Support for the EAEU 8TB drive and Libre 8TB drive in Oracle Database Appliance X5-2

Asset ID:	1-71-2360247.1
Update Date:	2018-04-26
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Solution 2360247.1 : Support for the EAEU 8TB drive and Libre 8TB drive in Oracle Database Appliance X5-2

Applies to:

Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
As of ODA Software bundle 12.2.1.2.0, there is no support for the EAEU 8TB drive pn:7352214.
However, for the Libre 8TB drive, pn 7334977, there is support, so nothing special needs to be done for 7334977, if they are running 12.2.1.2.0 or above.

This doc provides a workaround for using the EAEU 8TB drive pn 7352214, until there is an official ODA software release that has built-in support for this drive model.

Goal

If you need to order the 8TB 7200 RPM SAS-3 Disk Drive Assembly without Encryption (part number 7352214, model H7280B524SUN8.0T), you need to modify the validation_props.xml file, in order for the ODA to support that drive.

Again, there is support for the Libre 8TB drive, pn 7334977 in 12.2.1.2.0, so nothing special needs to be done for pn 7334977, if they are running 12.2.1.2.0 or above.

Solution

Before replacing the disk, on BOTH nodes, edit the /opt/oracle/oak/conf/validation_props.xml file.

First, make a copy of the original file, for example:

# cp /opt/oracle/oak/conf/validation_props.xml /opt/oracle/oak/conf/validation_props.orig.xml

    <HGST>
         <Model type="string" dimension="vector" autocorrect="false" exitonfailure="true" persistent="true">
            <Description>List of Model number of vendor disk </Description>
            <Value>H7240AS60SUN4.0T</Value>
            <Value>H7240B520SUN4.0T</Value>
            <Value>H7280A520SUN8.0T</Value>
            <Value>H7280B520SUN8.0T</Value>
            <Value>H7280B524SUN8.0T</Value>      <<<<<<<< add this line

You can now proceed with the disk replacement process like normal.

Be sure to leave about 8-10 minutes in between disk replacements. For example, take out the disk, wait 8-10 minutes for the software to update the disk status, then insert the new disk.

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