Expert Oracle Exadata - Parent Directory

CHAPTER 8 CONFIGURING EXADATAThere are a couple of ways to transfer the parameter and deployment files to Exadata. One methodinvolves setting up temporary network access to the first compute node. This network configuration willbe replaced with permanent network settings by Firstboot or ApplyConfig in subsequent steps. Theother option is to save the files to a portable USB flash drive and then, using the USB port on the frontpanel of the first compute node, copy the files to the OneCommand directory. We’ll talk about wherethat directory is in the following example. The USB approach is as follows:1. Connect the USB flash drive to your laptop and copy the directory containingyour configuration files to the USB drive. For example:mkdir e:\exacopy C:\dbmachine_OurCompany\exa e:\exaC:\> copy dbmachine_OurCompany\exa e:\exadbmachine_OurCompany\exa\all_groupdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\all_ib_groupdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\all_nodelist_groupdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\cell_groupdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\cell_ib_groupdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\checkip.shdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\config.datdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\databasemachine.xmldbmachine_OurCompany\exa\dbm.datdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\dbmachine.paramsdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\dbMachine_exadbmachine_OurCompany\exa\dbs_groupdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\dbs_ib_groupdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\hosts.sampledbmachine_OurCompany\exa\preconf-11-2-1-1-0.csvdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\preconf-11-2-1-2-2.csvdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\preconf-11-2-2-1-0.csvdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\preconf.csvdbmachine_OurCompany\exa\priv_ib_group19 file(s) copied.2. Remove the USB flash drive from your laptop and connect it to the USB porton the front panel of the first compute node in your system. The servers arenumbered from bottom to top in the rack, so the bottom-most compute nodeis the one you are looking for.3. Using the Exadata KVM, log in to the first compute node as root and check the/var/log/dmesg file to determine the device name assigned to the USB flashdrive. For example, you should see a message something like the following:… Attached scsi removable disk sdbYou can confirm the partition and device name using the fdisk command asfollows:# fdisk -l /dev/sdbDisk /dev/sdb: 2038 MB, 2038431744 bytes251 heads, 62 sectors/track, 255 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 15562 * 512 = 7967744 bytes255