2. Ronald Vargas Q., Twitter: @rovaque
Oracle ACE
Director of Technology LAOUC
Technical Sales Consultant, Netsoft Oracle VAD Costa Rica y Guatemala
Responsable del OTN TOUR CA.
Blog: oracledbacr.blogspot.com +125000 visitas
– Oracle Database 11gR2 Sales-PreSales Specialist Assessment
– Oracle Database Security 11gR2 Sales-PreSales Specialist Assessment
– Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g PreSales Specialist Assessment
– Oracle GoldenGate Presales Specialist Assessment
– Oracle Linux PreSales Specialist
– Consultor DBA ORACLE / INFORMIX+22 años
– Instructor de Oracle University, Top 10 Latinoamérica 2005
– Fundador ORAUGCRC, Coordinador ORAUGGT, ORAUGHN, ORAUGSV
– Miembro IOUC, Comunidad Oracle Hispana, OracleMania
– Expositor OTN TOUR DAY 2011 LAD y OTN TOUR 2012 3era Edición.
– Profesor Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología ULACIT
3. Evolución del hombre
Y ahí tenemos a nuestro “Mono Desnudo, vertical, cazador, fabricante de armas, territorial, neoténico,
cerebral, primate por linaje y carnívoro por adopción, dispuesto a conquistar el mundo“.
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27. Questions & Answers
What database version does the Oracle Database Appliance support?
The Oracle Database Appliance currently supports Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2 and
11.2.0.3. Future releases will be supported once they are certified with the Oracle Database Appliance.
What Oracle database implementation is recommended to achieve High Availability with the Oracle
Database Appliance?
To complement redundancy built into the hardware components, Oracle Real Application Clusters or Oracle Real
Application Clusters One Node are highly recommended for Active-Active or Active-Passive server failover,
respectively.
What other Oracle database options are supported with the Oracle Database Appliance?
The appliance offers support for all Oracle Database Enterprise Edition options and Enterprise Management Packs.
Oracle Secure Backup and Oracle GoldenGate are also supported.
What database licenses should my customer purchase for the Oracle Database Appliance?
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), or Oracle RAC One Node licenses
are required.
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28. Questions & Answers
What is the Appliance Manager software?
The appliance manager provides one-button automation for provisioning, storage management, patching, and
diagnostics of the Oracle database stack. It simplifies and automates the manual tasks typically associated with
installing, managing, and supporting Oracle database environments on the Oracle Database Appliance.
Is the Oracle database pre-installed on the Oracle Database Appliance?
The Oracle Database Appliance provides pre-configured database templates for small, medium, and large databases
to run performantly. After you have selected the appropriately sized database, the Oracle Home directories and
database is installed. Any database that is created on the Oracle Database Appliance must be properly licensed
based on the number of enabled cores.
Is Oracle GoldenGate product supported with the Oracle Database Appliance?
Oracle GoldenGate with the Oracle Database Appliance is supported, but GoldenGate is currently not integrated with
appliance manager (e.g. customer must install GoldenGate manually).
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29. Questions & Answers
What software is pre-installed on the Oracle Database Appliance?
Oracle Linux and Oracle Appliance manager.
What's the recommend disaster recovery (DR) solution for the Oracle Database Appliance?
Oracle Data Guard.
Can older environments with older versions of Oracle be directly ported to the Oracle
Database Appliance?
No. However, older environments can be upgraded and then simply migrated to the appliance.
Which components are upgraded as part of the software patch bundle for the Oracle Database
Appliance?
Component firmware, operating system, grid infrastructure, database, and appliance manager.
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30. Questions & Answers
What are the operating systems that have been certified for the Oracle Database Appliance?
Oracle Linux 5.5 and 5.8 (UEK) are the only operating systems that have been certified for the
appliance. No other operating systems are supported.
Is Oracle Virtual Machine supported on the Oracle Database Appliance?
No.
My customer would like to run two or more different versions of the Oracle database on the
Oracle Database Appliance. Is this supported?
The appliance currently supports Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition (11.2.0.2 or 11.2.0.3). The
Oracle Database Appliance does not support multiple Oracle_Homes. Multiple database homes
support is not available until last half CY2012.
I would like to use the Oracle Database Appliance as a middleware server. Is this supported?
Yes. As long as you are using Oracle Database Appliance version 2.2, Oracle 11.2.0.3, and Linux 5.8
(UEK).
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