Provisioning a Base Database


Oracle Database Service for Azure portal allows you to provision an Oracle Base Database (also known as an Oracle Virtual Machine Database (VMDB)).

Before you begin, if you want to know more about an Oracle Base Database, reference the About Oracle Base Database Service documentation.
 Note

In order to successfully provision an Oracle Base Database, you cannot have a policy that prevents the creation or updates of resource groups or dashboards. See Oracle Base Database Observability Provisioning Failure for more information.
Select the Create link for Base Database from the OracleDB for Azure Portal or the Create a resource blade.
This is the Basics tab for your Base Database.

Figure 1-73 Create Base Database - Basics Tab







The Subscription field allows you to select any subscription that has been assigned to your account. If you only have a single subscription, you cannot change the value in this field. If you have multiple subscriptions assigned to your account, you can change the default value for this field following the tasks in Setting Account UI Settings.

Figure 1-74 Subscription Selection







Select the Resource groups you want to use for your database. Follow this link for more information on Microsoft Azure Resource GroupsMicrosoft Azure Resource Groups.

Figure 1-75 Resource Group Selection







The Instance Name must be unique for your subcription.
In the Region field select the region where you want this to be provisioned. If you only have a single region, you cannot change the value in this field. If you have multiple regions assigned, you can change the default value for this field following the tasks in Setting Account UI Settings.

Figure 1-76 Region Selection







Select the Next: Configuration > button.

Figure 1-77 Create Base Database - Configuration Tab







You must set the Shape Selection for your Base Database. Select the Configure DB system shape link to open the Select VM shape selection panel. Depending upon your subscription and other settings, the list of VM shapes may vary. For more information on VM shapes, see the Compute Shapes documentation. Once you have selected the desired shape, select the OK button to save those settings, and to return to the Configuration tab. Note: There are two (2) types of shapes, Standard and Flex shapes. Depending upon your selection, the options available for your Base Database will change.

Figure 1-78 Select VM shape selection panel.








Figure 1-79 Set the VM Shape







If you select either a Standard or Flex shape, you will have the option for selecting your Storage management software to either Oracle Grid Infrastructure or Logical Volume Manager. See Introducing Oracle Storage Management for more information. Oracle Grid Infrastructure uses Oracle Automatic Storage Management (recommended for production workloads) for its storage management software.

Figure 1-80 Set the Storage management software







If you select a Flex shape, you have the additional option of selecting the Storage performance option. You can select either Balanced or High performance. NOTE: If you use a Standard shape, you can only use the Balanced storage performance option.

Figure 1-81 Select a Flex shape








Figure 1-82 Set the Storage performance







The Available data storage (GB) field allows you to select a range of storage options for your Base Database. The range is from 256GB to 40960GB with most of the selections incrementing by 2048GB.

Figure 1-83 Available data storage (GB) Selection







The Software edition field requires you to select the Base Database edition that will be used. The options vary based on your subscription. For more information on Software editions, see the About Oracle Base Database documentation.

Figure 1-84 Software edition Selection







The License type radio button, allows you to select between License included and Bring your own license (BYOL). Select the option that works best for your requirements.

Figure 1-85 Additional fields on Configuration Tab







The Database version will vary based on your subscription. Select the choice that works for best for your requirements.
The Database name field must be between 1 and 8 characters in length, and must be unique to your subscription. If what you enter does not meet the naming requirements, you will see the following validation message.

Figure 1-86 Database name Requirements Message







The Pluggable database name field must be between 1 and 30 characters in length, and must be unique to your subscription. If you do not meet the naming requirements, you will see the following validation message.

Figure 1-87 Pluggable database name Requirements Message







The default Character set for the database is AL32UTF8.
The default National character set for the database is AL16UTF16.
Select the Next: Networking > button.

Figure 1-88 Create Base Database - Networking Tab







The Hostname prefix must be a unique resolvable hostname for the database and will be used to connect externally to the system. The hostname must begin with an alphabetic character, can contain only alphanumeric characters and hyphens, and not exceed 12 characters in length.
The Virtual networks selection allows you to select existing virtual networks. If you do not have a selection available here, you will need to define one for your subscription. The virtual network allows you to isolate and secure your database traffic.

Figure 1-89 Virtual networks Selection







The Network virtual appliance field enables you to enter the IP address of the your transparent firewall to allow return traffic to work properly which helps optimize your network and security through firewalls and encryption. While Azure supports a broad list of third-party network virtual appliances including web application firewalls (WAF), firewalls, gateways/routers, application delivery controllers (ADC), and WAN optimizers, this specific IP is for your transparent firewall.
The OCI CIDRs field requires a CIDR block notation designation of IP address ranges to be assigned to your database. For more information on setting an appropriate range of IP address, see Network CIDR Sizing.

Figure 1-90 OCI CIDRs







Select the Next: Security > button.

Figure 1-91 Security Tab







You must either generate a new public key - private key pair or upload an existing public key for the SSH key pair field. To upload an existing public key, select the Upload existing public key link. To generate a new pair, select the Generate pair and save private key link.

Figure 1-92 Upload existing public key








Figure 1-93 Generate paid and save private key







The Base Database administrator Username is set to SYS, and cannot be changed.
The Base Database administrator Password must be set. It must contain two (2) uppercase characters, two (2) lowercase characters, two (2) numeric characters, two (2) special characters within _, #, and -, and must be between 14 and 255 characters long. If the password you enter does not meet these requirements, you will see a confirmation message similar to the following.

Figure 1-94 Password failure Message







The Base Database administrator Confirm Password must be match the value you entered for your Password. If the Confirm Password does not match, you will see a confirmation message similar to the following.

Figure 1-95 Password match Message







You have the option to use a different password for the TDE wallet than you use for the SYS password. If you wish to do this, select the Use another password for the TDE wallet checkbox. When you do this, the UI will change. You can then enter the TDE wallet password and a TDE wallet password confirm you want to use. The TDE wallet password and TDE wallet password confirm must conform to the same requirements as the SYS password. If they don't conform to the requirements, you will see an appropriate message as shown below.

Figure 1-96 Use another password for the TDE wallet







Select the Next: Management > button.

Figure 1-97 Create Base Database - Management Tab







By default, Enable automatic backup is selected. If you want to disable automatic backups, unselect the Enable automatic backup checkbox.

Figure 1-98 Uncheck Enable automatic backups Checkbox







The Backup retention period selection is set to 30 days, by default. You can select another option from the list of available options which are 7 days, 15 days, 30 days, 45 days, and 60 days.

Figure 1-99 Backup retention period Selection







The Backup scheduling (UTC) selection is a two-hour window during which the backup will be performed. There are 12 selectable time windows.

Figure 1-100 Backup schedule (UTC) Selection







Select the Next: Tags > button. Here is where you can set tags, which are Name-Value pairs that can be set to improve management. Select the Learn more about tags link if you want more information. Tags created here are applied to OCI provisioned resources.

Figure 1-101 Create Base Database - Tags Tab







Select the Next: Review + create > button.

Figure 1-102 Create Base Database - Review + create Tab







If the validation fails, you will see a screen similar to the following. You must resolve all of the validation issues before you can submit the creation process to the queue.

Figure 1-103 Create Base Database - Review + create Tab - Failed Validation







To create the Oracle Base Database, select the Create button.
To review or change any settings, select the < Previous button.
To cancel creation of the Oracle Base Database, select either the Home breadcrumb or the X (close) icon at the top-right of the page.
If you select the Create button, the provisioning process for the Oracle Base Database will be queued. The flow for this process is shown below.

Figure 1-104 Create Base Database Submission








Figure 1-105 Create Base Database Queued








Figure 1-106 Create Base Database In-progress








Figure 1-107 Create Base Database Failed







To check on all Base Database deployments, successful, failed, or in-progress, check the Deployments portal.

Figure 1-108 Deployments Portal







This completes the steps for provisioning an Oracle Base Database.