We are in the midst of creating several new Linux database servers for Oracle 11.2 with NetApp FAS2020 storage. NetApp has a plethora of tools for managing the storage of an Oracle environment, and they are all new to us. We have some unresolved questions about where to put the SMO Repository(ies).
I have not recognized the answers from the SnapManager for Oracle Best Practices guide.
I am an Oracle DBA, not a NetApp administrator, and our NetApp admin also has little NetApp experience or training. With that in mind, I hope my post makes sense.
Our target environment:
Two production database servers, each with two application databases.
One QA/development database server, with multiple QA/dev databases cloned from the production databases.
SMO Repository placement:
Since a SMO Repository cannot be used to manage the database that contains it, I assume you need at least two SMO Repositories if all databases are to be managed by SMO Repositories.
I am assuming it will be reasonable to place one SMO Repository within one of the application databases on production server #1 (it would manage all databases except those on production server #1), and another SMO Repository within one of the application databases on production server #2 (it would manage all databases on production server #1).
If the preferred alternative is instead to place the primary SMO Repository in its own separate database, then:
1) what server?
2) what about a second SMO Repository to manage the primary SMO Repository database?
Does a SMO Repository generate much activity in its database? If the repository is placed within an existing production database, or in a separate database on a production server, is its activity likely to negatively impact performance of the production applications? I am assuming it will not.
What recommendations about our proposed architecture?
