Best Practices and How To Guides

Best Practices and How To Guides

Here you'll find a collection of Guides and Best Practices direct from the labs at Dell.

Dell's Best Practices and "How to" Guides for Oracle Software

1. OS Installation & Setup

1.1 Enterprise Linux - Release Agnostic 

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to Configure Software RAID on Dell Express Flash PCIe SSDs|How to Configure Software RAID on Dell Express Flash PCIe SSDs]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to align disk partitions using the fdisk utility|How to align disk partitions using the fdisk utility]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to create a yum repository using the server install DVD|How to create a yum repository using the server install DVD]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to setup the OS partitioning scheme|How to setup the OS partitioning scheme]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to setup the Oracle user with password-less SSH|How to setup the Oracle user with password-less SSH]]

1.2 Oracle Linux 5.x

1. • [[oracle_solutions:How to install Oracle Linux 5.x|How to install Oracle Linux 5.x]]
   • [[oracle_solutions:How to upgrade 5.x systems using the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)|How to upgrade 5.x systems using the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)]]

1.3 Oracle Linux 6.x

1. • [[oracle_solutions:How to install Oracle Linux 6.x|How to install Oracle Linux 6.x]]
   • [[oracle_solutions:How to upgrade 6.x systems using the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)|How to upgrade 6.x systems using the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)]]

1.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.x

1. • [[oracle_solutions:How to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.x|How to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.x]]
   • [[oracle_solutions:How to upgrade 5.x systems using the Red Hat Network (RHN)|How to upgrade 5.x systems using the Red Hat Network (RHN)]]

1.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x 

1. • [[oracle_solutions:How to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x|How to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x]]
     
   • [[oracle_solutions:How to upgrade 6.x systems using the Red Hat Network (RHN)|How to upgrade 6.x systems using the Red Hat Network (RHN)]]

1.6 Oracle VM 2.x

1. • [[oracle_solutions:How to install Oracle VM 2.x|How to install Oracle VM 2.x]]

2. Networking

2.1 Public Network

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure the public network in Enterprise Linux 5.x|How to configurethe public network in Enterprise Linux 5.x]]

2.2 Private Network

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to setup the Redundant Interconnect feature in Oracle 11gR2|How to setup the Redundant Interconnect feature in Oracle 11gR2]]

2.3 Bonding

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to setup bonding in an Oracle VM environment|How to setup bonding in an Oracle VM environment]]

2.4 Switch Configuration

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure Ethernet switches for the Gigabit Ethernet Dell EqualLogic PS Series Arrays|How to configure Ethernet switches for the Gigabit Ethernet Dell EqualLogic PS Series Arrays]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure the optimal switch settings for an IP based SAN|How to configure the optimal switch settings for an IP based SAN]]

3. Storage

3.1 Compellent

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to cable a Compellent array|How to cable a Compellent array]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure an iSCSI network on Compellent|How to configure an iSCSI network on Compellent]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure host access to Compellent volumes|How to configure host access to Compellent volumes]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to create Volumes from Replays for Consistency Group using Dell Compellent Storage Center|How to create Volumes from Replays for Consistency Group using Dell Compellent Storage Center]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to create volumes on a Compellent array|How to create volumes on a Compellent array]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to zone a Fibre Channel Compellent array|How to zone a Fibre Channel Compellent array]]

3.2 EqualLogic

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to cable an EqualLogic array|How to cable an EqualLogic array]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure Multipath using EqualLogic Host Integration Toolkit (HIT) on Linux for Oracle|How to configure Multipath using EqualLogic Host Integration Toolkit (HIT) on Linux for Oracle]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to create volumes on an EqualLogic array|How to create volumes on an EqualLogic array]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to Restore a Volume from Snapshot using Dell EqualLogic Group Manager|How to Restore a Volume from Snapshot using Dell EqualLogic Group Manager]]

3.3 PowerVault

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to cable an MD3200i or MD3220i 1GbE iSCSI Array|How to cable an MD3200i or MD3220i 1GbE iSCSI Array]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to cable an MD3200 or MD3220 SAS Array|How to cable an MD3200 or MD3220 SAS Array]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to cable an MD3600i or MD3620i 10 GbE iSCSI Array|How to cable an MD3600i or MD3620i 10 GbE iSCSI Array]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to create a snapshot on a PowerVault MD3660F for Oracle Database|How to create a snapshot on a PowerVault MD3660F for Oracle Database]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to upgrade the firmware and NVSRAM on PowerVault MD32x0 and MD36x0 arrays|How to upgrade the firmware and NVSRAM on PowerVault MD32x0 and MD36x0 arrays]]

3.4 Enterprise Linux Multipathing

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to achieve persistent mapping of volumes/LUNs|How to achieve persistent mapping of volumes/LUNs]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure device-mapper-multipath|How to configure device-mapper-multipath]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure Jumbo Frames on a server|How to configure Jumbo Frames on a server]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to discover, login, and logout iSCSI targets|How to discover, login, and logout iSCSI targets]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to enable CHAP to restrict access to volumes|How to enable CHAP to restrict access to volumes]]
    • [[oracle_solutions:How to install and start iscsi-initiator-utils|How to install and start iscsi-initiator-utils]]

4. Oracle Database

4.1 Installation

4.1.1 Oracle 11g R2 - Single Node

• • • [[oracle_solutions:How to install a Standalone Oracle Database|How to install a Standalone Oracle Database]]

4.1.2 Oracle 11g R2 - Real Application Clusters (RAC)

• • • • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure a server pool in Oracle 11gR2|How to configure a server pool in Oracle 11gR2]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure IPMI for Oracle 11g R2|How to configure IPMI for Oracle 11g R2]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:How to configure Oracle RAC 11g R2 using Grid Naming Services (GNS)|How to configure Oracle RAC 11g R2 using Grid Naming Services (GNS)]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:How to convert Admin Managed Database to Policy Managed Database in Oracle 11g R2|How to convert Admin Managed Database to Policy Managed Database in Oracle 11g R2]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:How to deploy Oracle 11gR2 on RHEL6/Oracle Linux 6|How to deploy Oracle 11gR2 on RHEL6/Oracle Linux 6]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:How to install Oracle RAC 11g R2|How to install Oracle RAC 11g R2]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:How to install, enable, and configure IPMI for Oracle 11g R2|How to install, enable, and configure IPMI for Oracle 11g R2]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:How to store Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) for 11gR2 Oracle Clusterware|How to store Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) for 11gR2 Oracle Clusterware]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:How to store voting disks in ASM for Oracle 11gR2 Clusterware High Availability|How to store voting disks in ASM for Oracle 11gR2 Clusterware High Availability]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:What is CPU Patch and how to apply it in a RAC environment|What is CPU Patch and how to apply it in a RAC environment]]

4.1.3 Oracle ASM

• • • • [[oracle_solutions:HowtoconfigureOracleASM|HowtoconfigureOracleASM]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:HowtoenableIntelligentDataPlacement(IDP)foroptimalperformance|HowtoenableIntelligentDataPlacement(IDP)foroptimalperformance]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:HowtoinstallOracleASMwithULNoraLocalYUMRepository|HowtoinstallOracleASMwithULNoraLocalYUMRepository]]
      • [[oracle_solutions:HowtoinstallOracleASMwithoutULNoraLocalYUMRepository|HowtoinstallOracleASMwithoutULNoraLocalYUMRepository]]

4.2 Upgrade

4.3 Migration

4.4 Features

5. Workloads

6. Oracle VM