add
- racli add admin_user
- racli add certificate
- racli add cloud_key
- racli add cloud_location
- racli add cloud_user
- racli add credential
- racli add credential_wallet
- racli add db_user
- racli add host
- racli add keystore
- racli add nfs
- racli add rasys_wallet
- racli add remote_syslog
- racli add storage_cells
- racli add storage_disks
- racli add tag
- racli add vpc_user
- racli alter
- racli alter admin_user
- racli alter adr_parameter
- racli alter cloud_key
- racli alter cloud_location
- racli alter db_user
- racli alter keystore
- racli alter network
- racli alter parameter
- racli alter passphrase
- racli alter rasys_user
- racli alter vpc_user
- racli approve
- racli approve request
- racli configure
- racli configure export
- racli create
- racli create certificate
- racli deny
- racli deny request
- racli disable
- racli disable aide
- racli disable archived_log_grouping
- racli disable check
- racli disable cloud_location
- racli disable keystore
- racli disable nfs
- racli disable rasys_user
- racli disable root_access
- racli disable rpc
- racli disable ssh
- racli disable sys_remote_access
- racli enable
- racli enable acfs
- racli enable aide
- racli enable archived_log_grouping
- racli enable check
- racli enable cloud_location
- racli enable keystore
- racli enable nfs
- racli enable rasys_user
- racli enable rpc
- racli enable ssh
- racli enable sys_remote_access
- racli export
- racli export appliance
- racli install
- racli install appliance
- racli install okv_endpoint
- racli list
- racli list admin_user
- racli list certificate
- racli list check
- racli list cloud_key
- racli list cloud_location
- racli list cloud_user
- racli list compute_nodes
- racli list db_user
- racli list env
- racli list export
- racli list grid_home
- racli list host
- racli list ip_addr
- racli list listener
- racli list nfs
- racli list okv_endpoint
- racli list oracle_home
- racli list parameter
- racli list remote_syslog
- racli list san
- racli list scan
- racli list scan_listener
- racli list storage_cells
- racli list tag
- racli remove
- racli remove acfs
- racli remove admin_user
- racli remove certificate
- racli remove cloud_key
- racli remove cloud_location
- racli remove cloud_user
- racli remove db_user
- racli remove grid_home
- racli remove host
- racli remove keystore
- racli remove nfs
- racli remove oracle_home
- racli remove osb_pieces
- racli remove remote_syslog
- racli remove tag
- racli remove vpc_user
- racli run
- racli run check
- racli run diagnostics
- racli run preinstall
- racli start
- racli start appliance
- racli start nfs
- racli status
- racli status aide
- racli status appliance
- racli status archived_log_grouping
- racli status cloud_location
- racli status compliance
- racli status disk_group
- racli status keystore
- racli status listener
- racli status nfs
- racli status okv_endpoint
- racli status request
- racli status scan
- racli status scan_listener
- racli stop
- racli stop appliance
- racli stop nfs
- racli uninstall
- racli uninstall appliance
- racli uninstall okv_endpoint
- racli update
- racli update aide
- racli update appliance
- racli update parameter
- racli update ssh_keys
- racli update ssh_known_hosts
- racli update storage_location
- racli update support_tools
- racli version
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RACLI Overview
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Part V Cabling Information for Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
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In-Rack Cabling Tables for Recovery Appliance RA23
- Cable Color Coding
- Recovery Appliance RA23 Rack Layout
- Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Connections RA23
- Administrative Ethernet Port Cabling Tables RA23
- Single-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections RA23
- Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections RA23
- RDMA Network Fabric Switch-to-Switch Cabling Connections RA23
- RDMA Network Fabric Switch-to-Server Cabling Connections RA23
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In-Rack Cabling Tables for Recovery Appliance RA21
- Cable Color Coding
- Recovery Appliance RA21 Rack Layout
- Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Connections RA21
- Administrative Ethernet Port Cabling Tables RA21
- Single-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections RA21
- Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections RA21
- RDMA Network Fabric Switch-to-Switch Cabling Connections RA21
- RDMA Network Fabric Switch-to-Server Cabling Connections RA21
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In-Rack Cabling Tables for Recovery Appliance X8M
- Cable Color Coding
- Recovery Appliance RA21 and X8M Rack Layout
- Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Connections X8M
- Administrative Ethernet Port Cabling Tables X8M
- Single-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections X8M
- Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections X8M
- RDMA Network Fabric Switch-to-Switch Cabling ConnectionsX8M
- RDMA Network Fabric Switch-to-Server Cabling Connections X8M
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In-Rack Cabling Tables for Recovery Appliance X8, X7, X6, and X5
- Cable Color Coding
- Recovery Appliance X8, X7, X6, and X5 Rack Layout
- Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Connections
- Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Cabling Connections
- Single-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections X8
- Single-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections X7 and Earlier
- Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections X8
- Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections
- RDMA Network Fabric Switch-to-Switch Cabling Connections
- RDMA Network Fabric Switch-to-Server Cabling Connections
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In-Rack Cabling Tables for Recovery Appliance X4
- Recovery Appliance X4 Rack Layout
- Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager Cabling Connections
- Administrative Gigabit Ethernet Cabling Connections
- Single-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections
- Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit Cabling Connections
- InfiniBand Switch-to-Switch Cabling Connections
- InfiniBand Switch-to-Server Cabling Connections
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In-Rack Cabling Tables for Recovery Appliance RA23
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Part VI Extending Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
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Extending a Rack by Adding Another Rack
- Overview of Adding Another Rack to an Existing System
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Cabling Two Racks Together
- Cabling Two RoCE Network Fabric Racks Together with No Down Time
- Cabling Two RoCE Network Fabric Racks Together with Down Time Allowed
- Cabling Two InfiniBand Network Fabric Racks Together
- Cabling Several Racks Together
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Multi-Rack Cabling Tables for Recovery Appliance
RA21 and Later Models
- Understanding Multi-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Preparing for Multi-Rack Cabling with RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Two-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Three-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Four-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Five-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Six-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Seven-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Eight-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Nine-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Ten-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Eleven-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Twelve-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Thirteen-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- Fourteen-Rack Cabling for RA21 and Later Model Racks
- 23 Multi-Rack Cabling Tables for Recovery Appliance X8M Models
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Multi-Rack Cabling Tables for ZDLRA Rack Models with InfiniBand Network Fabric (X2 to X8)
- Understanding Multi-Rack Cabling for Racks with InfiniBand Network Fabric
- Two-Rack Cabling with InfiniBand Network Fabric
- Three-Rack Cabling with InfiniBand Network Fabric
- Four-Rack Cabling with InfiniBand Network Fabric
- Five-Rack Cabling with InfiniBand Network Fabric
- Six-Rack Cabling with InfiniBand Network Fabric
- Seven-Rack Cabling with InfiniBand Network Fabric
- Eight-Rack Cabling with InfiniBand Network Fabric
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Extending a Rack by Adding Another Rack
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Part VII Appendixes
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Error Messages
- Contacting Oracle Support Services
- Generic Alert Messages: HALRT-00001 to HALRT-00500
- Temperature Alert Messages: HALRT-00513 to HALRT-00600
- Fan Alert Messages: HALRT-00616 to HALRT-00700
- Power Supply/Converters Alert Messages: HALRT-00717 to HALRT-00800
- Network Alert Messages: HALRT-00912 to HALRT-01000
- Hard Disk and Flash Disk Alert Messages: HALRT-01015 to HALRT-01200
- Accelerator/Controller Alert Messages: HALRT-01209 to HALRT-01300
- Voltage Alert Messages: HALRT-01301 to HALRT-01400
- Physical Disk Alert Messages: HALRT-01401 to HALRT-01500
- Auto Service Request Alert Messages for Storage Servers: HALRT-02001 to HALRT-02013
- HDD Controller Battery Alert Messages: HALRT-02101 to HALRT-02200
- Generic Actions for Alert Messages: HALRT-10001 to HALRT-10500
- Generic Actions for Alert Messages: HALRT-10503 to HALRT-11000
- Generic Actions for Alert Messages: HALRT-11001 to HALRT-11100
- 26 Replacement Units
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25
Error Messages
- Index