The predefined service template to allocate volumes and add to an Oracle database automates the process to provision and expand data storage on the disk group of Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM). The template provides the ability to search for and create new volumes across multiple storage systems, then allocate and configure the volumes to the ASM disk group. The template is customized to operate based on the type of environment.
The Oracle Database provisioning and expansion template is designed to provide the following features:
- Automate the integration tasks to reduce the amount of time to configure each request manually.
- Expand the size of the Oracle database storage as required by its users or services within the associated infrastructure group.
- Run services immediately, or at a scheduled date and time.
- Assign services to specific users and service groups so users can run services independently of an administrator.
- Customize settings to meet specific functioanl needs and storage needs.
An Oracle Database provisioning and expansion template conducts a preliminary verification that determines whether the Single Server configuration exists or the Oracle RAC configuration exists. Then the template verifies and acquires the specified Oracle ASM information. The path to all the specified database servers is verified to ensure availability.
Next, the provisioning tasks are performed to search for and allocate volumes within a storage device. Search for and create new volumes on a storage device according to specified volume needs (for example, capacity or number) and allocate the new volumes to the Oracle database.
Services that are created by this template are tagged under Add New Storage and Oracle Database.
Before setting up the Oracle integration services, make sure the Oracle RAC configuration settings exist on the Oracle database server.
- Smart Allocation for Oracle Databases
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An intelligent provisioning service that allocates volumes for a specified Oracle server of Linux OS platform from the associated infrastructure group and adds them to a specified Oracle disk group, and this service can optionally configure zoning of the allocated paths and you can modified zoning information such as the following:
- General zone information
- Zone alias information
- Zone configuration information