Oracle International Corporation

C Gregory Doherty

Lawrence J Ellison

Jay Rossiter

Pari Bhaduri

Yuanjiang Ou

Venkat Malla

Niloy Banerjee

John John E So

Lalitha Ganti

Srinivas Maturi

Balasubramanyam Sthanikam

Muthu Olagappan

Ramkumar Venkataraman

Jane Xin Chen

David Stowell

Thivakaram Prakash Sivakumar

Dimitris Nakos

Bala Kumaresan

Harish Rawat

Joseph Therrattil Koonen

A database system that incorporates numerous features that reduce the total cost of maintaining the database system is provided. That database system includes a database appliance that executes a database server on a platform that includes a special purpose operating system specifically tailored to the services required by the database server. The database appliance configures itself by detecting the environment in which it resides and setting operational parameters based on the detected environment. The configuration metadata of all components of the system are stored in a centralized repository which itself may reside external to the system. Both the database server configuration and the operating system configuration are managed by a remotely located integrated management console, which interacts with and configures the system at the database system level, the operating system level and, optionally, at the hardware subsystem level. Backup management may also be performed remotely. The remote components, such as the integrated management console, the backup server, and the configuration repository, may communicate with the system through a wide area network, such as the Internet, or directly through a dial-up connection.

Database server with enhanced management and self-configuration features

Special purpose operating system for executing a database server

Growing community of inventors

Hillsborough, CA, United States of America

C Gregory Doherty