VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Oracle Administrator's Guide

Prerelease 8 September 2005, 8:54am 14
Preface
VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle, formerly known as VERITAS Database Edition for
Oracle, is an integrated set of system software enhancements and configuration guidelines that
combine to help Oracle database administrators configure a database system with high
performance, availability, manageability, and reliability.
How This Guide is Organized
This guide is organized as follows:
Chapters in This Guide
Chapter Description
Chapter . “VERITAS Storage
Foundation for Oracle” on page 20
Introduces the features and characteristics of VERITAS Storage
Foundation for Oracle.
Chapter . “Setting Up Databases” on
page 49
Discusses how to select volume layouts and create optimal file
system and database configurations.
Chapter . “Using VERITAS Quick
I/O” on page 83
Describes how to set up and use VERITAS Quick I/O.
Chapter . “Using VERITAS Cached
Quick I/O” on page 109
Describes how to set up and use VERITAS Cached Quick I/O.
Chapter . “Using VERITAS Extension
for Oracle Disk Manager” on page 123
Describes how Oracle Disk Manager improves I/O performance.
Chapter . “Using Storage Mapping”
on page 137
Discusses how to use Oracle's topology mapping feature with
VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle to map datafiles to logical
volumes and physical devices.
Chapter . “Converting Existing
Database Configurations to VxFS” on
page 154
Discusses how to convert existing databases to VxFS file systems.