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Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

MEOUG MAJLIS 2013

March 25 & 26 Westin Hotel, Dubai


• Khalid Tariq, Head of Enterprise Systems• Manoj Sam, Senior DBA, OCP, Guru(Oracle Support

Communities)

Implementation of ExaData with OFM 11g and Banner ERP in HCT


• Introduction to HCT• Before Exadata• The Migration• After Exadata• Business Benefits• Future• Q & A

AGENDA


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


HCT Locations in UAE!


Central Support Structure

Central IT, HR, Finance,

Academic and Student Services

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CERT

AAMC

AAWC

ADMC

ADWC

DMC

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FWC

SMC

SWC

RKMC

RKWC

RUMC

RUWC


HCT Enterprise Systems

Student, Flex Reg, Finance, HR,

Advancement

Grade Book & Attendance

Management System

Learning Management

SystemBusiness Intelligence

Portal Enterprise Architecture

Library Information System

Document Management System

Scheduling Software Recruitment System

Enterprise Feedback Management Payment Gateway

http://www.alamo.edu/it/services/blackboard/index.html

http://www.ellucian.ae/


New technologies in HCT

Before 2004 2004

Open VMS DB servers Oracle 8i OPS Banner 2.x with many

customizations Client Server

Hp-ux DB servers Oracle 9i RAC Banner 5.x OAS 9i on Linux

servers.


New technologies in HCT

2005 2008

Oracle RAC was upgraded to 10gOracle 8i OPS

Upgraded OAS to 10g Banner was upgraded

to 7.x

Moved to new hp-ux DB servers

Moved OAS to new RH Linux servers

Upgraded to Banner 8


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.


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). October 1st, 2012 Oracle announced Exadata X3


Exadata DB Machine X2-2 Full Rack


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


Comparison

TRADITIONAL SERVERS

Exadata Database Server


Exadata Storage Index


Exadata Quarter Rack with 4 Storage Servers


Exadata Rollout - Delivered on 15-Jan-12


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.


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.


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 Patches4. Cobol compilers for OEL5. Configure job submission, sfrpipe, etc.6. Configured OFM 11g servers for INB and SSB7. 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.


Administration and Monitoring using Enterprise Manager Cloud

Control 12c


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 5.7OEM Cloud 12c


Performance improvements with Exadata

End of Semester processes GPA re-calculation Grade Roll Schedule Reports BI Reports

Payroll MVs to Views, Tables in Flash Cash

6 to 8 Hours from 2 to 3 Days

2 Hours


CPU in User Mode


Plans

Have all DBs in ExaData.Utilize all features of ExaData.Utilize available resources to the

maximum possible.


Q & A

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