Dell Unity XT: Oracle Database Best Practices

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  Overview
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  Audience
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  Revisions
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  We value your feedback

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  Unity XT overview
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  I/O module options
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  Dynamic storage pools

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  Dell Unity features
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  FAST VP
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  FAST cache
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  Data reduction
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  Data at Rest Encryption
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  Host I/O limits
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  Unity REST API and CLI
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  Dell Unity Service Scripts

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  Oracle database design considerations
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  OLTP workloads
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  OLAP or DSS workloads
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  Mixed workloads
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  Storage pools
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  Testing and monitoring

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  Deploying Oracle 21c databases on Dell Unity storage
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  ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE_HOME
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  Linux setup and configuration
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  Oracle Automatic Storage Management
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  Linux LVM
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  File systems

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  Introduction
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  Dell Unity front-end Ethernet connectivity for file storage
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  Obfuscated IP addresses and network information
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  Dell Unity NAS servers
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  Dell Unity NFS file system
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  Creating a Unity NFS File System and initial NFS share
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  Verify access to the Unity NFS export
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  Dell Unity file system and Oracle ASM disks
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  Creating ASM disk groups using ASM disks residing on Unity file shares

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  Introduction
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  NFS traffic
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  NFS supported storage option

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  Overview
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  Benefits of dNFS
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  Creating NFS client mount points
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  Mount options for NFS shares
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  Ethernet networks and dNFS
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  Jumbo frames
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  Viewing the MTU size of Unity interfaces
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  Changing the MTU size of Unity’s interface ports
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  Single network path for dNFS
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  Multiple client interfaces for dNFS
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  Configuring LACP – NAS client
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  Shared subnets
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  Configuring LACP—NAS server
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  Oracle dNFS configuration file oranfstab
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  Enabling and disabling Oracle dNFS
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  dNFS without oranfstab
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  dNFS with oranfstab
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  dNFS and network verification checks
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  Oracle dynamic dNFS views

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  Introduction
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  Restoring from a snapshot
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  Recovering from a snapshot
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  Thin clones
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  Creating a database copy with thin clones
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  Refresh thin clones
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  Replication
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  Data protection
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  AppSync
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  RecoverPoint virtual edition

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  Dell Technologies resources and documentation
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  Oracle resources and documentation
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  Oracle Support MOS notes
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  Other documentation