Oracle Database Appliance – Change DNS-Server

Change the DNS-Server on a ODA as Day2-Action after the deployment of the Appliance is easy. Change the /etc/resolv.conf and the job is done. Really? No, not really, but almost.

The ILOM and the repository database of the ODA contains the settings of DNS-Server(s) too , so you have to adapt them too.

Change DNS-Server on Host

$> vi /etc/resolv.conf
search gabrielkeusen.com
nameserver 172.22.82.80
nameserver 172.22.80.80

$> vi /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/resolv.conf
search gabrielkeusen.com
nameserver 172.22.82.80
nameserver 172.22.80.80

$> nslookup ntp.gabrielkeusen.com
Server:         172.22.82.80
Address:        172.22.82.80#53
...
Name:   ntp.gabrielkeusen.com
Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Change DNS-Server in ILOM

The change can be made with the ipmitool tool or alternatively with the web-based GUI.

$> ipmitool sunoem cli
	## Connected. Use ^D to exit.

## show current settings
-> show /SP/clients/dns
	##  /SP/clients/dns
	## ...
	##     Properties:
	##         auto_dns = disabled
	##         nameserver = 172.22.80.115, 172.22.82.80
	##         retries = 1
	##         searchpath = gabrielkeusen.com
	##         timeout = 5
	## ...

## change nameserver(s)
-> cd /SP/clients/dns
-> set nameserver=172.22.82.80,172.22.80.80

## verify new nameservers are applied
-> show /SP/clients/dns
	## ...
	##     Properties:
	##         auto_dns = disabled
	##         nameserver = 172.22.82.80, 172.22.80.80
	##         retries = 1
	##         searchpath = gabrielkeusen.com
	##         timeout = 5
	## ...

Change DNS-Server in the Repository Database (Apache Derby)

Update: The manual update of the Repository (Derby DB) is not needed. It can be enough to execute the odacli update-registry after editing the resolv.conf. ( Thank you Beat Ramseier for this hint! )

In my environment this worked not as expected – update-registry removed the NTP-Server, changed the Hostname (added a „-c“ at the end) and the TimeZone was with „-around the Name. I had to fix the NTP and Name manually. So test this approach on test-env first! Otherwise follow the tasks below (starting „Get Current Settings from Repo-DB“ )

$> odacli update-registry -n sysinstance -f
$> odacli list-jobs
$> odacli describe-system
	## Appliance Information
	## ----------------------------------------------------------------
	##                      ID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxabcdefgh
	##                Platform: X7-2M
	##         Data Disk Count: 2
	##          CPU Core Count: 36
	##                 Created: October 8, 2019 8:28:02 AM CEST
	## 
	## System Information
	## ----------------------------------------------------------------
	##                    Name: ODA01-c
	##             Domain Name: gabrielkeusen.com
	##               Time Zone: "Europe/Zurich"
	##              DB Edition: EE
	##             DNS Servers: 172.22.82.80 172.22.80.80
	##             NTP Servers: 
	## 
	## Disk Group Information
	## ----------------------------------------------------------------
	## DG Name                   Redundancy                Percentage
	## ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------
	## Data                      Normal                    80
	## Reco                      Normal                    20

Get Current Settings from Repo-DB

$> odacli describe-system
	## Appliance Information
	## ----------------------------------------------------------------
	##                      ID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxabcdefgh
	##                Platform: X7-2M
	##         Data Disk Count: 2
	##          CPU Core Count: 36
	##                 Created: October 8, 2019 8:28:02 AM CEST
	## 
	## System Information
	## ----------------------------------------------------------------
	##                    Name: ODA01
	##             Domain Name: gabrielkeusen.com
	##               Time Zone: Europe/Zurich
	##              DB Edition: EE
	##             DNS Servers: 172.22.80.115 172.22.82.80
	##             NTP Servers: ntp.gabrielkeusen.com
	## 
	## Disk Group Information
	## ----------------------------------------------------------------
	## DG Name                   Redundancy                Percentage
	## ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------
	## Data                      Normal                    80
	## Reco                      Normal                    20

Download Binaries and copy them to /tmp

$> cd /tmp
$> wget --no-check-certificate https://downloads.apache.org/db/derby/db-derby-10.14.2.0/db-derby-10.14.2.0-bin.zip
$> unzip -d db-derby db-derby-10.14.2.0-bin.zip

Ensure there are no running jobs (stop here if there are running jobs!)

$> odacli list-jobs

Stop dcs agent

$> initctl status initdcsagent
$> initctl stop initdcsagent

Backup Derby database

$> mkdir /tmp/derby_bak_$(date +'%Y%m%d')_$$
$> cp -R /opt/oracle/dcs/repo /tmp/derby_bak_$(date +'%Y%m%d')_$$
$> ls -latr /tmp/derby_bak_$(date +'%Y%m%d')_$$

Connect and update Derby database

$> cd /opt/oracle/dcs/repo
$> java -cp /tmp/db-derby/db-derby-10.14.2.0-bin/lib/derby.jar:/tmp/db-derby/db-derby-10.14.2.0-bin/lib/derbytools.jar org.apache.derby.tools.ij

## connect
ij> connect 'jdbc:derby:node_0';

## desc table
ij> describe SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS;

## Select the current contents from the SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS table. Write down the SYSINSTANCE_ID (ID of ODA deployment)
ij> select * from SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS;

##Delete the contents from the SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS table (if any):
ij> delete from SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS where SYSINSTANCE_ID='xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxabcdefgh';

## Check table content again
ij> select * from SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS;

## For each DNS Server IP Address, insert in to the SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS table a new row with the corresponding values
		Reuse the same SYSINSTANCE_ID as before
ij> insert into SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS values ('xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxabcdefgh','172.22.82.80');
ij> insert into SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS values ('xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxabcdefgh','172.22.80.80');

## Check table content again
ij> select * from SYSINSTANCE_DNSSERVERS;

## Save/commit the changes for the local Derby Database:
ij> commit;
ij> exit;

Start dcs agent and check new Settings from Repo-DB

$> initctl start initdcsagent; sleep 30; odacli describe-system
	## Appliance Information
	## ----------------------------------------------------------------
	##                      ID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxabcdefgh
	##                Platform: X7-2M
	##         Data Disk Count: 2
	##          CPU Core Count: 36
	##                 Created: October 8, 2019 8:28:02 AM CEST
	## 
	## System Information
	## ----------------------------------------------------------------
	##                    Name: ODA01
	##             Domain Name: gabrielkeusen.com
	##               Time Zone: Europe/Zurich
	##              DB Edition: EE
	##             DNS Servers: 172.22.82.80 172.22.80.80
	##             NTP Servers: ntp.gabrielkeusen.com
	## 
	## Disk Group Information
	## ----------------------------------------------------------------
	## DG Name                   Redundancy                Percentage
	## ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------
	## Data                      Normal                    80
	## Reco                      Normal                    20

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