Oracle Exadata Cloud [ExaCC & ExaCS) Training: Step-By-Step Activity Guides/Hands-On Lab Exercise

Learning is incomplete without practice.

This blog post discusses the Step-By-Step Hands-On Activity Guides you must perform to learn Oracle Exadata Cloud Service Administration (ExaCS & ExaCC). These will help you learn and implement ExaCS & ExaCC in a better way. You can use the mentioned steps for supporting customers who are working or want to work on Exadata Cloud.

In our 8 weeks Oracle Exadata Cloud Service Administration (ExaCS & ExaCC) Training Program, we cover below the below Modules & Step-By-Step Hands-On Activity Guides:

Here’s a quick sneak peek of how to start learning for becoming an Oracle Exadata Cloud Service Specialist:

Exadata Cloud Hands-On Guides

1. Activity Guide I: Register for an Oracle Free Trial Account

The first thing you must do is to get a Trial Account for Oracle Cloud (you get 300 USD FREE Credit from Oracle to practice). In this Activity Guide, we learn how to register for an Oracle FREE Trial Account.

Note: Get this first Step-by-Step Activity Guide absolutely FREE from Here.

2. Activity Guide II: Create Compartment, VCN Subnet, Service Gateway, Internet Gateway (IGW), Security List for Exadata

In this activity guide, we are going to create the pre-requisite components before provisioning Exadata Instance on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure which includes the creation of:

• Compartments
• Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)
• Subnet (Public/Private)
• Security rules
• Service gateway
• Internet Gateway, etc.

3. Activity Guide III: Provisioning & Exadata DB System in OCI

In this activity guide, we will learn to provision Exadata DB System and access it via its public IP using PUTTY.

Read: Cloud Computing Service Model

4. Activity Guide IV: Managing (Start/Stop, Scale-Up) Add Database

In this activity guide, we will look into several Life Cycle Management Of Exadata DB System tasks such as how to start, stop, terminate, scale, manage licenses for, and check the status of an Exadata DB System.

5. Activity Guide V: Patching (Compute, Grid, DB System. Database) 

This activity guide explains how to perform patching operations to ExaCS system including databases, grid and OS patching options using the console & CLI method (dbaascli).

6. Activity Guide VI: Backup & Restore Database

This Activity Guide covers how to back up the Exadata DB System using the cloud console & API (bkup_api) to Oracle Cloud object storage. Also, it discusses recovering an Exadata Database from a backup stored in Object Storage by using the Console or the API & also via RMAN.

7. Activity Guide VII: Migration of Exadata Database from On-prem to Cloud

This Activity Guide covers migrating on-premise database to Exadata DB System using various different approaches based on different tools and technologies & downtime required.

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Related/Further Readings

If you are just a beginner to Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS), then check our below posts to start your journey:

• Overview of Oracle Exadata Cloud Service
• Oracle Exadata Cloud Service Architecture
• Oracle Exadata Deployment Options
• Oracle Exadata Cloud Service Offerings

What’s Next For You?

If you want to upgrade your career and learn How to Build, Manage & Migrate Exadata on Cloud (ExaCC & ExaCS) then join our FREE class, and don’t miss an opportunity to gain a plethora of insights on becoming an oracle Cloud Exadata Expert.