The V2/X2 Exadata documentation is loaded on every cell server as part of the storage software. It is placed in the following directory:
/opt/oracle/cell/doc/doc/
You will find the pdf documents in the doc.112 or doc.121 subdirectory. Example:
11.2.x
/opt/oracle/cell/doc/doc/doc.112
e17435.pdf
e17432.pdf
e17431.pdf
e16099.pdf
e15589.pdf
e13875.pdf
e13874.pdf
e13862.pdf
e13861.pdf
12.1.x
/opt/oracle/cell/doc/doc/doc.121
e23333.pdf
e26069.pdf
e27442.pdf
e50469.pdf
e50471.pdf
e50472.pdf
e51950.pdf
e51951.pdf
e51952.pdf
e51953.pdf
(V1 can be found in /opt/oracle/cell/doc/E13699_01/doc.111)
The documents are listed by their Oracle documentation number (such as e17435). After you have installed a new storage software version, please check in this directory for any updated documents. Please note: the documents are not necessarily updated with every new release of storage software.
You will know the document has been updated based on the version and date on the title page:
E13861-10 (November 2010)
E13861-11 (April 2011)
For the 11.2.x releases, two of our most frequently used documents are:
Oracle® Exadata Database Machine
Owner's Guide
11g Release 2 (11.2)
E13874-xx
Oracle® Exadata Storage Server Software
User's Guide
11g Release 2 (11.2)
E13861-xx
For the 12.1.x releases, the Owner's Guide has now been broken out into various sections and placed in individual files, such as:
Oracle® Exadata Database Machine
System Overview
12c Release 1 (12.1)
E51953-02
Oracle® Exadata Database Machine
Installation and Configuration Guide
12c Release 1 (12.1)
E51950-02
Oracle® Exadata Database Machine
Maintenance Guide
12c Release 1 (12.1)
E51951-02
The 12.1.x Storage Software User Guide is located in:
Oracle® Exadata Storage Server Software
User's Guide
12c Release 1 (12.1)
E50471-04
If you cannot find your documentation, please open an SR so we can further assist you.
Disclaimer: these documents are Internal - Only for Customers and should never be posted on a Internet-facing site.
Customers can also download:
Patch 10386736 DOCUMENTATION FOR EXADATA 11.2 & 12.1 (this download contains the same files as described on the cell servers)