The document summarizes HCT's migration from traditional database servers to Oracle Exadata servers. It describes HCT's history and systems prior to Exadata, the testing and rollout process for migrating their Oracle and Banner environments to Exadata, and the significant performance improvements achieved after the migration, such as reducing semester-end processes from days to hours. It also outlines HCT's plans to further utilize Exadata's capabilities.

1. MEOUG MAJLIS 2013
March 25 & 26 Westin Hotel, Dubai
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2. Implementation of ExaData
with OFM 11g and Banner
ERP in HCT
• Khalid Tariq, Head of Enterprise Systems
• Manoj Sam, Senior DBA, OCP, Guru(Oracle Support Communities)
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3. AGENDA
• Introduction to HCT
• Before Exadata
• The Migration
• After Exadata
• Business Benefits
• Future
• Q&A
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4. Introduction to HCT
 Started in 1988 with 239 students
and 4 colleges
 Today …
 Biggest institution of Higher
Education in UAE with more than
18,000 students and 17 colleges
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5. HCT Locations in UAE!
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6. Central Support Structure
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7. HCT Enterprise Systems
Student, Flex Grade Book &
Reg, Finance, HR, Ad Attendance
vancement Management System
Learning
Management Business Intelligence
System
Enterprise
Portal
Architecture
Library Information Document
System Management System
Scheduling Software Recruitment System
Enterprise Feedback
Payment Gateway
Management
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8. New technologies in HCT
Before 2004 2004
 Open VMS DB servers  Hp-ux DB servers
 Oracle 8i OPS  Oracle 9i RAC
 Banner 2.x with many  Banner 5.x
customizations  OAS 9i on Linux
 Client Server servers.
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9. New technologies in HCT
2005 2008
 Oracle RAC was  Moved to new hp-ux
upgraded to 10gOracle DB servers
8i OPS  Moved OAS to new
 Upgraded OAS to 10g RH Linux servers
 Banner was upgraded  Upgraded to Banner 8
to 7.x
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10. Lack of resources …
 By 2010
 Increase in
 Users
 Students
 Applications
 Demand for more resources.
 No futher Oracle releases for hp-ux
(Itanium).
 Started looking into different options.
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11. The Solution: Exadata
Fastest database server on the planet
 Oracle launched Exadata at OpenWorld 2008 in San
Francisco. The hardware was manufactured and supported
by HP.
 April 2009 – Oracle bought Sun Microsystems.
 January 2010 - Oracle announced Exadata X2 on Sun based
hardware.
 August 2011 - Oracle announced Exadata availability with
Solaris (in addition to OEL – Oracle Enterprise Linux).
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 October 1 , 2012 Oracle announced Exadata X3
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12. Exadata DB Machine X2-2
Full Rack
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13. Key Features of Exadata
Database Machine
 Offloading / Smart Scan
 cell_offload_processing=TRUE
 Predicate Filtering:
 Only the requested rows are returned to the database server
 Column Filtering:
 Only the requested columns are returned to the database
 Exadata Storage Index
 Storage regions of 1MB
• Region Index
 Exadata Smart Flash Cache
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14. Comparison
TRADITIONAL SERVERS
Exadata Database Server
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15. Exadata Storage Index
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16. Exadata Quarter Rack
with 4 Storage Servers
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17. Exadata Rollout -
Delivered on 15-Jan-12
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18. Test/Development
environment for Exadata
 Two servers with OEL were configured with
Oracle 11.2 RAC
 Configured OFM 11.1.1.6 on a new server.
 Cloned Banner DBs and configured.
 Banner patches for OFM 11g
 Configured Banner INB and SSB on OFM 11g.
 Rigorous testing from Jan to Feb 2012.
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19. Testing with Exadata
 Selected OEL as the OS of Exadata.
 Oracle 11.2.0.3.0
 Configured Banner RAC DB in Exadata
servers.
 Installed OFM 11g on 2 new OEL servers and
configured Banner INB and SSB.
 Did rigorous testing with Exadata servers in
March & April 2012 .
 Tested with other applications and DBs.
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20. Exadata in Production
 Migration/Upgrade steps started after office hours on 03-May-2012
(Thursday).
1. Migrated Production DBs to Exadata servers.
2. Configure Banner environment and code tree.
3. Applied Banner Patches
4. Cobol compilers for OEL
5. Configure job submission, sfrpipe, etc.
6. Configured OFM 11g servers for INB and SSB
7. Made configuration changes for Flexible Registration, Touch Net
Payment gateway, etc.
8. Scheduled daily jobs on new servers.
 05-May-2012 – Tested by different user groups.
 06-May-2012 – Applications Available to all users as per the plan.
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21. Administration and Monitoring
using Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control 12c
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22. Oracle Products used
 ExaData X2-2 Quarter Rack
with 4 Storage cells.
 Oracle RAC 11.2.0.3.0.
 OFM 11.1.1.6.
 OEL 5.7
 OEM Cloud 12c
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23. Performance improvements
with Exadata
 End of Semester processes
 GPA re-calculation 6 to 8 Hours from 2 to 3 Days
 Grade Roll 2 Hours
 Schedule Reports
 BI Reports
 Payroll
 MVs to Views, Tables in Flash Cash
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24. CPU in User Mode
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25. Plans
 Have all DBs in ExaData.
 Utilize all features of ExaData.
 Utilize available resources to the
maximum possible.
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26. Q&A
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