Implementing the Oracle Database Appliance for E-Business Suite

Michael Baggott

Dataweave Service Delivery Director

Agenda

• Introduction to Dataweave

• Oracle Database Appliance

• E-Business Suite

• Conclusion

• Questions

Introduction to Dataweave • The leading implementer of Oracle solutions for mid-size businesses

in Australia. • Founded in 2006 • Oracle specialists in Database, Middleware & E-Business Suite • Oracle Gold Partner • Offices in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne • CRN Fast 50 companies list 2010 & 2011

Core Experience • Oracle Databases • Enterprise & Standard • RAC, Data Guard, Goldengate • Oracle Application Server • Oracle Fusion Middleware • Oracle E-Business Suite Applications • Oracle Business Intelligence & EPM

Certifications • Exadata

• Oracle Enterprise Linux

• Performance Tuning

• Data Warehouse

• 11gR2 New features

• Real Application Clusters

Services • Oracle Licence Recommendations and Sales (Inc. Licence reviews) • Oracle Architecture Solution Design • Oracle solution Diagnostics and Resolution • Upgrade Planning and Migration Services • ODA and Exadata Readiness Assessment • Online DBA (DB Managed Service) • ERP Functional Support (Managed Service) • Database Health Checks • DR Planning, Design and Testing • Security Hardening

Managed Services • Database Technical Support and E-Business Suite Functional

Support • 24x7 Support Help Desk • Remote Monitoring • Proactive Maintenance • Infrastructure Support (via partners) • Management Reporting

Oracle Database Appliance • All-in-one, clustered, and

highly available database server.

• Two 2S servers and a shared disk array in a single enclosure

• Simplified database set-up and maintenance process with One-Command tool

• Scalable • No single point of failure

Shared Storage

Server 1 Server 2 Dual

GbE

HBA HBA

Application • DB Appliance as a simple, affordable, low risk high

availability database system • Entry level pay-as-you-grow database system • Consolidation platform for running many small

databases • Easy to deploy and manage HA database system for ISV

applications

Hardware • 4-RU Chassis • Shared Disk Array

– 24 SAS dual ported disk slots – 20 x 600GB (12TB RAW, 4 TB usable) – 4 x 73GB SSD for redo logs

• 2 Server Nodes – 2 Socket x86 per server – 6 Cores per Socket, 12 cores per server – 96 GB of Memory per server – 2-12 cores per server enabled on demand – 2 x 500GB SATA boot disks per server

• Networking – Redundant 1Gb internal

private network – 2x 10Gb public network per

server – 6x 1Gb public network per

server

• RAS features – Redundant power and cooling – Hot-serviceable components – Triple-mirrored storage

Software • Oracle Linux • Oracle Database EE with RAC or RAC One Node (11.2.0.2) • Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2) • Oracle Clusterware • Oracle Automatic Storage Management • Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control • Oracle Automatic Service Requests (Phone home) • One Button Automation for Provisioning, Patching, Diagnostics, and

Storage Management

Nextgen Distribution • Founded in June 2011 • Appointed by Oracle as its new VAD • Taking Oracle’s Red Stack to the

Australian market • Business principles:

– Customer focused strategy, processes & people

– Employ experts to support the channel

Business Objectives

• Robust system

• Scalable

• Rapid implementation

• Customer-centric processes

• Low implementation, support & maintenance costs

Solution Overview

• CRM on Demand

• E-Business Suite Financials, Supply Chain & iStore

• Fusion Middleware

• DB Server: Oracle Database Appliance

• App Server: x86

• Oracle Enterprise Linux

Benefits • Rapid install reduced cost & project risk • No time wasted in getting database & SAN talking together

(1 - ??? Days) • Pre-configured RAC saves 2 weeks of DBA time • Lower maintenance costs (DBA, storage, sys admin) • Scalable & flexible licensing and configuration. (2-24 cores

on demand)

Front

Back

Aerial View

Switch it on…

Configuration • 11 step configuration wizard • Simply choose RAC, RAC

One-Node or Single Server • Setup took 2.5 hours

compared to 5-10 days for SAN, OS, Database and RAC

Deployment

• Initial configuration

• Oracle Home

• Oracle Appliance Manager

Initial Configuration

• Download patch 12978712 from MyOracleSupport.

• Transfer to /tmp on 1st node

• Start Oracle Database Appliance Manager

– # ./oakcli deploy

Oracle Appliance Manager

Installation type

System Information

Network

Public Network

Other Network

Database

Auto Service Request

Cloud File System

Configuration Summary

Installation progress

Complete

Parameters • #onecommand.params generated by GUI tool • # CLUSTERINFO • DBMPREFIX, DOMAIN, CLUSTERNAME, REGION, TIMEZONE • # DATABASE INFO, DbHomeArr, OraHomeArr, • DbBlkSizArr=(8192), DBBackupType=Local, DataDgArr=(DATA) • # USER/GROUP INFO • STANDARDROLE, CRSUSR, CRSUSRNO, DBUSR, OINSTGROUP, OSASMADMINGROUP=asmadmin, OSASMADMINGROUPNO, ORAPASSWD=welcome • # HOME LOCATION INFO • CRSBASE=/u01/app/grid, DBBASE=/u01/app/oracle • INV_LOC=/u01/app/oraInventory, CRS_HOME=/u01/app/11.2.0/grid • # DB HOST ARRAY INFO • HostArr, NODE_NAMES=(dbappl1 dbappl2) • # SCAN INFO • SCAN_NAME=dbapp1-scan, SCAN_IPS=(10.127.8.56 10.127.8.57) • SCAN_PORT=1521, DNS_SERVERS, NTP_SERVERS, NODE_IPS, VIP_IPS • PRIV_IPS, HA_IPS • # NETWORK INFO • NET0_IPS, NET0_NETMASK, NET0_GATEWAY, NET0_NAME, NET0_HOSTNAME • # DISKGROUP INFO • DISK_DISCOVERY_STRING=/dev/mapper/*D_*p*, DISKGROUPS=(DATA RECO REDO), DISKGROUPREDUNDANCYS=( HIGH HIGH HIGH ), DISKGROUPDISKSSTORAGE_TYPE=ASM,

CONFIG_IPMI=false. ASM_PATCHES=(), RDBMS_PATCHES=(), CRSBP_PATCHES=() • # Cloud FileSystem INFO • CLOUDFS_TO_CONFIG=False, CLOUDFS_MNTPNT=, CLOUDFS_SIZE_GB= • # ASR Info • ASR_TO_CONFIG=False, ASR_PROXYSERVERNAME=, ASR_USERNAME= • ASR_PASSWORD=

E-Business Suite Database Creation • The following patches were applied to the Oracle

Database Home 4247037, 9776940, 10149223 & 10195109

• Pfile parameters added:- • *._disable_interface_checking=true • *._gc_undo_affinity=false • *._gc_policy_time=0

Final Steps • The migration was completed by following the steps of MOS Note: 741818.1 • Listener port 1601 for the communication between the Apps Tier and the

Database Tier • Run Custom Scripts • Run autoconfig on Oracle Home • DB Migration to ODA as per Export-import process for R12 using 11gR1 or 11gR2

[ID 741818.1] • Application migration to Prod. Server as per Cloning Oracle Applications Release 12

with Rapid Clone [ID 406982.1] • Test E- Business Suite Connectivity

Summary • ODA installed

• DB configured

• E-Business Suite re-instated

• System Ready

• Simple to deploy – Pre-configured with validated

components – Best practices implemented – Reduced risk in deploying HA

• Simple to manage – Automatically detects problems &

takes corrective actions – Patch all components with single

command – End-to-end management – hardware

to software

• Simple to troubleshoot – ASR configuration – Validates system configuration – Gathers relevant logs for support

Gotchas

• Oracle Home

• Re-image

• Documentation

• Beta

Readiness Assessment

• Dataweave has developed a Readiness Assessment process to develop your roadmap to ODA and assist with your Business Case

Port Waratah Coal Services • Port Waratah Coal Services Limited (‘PWCS’), located in the Port of Newcastle,

NSW, Australia, operates one of the world’s largest coal handling operations. Carrington Coal Terminal has a shiploading capacity of 25 million tonnes per annum (‘Mtpa’) and Kooragang Coal Terminal 108 Mtpa. These terminals receive, assemble and load Hunter Valley coal for export.

• PWCS is a continuous, 24 hour a day operation and any system downtime has a dramatic and costly impact.

• PWCS recently purchased three Oracle Database Appliances (ODA) to provide three environments, (PROD, DEV/TEST and DR). The main reasons behind the purchase were: Database High Availability, Performance Improvements, and the Low Maintenance features of the Oracle Engineered System. The ODA units will underpin the core operational systems Kooragang Operations Planning (“KOP”) and Carrington Operations Planning (“COP”). These applications were specifically developed for the scheduling and operations planning at the two sites. Additionally, they are supply chain applications to enhance the coal product being exported.

DP World • DP World operates more than 60 container terminals across

the world, with container handling generating around 80% of its revenue. In addition, the company currently has 11 new developments and major expansions underway in 10 countries. 30,000 staff.

• DP World recently made an initial purchase two ODA units (Planning to purchase another two before the end of the year) to run the operation critical databases of their Terminal Operations Systems (Container Management System - CMS). The driving reasons being the need for Database High Availabilty, performance, the segregation of systems between terminals and the low maintenance nature of the Oracle Engineered System.

Questions

• mbaggott@dataweave.com.au 0401 034 924

• nweaver@dataweave.com.au 0414 032 092

• info@dataweave.com.au (02) 8920 3933

• www.dataweave.com.au