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Purpose

The Exalytics Deployment Guide is a white paper that explains the different types of deployment scenarios that are supported for the Exalytics platform.  It is applicable to Exalytics X series servers (X-2-4, X3-4, etc.) running Patchset 4 and higher, and T5-8 servers.  The document covers OBIEE, TimesTen and EPM products.  The white paper contains the following topics:

•     Performance, Scalability, Sizing
•     Software Certification
•     Deployment Scenarios
•     Hardware Solution
•     Installation Types
•     Patching of Software
•     Disk Storage Considerations
•     Backup and Recovery / Disaster Recovery

The white paper also includes three additional files describing how to install multiple instances on a single machine, OBIEE High Availability Setup and information on Oracle Clusterware + OCFS2 + SAN Shares with EMC.

Scope

This white paper is intended for system administrators, DBAs, system architects, and any personnel involved with installations on an Oracle Exalytics system. 

This task requires advanced expertise in systems management, the Linux operating system, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Essbase and TimesTen.

The scenarios described in this document have been tested with Exalytics PS4 since it was the most current version available during the test cycles.  While not specifically tested, these scenarios are applicable to Exalytics PS4 and future patchsets.

Details

The attached white paper includes the following contents:

1.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0 PERFORMANCE, SCALABILITY AND SIZING

3.0 SOFTWARE CERTIFICATION 

4.0 DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS

5.0 HARDWARE SOLUTIONS

5.1.1 BARE METAL
5.1.2 OVM
5.1.3 OVM SERVER FOR X86" VS "OVM SERVER FOR SPARC"

6.0 INSTALLATION TYPES

6.1 SUPPORTED INSTALLATION TYPE FOR OBIEE PRODUCT ON EXALYTICS
6.2 ESSBASE INSTALLATION – OBIEE VS EPM
6.3 ESSBASE CLUSTERING

5.0 PATCHING OF SOFTWARE

6.0 DISK STORAGE CONSIDERATIONS

6.1 SUPPORTED INSTALLATION TYPE FOR OBIEE PRODUCT ON EXALYTICS
6.2 ESSBASE INSTALLATION – OBIEE VS EPM
6.3 ESSBASE CLUSTERING

7.0 PATCHING OF SOFTWARE

8.0 DISK STORAGE CONSIDERATIONS

8.1 KEY FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE I/O PERFORMANCE
8.2 GENERAL I/O CHARACTERISTICS OF ESSBASE
8.3 STORAGE – SUB SYSTEM
8.3.1 EXALYTICS X3-4
8.3.2 EXALYTICS T5-8
8.4 EXTERNAL STORAGE OPTION FOR LOCAL FILE SYSTEMS
8.4.1 EXALYTICS X3-4 - LINUX
8.4.2 EXALYTICS T5-8 - SOLARIS
8.5 STORAGE OPTION FOR CLUSTERING
8.5.1 EXALYTICS X3-4 - LINUX
8.5.2 EXALYTICS T5-8 - SOLARIS
8.6 MONITORING THE I/O SUB SYSTEM

9.0 BACKUP AND RECOVERY / DISASTER RECOVERY (DR)

There is no out of box, back up utility included with Exalytics.  Backup consists of making operating system backups of important files and directories.

This section also includes links to application software (OBIEE, Essbase and TimesTen) backup and recovery.

APPENDIX A – Multi-Instance on Bare Metal Installation Steps
APPENDIX B –  OBIEE High Availability (HA) Installation Steps
APPENDIX C – Oracle Clusterware + OCFS2 + SAN Shares with EMC

REVISION HISTORY

May 2015: Updated to include certification changes in OVM and installable components (Golden Gate, Oracle Data Integrator, Hyperion Financial Management and OHS).  See pages 5 and 6 in the PDF attachment for a chart showing installable components.

May 2016: Updated to include Release 2.0.0.0 and support for Linux 6.6 plus minor changes in OVM certification.

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