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1.       17607389  Network View tab partially displayed in Internet Explorer       Display issues with the Oracle PCA Dashboard in Internet Explorer 8 and 9 have  been resolved        17192103  Compute node falls through PXE boot and cannot be provisioned       The Reprovision button in the Dashboard was implemented to recover compute  nodes that failed during provisioning  Further enhancements to the reprovisioning  functionality now help detect compute nodes in error state and automatically clean  up their configuration  Reprovisioning has been made unavailable for correctly  provisioned  running compute nodes        17389234  Compute node installed but provisioning failed  network not set correctly       The reprovisioning functionality has an improved mechanism to detect the point at  which provisioning failed  As a result  it can clean up the compute node configuration  in Oracle VM and allow the provisioning to start over  Reprovisioning has been made  unavailable for correctly provisioned  running compute nodes        17430135  Reprovision button does not work after compute node is discovered in Oracle VM       The reprovisioning functionality can detect compute nodes in error state and  automatically clean up their configuration in Oracle VM  Manual clean up in Oracle  VM should no longer be required  Reprovisioning has been made unavailable for  correctly provisioned  running compute nodes           Changes and Improvements in Release 1 0 2       2 4 Changes and Improve
2.   or use the master management node     The most convenient way to collect the necessary files  is to mount the target  storage location on the system using nfs  and copy the files using scp with the  appropriate login credentials and file path  The command syntax should be similar  to this example       mkdir  mnt mynfsshare    mount  t nfs storage host ip  path to share  mnt mynfsshare    scp root component ip  path to file  mnt mynfsshare pca support data     Collecting Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Support Data    O           Warning    For more accurate diagnosis of physical server issues  Oracle Support Services  require a system memory dump  For this purpose  kdump must be installed   and configured on the component under investigation  The entire procedure is  described in the support note with Doc ID 1520837 1  By default  kdump is installed  on all Oracle PCA compute nodes and configured to write the system memory  dump to the ZFS storage appliance at this location  192 168 4 1  export   nfs repositoryl      Caution    For diagnostic data collection  Oracle Support Services recommend that the  OSWatcher tool be run for an extended period of time  For details about the use of  OSWatcher  please consult the support note with Doc ID 580513 1  OSWatcher is  installed by default on all Oracle PCA compute nodes     For diagnostic purposes  Oracle Support Services use a tool called pca diag that automatically collects  vital troubleshooting information from your Oracle PC
3.  Key Features in Release 1 0 1    This section describes the key features offered in Release 1 0 1 of Oracle PCA     Speed and Ease of Use    The Oracle PCA is assembled  cabled and pre installed at the factory  thus eliminating configuration  errors and reducing setup time  Administrators are free to focus on transforming the IT infrastructure and  delivering flexible services to respond to the organization s requirements  By leveraging the advantages of  an integrated system  they save the time normally required for planning and configuring the infrastructure  from scratch  Provisioning new applications into flexible virtualized environments  in a fraction of the time  required for physical deployments  generates substantial financial benefits  Within approximately one hour  after power on  the appliance is ready to create virtual servers     Automated Deployment    With the Oracle PCA  users only need to move the rack into place in the data center  connect power   network and management Ethernet cables  and power on the system  The controller software orchestrates       Network Virtualization       the installation and configuration of the entire hardware and software environment  At the end of the  provisioning process  the user enters the basic configuration properties of the data center environment in  the Oracle PCA Dashboard  so that the controller software can prepare the appliance for integration with  your existing infrastructure     Compute capacity is extended by
4.  adding more compute nodes  one server at a time  The integration  of expansion compute nodes is seamless  slide the server into the next available rack unit  connect the  cables  and let the controller software discover the new hardware     For a detailed description of provisioning and orchestration  refer to the section Provisioning and  Orchestration in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide     Network Virtualization    High performance  low latency Oracle Fabric Interconnect with Oracle SDN  two products in the Oracle  Virtual Networking family  allow automated configuration of the server and storage networks  Oracle SDN  dynamically connects servers to networks and storage  It eliminates the physical storage and networking  cards found in every server and replaces them with virtual network interface cards  vNICs  and virtual   host bus adapters  vHBAs  that can be deployed on the fly  Applications and operating systems see   these virtual resources exactly as they would see their physical counterparts  Oracle Virtual Networking  simplifies complex data center deployments with a wire once solution and simple software defined network  configurations     Integrated Storage    Oracle PCA features a fully integrated  enterprise grade Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320 for centrally  storing the management environment as well as providing data storage for VMs  This storage subsystem is  built using Oracle s enterprise class storage products and technology and i
5.  configurable network settings in the Dashboard UI        17542460    Inconsistent password change behavior in Dashboard       Password changes through the Dashboard UI are applied as designed in a reliable  and consistent way        17535669    Dashboard login screen reports no error for invalid credentials       Error messages are displayed when a user attempts to log in with an incorrect user  name or password        17475229    Network configuration update is not applied  Dashboard UI provides no feedback       User configurable network settings are applied as designed in a reliable and  consistent way  The Dashboard UI does not reload until the services affected by the  configuration changes have restarted        17457001    Applying the dummy network configuration from the Quick Start Poster breaks rack  connectivity       IP addresses are verified before they are applied  Internally used subnets and  reserved addresses are rejected        17449881    Choosing Network in Network View causes Java exception          Key Features in Release 1 0 1          Bug ID    Description       The exception     which had no adverse effects     no longer appears        17415171     Virtual machines are assigned to compute nodes in initializing state       Oracle VM does not allow compute nodes to join the server pool before they are  completely provisioned and ready to use  If a compute node fails after joining the  server pool  Oracle VM is unaware of the failure  This is considered 
6.  describes software related limitations and workarounds     3 2 1 Do Not Reconfigure Network During Compute Node Provisioning or  Upgrade    In the Oracle PCA Dashboard  the Network Setup tab becomes available when the first compute node   has been provisioned successfully  However  when installing and provisioning a new system  you must  wait until all nodes have completed the provisioning process before changing the network configuration   Also  when provisioning new nodes at a later time  or when upgrading the environment  do not apply a new  network configuration before all operations have completed  Failure to follow these guidelines is likely to  leave your environment in an indeterminate state     Workaround  Before reconfiguring the system network settings  make sure that no provisioning or  upgrade processes are running     Bug 17475738    3 2 2 Nodes Attempt to Synchronize Time with the Wrong NTP Server    External time synchronization  based on nt pd  is left in default configuration at the factory  As a result   NTP does not work when you first power on the Oracle PCA  and you may find messages in system logs  similar to these     Oct 1 11 20 55 oveamm06r  kernel  o2d1m  Joining domain ovea  i 01  2 nodes  Oct 1 11 20 53 ovcamnderl ntpd_initres  2478   host name not found 0 rhel pool  ntp org  Oct 1 11 20 58 ovcamnderl ntpd_initres  2476   host name not found l rhel pool mtp orga       12    Unknown Symbol Warning during InfiniBand Driver Installation       Oct 1 
7.  fingerprint is 4   33 d2 d1 2c 43 7     1 74 3   42 53 83 78 22 78   Are you sure you want to continue connecting  yes no   yes   Warning  Permanently added  192 168 4 3   RSA  to the list of known hosts   root 192 168 4 3 s password     If you implement this workaround  you should check that you are able to ssh into the managment node  from itself  and that  root  ssh authorized_keys does not contain any additional keys that you were  not expecting to be added        16    The CLI Command diagnose software Fails To Correctly Run Some Diagnostic Tests       Bug 19667855       17          18       Chapter 4 Feedback and Support    Table of Contents    4 1 Providing Feedback and Reporting Problems           oosssssssssss enoaan annan aan naa naan nana aan n naan aaeen 19  4 2 Contacting Oracle Specialist Support               ceee cece nnen kaan nananana aa aa aan kanaa Kaanaa aan nanna aaaaaen 19  4 3 Data Collection for Service and Support                                 rsmrneevenenenannananenanaanana ama n anannnaanaaa maana 20    This chapter contains information about how to provide feedback and contact support for the Oracle  Private Cloud Appliance  PCA  product     a service reguest through My Oracle Support for the specific hardware failure  scenarios covered by ASR  For details  refer to the chapter Automating Oracle  Private Cloud Appliance Service Reguests of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance    Note  R Customers who use Oracle Auto Service Request  ASR  do not n
8.  in the Dashboard  and need to restore the Oracle VM  Manager from a backup that was made prior to the password change  the passwords will be out of sync   and Oracle VM Manager cannot be started because it cannot connect to its database  In this case  you  need to make sure that the actual database password is also restored in the Oracle WebLogic Server       14    Oracle VM Java Processes Consume Large Amounts of Resources       JDBC connection configuration used by Oracle VM Manager  It is important to keep the password entries  in the Oracle PCA Wallet up to date as well  although it is not the cause of this particular bug     Workaround  After restoring the Oracle VM Manager database  also restore the database connection  settings for Oracle VM Manager  The Oracle WebLogic Server JDBC connection must be configured to use  the password that was in use at the time of the database backup  Make sure that the database entry in the  Oracle PCA Wallet matches this password     Caution    database  restart the ovca service from the master management node command  line as follows  service ovca restart     AN   After synchronizing the passwords to access the Oracle VM Manager MySOL    e The database restore procedure is described in the section entitled Restoring the MySQL Database for  Oracle VM Manager in the Oracle VM Installation and Upgrade Guide     e The database password used by Oracle VM Manager can be restored by extracting this file from the  backup  ovmm wls config jdb
9.  stored on the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320  to which   components have shared access  The risk of data loss or interruption of service is further reduced by  redundant network hardware  clustered storage heads  and a RAID Z disk configuration that tolerates  media failure and automatically detects and corrects bit errors     For more information about high availability  refer to the section High Availability in the Oracle Private  Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide        Templates and Assemblies       Templates and Assemblies    Within a matter of hours  the system is ready and users can start adding VMs  These can be created from  scratch  or deployed from ready to run Oracle VM templates and assemblies  As a result  Oracle PCA  offers out of the box support for thousands of Oracle and third party applications  This way  complex  Oracle software stacks can be rapidly deployed     The ability to guickly and easily deploy applications to a highly scalable virtualized environment reduces  time to market for the business  and allows IT to rapidly deploy and scale test  development  and staging  environments     Operating System and Application Support    Support for many operating systems and your choice of storage protects your investment and provides  easy deployment into your data centers  Getting applications to users reguires a lot more than just  hardware provisioning  End users need their applications provisioned as well  Oracle PCA accelerates  deployment of the f
10.  the process of logging the SR  upload the support data in the Upload Files   Attachments step of the SR        22    Uploading Support Data Files       If you have already logged the SR and need to upload files afterwards  proceed as follows   1  Loginto MOS and open the Dashboard or Service Reguest tab   2  In the Service Reguest region  click the SR you want to update    In the Update section  select Add Attachment     3  4  In the pop up window  select the file for upload  include any notes  and click Attach File     If uploading the support data with the SR is not an option  or for support data files over 2 GB in size  use  the FTPS file upload service from Oracle support at transport  oracle com  Oracle Support might  reguest that you upload using a different mechanism     1     Using an FTPS client  for example FileZilla or WinSCP  access the My Oracle Support File Upload  Service transport  oracle comin passive mode     Log in with your Oracle Single Sign On user name and password    Select the support data file to upload    Select a destination for the file    Use the directory path provided by Oracle Support    Typically  the directory path is constructed as follows    upload issue  lt sr_number gt        The use of aSR number ensures that the file is correctly associated with the service request  Write  down the full path to the file and the SR number for future reference in communications with Oracle  Support     Upload the file     When the upload is complete  a 
11. 11 21 03 ovcamn06r1 ntpd initres 3478   host name not found 2 rhel pool ntpsorg    Workaround  Apply the appropriate network configuration for your data center environment  as described  in the section Network Setup in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide  When the   data center network configuration is applied successfully  the default values for NTP configuration are  overwritten and components will synchronize their clocks with the source you entered     Bug 17548941    3 2 3 Unknown Symbol Warning during InfiniBand Driver Installation    Towards the end of the management node install 1log file  the following warnings appear     WARNING   lib modules 2 6 39 300 32 1 el6uek x86 64 kernel drivers infiniband  N  w ipath ib ipath ko needs unknown symbol ib wg  ARNING    lib modules 2 6 39 300 32 1 el6uek x86 64 kernel drivers infiniband  N  w gib ib gib ko needs unknown symbol ib wg  ARNING   lib modules 2 6 39 300 32 1 el6uek x86 64 kernel drivers infiniband  N  lp srp ib_srp ko needs unknown symbol ib wg      FINISHED INSTALLING PACKAGES              VN NAS ONES NESE INAS NAS NASA   us SS    eB SS el      These warnings have no adverse effects and may be disregarded     Bug 16946511  3 2 4 Node Manager Does Not Show Node Offline Status    The role of the Node Manager database is to track the various states a compute node goes through during  provisioning  After successful provisioning the database continues to list a node as running  even if it   is shut 
12. 7r1   Gathering sosreport from ovcacn08rl   Gathering OVM Manager Logs   Gathering manager sosreport     When all files have been collected  the data is compressed into two tarballs  One is from the pca   diag tool  while vmpinfo3 writes a separate tarball with its own specific data     Compressing VMPinfo3  lt date gt   lt time gt      Diagnostics completed  The collected data is available in    tmp pcadiag ovcamn05r1  lt ID gt   lt date gt   lt time gt  tar bz2    3  If necessary  run pca diag  with or without the i1om argument  on some or all compute nodes as  well     4  Toallow better analysis of physical server issues  for example hanging  crashing or rebooting  also  include the system memory dump file  vmcore      The location of the file is   lt kdump partition mount point gt  var   crash 127 0 0 1  lt date gt   lt time gt  vmcore  The partition and mount point are defined during  kdump configuration  By default  kdump writes to 192 168 4 1  export nfs repository1   For  details  please consult the support note with Doc ID 1520837 1     5  When required  collect the OSWatcher logs from the compute nodes  The default location is  opt    OSW     For details  please consult the support note with Doc ID 580513 1     6  Copy all diagnostic files to a location external to the appliance environment     Uploading Support Data Files    For support data up to 2 GB  upload the file as part of the Service Reguest  SR  process in My Oracle  Support  MOS        If you are still in
13. A environment  This tool is part of the Oracle PCA       20    Collecting Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Support Data       controller software installed on both management nodes and on all compute nodes  Its capabilities are  described in the section  Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Diagnostics Tool    in the Oracle Private Cloud  Appliance Administrator s Guide     To collect support data from your system  proceed as follows   1  Login to the master management node as root     2  Run pca diag with the appropriate command line arguments     part of an effort to diagnose and resolve reported hardware or software issues     For the most complete set of diagnostic data  run the command with both    Note   N Oracle Support teams may reguest that the tool be run in a specific manner as  arguments  pca diag ilom vmpinfo       pca diag ilom  Use this command to detect and diagnose potential component hardware and software problems    rootGovcamn05r1     pea diag ilom  Oracle Private Cloud Appliance diagnostics tool    Gathering Linux information      Gathering system messages      Gathering PCA related files      Gathering OS version information      Gathering host specific information      Gathering PCI information      Gathering SCSI and partition data      Gathering OS process data      Gathering network setup information      Gathering installed packages data      Gathering disk information      Gathering ILOM Service Processor data    this may take a while  Generating diagnosti
14. Existing Compute Node Configuration from  Release 1 0 2 in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide     Bugs 17922555  18459090  18433922 and 18397780    3 2 8 Virtual Machine File Systems Become Read Only after Storage Head  Failover  When a failover occurs between the storage heads of the Oracle PCA internal ZFS storage appliance  or    an externally connected ZFS storage appliance  the file systems used by virtual machines may become  read only  preventing normal VM operation  Compute nodes may also hang or crash as a result     Workaround  There is no documented workaround to prevent the issue  Once the storage head failover  has completed  you can reboot the virtual machines to bring them back online in read write mode     Bugs 19324312 and 19670873    3 2 9 Oracle VM Manager Tuning Settings Are Lost During Software Update    During the Oracle PCA software update from Release 1 0 2 to Release 1 1 x  it may occur that the specific  tuning settings for Oracle VM Manager are not applied correctly  and that default settings are used instead     Workaround  Verify the Oracle VM Manager tuning settings and re apply them if necessary  Follow the  instructions in the section Verifying and Re applying Oracle VM Manager Tuning after Software Update in  the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide     Bug 18477228    3 2 10 Oracle VM Manager Fails to Restart after Restoring a Backup Due to  Password Mismatch    If you have changed the Oracle PCA password
15. Oracle   Private Cloud Appliance    Release Notes for Release 2 0 1    ORACLE    E56840 03  June 2015       Oracle Legal Notices  Copyright    2013  2015  Oracle and or its affiliates  All rights reserved     This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected  by intellectual property laws  Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law  you may not use  copy  reproduce   translate  broadcast  modify  license  transmit  distribute  exhibit  perform  publish  or display any part  in any form  or by any means  Reverse  engineering  disassembly  or decompilation of this software  unless required by law for interoperability  is prohibited     The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error free  If you find any errors  please report them  to us in writing     If this is software or related documentation that is delivered to the U S  Government or anyone licensing it on behalf of the U S  Government  then  the following notice is applicable     U S  GOVERNMENT END USERS  Oracle programs  including any operating system  integrated software  any programs installed on the hardware   and or documentation  delivered to U S  Government end users are  commercial computer software  pursuant to the applicable Federal Acquisition  Regulation and agency specific supplemental regulations  As such  use  duplication  disclos
16. al storage resources in the  data center network  Compute nodes are connected to the data center subnet to enable public connectivity  for the virtual machines they host  but the compute nodes  physical network interfaces have no IP address  in that subnet  Conseguently  SAN or file server discovery will fail     Bug 17508885    3 2 13 User Interface Does Not Support Internet Explorer 10 and 11    Oracle PCA Release 2 0 1 uses the Oracle Application Development Framework  ADF  version 11 1 1 2 0  for both the Dashboard and the Oracle VM Manager user interface  This version of ADF does not support  Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or 11        15    Authentication Error Prevents Oracle VM Manager Login       Workaround  Use Internet Explorer 9 or a different web browser  for example Mozilla Firefox     Bug 18791952    3 2 14 Authentication Error Prevents Oracle VM Manager Login    In environments with a large number of virtual machines and freguent connections through the VM console  of Oracle VM Manager  the browser UI login to Oracle VM Manager may fail with an  unexpected error  during login   A restart of the ovmm service is required     Workaround  From the Oracle Linux shell of the master management node  restart the ovmm service by  entering the command service ovmm restart  You should now be able to log into Oracle VM Manager  again     Bug 19562053    3 2 15 The CLI Command show Accepts Non Existent Targets As Parameters    The CLI command show expects a target paramete
17. allation Guide  The installation guide provides detailed instructions to prepare the installation site and install Oracle  PCA  It also includes the procedures to install additional compute nodes  and to connect and configure  external storage components     Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Safety and Compliance Guide  The safety and compliance guide is a supplemental guide to the safety aspects of Oracle PCA  It  conforms to Compliance Model No  OCA1A     Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide  The administrator s guide provides instructions for using the management software  It is a  comprehensive guide to how to configure  monitor and administer Oracle PCA     Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Ouick Start Poster  The quick start poster provides a step by step description of the hardware installation and initial  software configuration of Oracle PCA  A printed guick start poster is shipped with each Oracle PCA  base rack  and is intended for data center operators and administrators who are new to the product     The quick start poster is also available in the documentation library as an HTML guide  which contains  alternate text for ADA 508 compliance     Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Expansion Node Setup Poster  The expansion node setup poster provides a step by step description of the installation procedure for  an Oracle PCA expansion node  A printed expansion node setup poster is shipped with each Oracle  PCA expansion node     The expansion node setup poster 
18. atching available IPs before assigning them   thereby eliminating the risk of provisioning failing due to mismatches or unavailable  IPs     It is still recommended to lock provisioning of new compute nodes during planned  failovers such as management node upgrades     18435883    Running pca node db delete Without Options Deletes All Node Entries from  Database          It is no longer possible to delete the contents of the node database this way        18967069    Management Node Cluster Configuration Fails During Software Update       During appliance management software upgrade  when the secondary management  node takes over the master role  it requires connectivity to the internal storage  appliance  New checks now ensure that there is a route to the storage appliance  before the software update continues  As a result  the update process will no longer  hang because the ovca service is not started when the master role is transferred  between management nodes        2 2 Changes and Improvements in Release 1 1 3    Oracle PCA Release 1 1 3 is a maintenance release  This section describes functional changes   improvements and bug fixes compared to the previous release     OpenSSL Security Upgrade    Release 1 1 3 is an errata release that eliminates the OpenSSL security issue CVE 2014 0160      commonly known as the  heartbleed bug     This release of the Oracle PCA software contains an upgraded  OpenSSL package that is not affected by the vulnerability in question        B
19. c OVMDS 6373 jdbc xml  The file must be extracted to this  location   nfs shared_storage wls config jdbc OVMDS 6373 jdbc xml  Since the jdbc  directory is symlinked from  u01 app oracle ovm manager 3 machinel base adf domain   config jdbc   the file only needs to be extracted on one of the management nodes        e For instructions to manually update the passwords stored in the Wallet  refer to the section entitled  Replacing Default Passwords Manually in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide     Bug 19333583    3 2 11 Oracle VM Java Processes Consume Large Amounts of Resources    Particularly in environments with a large number of virtual machines  and when many virtual machine  operations     such as start  stop  save  restore or migrate     occur in a short time  the Java processes of  Oracle VM may consume a lot of CPU and memory capacity on the master management node  Users will  notice the browser and command line interfaces becoming very slow or unresponsive  This behavior is  likely caused by a memory leak in the Oracle VM CLI     Workaround  A possible remedy is to restart the Oracle VM CLI from the Oracle Linux shell on the master  management node        u01 app oracle ovm manager 3 ovm cli bin stopCLIMain sh    nohup  u0l app oracle ovm manager 3 ovm cli bin startCLIMain sh amp     Bug 18965916    3 2 12 External Storage Cannot Be Discovered Over Data Center Network    The default compute node configuration does not allow connectivity to addition
20. cation Error Prevents Oracle VM Manager Login                    eeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeees 16  3 2 15 The CLI Command show Accepts Non Existent Targets As Parameters                      16  3 2 16 The CLI Command diagnose software Fails To Correctly Run Some Diagnostic  TESIS insite cdots cane akkadi aal KHAN Rate Haas NN K ROA SAO HA MN NNN ajada KNN SONIA ARKONAN KA   a oja kis dge AKON 16  4  Feedback and Supports    cies ike meist nia iv eile dee Riedel dala hide 19  4 1 Providing Feedback and Reporting Problems                                       nernnnanenenannnaenannanannnnaa 19  4 2 Contacting Oracle Specialist Support             cece ee ceee mannaa eter ee akan n annan aa ana a nananana naan aaaaean 19  4 3 Data Collection for Service and Support               cc cece eeeeeeee cece nn kan naene aa aan nananana aan anna nanaanen 20          Preface    This document is part of the documentation library for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance  PCA  Release 2 0   which is available at     http   docs oracle com cd E55813 01   The documentation library consists of the following items     Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Release Notes  The release notes provide a summary of the new features  changes  fixed bugs and known issues in  Oracle PCA     Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Licensing Information User Manual  The licensing information user manual provides information about the various product licenses  applicable to the use of Oracle PCA     Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Inst
21. ccepts Non Existent Targets As Parameters                              16  3 2 16 The CLI Command diagnose software Fails To Correctly Run Some Diagnostic  ME SIS sata ratta assoc  E Aaa ami aaa E m   mai O aaa aaa 16    This chapter provides information about the known limitations and workarounds for Oracle Private Cloud  Appliance  PCA      3 1 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Hardware    This section describes hardware related limitations and workarounds     3 1 1 Compute Node Boot Seguence Interrupted by LSI Bios Battery Error    When a compute note is powered off for an extended period of time  a week or longer  the LSI BIOS may  stop because of a battery error  waiting for the user to press a key in order to continue     Workaround  Wait for approximately 10 minutes to confirm that the compute node is stuck in boot  Use  the Reprovision button in the Oracle PCA Dashboard to reboot the server and restart the provisioning  process     Bug 16985965    3 1 2 Management Node Network Interfaces Are Down After System Restart    If the Oracle PCA needs to be powered down and restarted for maintenance or in the event of a power  failure  the components should come back up in this order  first networking  then storage  and then the  management and compute nodes  For detailed instructions to bring the appliance offline and return it to       11    ILOM Service Processor Clocks Are Out of Sync       operation  refer to the section Powering Down Oracle Private Cloud Appliance in the O
22. confirmation message is displayed     Note  R If you prefer to use a command line client  for example cURL  you typically    enter a single command to connect  authenticate and complete the   upload  A cCURL command will look similar to this example  cur1  T   lt path to file gt   u   lt user gt   ftps   transport oracle com   upload issue  lt sr number gt    For security reasons  it is recommended that you  leave the password out of the command and be prompted to enter the password     For detailed information about uploading files to Oracle Support  refer to the support note with Doc ID  1547088 2        23          24    
23. cs tarball and removing temp directory             Diagnostics completed  The collected data is available in    tmp pcadiag  ovcamn05r1  lt ID gt   lt date gt   lt time gt  tar bz2         pca diag vmpinfo    Use this command to detect and diagnose potential problems in the Oracle VM environment     Note    N To collect diagnostic information for a subset of the Oracle VM Servers in the  environment  run the command with an additional servers parameter  as  shown in the example below     root ovcamn05rl1     pca diag vmpinfo servers  ovcacn07r1 ovcacn08r1     Oracle Private Cloud Appliance diagnostics tool  Gathering Linux information      Gathering system messages      Gathering PCA related files      Gathering OS version information          21    Uploading Support Data Files       Gathering host specific information      Gathering PCI information      Gathering SCSI and partition data      Gathering OS process data      Gathering network setup information      Gathering installed packages data      Gathering disk information      Gathering FRU data and console history  Use ilom option for complete ILOM data        When the vmpinfo3 script is called as a sub process from pca diag  the console output continues  as follows     Running Vvmpinto tool      Gathering files from servers  ovcacn07rl ovcacn08r1 This process may take some time   The following server s  will get info collected   ovcacn07r1 ovcacn08r1    Gathering OVM Model Dump files   Gathering sosreport from ovcacn0
24. down  For nodes that are fully operational  the server status is tracked by Oracle VM Manager   However  the Oracle PCA Dashboard displays status information from the Node Manager  This may lead  to inconsistent information between the Dashboard and Oracle VM Manager  but it is not considered a bug     Workaround  To verify the status of operational compute nodes  use the Oracle VM Manager user  interface     Bug 17456373    3 2 5 Update Functionality Not Available in Dashboard    The Oracle PCA Dashboard cannot be used to perform an update of the software stack     Workaround  Use the command line tool pca updater to update the software stack of your Oracle PCA   For details  refer to the section Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Software Update in the Oracle Private  Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide  For step by step instructions  refer to the section Update  You   can use SSH to log in to each management node and check  etc pca info for log entries indicating  restarted services and new software revisions     Bug 17476010  17475976 and 17475845    3 2 6 Interrupting Download of Software Update Leads to Inconsistent Image  Version and Leaves Image Mounted and Stored in Temporary Location  The first step of the software update process is to download an image file  which is unpacked in a particular    location on the ZFS storage appliance  When the download is interrupted  the file system is not cleaned  up or rolled back to a previous state  As a result  contents from diff
25. eed to submit  Administrator s Guide    Caution    Field Engineer  Request installation of ASR at the time of system install     A Oracle Auto Service Request  ASR  must be installed by an authorized Oracle  Installation at a later date will be a Time and Materials charge     4 1 Providing Feedback and Reporting Problems    If you need to report an issue and have an Oracle Premier Support Agreement  you should open a case  with Oracle Support at https   support oracle com     If you are reporting an issue  please provide the following information where applicable       Description of the problem  including the situation where the problem occurs  and its impact on your  operation     Machine type  operating system release  browser type and version  locale and product release  including  any patches you have applied  and other software that might be affecting the problem     Detailed steps on the method you have used  to reproduce the problem       Any error logs or core dumps     4 2 Contacting Oracle Specialist Support    If you have an Oracle Customer Support Identifier  CSI   first try to resolve your issue by using My Oracle  Support at https   support oracle com  Your Oracle Premier Support CSI does not cover customization  support  third party software support  or third party hardware support     If you cannot resolve your issue  open a case with the Oracle specialist support team for technical  assistance on break fix production issues  The responding support engineer w
26. erent versions of the software image       13    Compute Nodes Lose Oracle VM iSCSI LUNs During Software Update       may end up in the source location from where the installation files are loaded  In addition  the downloaded    iso file remains stored in  tmp and is not unmounted  If downloads are frequently started and stopped   this could cause the system to run out of free loop devices to mount the     iso files  or even to run out of  free space     Workaround  The files left behind by previous downloads do not prevent you from running the update  procedure again and restarting the download  Download a new software update image  When it completes  successfully you can install the new version of the software  as described in the section Update in the  Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide     Bug 18352512  3 2 7 Compute Nodes Lose Oracle VM iSCSI LUNs During Software Update    Several iSCSI LUNs  including the essential server pool file system  are mapped on each compute node   When you update the appliance software  it may occur that one or more LUNS are missing on certain  compute nodes  In addition  there may be problems with the configuration of the clustered server pool   preventing the existing compute nodes from joining the pool and resuming correct operation after the  software update     Workaround  To avoid these software update issues  upgrade all previously provisioned compute nodes  by following the procedure described in the section Upgrading 
27. eterogeneous sets of components within an Oracle PCA environment  Throughout  the life cycle of the appliance  software updates  capacity extensions and configuration changes will occur       Provisioning Lock       at different points in time  The synchronization service is an extensible foundation for any mechanism  implemented to eliminate configuration mismatches     Provisioning Lock  The Oracle PCA Dashboard allows administrators to temporarily disable compute node provisioning with    the click of a button  When provisioning is suspended  maintenance tasks or management node upgrades  can be carried out safely     Bugs Fixed in Release 2 0 1    The following table lists bugs that have been fixed in Oracle PCA Release 2 0 1   Table 2 1 List of Fixed Bugs       Bug ID Description       17431002    Restarting Oracle PCA Service Causes Compute Node Provisioning to Fail       A new mechanism has been implemented to query the internal DHCP database for  the availability of IP addresses for a new compute node and its corresponding ILOM   If the Oracle PCA service is stopped  for example with a management node failover   during the provisioning of a compute node  an IP address may have been assigned  to an unprovisioned server  and becomes unavailable for future use  Because   the appliance provisioning software expects the ILOM to obtain an IP in the same  subnet as the compute node  with a value  100  IPv4 decimal notation  for the final  byte  the new DHCP query looks for m
28. hapter 2 Feature Overview    Table of Contents    2 1 Changes and Improvements in Release 2 0 1                                nenennennunennnnanannnnnnannaannanannnnnnanenna 3  2 2 Changes and Improvements in Release 1 1 3                               enennnnennunennnnananennnnannaannanannnannanenaa 4  2 3 Changes and Improvements in Release 1 1 1           cccceeceeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeeeee esse aaa an naa aa aa annan annan aa aaaaen 5  2 4 Changes and Improvements in Release 1 0 2       ccooouooeessei ennnen ankan anna a naan aa annan nannaa nannaa 7  2 9 Key Features  ini  Release LOT pesana kaia da salen Saarna kaduda edad aanta aada Taina 8    This chapter provides an overview of the key features in each release of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance   PCA      2 1 Changes and Improvements in Release 2 0 1    This section describes functional changes  improvements and bug fixes compared to the previous release     External Storage Support    As of this release  Oracle PCA storage can be extended by connecting and configuring external storage  hardware  This allows customers to provision virtual machines with virtual disks beyond the capacity of  the internal storage  and to provide ample disk space for large repositories and for backup and recovery  purposes  The storage hardware is connected to the Fabric Interconnects using either InfiniBand or Fibre  Channel technology     For additional information and instructions to extend Oracle PCA storage  refer to the chapter Extendi
29. her populated or not  are pre cabled and pre configured at the factory in  order to facilitate the installation of expansion compute nodes on site at a later time  Within approximately  one hour after power on  the appliance is ready to create virtual servers  Virtual servers are commonly  deployed from Oracle VM templates  individual pre configured VMs  and assemblies  interconnected  groups of pre configured VMs      The primary value proposition of Oracle PCA is the integration of components and resources for the  purpose of ease of use and rapid deployment  It should be considered a general purpose solution in the  sense that it supports the widest variety of operating systems  including Windows  and any application they  might host  Customers can attach their existing storage or provide storage solutions from Oracle or third  parties     1 2 Components    The Oracle PCA consists of a Sun Rack II 1242 base  populated with the hardware components identified  in Figure 1 1     Note    N Oracle Private Cloud Appliance base racks are factory installed with Sun Server  X4 2 nodes  Earlier versions of the Oracle PCA were shipped with Sun Server  X3 2 nodes  but these servers are no longer available although they continue to be  supported by the Oracle PCA controller software  Oracle PCA racks that contain  Sun Server X3 2 nodes may also contain Sun Server X4 2 nodes if additional  nodes have been installed  or existing nodes have been replaced     Software support for Sun Serve
30. iables for which  you supply particular values     monospace Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph  URLs  code in    examples  text that appears on the screen  or text that you enter        Document Revision    Document generated on  2015 06 30  revision  761        vii          viii       Chapter 1 About Oracle Private Cloud Appliance    Table of Contents    1 1 ITO AUOTIO MI sumaa avaata seit   Vanua a a aa E A NNN du a tuua game a A Roma 1  1 2  GOMPONENKS  sess darcy sanan aseta Kodan he aa ka KKK h   enaa iana iaaa induada   Ea aaiae aa aaa a aaie iaaea 1    This chapter provides a guick overview of the product and its components     1 1 Introduction    Oracle Private Cloud Appliance  PCA  is an Oracle Engineered System designed for virtualization  It is an  offering that industry analysts refer to as a Converged Infrastructure Appliance  an infrastructure solution in  the form of a hardware appliance that comes from the factory pre configured  Compute resources  network  hardware  storage providers  operating systems and applications are engineered to work together but are  managed and operated as a single unit     Installation  configuration  high availability  expansion and upgrading are automated and orchestrated as  much as possible  The minimum configuration consists of a base rack with infrastructure components  a  pair of management nodes  and two compute nodes  This configuration can be extended by one compute  node at a time  All rack units  whet
31. ieu esi so uiva visi ee RR ee ee eae 1  2 Feature  OVEMIOW s i iummmn aisa sta kanaa oin aavan aN aka aaeoa eiee aiaa da anena 8 aaa S     aaa N  et ra kaa 3  2 1 Changes and Improvements in Release 2 0 1                                 rrsneneenennnennnnannnnnnenannaaanananea 3  2 2 Changes and Improvements in Release 1 1 3                                  rsnenenneennenannannnnnnnnnnnaanna manna 4  2 3 Changes and Improvements in Release 1 1 1                                  rsevnennenenennnnannnnnnenannaanna mane 5  2 4 Changes and Improvements in Release 1 0 2                                 nrsnennnnennenan nn nnnenenaneaannan naa 7  2 5 Key Features in Release 1 0 1        cooouoooeiseeeee eteen nnen naan naan aan kanaa nananana nanna naan nannaa 8  3 Known Limitations and Workarounds       ooouusussseeeeaaa ean aan an akan n akan n n eaa aan naan enaa anna ana a an naean 11  3 1 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Hardware                                  nrernnnnnnenennanena nn annnannananeaannane 11  3 1 1 Compute Node Boot Sequence Interrupted by LSI Bios Battery Error                            11  3 1 2 Management Node Network Interfaces Are Down After System Restart                         11  3 1 3 ILOM Service Processor Clocks Are Out Of SynC                                rrrnnanenennenenenana 12  3 2 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Software                                    rrsnenneennennnnnananenaenanenaaaa manna 12  3 2 1 Do Not Reconfigure Network During Compu
32. ill need the following  information to get started       Your Oracle Customer Support Identifier        19    Data Collection for Service and Support         The product you are calling about       A brief description of the problem you would like assistance with       Any logs or support data you have  see Section 4 3     Data Collection for Service and Support    for details     If your CSI is unknown  find the correct Service Center for your country  http   www oracle com us support   contact 068555 html   then contact Oracle Services to open a non technical service reguest  SR  to get  your CSI sorted  Once you have your CSI  you can proceed to open your case through My Oracle Support     4 3 Data Collection for Service and Support    When submitting a Service Reguest  SR   please include an archive file with the relevant log files and  debugging information as listed in this section  This information can be used by Oracle Support to analyze  and diagnose system issues  The support data files can be uploaded for further analysis by Oracle    Support     Q    Tip    Collecting support files involves logging in to the command line on components   in your Oracle PCA rack and copying files to a storage location external to the  appliance environment  in the data center network  This can only be achieved from  a system with access to both the internal appliance management network and   the data center network  You can set up a physical or virtual system with those  connections
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34. is also available in the documentation library as an HTML guide   which contains alternate text for ADA 508 compliance     Audience    The Oracle Private Cloud Appliance  PCA  documentation is written for technicians  authorized service  providers  data center operators and system administrators who want to install  configure and maintain a  private cloud environment in order to deploy virtual machines for users  It is assumed that readers have  experience installing and troubleshooting hardware  are familiar with web and virtualization technologies  and have a general understanding of operating systems such as UNIX  including Linux  and Windows     The Oracle PCA makes use of Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris operating systems within its component  configuration  It is advisable that administrators have experience of these operating systems at the very       Related Documentation       least  Oracle PCA is capable of running virtual machines with a variety of operating systems including  Oracle Solaris and other UNIXes  Linux and Microsoft Windows  The selection of operating systems  deployed in guests on Oracle PCA determines the reguirements of your administrative knowledge     Related Documentation    Additional Oracle components may be included with Oracle PCA depending on configuration  The  documentation for such additional components is available as follows     e Sun Rack II 1042 and 1242  http   docs oracle com cd E19844 0 1 index htmi  e Oracle Server X5 2  http   doc
35. known Symbol Warning during InfiniBand Driver Installation                            mmaas 13  3 2 4 Node Manager Does Not Show Node Offline Status                             rrrnnrrernnnnnennnennenna 13  3 2 5 Update Functionality Not Available in Dashboard                                iitrnenennnennnnaennnnee anne 13  3 2 6 Interrupting Download of Software Update Leads to Inconsistent Image Version and  Leaves Image Mounted and Stored in Temporary Location                               rrnnneeennnnnnnan nae 13  3 2 7 Compute Nodes Lose Oracle VM iSCSI LUNs During Software Update                                14  3 2 8 Virtual Machine File Systems Become Read Only after Storage Head Failover                      14  3 2 9 Oracle VM Manager Tuning Settings Are Lost During Software Update                                 14  3 2 10 Oracle VM Manager Fails to Restart after Restoring a Backup Due to Password  MISMAICH  ordevanik aaa kna madalad aeda a E AANI AE AE A AEA AE AEN E EE EAE beds vensueuagesendeass 14  3 2 11 Oracle VM Java Processes Consume Large Amounts of Resources                                   15  3 2 12 External Storage Cannot Be Discovered Over Data Center Network              ccc sseeeeeeeneeeees 15  3 2 13 User Interface Does Not Support Internet Explorer 10 and 11                        mmmmenrnnnneennna 15  3 2 14 Authentication Error Prevents Oracle VM Manager Login              ccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeneeeeeeees 16  3 2 15 The CLI Command show A
36. ments in Release 1 0 2    Oracle PCA Release 1 0 2 is a maintenance release  This section describes functional changes   improvements and bug fixes compared to the previous release     Compute Node Provisioning    Release 1 0 2 is a mandatory update of the Release 1 0 1 software stack installed during manufacturing  It  enables the provisioning of compute nodes once the appliance is installed and updated on site  A number   of enhancements and bug fixes add more robustness and better serviceability of the functionality offered in  this release     Bugs Fixed in Release 1 0 2    The following table lists bugs that have been fixed in Oracle PCA Release 1 0 2   Table 2 4 List of Fixed Bugs       Bug ID Description       17704931  Dashboard does not support simultaneous users       Multiple users can now log in to the Dashboard UI simultaneously without issues   17703144  Appliance is connected to data center network but external connectivity fails      Both tagged and untagged VLAN traffic is supported for virtual machine networking    Next level data center switches must be configured accordingly  as described in the    section Configuring Data Center Switches for VLAN Traffic of the Oracle Private  Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide     VLAN traffic is not supported for management node external networking        17626460    DNS configuration cannot be modified due to field validation error       Field validation has been corrected  DNS entries can be removed from the user  
37. ng  Oracle Private Cloud Appliance   External Storage in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Installation  Guide     Integrated Command Line Interface    Oracle PCA command line utilities are now consolidated into a single command line interface  CLI     which is accessible from the Oracle Linux shell on the management node  The CLI provides both single   command and interactive access to all of the tools available in the Oracle PCA Dashboard  as well as  many other functions that have no UI equivalent  The design of the CLI makes it possible to script actions  that may need to be performed on a regular basis  or to write integration scripts for existing monitoring and  maintenance software not directly hosted on the appliance     For details about CLI usage and an overview of the available commands and their options  refer to the  chapter The Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Command Line Interface  CLI  in the Oracle Private Cloud  Appliance Administrator s Guide     VLAN Enabled Appliance Management Network    The appliance management network now supports the use of VLANs  The IPs you assign to the  management node cluster may belong to a VLAN in use at the customer data center  To configure the  appliance accordingly  select the VLAN in the Dashboard  The network interfaces of the management  nodes are configured to accept VLAN tags     Synchronization Service    A synchronization service has been implemented to allow configurable parameters to be set and  maintained across h
38. normal behavior  and is not harmful to the physical or virtual environment  If the issue is not resolved  automatically by Oracle VM and the virtual machine will not start  you can log into  Oracle VM Manager and move or migrate the virtual machine to a correctly operating  compute node        17360826       Updating network configuration fails due to field validation error       Field validation has been corrected for all user configurable network settings in the  Dashboard UI        17347317       Backup functionality unavailable in Dashboard       The Backup tab has been removed from the Dashboard UI  Built in backup  functionality is based on a cron job  For more information about backing up your data  and recovering after a component failure  user error or full system failure  refer to the  Oracle technical white paper entitled Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Backup and  Recovery Guide        17345384       Restarting management node network service causes Oracle VM server pool to go  offline       Manual intervention to restart networking on any node is only necessary in rare  situations  This is documented in the section Oracle VM Server Pool Is Offline After  Network Services Restart of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s  Guide       17315730       Oracle PCA Dashboard unavailable when logged in to Oracle VM Manager       The order in which you log in to both user interfaces no longer affects their  availability  Both may be used side by side        2 5
39. on  configuration and usage of ASR can be found in the chapter Automating  Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Service Reguests of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s  Guide     Improved Diagnostics    The collection of diagnostic data for troubleshooting has been improved significantly in the Oracle PCA  Release 1 1 1 software  Dedicated command line tools are now installed on the management and compute  nodes  They collect specific Oracle PCA logs and related files  or Oracle VM troubleshooting data   depending on the selected command line arguments  The health status of each server  its configuration  and its main components can be retrieved through the ILOM     The new diagnostic functionality offers customers and field service engineers the same level of  troubleshooting capability and serviceability as with other Oracle Engineered Systems  Details about the    new diagnostic tools can be found in the section Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Diagnostics Tool of the  Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Administrator s Guide     Bugs Fixed in Release 1 1 1    The following table lists bugs that have been fixed in Oracle PCA Release 1 1 1     Table 2 3 List of Fixed Bugs       Bug ID Description       17895011  Backup to storage appliance fails because too many old backups exist       A new mechanism is in place to delete stale  unused backup data after it is exported  successfully  It is no longer reguired to manually clean up the backups on the ZFS  storage appliance  
40. r X4 2 nodes is available as of Release 1 1 3 of the  Oracle PCA controller software  The software must be upgraded to Release 1 1 3  or above to support Sun Server X4 2 hardware  Software installed on Oracle PCA  racks that are currently being shipped is already at Release 1 1 3 or above        Components       ZFS Storage Appliance 7320  This hardware component has since been replaced  with the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3 ES  Software support for the Oracle  ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3 ES is available as of Release 1 1 3  All software    Note  R Earlier versions of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance were shipped with the Sun    releases continue to support the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320     Figure 1 1 Components of an Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Rack       Table 1 1 Figure Legend                         Item Quantity Description   A 1 Either Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3 ES or Sun ZFS Storage  Appliance 7320   B 2 Either Sun Server X4 2 or Sun Server X3 2  used as management nodes   C 2 25 Either Sun Server X4 2 or Sun Server X3 2  used as virtualization  computing nodes   D Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1 15  NM2 36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch   F Oracle Switch ES1 24       Atthe software level  Oracle PCA leverages the virtualization technology of Oracle VM and Oracle Virtual  Networking  Management  including updates  of the underlying hardware and software is orchestrated and  largely automated by the Oracle PCA controller software           C
41. r to be specified to indicate the target object for which  information should be displayed  For most commands you can use tab completion to determine what target  objects are available for use as a parameter  However  if you enter a target object that does not exist  the  command completes successfully but does not return any useful information  For example     PCA gt  show cloud wwpn blah    Cloud_Name blah  WWPN_List    Status  SUCCESS    When using the show rack layout command on an x4 2 rack  tab completion may indicate that the  rack name is  x3 2 base   This is a misnomer for the rack  however the command works as expected     Bug 19679777    3 2 16 The CLI Command diagnose software Fails To Correctly Run Some  Diagnostic Tests    The CLI command diagnose software executes several individual tests that execute various scripts  from the management node where the command is executed  There is a known issue with this mechanism  where some of these scripts fail to run due to a missing ssh key  Therefore  it is recommended that this  command is not run for diagnostic purposes until this issue has been resolved in a forthcoming release     If required  a workaround is available  which involves exchaning the ssh keys between the live  management node and itself  This can be achieved by running the following command on the management  node      root ovcamn05rl1     ssh copy id root 192 168 4 3   The authenticity of host  192 168 4 3  192 168 4 3   can t be established   RSA key
42. racle Private Cloud  Appliance Administrator s Guide     It may occur that the management nodes complete their boot seguence before the appliance network  configuration is up  In that case  the management nodes are unreachable because their bondo and bond2  interfaces are down     Workaround  Reboot the management nodes again  When they come back online  their network  interfaces should be correctly configured     Bug 17648454    3 1 3 ILOM Service Processor Clocks Are Out of Sync    Most Oracle PCA components are eguipped with an Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager  ILOM   Each  ILOM Service Processor  SP  contains its own clock  which is synchronized with the operating system  OS   clock before it leaves the factory  However  when new expansion nodes are installed or when parts in a  component have been repaired or replaced  SP clocks could be out of sync  The problem may also be the  result of a configuration error or normal clock drift     If necessary  the SP clock can be synchronized manually  There is no need to continually update the  hardware clock  because it only serves as a reference point for the host OS  Once the systems are up and  running the OS obtains the correct time through NTP     Workaround  After configuring the NTP server in the Oracle PCA Dashboard  synchronize the ILOM SPs  with the OS clock  The easiest way is to log into the host and run this command  hwclock   systohc     Bug 17664050    3 2 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Software    This section
43. s and slightly larger system disks  The new  storage appliance uses the exact same disk shelf as the previous model  thus offering the same amount of  usable space     Sun Server X4 2 expansion nodes can be installed in Release 1 0 x base racks  provided the software  stack is updated to Release 1 1 1 or a future release  Sun Server X4 2 and Sun Server X3 2 compute  nodes can be used within the same rack in the same Oracle VM server pool  The only functional  implication is that virtual machines cannot be live migrated between both server types because they belong  to separate CPU compatibility groups  In that situation  a virtual machine would need to be shut down on  one server and restarted on the other server     Oracle Auto Service Request    Oracle PCA is qualified for Oracle Auto Service Request  ASR   ASR is a software feature for support  purposes  It is integrated with My Oracle Support and helps resolve problems faster by automatically  opening service requests when specific hardware failures occur  Using ASR is optional  the components  are available in the Release 1 1 x software image but they must be installed and configured in order to  enable ASR for your appliance     Caution    Field Engineer  Request installation of ASR at the time of system install     AN Oracle Auto Service Reguest  ASR  must be installed by an authorized Oracle  Installation at a later date will be a Time and Materials charge        Improved Diagnostics       Details about the installati
44. s designed to be fully redundant  for maximum fault tolerance and serviceability in production  In addition  each compute node offers extra  disk space that can be used as local storage for the virtual infrastructure deployed on it     The storage capacity of Oracle PCA can be expanded beyond the internal  included storage  to external  data center racks containing more than one Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance or supported storage available  from other storage vendors     High Availability  The Oracle PCA is designed for high availability at every level     During the factory installation of Oracle PCA  the two management nodes are configured as a cluster  The  cluster relies on an OCFS2 file system exported as a LUN from the ZFS storage to perform the heartbeat  function and to store a lock file  The management node that has control over the lock file automatically  becomes the master or active node in the cluster  The master management node is always available via  the same virtual IP address  thus ensuring continuity of service up to the level of the Dashboard user  interface  In case the active management node fails  the cluster detects the failure and the lock is released   Since the standby management node is constantly polling for control over the lock file  it detects when it  has control of this file and brings up all the required Oracle PCA services  The management node failover  process takes up to 5 minutes to complete     In addition  all configuration databases are
45. s oracle com cd E41059 01 index htmi  e Sun Server X4 2  http   docs oracle com cd E36975 01 index html  e Sun Server X3 2    http   docs oracle com cd E22368 01 index html    Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3 ES   http   docs oracle com cd E37831 01 index htmi     Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7320  http   docs oracle com cd E28317 01 index htmi   e Oracle Switch ES1 24  http   docs oracle com cd E39109 01 index htmi   e NM2 36P Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Expansion Switch  http   docs oracle com cd E36265 O1 index html   e Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1 15    http   docs oracle com cd E38500 O1 index html    Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager  ILOM  3 1  http   docs oracle com cd E24707_01 index html  e Oracle VM  http   docs oracle com cd E35328_01 index html  Access to Oracle Support  Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support  For information  visit    http   www  oracle com pls topic lookup ctx acc amp id info or visit http   www oracle com pls topic lookup   ctx acc amp id trs if you are hearing impaired        vi    Feedback       Feedback    Provide feedback about this documentation at     http   www oracle com goto docfeedback    Conventions    The following text conventions are used in this document        Convention Meaning       boldface Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an    action  or terms defined in text or the glossary   italic Italic type indicates book titles  emphasis  or placeholder var
46. te Node Provisioning or Upgrade                12  3 2 2 Nodes Attempt to Synchronize Time with the Wrong NTP Server               ccccsseeeeeeeeeees 12  3 2 3 Unknown Symbol Warning during InfiniBand Driver Installation                          a 13  3 2 4 Node Manager Does Not Show Node Offline Status                              xvrurranneeennan eea 13  3 2 5 Update Functionality Not Available in Dashboard                 ccccecececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeaeees 13  3 2 6 Interrupting Download of Software Update Leads to Inconsistent Image Version and  Leaves Image Mounted and Stored in Temporary Location                cceceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeneeeees 13  3 2 7 Compute Nodes Lose Oracle VM iSCSI LUNs During Software Update                         14  3 2 8 Virtual Machine File Systems Become Read Only after Storage Head Failover              14  3 2 9 Oracle VM Manager Tuning Settings Are Lost During Software Update                         14  3 2 10 Oracle VM Manager Fails to Restart after Restoring a Backup Due to Password  MISMALGM osissa yecdedesaivovsenocazacesanecvcdnedugin aanus dla manna SAA kuda NNN RENT    TUONA KINNTSKN ASTE V  N nua aeda s vivaldi 14  3 2 11 Oracle VM Java Processes Consume Large Amounts of Resources                           15  3 2 12 External Storage Cannot Be Discovered Over Data Center Network                            15  3 2 13 User Interface Does Not Support Internet Explorer 10 and 11                        mmaetea 15  3 2 14 Authenti
47. ugs Fixed in Release 1 1 3       Oracle has published an article on Oracle Technology Network to document the current status of  its products with respect to OpenSSL security  http   www oracle com technetwork topics security   opensslheartbleedcve 201 4 01 60 2188454 html    Bugs Fixed in Release 1 1 3  The following table lists bugs that have been fixed in Oracle PCA Release 1 1 3     Table 2 2 List of Fixed Bugs       Bug ID Description  18553479    OpenSSL  Heartbleed  Vulnerability Affects Management Nodes          The patched version of OpenSSL is included in the errata Release 1 1 3 of the  Oracle PCA software stack  An upgrade to Release 1 1 3 eliminates the  heartbleed   vulnerability     18545030    OpenSSL upgrade required in Oracle PCA code base          All builds of the Oracle PCA software Release 1 1 3 and later include a version of  the OpenSSL package that is not compromised by the  heartbleed  vulnerability        2 3 Changes and Improvements in Release 1 1 1    This section describes functional changes  improvements and bug fixes compared to the previous release     Support for Next Generation Hardware    Oracle PCA Release 1 1 1 software adds provisioning and orchestration support for Sun Server X4 2  nodes and the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS3 ES  Both are standard components in new Release  1 1 1 systems and offer practically the same functionality and performance as their predecessors  but   with more up to date internal components such as faster CPU
48. ull hardware to applications stack so you can get applications to users within hours of  power on  rather than days or weeks     Oracle VM supports up to 128 vCPUs and a variety of guest OSs such as Oracle Linux  Oracle Solaris   and Microsoft Windows  Entire Oracle application stacks can be deployed in minutes to hours using Oracle  VM templates and assemblies  By default  all Oracle software that has been certified for use with Oracle  VM is certified for Oracle PCA  which includes the Oracle Database  Oracle Fusion Middleware  Oracle  Applications  and Oracle Real Application Clusters        10       Chapter 3 Known Limitations and Workarounds    Table of Contents    3 1 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Hardware                                  inrnnnneneneneaann an nnnnnanannaaananannnnean annan 11  3 1 1 Compute Node Boot Sequence Interrupted by LSI Bios Battery Error                                  11  3 1 2 Management Node Network Interfaces Are Down After System Restart                               11  3 1 3 ILOM Service Processor Clocks Are Out of Sync                              rrrranennenennnenannanannannnnna 12   3 2 Oracle Private Cloud Appliance Software                                   srsnrnernenenennnnanenennananennnnannnenaananeaana 12  3 2 1 Do Not Reconfigure Network During Compute Node Provisioning or Upgrade                        12  3 2 2 Nodes Attempt to Synchronize Time with the Wrong NTP Server             cccssecceeeseeeeeeeaaeeeees 12  3 2 3 Un
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