Expert Oracle Exadata - Parent Directory

A P P E N D I X BOnline Exadata ResourcesThis appendix details some helpful online resources for DBAs managing Exadata. Oracle Support createsa good many of what are termed support notes. We list some of the most helpful, and you can readthem—if you are a licensed user— by going to Oracle’s support site. In addition, we list a few helpfulblogs. The list of blogs is small, but growing. We list four that we particularly like and endorse.Exadata MOS Support NotesListed here are several good online notes for managing the Exadata platform on My Oracle Support(MOS). Some of these notes are living documents, meaning they are continually updated as newsoftware versions and patches become available. MOS Note 888828.1 is a must-read for anyoneresponsible for administering the system. It contains critical information about supported softwarereleases. Some of the MOS Notes listed here, such as 757552.1, are simply placeholders for dozens ofother important documents you will want to be aware of. Obviously this is not a comprehensive list, andthere are many more good technical documents for Exadata on MOS. But we hope you find this listhelpful in getting you started off in the right direction.Helpful Exadata MOS Support NotesFlashback Database Best Practices ....................................................................... MOS Note: 565535.1Database Endian Conversion ...............................................................................MOS Note: 732053.1RDS/OFED .............................................................................................................MOS Note: 745616.1Exadata Best Practices ........................................................................................... MOS Note: 757552.111gR2 SCAN Explained .......................................................................................... MOS Note: 887522.1Exadata Storage Server 11gR2 Supported Versions .............................................MOS Note: 888828.1DBFS ......................................................................................................................MOS Note: 1054431.1Exadata Healthcheck Script .................................................................................MOS Note: 1070954.1Exadata V2 Diagnosability and Troubleshooting Best Practices ...................... MOS Note: 1071220.1Bare Metal Restore Procedure for Compute Nodes ...........................................MOS Note: 1084360.1Monitoring Exadata ............................................................................................. MOS Note: 1110675.1Steps to shut down or reboot an Exadata storage cell without affecting ASM MOS Note: 1188080.1Master Note for Oracle Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server .........MOS Note: 1187674.1Exadata Patching Overview and Patch Testing Guidelines ...............................MOS Note: 1262380.1Exadata Critical Issues .........................................................................................MOS Note: 1270094.1Exadata X2-2 Diagnosability and Troubleshooting Best Practices ................... MOS Note: 1274324.1Troubleshooting InfiniBand Switch Problems on Exadata ...............................MOS Note: 1286263.111.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.2 Database Upgrade on Exadata Database Machine ............MOS Note: 1315926.1545