Managing Oracle Database Homes on an Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure Instance
You can delete or view information about Oracle Database Homes (referred to as "Database Homes" in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) by using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console, the API, or the CLI.
- Manage Database Home Using the Console
Use the OCI console to manage the various operations needed on a Database Home. - Using the API to Manage Oracle Database Home on Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
Review the list of API calls to manage Oracle Database home.
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Manage Database Home Using the Console
Use the OCI console to manage the various operations needed on a Database Home.
- To view information about a Database Home
To view the details of a Database home, use this procedure. - To delete a database home
You cannot delete a Database Home that contains databases. You must first terminate the databases to empty the Database Home. See To terminate a database to learn how to terminate a database. - To manage tags for your Database Home
To add and modify metadata tags to help to manage your Database, use this procedure. - Using the Console to Move a Database to Another Database Home
Learn to move a database to another Database Home.
To view information about a Database Home
To view the details of a Database home, use this procedure.
- Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
- In the list of VM clusters, find the VM cluster you want to access and click its highlighted name to view the details page for the cluster.
- On the VM Cluster details page, click the Database Homes tab.
- In the list of Database Homes, find the Database Home you are interested in, and then click its name to display details about it.
Parent topic: Manage Database Home Using the Console
To delete a database home
You cannot delete a Database Home that contains databases. You must first terminate the databases to empty the Database Home. See To terminate a database to learn how to terminate a database.
Parent topic: Manage Database Home Using the Console
To manage tags for your Database Home
To add and modify metadata tags to help to manage your Database, use this procedure.
- Open the navigation menu. Click Oracle Database, then click Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
- In the list of VM clusters, find the VM cluster you want to access and click its highlighted name to view the details page for the cluster.
- On the VM Cluster Details page, click the Database Homes tab.
- In the list of Database Homes, find the Database Home where you want to add tags, and then click its name to display details about it.
- Click the Tags tab.
- On the Tags page, click Add to add additional tags, or select a tag name to manage that tag, and click the Actions button. Select the appropriate action for the tag that you want to manage.
Parent topic: Manage Database Home Using the Console
Using the Console to Move a Database to Another Database Home
Learn to move a database to another Database Home.
The database will be stopped in the current home and then restarted in the destination home. While the database is being moved, the Database Home status displays as Moving Database. When the operation completes, Database Home is updated with the current home. If the operation is unsuccessful, the status of the database displays as Failed, and the Database Home field provides information about the reason for the failure.
Parent topic: Manage Database Home Using the Console
Using the API to Manage Oracle Database Home on Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
Review the list of API calls to manage Oracle Database home.
For information about using the API and signing requests, see "REST APIs" and "Security Credentials". For information about SDKs, see "Software Development Kits and Command Line Interface".
ListDbHomes
GetDbHome
DeleteDbHome
For the complete list of APIs, see "Database Service API".