In this environment setup, the two virtual databases run within two separate VMs hosted on a single R940-based ESXi host. The ESXi host has four physical HBA ports or initiators that are connected to the XtremIO storage array by redundant FC switches.
On the XtremIO array, configure the storage that is based on the design for the physical database environment as follows.
Note: For detailed steps to create the Initiator Groups, volumes, and mappings that are based on the previously described design for the production database environment, see Appendix A.
Record the four unique WWNs of the four HBA initiators in the ESXi host. You need these initiator WWNs when you create the two Initiator Groups on the XtremIO storage array.
Table 28. XtremIO shared volume design for the two virtual databases
Volume name |
Number of volumes |
Size per volume (GB) |
Total size (GB) |
C3-VM-OS |
1 |
600 |
600 |
C3-OCR |
3 |
100 |
300 |
C3-DATA |
4 |
600 |
2,400 |
C3-REDO |
2 |
100 |
200 |
C3-FRA |
1 |
200 |
200 |
C3-TEMP |
1 |
500 |
500 |
Total |
12 |
|
4,200 |