Project: Enterprise Oracle Linux migration
Primary UITS contact: Dan Young, Manager, Enterprise Database Administration
Last update: November 5, 2009
Description: The currency, reliability, and longevity of enterprise data are central to any efficient information technology solution. In its efforts to provide the most current, recoverable, and cost-effective data computing environment possible, the Enterprise Oracle Linux project intends to migrate the entire UITS enterprise database infrastructure to the standardized University Linux platform, running on VMware. The migration will introduce new manageability and dynamic business continuity features supplied by VMware, as well as an overall decrease in service cost through the consolidation of physical server assets into commodity hardware. Additionally, notable operational advantages will be realized as systems are standardized on a common build and structure.
Outcome: Once complete, the enterprise database infrastructure will be fully virtualized and standardized, leveraging core Enterprise Infrastructure system management strengths and hardware.
Milestones and status:
Phase I (development and test systems):
- September-December 2008: Planning and preparation of standard environment specifications, processes and procedures, supporting Oracle on virtualized Linux Completed
- January-February 2009: Successful completion of pilot test and production deployments with WCMS and Numara FootPrints databases Completed
- March-August 2009: Test migration; execution of system migrations,
working in partnership with Enterprise Software and other
stakeholders
Completed migrations:
- March 2009: AIM, OB, EPTO, OID
- April 2009: IMS, SUDS, FAR, KC, KFS, KRICE, ONC*, PS*
- May 2009: MMS, LIB, JIRA, CONFLUENCE, ONS
- June 2009: AMS, COEUS, FIS*, PUR, PDP, EPS
- July 2009: ERA, ERE, MIU
- August 2009: ITPO, TK, DPE, AMS, ENS
- TBD: ODS3, ODS7
(* Select representative environments will be migrated as appropriate.)
Deferred migrations: (Not required for seamless Data Center Migrations)
- PS, ONC, ODS1, ODS5, ODS6, VC, IE
- September 2009: Phase I concluded
Phase II (staging and production systems):
- June-December 2009: Production migration; execution of system
migrations, working in partnership with Enterprise Software and other
stakeholders
Completed migrations:
- June 2009: OID
- July 2009: IMS, EPTO, MMS, SUDS
- August 2009: MIU
- September 2009: ONS, ENS, FIS, ODS3, LIB, ODS7
- October 2009: ITPO, DPE, AMS, FAR, (COEUS, ERE, ERA)
Planned migrations:
- November 2009: KRICE, TVL, OB, (CONFLUENCE, JIRA)
- December 2009: (PUR, PDP), EPS, TK
Deferred migrations: (Not required for seamless Data Center Migrations)
- PS, ONC, ODS1, ODS5, ODS6, VC, IE
- December 2009: Phase II complete
Comment process: Email Dan Young.
Benefits:
- Strategically positions Enterprise Databases for high availability
via VMware at the hardware layer, with thin provisioning at both the
server and storage components
- Reduces costs associated with legacy, propriety hardware solutions
and makes more efficient use of current physical assets
- Places Enterprise Databases on the primary operating system (Linux) used by the vendor (Oracle), which allows for early feature delivery and faster issue resolution from the vendor
Primary client: All Oracle-based enterprise software solutions, with the noted exclusion of EDSS databases; systems to be migrated include PeopleSoft, FMS, and Oncourse CL, among others
Client impact: The Enterprise Database Administration team intends to minimize client impact by performing these migrations during standard published maintenance windows.
Project team: The Enterprise Database Administration team
Governance: Rob Lowden, Director, Enterprise Infrastructure
