Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1: Storage and Availability Management for Oracle (5900-1504, April 2011)

Configuring and

administering SmartTier

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Configuring SmartTier for Oracle

■ SmartTier policy management

■ Running SmartTier for Oracle reports

■ Extent balancing in a database environment

■ Viewing SmartTier sub-file level reports

■ Administering SmartTier at the sub-file level

Configuring SmartTier for Oracle

To use SmartTier for Oracle, the following requirements must be met:

■ An Oracle database must be up and running.

■ Only the Oracle database administrator can run SmartTier for Oracle

commands.

To use SmartTier for Oracle, the following tasks must be performed:

■ Review the SmartTier for Oracle command requirements.

■ Define the database parameters.

■ Set up storage classes.

■ Convert an existing Veritas File System database file system to a Veritas File

System multi-volume file system for use with SmartTier for Oracle.

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