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title: "Deploy Oracle Database step by step on Amazon EVS with FSx for ONTAP"
description: "This post provides step-by-step procedures to deploy Oracle Database on Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as NFS datastore storage. It covers provisioning storage volumes, mounting NFS datastores, installing Oracle 19c, and configuring SnapMirror replication for cross-region disaster recovery. The deployment uses FSx for ONTAP volumes pinned to SSD tier and presents them as VMDKs on NFS datastores, with Oracle accessing them as local XFS filesystems. Four migration paths are detailed for moving on-premises Oracle workloads, including SnapMirror-based replication for existing ONTAP environments and RMAN backup/restore for non-ONTAP storage. Day-2 operations such as snapshot backup, point-in-time recovery, and database cloning via SnapCenter FlexClone are also covered."
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# Deploy Oracle Database step by step on Amazon EVS with FSx for ONTAP

[AWS](https://yomu.fyi/company/aws) · Satish Bhoi · Oct 2, 2026

**Type:** Tutorial

## Summary

This post provides step-by-step procedures to deploy Oracle Database on Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as NFS datastore storage. It covers provisioning storage volumes, mounting NFS datastores, installing Oracle 19c, and configuring SnapMirror replication for cross-region disaster recovery. The deployment uses FSx for ONTAP volumes pinned to SSD tier and presents them as VMDKs on NFS datastores, with Oracle accessing them as local XFS filesystems. Four migration paths are detailed for moving on-premises Oracle workloads, including SnapMirror-based replication for existing ONTAP environments and RMAN backup/restore for non-ONTAP storage. Day-2 operations such as snapshot backup, point-in-time recovery, and database cloning via SnapCenter FlexClone are also covered.

## Context

Enterprises running Oracle databases on VMware want a path to AWS that preserves existing operational workflows without rearchitecting or retraining.

## Approach / What changed

Step-by-step deployment workflow: provision Oracle VM on EVS, create FSx for ONTAP storage volumes, mount NFS datastores in vSphere, create VMDKs on those datastores, install Oracle 19c, and configure SnapMirror for cross-region DR and SnapCenter for Oracle-aware backup.

## Takeaways

- FSx for ONTAP volumes are mounted as NFS datastores at the ESXi host level, and Oracle VMs access them as local XFS block devices via VMDKs, with all NFS communication handled by the hypervisor.
- SnapMirror replication between on-premises ONTAP and FSx for ONTAP enables incremental data transfer until cutover, requiring only a brief outage for final sync and database recovery.
- SnapCenter manages full database snapshots as storage-layer operations, and FlexClone creates space-efficient database copies that share unchanged blocks with the source.

## FAQ

### How does Oracle access FSx for ONTAP storage in this deployment?

Oracle accesses the storage as local XFS filesystems mounted on VMDKs. The VMDKs reside on NFS datastores backed by FSx for ONTAP, but the Oracle VM is unaware of the NFS layer; all NFS communication occurs at the ESXi host level.

### What migration options are available for moving on-premises Oracle to EVS?

Four options: SnapMirror replication (if on-premises uses ONTAP), Oracle PDB relocation (for multitenant databases), RMAN backup/restore (for non-ONTAP storage), and a generic approach using SnapMirror from on-premises ONTAP to FSx for ONTAP.

### How is disaster recovery configured in this setup?

SnapMirror replicates FSx for ONTAP volumes to a secondary region. At failover, the mirror is broken, volumes are mounted as NFS datastores on DR ESXi hosts, the Oracle VM is powered on, and the database is recovered to the last available archive log.

**Tags:** [Amazon EVS](https://yomu.fyi/topic/amazon-evs), [Disaster Recovery](https://yomu.fyi/topic/disaster-recovery), [FSx for NetApp ONTAP](https://yomu.fyi/topic/fsx-for-netapp-ontap), [Migrations](https://yomu.fyi/topic/migration), [Oracle Database](https://yomu.fyi/topic/oracle-database)

- Source: [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/deploy-oracle-database-step-by-step-on-amazon-evs-with-fsx-for-ontap)
- Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/deploy-oracle-database-step-by-step-on-amazon-evs-with-fsx-for-ontap
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-10-02T18:00:11.229Z

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