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Oracle Database Migration to Dell PowerEdge 12
th
Generation Servers and Dell Compellent Storage
Systems
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Contents
Executive summary ..................................................................................................... 4
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 5
Dell Solutions for Oracle Databases ................................................................................. 5
Technology Overview .................................................................................................. 5
Dell PowerEdge 12
th
Generation Servers ......................................................................... 5
Dell Compellent Storage Systems ................................................................................. 6
Oracle Database Migration to Dell PowerEdge 12
th
Generation Servers and Dell Compellent Storage .. 8
Test Configuration ................................................................................................... 8
Migration Options .................................................................................................... 9
Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) Disk Rebalance ............................................ 10
Near Zero Downtime Oracle Database Migration to New Infrastructure and Operating Systems .... 13
Key Benefits of the Migration Solution ......................................................................... 21
Dell IT Case Study .................................................................................................... 22
Summary ............................................................................................................... 22
References ............................................................................................................. 22
Tables
Table 1. Hardware and software configurations of the source and the target Oracle systems ............ 9
Table 2. Volume configuration of the source database ........................................................... 9
Table 3. Volume configuration of the target database .......................................................... 14
Figures
Figure 1. Reference configuration of Oracle database migration ............................................... 8
Figure 2. Oracle ASM disk rebalance to move Oracle database to a different storage system .......... 11
Figure 3. Attach Dell Compellent storage to the source database configuration .......................... 12
Figure 4. Detach Dell|EMC storage from the source database configuration ............................... 13
Figure 5. Create ASM instance without database instance on target systems using DBCA ............... 15
Figure 6. Attach Dell|EMC storage to the target database configuration ................................... 16
Figure 7. Create a new storage group in Dell|EMC storage manager......................................... 17