HP StorageWorks 8000 NAS - Manual (Page 3)

executive summary ....................................................................................................................2
for more information..................................................................................................................2
hp solution overview..................................................................................................................4
storage management and definition guide..............................................................................5
defining NAS 8000 storage for Oracle databases...............................................................5
nfs guidelines (NAS 8000) .........................................................................................................6
use of nis ..................................................................................................................................6
setting the number of nfsd daemons.....................................................................................6
allowing ‘root’ access / trusted hosts ...................................................................................7
nfs mounting guidelines (Client side).....................................................................................7
hard mounting .........................................................................................................................7
soft mounting ...........................................................................................................................7
useful mounting options (client) .............................................................................................8
rsize and wsize ........................................................................................................................8
installation of Oracle software..................................................................................................8
installation of Oracle on NAS 8000.......................................................................................8
setUID bit ...............................................................................................................................8
location of alert logs and trace files ...................................................................................9
installation of Oracle on the Oracle server ...........................................................................9
moving data files from already existing databases..........................................................10
the link method to move data files...................................................................................10
database administrative method for moving data files.................................................10
database administrative method for moving control files.............................................10
database administrative method for moving active redo log files ...............................10
creating new database(s).........................................................................................................11
database administration ..........................................................................................................11
performance tuning ..................................................................................................................11
increasing available storage in the NAS 8000 ......................................................................12
adding a hard drive to a VA 7100 array ...........................................................................12
adding a hard drive to a VA 7400 array ...........................................................................13
backups and snapshots............................................................................................................13
hot backups using NAS 8000 snapshots ............................................................................14
hot backups without NAS 8000 snapshots.........................................................................14
cold backups using NAS 8000 snapshots ...........................................................................14
cold backups without NAS 8000 snapshots .......................................................................14
nvram usage and nvram failures............................................................................................14
problems, challenges, and constraints ...................................................................................15
product information..................................................................................................................15
storage diagram for VA 7100 .................................................................................................16
storage diagram for VA 7400 (single volume group)...........................................................17
storage diagram for VA 7400 (extra fault tolerance)...........................................................18
glossary .....................................................................................................................................19
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