Getting Started with Exadata Database Service on Oracle Database@AWS

July 8, 2025 | 6 minute read

Tammy Bednar

Senior Director of Product Management

Oracle Database@AWS is a strategic partnership between Oracle and AWS that enables
applications running in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Regions to use Oracle Exadata Database
Service on Dedicated Infrastructure running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in AWS. AWS
applications and services such as Amazon Kinesis and Amazon QuickSight can now have low-
latency, native access to Oracle databases running on Exadata Cloud Infrastructure and take
advantage of Oracle Database 23ai features like AI Vector Search.

With Oracle Exadata Database Service within AWS, you can easily and quickly migrate your Oracle
Exadata workloads with minimal changes while maintaining full feature and architecture
compatibility, performance, and availability as on-premises environments. Exadata Cloud
Infrastructure in Oracle Database@AWS is equivalent to what’s used in OCI data centers and can
scale for any size workload and database. It includes dozens of unique features that deliver
differentiated capabilities for OLTP, analytics, AI, and more.

Benefits of Oracle Database@AWS

Oracle Database@AWS helps you migrate mission-critical Oracle Database workloads to AWS,
innovate with the best capabilities of AWS and Oracle Database, and simplify management and
operations.

You can use Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (Oracle ZDM) to migrate on-premises Oracle
databases to Oracle Database@AWS and leverage full compatibility with Oracle Database and
Exadata—including Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC). In addition to you running
production workloads, developers can also build new cloud native applications using industry-
leading generative AI capabilities included with Amazon Q, Amazon Bedrock foundation models,
and Oracle Database 23ai with a microservices architecture, which supports diverse workloads and
data formats and is optimized for Exadata.

With Oracle Database@AWS, you can simplify management and operations with streamlined
purchasing through the AWS Marketplace using existing AWS Cloud commitments. Tight
integration between the AWS Management Console and OCI lets you get started faster while most
administrative tasks for Exadata Database Service can be implemented in just a few steps within
the AWS Management Console. Exadata Database Service requires no service interruptions for
routine maintenance, and you can scale database consumption online to match workload demand
– reducing both costs and downtime.

With Exadata Database Service, Oracle manages the infrastructure so you only need to manage
your databases using robust cloud automation for common lifecycle management tasks.
Automation implements proven Oracle Database best practices and reduces the administrative
burden on you. These robust capabilities help you more easily create, scale, update, backup, and
recover your databases.

Setting up Oracle Database@AWS

Using a Private Offer on AWS Marketplace, your journey to Oracle Database@AWS is activated
with an Oracle Database@AWS subscription configured from your AWS account or between
existing AWS and OCI accounts.

Like other AWS resources, the Oracle Database@AWS architecture requires an Amazon Virtual
Private Cloud (VPC) to provide networking for application resources within an AWS Region. An
application hosted within the VPC communicates with Oracle Database@AWS within the ODB
network using the ODB peering connection in the same availability zone. This configuration
enables a direct, secure, and low latency connection between applications in the VPC and Oracle
Database@AWS. In addition, Oracle Database@AWS operating in an OCI child site collocated in
the same AWS Region has an OCI Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) that extends to the parent OCI
region to enable access to other resources in OCI. OCI manages the network between the OCI child
site and the parent OCI region. AWS manages the network connection between the ODB network
and the application VPC.
Leveraging native AWS automation, it’s easy to start running Exadata Database Service in Oracle
Database@AWS. Provisioning Exadata Database Service requires the following four simple steps:

1. Create the ODB network

2. Create the Exadata Infrastructure

3. Create an Exadata VM Cluster in the Exadata Infrastructure

4. Create an Oracle Database in an Exadata VM Cluster

Create the ODB network

An ODB network is a private network that hosts OCI infrastructure in an AWS Availability Zone
(AZ). The ODB network consists of a CIDR range of IP addresses. You can set up an ODB peering
connection between an ODB network and a VPC which enables applications to connect to your
Exadata Database.
Create Exadata Infrastructure

Exadata Database Service collocated in AWS supports Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure with a
minimum configuration of 2 database and 3 storage servers that are internally connected by a
high-speed, low-latency internal RDMA network fabric that requires no configuration. Additional
database and/or storage servers can be added as needed. Exadata Infrastructure within an AWS
data center integrates the hardware with the networking resources needed to securely connect to
other services in the cloud. With Exadata Database Service, Oracle performs monthly security and
quarterly infrastructure updates. You can specify the quarterly infrastructure maintenance
schedule that meets your business requirements.

From the Oracle Database@AWS menu option, select Create Exadata Infrastructure.

Create an Exadata VM Cluster

After you create your Exadata Infrastructure, you are ready to create an Exadata VM Cluster. You
can create multiple VM Clusters to provide isolation for the Oracle Database workloads you
consolidate on the Exadata Infrastructure. When you create a VM Cluster, you specify the
compute, memory, local storage resources, and the ODB network to provide access to your VM
Cluster and databases. To create your first VM Cluster, select Create VM Cluster.
Create and Manage an Oracle Database

To create your first Oracle Database, select your Exadata VM Cluster and click Manage In OCI. With
AWS and OCI integration, you are taken directly to the OCI Console where you will create an Oracle
Database.

When creating an Oracle Database, you have the option to select Oracle Database 19c or 23ai.
Automatic backups for databases provisioned in Exadata Database Service on Dedicated
Infrastructure can be backed up to OCI Object Storage in the OCI region. The automatic backup
process starts at any time during your daily backup window. You can optionally specify a 2-hour
scheduling window for your database during which the automatic backup process will begin. A
backup retention period can be specified to be 7, 15, 30, 45, or 60 days. The system automatically
deletes backups when the assigned retention period has expired.
Migrate an Oracle Database

Once your Oracle Database is created, Oracle ZDM can be used to migrate your data. It deploys a
replica database for your Exadata Database Service running on Oracle Database@AWS that’s
synchronized with your production database on-premises. Once you are ready, you switch your
applications to Oracle Database@AWS to complete your cloud migration.

Summary

With Oracle Database@AWS, your organization can now run mission-critical Oracle Database
applications in AWS. You can easily migrate on-premises Oracle databases to AWS with minimal
changes while maintaining full feature and architecture compatibility, performance, and
availability as on-premises environments. With this new deployment option for Oracle Database,
you can now easily combine applications and services running in AWS with the advantages of
Oracle Exadata Database Service.

For more information:

• Documentation to deploy Oracle Database@AWS

• Oracle Database@AWS

• Deploy Oracle Database@AWS

• Learn about network topologies for Oracle Database@AWS

• Provision Oracle Exadata Database Service in Oracle Database@AWS

• Video: Provision Oracle Exadata Database Service in Oracle Database@AWS

Tammy Bednar

Senior Director of Product Management

Tammy has worked in the computer industry for more than 26 years. Oracle hired her in the
Database Support Organization 26 years ago and she has been involved with database releases
since version 6.0.36. Tammy started her product management career with the database High
Availability team with Recovery Manager (RMAN), database backup and recovery, and Database
Security development team, focusing on auditing, Oracle Audit Vault and Oracle Database Firewall,
and Oracle Database Appliance. Tammy is an outbound product manager and focuses on the
Exadata Database Cloud Services and Oracle Enterprise & Standard Database Services.

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