In a project actually we are looking for several methods how to monitor the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance hardware stack. There are some metrics who are gathered in the Grafana environment like memory and CPU usage, but we are not able to recognize when a compute or management node has a hardware failure. Some of the hardware events are visible in the Service Enclave User Interface, but there is still no mechanism at work to get an alert. And as there is still no EM13c plugin available for the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance X9-2 (no clue if this ever will released as it worked for X8), we need another solution to get informed. IPMItool The ipmitool is a powerful command-line…
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PCA X9-2 – Software Update Method for 3.0.2-b892153: ULN Mirror only
ULN Mirror or ISO? As of July 10, 2023, Oracle has rolled out a fresh software update for their Private Cloud Appliance X9-2, named 302-b892153 (3.0.2-M3.5). This new patch set offers not only enhancements to the system’s upgrade process but also introduces updates to several key features. These include the refined Oracle Defined Volume Backup Policies and System Backup Service, ensuring a more streamlined and efficient user experience. Upgrading the Private Cloud Appliance as described in the Administrator Guide for Release 3.0.2 in section System Upgrade is described by using the supplied ISO. This involved updates to components like the internal ZFS Storage Appliance or the Switches via the ISO command in the PCA-ADMIN console (parameter imageLocation). However, if no…
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