Storage systems and SAN switches

Preinstallation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Remote Mirroring of an Oracle Database Using Data Replicator Software

Storage systems

Document the following items regarding the storage systems:

Vendor

Product and model number

Host port configuration

Internal drive configuration

RAID groups

LUN configurations

Striping

LUN and channel configurations and
assignments

Spares

Host group partitioning and LUN
and host assignments

Failover specifications

World Wide Name (WWN) list

NVSRAM settings

SAN switches

Document the following items regarding the SAN switches:

Vendor

Product and model number

Port count, assignments, and expansion
capability

Configuration

Domain name

Port identification (WWN)

Zones (hard, soft, or mixed)

Alias names

ISL and DR capability

Support for 1-Gb, 2-Gb, or 4-Gb
interfaces

Network interfaces

Identify the network access points for the preceding systems, and note the
corresponding addresses.

Database
measurements

Document the following measurements for the database:

I/Os per second (total, reads, writes)

Any common storage location (LUN)

Indexes

Swap, temp, and sort files

Bandwidth in bytes/second
transferred (total, reads, writes)

Individual tables and tablespaces

Transaction logs

Component

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