See Also:
Using Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant
(page 3-1) for descriptions of the
configuration files generated by Oracle Exadata Database Machine
Deployment Assistant
5.11.1 Configuring Oracle Exadata Database Machine Using Oracle
Exadata Deployment Assistant
Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant (OEDA) is used to configure Oracle Exadata
Database Machine.
The deployment assistant works with the information provided in Oracle Exadata
Database Machine Deployment Assistant.
The following procedure describes how to configure Oracle Exadata Database
Machine using Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant:
1.
Go to My Oracle Support.
2.
Download the latest Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant, and follow the steps in
the associated README file.
3.
Download all necessary Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software and Oracle
Database patches. See My Oracle Support note 888828.1 for details.
4.
Log in as the
root
user on the first database server.
Note:
If you do not have the password for the
root
user, then contact Oracle Support
Services.
5.
Copy the configuration file from the machine that was used to run Oracle Exadata
Deployment Assistant to the
/opt/oracle.SupportTools/onecommand
directory on the first database server of the Oracle Exadata Rack.
6.
Create a directory named
WorkDir
on the first database server.
7.
Put the downloaded software and patches in the
WorkDir
directory.
8.
Apply Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant update according to the instructions
included in the
README
file.
9.
Change to the following directory:
# cd /opt/oracle.SupportTools/onecommand
10.
Run the following command to configure Oracle Exadata Rack:
# ./install.sh -cf configuration_file [-s step_number | \
-r step_numberA stepnumberB]
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