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MAA

Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture - MAA

Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) is Oracle's best practices blueprint based on proven Oracle high availability technologies and recommendations. The goal of MAA is to achieve the optimal high availability architecture at the lowest cost and complexity.

MAA best practices span Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Applications and Grid Control.
MAA considers a range of business requirements to make these best practices as widely applicable as possible.
MAA leverages lower-cost servers and storage.
MAA evolves with new Oracle versions and features.
MAA is hardware and OS independent.

This Maximum Availability Architecture Overview describes how MAA is used to maximize systems availability and meet the most aggressive Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for system availability, quality of service, and data protection.

MAA Best Practices for each of the following areas are provided below: Oracle Database, Enterprise Application Server, Applications, Collaboration Suite, Grid Control, and Oracle Partners.

HA Best Practices for Oracle Database
Oracle Database 11g
	Oracle Database High Availability Documentation - Features and Best Practices
	Best Practices for Migrating to Oracle Exadata Storage Server
	Validation Report on Active Data Guard 11g, RMAN Network Duplicate, Snapshot Standby, Apply Performance and Fast-Start Failover by Hitachi Ltd. / Oracle Japan GRID Center
	Validation Report on Data Guard Redo Transport Compression and Proper Network Configuration by Hitachi Ltd./Oracle Japan GRID Center
	Reducing Siebel Downtime with a Local Standby Database *New!*
	Active Data Guard 11g Best Practices (includes best practices for Redo Apply) *Updated!*
	Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Server with Active Data Guard *New!*
	Data Guard 11g Installation and Configuration Best Practices on Oracle RAC
	SQL Apply Best Practices - Data Guard 11g
	Rolling Database Upgrades using Data Guard SQL Apply
	Rolling Database Upgrades for Physical Standby Databases using Transient Logical Standby 11g
	Extended Datatype Support: SQL Apply and Streams
	Database Upgrade Using Transportable Tablespaces: Oracle Database 11g New!
	Platform Migration Using Transportable Tablespaces: Oracle Database 11g New!
	Platform Migration using Transportable Database 11g
	Oracle 11g Upgrade Companion - for upgrading from Oracle9i to Oracle11g

Oracle Database 10g Release 2
	Oracle Database High Availability Overview 10g Release 2 - Documentation
	Oracle Database High Availability Best Practices 10g Release 2 - Documentation
	Roadmap to Maximum Availability Architecture
	Managing Data Guard Configurations Having Multiple Standby Databases - Best Practices
	Data Guard Redo Transport & Network Configuration
	Data Guard Redo Apply & Media Recovery
	Data Guard SQL Apply
	Oracle Japan GRID Center Performance Validation: Data Guard SQL Apply on IBM Power Systems (apply rate and role transition) *New!*
	Rolling Database Upgrades Using Data Guard SQL Apply
	Oracle 10g Upgrade Companion - for upgrading from Oracle9i to Oracle10g
	Oracle Streams Configuration Best Practices New!
	Oracle Streams Performance Tuning Best Practices New!
	Extended Datatype Support: SQL Apply and Streams
	Optimizing Availability During Planned Maintenance Using Oracle Clusterware and RAC
	Optimizing Availability During Unplanned Outages Using Oracle Clusterware and RAC
	Reducing Siebel Downtime with a Local Standby Database *New!*
	Database Upgrade using Transportable Tablespaces
	Platform Migration using Transportable Tablespaces
	Platform Migration using Transportable Database
	Minimal Downtime Migration to ASM
	Setup Guide: Creating a RAC Logical Standby Database for a RAC Primary Database
	Data Guard Fast-Start Failover
	Data Guard Switchover and Failover
	Client Failover in Data Guard Configurations for Highly Available Oracle Databases *Updated!*

Oracle Database 10g Release 1
	Oracle Database High Availability Architecture and Best Practices 10g Release 1 - Documentation
	Oracle Database 10g Release 1 Best Practices: Data Guard Redo Apply and Media Recovery
	Oracle Database 10g Release 1 Best Practices: Data Guard SQL Apply
	Oracle Database 10g Release 1 Best Practices: Data Guard Role Transitions and Streams

Oracle Database 10g - General
	MAA 10g Setup Guide: Creating a RAC Physical Standby Database for a RAC Primary Database
	MAA 10g Setup Guide: Creating a Single Instance Physical Standby Database for a RAC Primary Database
	Using Recovery Manager (RMAN) with Oracle Data Guard in Oracle Database 10g
	Oracle Database 10g Best Practices: Migration to Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
	Best Practices for Creating a Low-Cost Storage Grid for Oracle Databases
	Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing and Real Application Clusters: Scalability and Performance Guidelines *New!*

HA Best Practices for Oracle Enterprise Application Server
Oracle WebLogic Server
	Backup and Recovery Scenarios for Oracle WebLogic Server: 10.3 New!
	Enterprise Deployment Guide for Oracle SOA Suite 10.1.3.4 on Oracle WebLogic Server 9.2
	Disaster Recovery Guide: Oracle SOA Suite 10g on Oracle WebLogic Server New!

Oracle Application Server 10g Release 4
	Oracle Application Server Enterprise Deployment Guide 10g Release 4 (10.1.4.0.1) (EDG - J2EE, EDG - OAM)
	Oracle Application Server High Availability Guide 10g (10.1.4.0.1)

Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3
	Oracle Application Server Enterprise Deployment Guide 10g Release 3 (10.1.3.3.0) (EDG - SOA)
	Oracle Application Server Disaster Recovery Guide 10g Release 3 (10.1.3.3.0)
	Oracle Application Server Enterprise Deployment Guide10g Release 3 (10.1.3.2.0) (EDG - Web Center)
	Oracle Application Server High Availability Guide10g Release 3 (10.1.3.2.0)
	Oracle Application Server Enterprise Deployment Guide10g Release 3 (10.1.3.1.0) (EDG -SOA))
	Oracle Application Server High Availability Guide10g Release 3 (10.1.3.1.0)
	Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide 10.1.3.2
	Oracle J2EE State Replication Guidelines and Best Practices
	Oracle SOA Suite XA and Oracle RAC Database Configuration Guide

Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2
	Oracle Application Server 10g High Availability Guide (10.1.2.0.2)
	Oracle Application Server Enterprise Deployment Guide 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) (EDG - IDM)
	Oracle Application Server 10g R2 HA Best Practices

Oracle Application Server 10g
	Oracle Application Server 10g Infrastructure Highly Available Architectures
	Highly Available Distributed Identity Management
	Highly Available Identity Management Deployment Example - Rack Mounted Identity Management
	Highly Available Identity Management Deployment Example - Cold Failover Cluster Identity Management
	Oracle9i Application Server Cold Failover Cluster Infrastructure Upgrade to Oracle Application Server 10g Cold Failover Cluster Infrastructure
	Transformation From A Single Host Oracle Application Server Infrastructure To An Oracle Application Server 10g Cold Failover Cluster Infrastructure

HA Best Practices for Oracle Applications
E-Business Suite
	MetaLink Note:452056.1 - Business Continuity for Oracle Applications Release 12 on Database Release 10gR2 *New!*
	Transitioning E-Business Suite to the Maximum Availability Architecture with Minimal Downtime: E-Business Suite 11i.10.2 and Database 10gR2
	MetaLink Note:403347.1 - MAA Roadmap for the E-Business Suite
	MetaLink Note:341437.1 - Business Continuity for Oracle Applications 11i Using RAC and Physical Standby
	MetaLink Note:340859.1 - Upgrading Oracle Applications 11i 9i Database to Oracle Database 10g with Physical Standby in Place
	MetaLink Note:312731.1 - Configuring Oracle Applications Release 11i with 10g RAC and 10g ASM
	MetaLink Note:294652.1 - E-Business Suite 11i on RAC: Configuring Database Load Balancing & Failover
	MetaLink Note:216212.1 - Business Continuity for Oracle Applications Release 11i, Database Releases 9i and 10g

Siebel CRM
	Siebel Maximum Availability Architecture *New!*
	Reducing Siebel Downtime with a Local Standby Database *New!*

HA Best Practices for Oracle Collaboration Suite
	Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Disaster Recovery Topology
	Oracle Collaboration Suite High Availability Guide 10g Release 1 (10.1.2) for Windows or UNIX
	Oracle Collaboration Suite High Availability Configuration Release 2 (9.0.4) for UNIX and Linux

HA Best Practices for Grid Control
Oracle Enterprize Manager 10g Release 2 and Release 3
	Configuring Enterprise Manager for High Availability Updated!
	Enterprise Manager 10gR2/R3 Backup, Recovery and Disaster Recovery Considerations
	Configuring Oracle Enterprise Manager 10gR2/R3 for Use in Active/Passive Environments
	MetaLink Note:330072.1 - Late-Breaking Information and General Reference for Grid Control Administrators *New!*

Oracle Enterprize Manager 10g Release 1
	Configuring Enterprise Manager for High Availability
	Enterprise Manager 10g Backup, Recovery and Disaster Recovery Considerations
	Configuring Oracle Enterprise Manager 10.1 Agents for Use in Active/Passive Environments

HA Best Practices for Oracle VM
	Creating & Maintaining a Highly Available Environment for Guest VMs

MAA Partnerships
Oracle Partners play an integral role in every MAA deployment. Oracle works closely with Partners in a number of areas to provide best practices to facilitate customer implementation of our complementary technologies. Best practices and case studies developed as a result of these efforts are provided below.

EMC
	EMC CLARiiON and Oracle Active Data Guard 11g

F5
	Configuring Highly Available OracleAS 10g Infrastructure With F5's BIG-IP Load Balancer
	Configuring Highly Available OracleAS Identity Management 10g (10.1.4.0.1) with F5 BIG-IP V9 Local Traffic Manager
	Oracle Collaboration Suite with F5 BIG-IP Application Traffic Manager

Foundry Networks
	Configuring Highly Available Oracle AS 10gR2 Infrastructure with Foundry Networks Server Iron Load Balancer

Hitachi, Ltd.
	Validation Report on Active Data Guard 11g with RMAN Network Duplicate, Snapshot Standby, Redo Apply Performance and Fast-Start Failover by Hitachi Ltd. / Oracle Japan GRID Center
	Validation Report on Data Guard Redo Transport Compression and Proper Network Configuration by Hitachi Ltd./Oracle Japan GRID Center *New!*

HP
	Oracle Applications MAA on HP Systems - A set of joint projects between Oracle and HP
	Transitioning E-Business Suite to the Maximum Availability Architecture on HP Systems: E-Business Suite 11i.10.2 and Database 10gR2

Sun
	Transitioning Oracle E-Business Suite to the Maximum Availability Architecture on the Solaris Operating System

DELL
	Optimizing Disaster Recovery: Using Oracle Data Guard 9iR2 on Dell PowerEdge Server

Contacts
Oracle Consulting Services offers skilled consultants who can assist in the design and implementation of MAA solutions. To contact Oracle Consulting please send an overview of your MAA requirements to Oracle Consulting in North America or Oracle Consulting in in EMEA. For general support inquiries regarding existing MAA configurations, please contact Oracle Support.

Oracle MAA Quick Links

·	Overview Demo - 2 min.
·	Customer Case Studies
·	Demonstrations
·	Recorded Webcasts
·	OpenWorld Presentations
·	Oracle Database 11g High Availability - Technical White Paper
·	Oracle Database High Availability
·	Oracle Application Server High Availability

Oracle MAA Best Practices

·	Oracle Database
·	Oracle Enterprise Application Server
·	Oracle Applications
·	Oracle Collaboration Suite
·	Oracle Grid Control
·	Oracle9i MAA Best Practices

User-Authored HA Papers

·	Dell - 10g "Snapshot Standby"
·	Dell - SAP and MAA New!
·	Fast-Start Failover - Detailed Customer Implementation New!
·	Fidelity National Financial - Implementing MAA
·	CERN - Tech refresh with Minimal Downtime
·	The Hartford - Multi-TB Migration using XTTS and RMAN Convert
·	The Hartford - Transportable Tablespaces and RMAN