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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:
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Vendor
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Product and model number
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Host port configuration
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Internal drive configuration
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RAID groups
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LUN configurations
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Striping
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LUN and channel configurations and
assignments
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Spares
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Host group partitioning and LUN
and host assignments
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Failover specifications
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World Wide Name (WWN) list
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NVSRAM settings
SAN switches
Document the following items regarding the SAN switches:
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Vendor
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Product and model number
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Port count, assignments, and expansion
capability
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Configuration
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Domain name
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Port identification (WWN)
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Zones (hard, soft, or mixed)
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Alias names
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ISL and DR capability
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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:
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I/Os per second (total, reads, writes)
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Any common storage location (LUN)
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Indexes
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Swap, temp, and sort files
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Bandwidth in bytes/second
transferred (total, reads, writes)
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Individual tables and tablespaces
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Transaction logs
Component
Description