Managing metadata repository partitions

In an MDS repository, each application (Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Web Services Manager, and so on) is deployed to its own partition so that they can be logically separated. Not to be confused with partitions, as described in Chapter 4, Managing Services, a metadata repository partition is an independent logical directory within a physical MDS repository that is used to manage the metadata of these different Oracle Fusion Middleware components and applications.

When Oracle SOA Suite 12c is installed, a default repository called mds-soa with a default partition called soa-infra is already created, as shown in the following screenshot. So, as long as the product is installed and satisfies your needs, you may never need to create additional partitions.

Figure 8.6: The default partition mds-soa is created with every Oracle SOA Suite 12c installation

However, partition management is more than simply creating a new, empty partition for fresh use. You can also...