Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
An Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster resource provides the link between the Exadata Infrastructure resource and the Autonomous Container Database resources in Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure.
The maximum number of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters (AVMC) and Autonomous Container Databases (ACD) you can create on an given Exadata Infrastructure varies based on the generation of hardware, as described in Resource Limits.
- View a List of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
You can view a list of all Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters in a Compartment or of just those in a particular Exadata Infrastructure resource. - View Details of an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster
Follow these steps to view detailed information about an autonomous Exadata VM cluster. - Change the License Type on an Autonomous VM Cluster
- Move an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster to Another Compartment
Follow these steps to move an Autonomous Exadata VM cluster from one compartment to another. - Manage Security Certificates for an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster Resource
You can rotate the SSL security certificates for Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) and Oracle Autonomous Database listener from the Details page of an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster (AVMC). - View Resource Usage for an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster
Follow these steps to view the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster's resource usage details. - Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster Resources
You can add or remove resources to an already provisioned Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster (AVMC). - Terminate an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster
Follow these steps to terminate an Autonomous Exadata VM cluster.
Parent topic: Create and Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
View a List of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
You can view a list of all Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters in a Compartment or of just those in a particular Exadata Infrastructure resource.
Required IAM Policies
For Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer:
inspect autonomous-vmclusters
For Autonomous Database on Oracle Cloud:
inspect cloud-autonomous-vmclusters
View a List of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters in a Compartment
You can view a list of all Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters in a Compartment by going to the Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters page.
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Go to Autonomous Database in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
For instructions, see Access Autonomous Database in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
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In the side menu’s list of Autonomous Database resource types, click Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster.
The Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters page is displayed, showing the list of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters in your current Compartment. To see the list for a different Compartment, choose its name from the side menu’s Compartment list.
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The following details are displayed for each Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster resource in the list:
- State of the resource such as Updating, Provisioning, Available, etc.
- Available and total CPUs and percentage of used CPUs represented as a colour-coded bar chart. The colours on this bar represent the following:
- Less than 70%: Green
- Between 70 to 90%: Yellow
- Greater than 90%: Red
- Reclaimable CPUs. See Resource Terminology to understand what available, total, and reclaimable CPUs represent.
- Available and total storage in TB and percentage of used storage represented as a colour-coded bar chart. The colours on this bar represent the following:
- Less than 70%: Green
- Between 70 to 90%: Yellow
- Greater than 90%: Red
- Provisionable ACDs, that is, the number of Autonomous Container Databases that can be created in the Autonomous VM Cluster.
- Memory per CPU in GBs.
- Date and time of creation of the resource.
View a List of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters in an Exadata Infrastructure Resource
You can view a list of the Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters in a particular Exadata Infrastructure resource from its Details page:-
Go to the Details page of the Exadata Infrastructure resource whose Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters you want to view. See View Details of an Exadata Infrastructure Resource.
The Details page for the chosen Exadata Infrastructure resource is displayed.
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Scroll to the bottom of the Details page of the Exadata Infrastructure resource.
Click Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters under Resources to list the Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters that use the chosen Exadata Infrastructure resource.
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The following details are displayed for each Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster resource in the list:
- State of the resource such as Updating, Provisioning, Available, etc.
- Available and total CPUs and percentage of used CPUs represented as a colour-coded bar chart. The colours on this bar represent the following:
- Less than 70%: Green
- Between 70 to 90%: Yellow
- Greater than 90%: Red
- Reclaimable CPUs. See Resource Terminology to understand what available, total, and reclaimable CPUs represent.
- Available and total storage in TB and percentage of used storage represented as a colour-coded bar chart. The colours on this bar represent the following:
- Less than 70%: Green
- Between 70 to 90%: Yellow
- Greater than 90%: Red
- Provisionable ACDs, that is, the number of Autonomous Container Databases that can be created in the Autonomous VM Cluster.
- Memory per CPU in GBs.
- Date and time of creation of the resource.
Features of the List of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
You can perform a variety of actions in the list of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters.
Action | Steps |
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Create an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster | Click Create Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster and follow the instructions in Create an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster. |
View details of a listed Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster | In the list of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters, click the name of the one whose details you want to view. |
Move a listed Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster to a different compartment | Click Move Resource and choose the new compartment for the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster resource. |
Copy the OCID of a listed Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster |
In the list of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters, click the menu in the row of the one whose OCID you want to copy and then click Copy OCID. The OCID is copied to your clipboard and the menu item changes to Copied. |
Add tags to a listed Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster | In the list of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters, click the menu in the row of the one you want to apply tags to and then click Add Tags. |
Terminate a listed Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster | In the list of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters, click the menu in the row of the one you want to terminate and then click Terminate. Then, in the Terminate Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster dialog:
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Parent topic: Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
View Details of an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster
Follow these steps to view detailed information about an autonomous Exadata VM cluster.
Required IAM Policies
For Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer:
inspect autonomous-vmclusters
For Autonomous Database on Oracle Public Cloud:
inspect cloud-autonomous-vmclusters
Procedure
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Go to Autonomous Database in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
For instructions, see Access Autonomous Database in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
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In the side menu’s list of Autonomous Database resource types, click Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster.
The list of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters in your current Compartment is displayed.
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In the side menu’s Compartment list, choose the Compartment where you want to create an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster.
The list of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters refreshes to show those in the selected Compartment.
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Click the name of the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster whose details you want to view.
The Details page for the chosen Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster is displayed.
Actions Allowed
Action | Steps |
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View details of the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster's Exadata Infrastructure resource | On the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster information tab, click the name of the Exadata Infrastructure resource in the Exadata Infrastructure field. |
View or copy the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster's OCID | On the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster information tab, click Show or copy in the OCID field. |
Edit the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster's maintenance schedule | On the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster information tab, click Edit in the Maintenance schedule field. |
View upcoming and past maintenance | On the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster information tab, click View in the Next maintenance field. A list of upcoming planned maintenance activities, if any, is displayed for both the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster and the Exadata Infrastructure resource containing it. To view past maintenance activities, click Maintenance history in the side menu. |
Terminate the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster |
Click Terminate and follow the instructions in Terminate an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster. |
Add tags to the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster | Click Add tags. |
View the tags applied to the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster | Click the Tags tab. |
Manage Certificates | Click Manage certificates and follow instructions outlined in Manage Security Certificates for an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster Resource. |
Move Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster to a different compartment | Click Move Resource. On the Move Resource to a Different Compartment dialog, choose the new compartment and click Move Resource. |
View resource allocation details | Click View Details under Resource allocation. For additional information, see Resource Usage Tracking. |
Scale up or scale down the resources within the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster | Click Scale Autonomous VM Cluster and follow the instructions in Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster Resources. |
Resources Listed
As you scroll down, the following resources associated with this AVMC are listed on the AVMC details page:
- Autonomous Container Databases: All the Autonomous Container Databases (ACD) in the selected compartment that use this AVMC are listed with details such as their state, role in an Autonomous Data Guard setup (Primary or standby), number of reclaimable CPUs, and creation date. You can also see the CPU value of the largest Autonomous Database that can be provisioned in this container database. To know more about these details, see Resource Terminology.
- Autonomous Virtual Machines: All the Autonomous Virtual Machines (DB Servers) used to deploy this AVMC are listed with details such as their name, state, CPUs, memory (GB), local storage (GB), client IP address, and DB server name.
- Work Requests: All the work requests associated with this AVMC are listed along with their state and other details.
You can also perform various actions on the ACDs listed under Resources. They are:
Actions | Steps |
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Create an Autonomous Container Database | Click Create Autonomous Container Database and follow the instructions listed in Create an Autonomous Container Database. |
View details of a listed Autonomous Container Database | In the list of Autonomous Container Databases, click the name of the one whose details you want to view. |
Copy the OCID of a listed Autonomous Container Database | In the list of Autonomous Container Databases, click the menu in the row of the one whose OCID you want to copy and then click Copy OCID. The OCID is copied to your clipboard and the menu item changes to Copied. |
Add tags to a listed Autonomous Container Database | In the list of Autonomous Container Databases, click the menu in the row of the one you want to apply tags to and then click Add tags. |
Move a listed Autonomous Container Database to a different compartment | Click Move resource. On the Move resource to a different compartment dialog, choose the new compartment and click Move Resource. |
Restart a listed Autonomous container Database resulting in a rolling restart of all Autonomous Databases in this container. | Click Restart. On the Restart dialog, type the name of the Autonomous Container Database for confirmation, and click Restart. |
Terminate a listed Autonomous Container Database | In the list of Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters, click the menu in the row of the one you want to terminate and then click Terminate. Then, in the Terminate Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster dialog:
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Parent topic: Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
Change the License Type on an Autonomous VM Cluster
Required IAM Policies
use autonomous-vmclusters
inspect exadata-infrastructures
Procedure
To change the license type of an AVMC deployed on Oracle Public Cloud, submit a service request (SR) in My Oracle Support. See Create a Service Request in My Oracle Support for instructions.
Parent topic: Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
Move an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster to Another Compartment
Follow these steps to move an Autonomous Exadata VM cluster from one compartment to another.
Required IAM Policies
As soon as you move an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster to a different compartment, the policies that govern the new compartment apply immediately and affect access to the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster. Therefore, both your and other Oracle Cloud users' access to it may change, depending on the policies governing the user account's access to resources. For example, a user may lose the ability to create Autonomous Container Databases in it, given its new compartment.
For Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer:
use autonomous-vmclusters
in the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster's current compartment and in the compartment you are moving it to.
For Autonomous Database on Oracle Public Cloud:
use cloud-autonomous-vmclusters
in the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster's current compartment and in the compartment you are moving it to.
Procedure
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Go to the Details page of the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster that you want to move. See View Details of an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster.
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Click Move Resource.
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Select the new compartment.
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Click Move Resource.
Parent topic: Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
Manage Security Certificates for an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster Resource
You can rotate the SSL security certificates for Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) and Oracle Autonomous Database listener from the Details page of an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster (AVMC).
Required IAM Policies
For Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer:
manage autonomous-vmclusters
For Autonomous Database on Oracle Public Cloud:
manage cloud-autonomous-vmclusters
Procedure
Parent topic: Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
View Resource Usage for an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster
Follow these steps to view the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster's resource usage details.
Required IAM Policies
For Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer
inspect autonomous-vmclusters
For Autonomous Database on Oracle Public Cloud
inspect cloud-autonomous-vmclusters
Procedure
- Go to the Details page of the Autonomous Database you want to monitor. For instructions, see View Details of an Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure.
- On the Autonomous Exadata VM cluster information tab, locate the Resource Allocation section. In this section, you can get a quick overview of the resources allocated to this AVMC. You can see the following details:
- Available CPUs
- Total CPUs
- Available Autonomous Database Storage (TB)
- Total Autonomous Database Storage (TB)
- Database Memory per CPU (GB)
- Provisionable ACDs
Tip:
To understand the above resource attributes, refer to Resource Terminology. - To get more details and a comprehensive picture of the resource allocation and their usage for this AVMC and its ACDs, click the View Details link. The Resource allocation details page opens with two tabs:
- Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster: This tab provides the following information:
- Total resources allocated: This section lists the latest values for the following resources allocated to this AVMC:
- CPUs
- Exadata Storage in TB
- Local Storage in GB
- Memory in GB
- Maximum number of ACDs
- Autonomous Database Storage in TB
- Autonomous Database Memory per CPU in GB.
- Resource usage visualizations: This section has graphical and tabular representations of the AVMC's resource usage.
Tip:
You can choose to see this information either in the graphical or tabular view by selecting Chart view or Table view from the drop-down list at the top-right corner of this section.For more information on the details presented in the chart and tabular formats, refer to Resource Usage Visualizations.
- Total resources allocated: This section lists the latest values for the following resources allocated to this AVMC:
- Autonomous Container Database: This tab lists the following details for all the ACDs, in the selected AVMC, created in any compartment in the tenancy:
- ACD's display name.
- CPU value of the largest provisionable Autonomous Database.
- The number of CPUs provisioned to Autonomous Database.
- The number of reserved CPUs.
- The number of reclaimable CPUs.
- Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster: This tab provides the following information:
Parent topic: Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster Resources
You can add or remove resources to an already provisioned Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster (AVMC).
Required IAM Policies
For Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer:
manage autonomous-vmclusters
For Autonomous Database on Oracle Public Cloud:
manage cloud-autonomous-vmclusters
Procedure
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Go to the Details page of the AVMC resource you want to scale up or scale down. For instructions, see View Details of an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster.
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Click Scale Autonomous VM Cluster.
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In the Scale Autonomous VM Cluster dialog, adjust the sliders to increase or decrease the following resources:
- CPU count per VM
- Maximum number of Autonomous Container Databases
- Database storage (TB)
The minimum and maximum values on the sliders are the smallest and largest values the resources can scale to.
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Modifying CPU count per VM or the maximum number of Autonomous Container Databases of an AVMC triggers a rolling restart of the AVMC. This results in restarting all the ACDs and Autonomous Databases created in that AVMC. -
Click Save Changes.
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To confirm a rolling restart, enter the AVMC name in the Confirm rolling restart dialog, and click Confirm.
Note
In case of an ongoing maintenance activity on this AVMC or the ACDs and Autonomous Databases within it, your scale request fails with an appropriate message.
Parent topic: Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters
Terminate an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster
Follow these steps to terminate an Autonomous Exadata VM cluster.
Required IAM Policies
For Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer:
manage autonomous-vmclusters
For Autonomous Database on Oracle Public Cloud:
manage cloud-autonomous-vmclusters
Procedure
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Go to the Details page of the Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster that you want to move. See View Details of an Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster.
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Click Terminate.
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Confirm that you wish to terminate your Autonomous Exadata VM Cluster in the confirmation dialog.
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Click Terminate VM Cluster.
Parent topic: Manage Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters