Configuring Enterprise Manager Cloud

Control 12c to Monitor Exadata

Database Machine

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to describe:

• Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c architecture as it
specifically applies to Exadata Database Machine
• How to configure Enterprise Manager Cloud Control to
monitor Exadata Database Machine
• The guided discovery process for Exadata Database
Machine
• How to configure a dashboard for Exadata Database
Machine

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 Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c:
Architecture Overview
Cloud Control
Console

Agents
and
plug-ins
Oracle
Management
Service

Oracle
Management
Repository

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 Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c:
Supported Exadata Configurations
• Supported Exadata Database Machine configurations:
– V2
– X2-2: Full rack, half rack, and quarter rack
– X2-8: Full rack
– X3-2: Full rack, half rack, quarter rack, and eighth rack
– X3-8: Full rack
– Partitioned Exadata Database Machine: Logically splitting a
Database Machine rack into multiple separate environments
• Unsupported configurations:
– Exadata V1
– Exadata Storage Expansion Racks
– Multi-rack Exadata Database Machine

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 Cloud Control Monitoring Architecture
for Exadata Database Machine
Oracle Exadata Database Machine Enterprise Manager
Cloud Control 12c
Exadata Storage
Servers Cloud Control
Cisco
Sun InfiniBand Console
Ethernet
Switches CELLSRV MS
Switch
SNMP CellCLI
traps over SSH

Oracle Database Servers

DB Instance XML
over
Oracle HTTP/
Avocent Management HTTPS Oracle
ASM Instance Agent 12c Management
MergePoint
Service
Unity KVM
Switch Listener

Clusterware Exadata
Plug-in
Sun
Host Information
Power Oracle
Distribution Management
ILOM Interface Repository
Units

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 Configuring Cloud Control to Monitor
Exadata Database Machine
Prerequisites: Install and configure Exadata Database Machine
and Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c.
1. Perform pre-discovery configuration and verification.
2. Deploy Oracle Management Agent to all database servers.
3. Discover Exadata Database Machine.
4. Perform post-discovery configuration and verification.
5. Discover additional targets.
6. Configure an Exadata Database Machine dashboard.

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 Pre-Discovery Configuration and Verification

• Create dedicated ILOM user IDs on the database servers.

• Verify software versions:
– Exadata Storage Server
– ILOM ipmitool
– InfiniBand Switch firmware
– PDU firmware
– KVM application
• Verify host name resolution:
– OMS to database servers
– Database servers to other components
• Verify access to network ports and services, and modify
firewalls.
• Configure Enterprise Manager roles and users.

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 Deploying the Oracle Management Agent

• Where to deploy:
– All Database Machine database servers
• Recommended version:
– 12c Release 1 version 12.1.0.2 or later
• How to deploy:
– During the initial configuration of Exadata Database Machine
– Using the Cloud Control Agent Installation Wizard
– May require manual installation of some OS packages

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 Discovering Exadata Database Machine

• Verify the prerequisites:

– Run the exadataDiscoveryPreCheck.pl precheck
script.
– Perform additional manual verification tasks.
• Perform Exadata guided discovery.

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 Discovering Additional Targets

• Perform additional guided discovery for:

– Oracle Cluster and High Availability Service
– Oracle Database, Listener, and ASM
• Procedures are essentially the same regardless of the
Exadata Database Machine involvement.

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 Configuring an Exadata Database
Machine Dashboard
Configure an Exadata Database Machine dashboard to
monitor Exadata hardware and software components:

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 Post-Discovery Configuration and Verification

• Configure agent hosts to forward SNMP notifications.

• Verify SNMP settings for storage cells and InfiniBand
switches.
• Configure and verify SNMP settings for:
– Oracle ILOM Server targets
– Cisco Ethernet Switch targets
– Power Distribution Unit (PDU) targets
– KVM switch targets

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 Quiz

The Oracle Management Agent should be deployed to every

Database Machine database server because:
a. An agent is required to monitor the cluster and database
software components on that database server
b. Multiple agents communicate with each other to
cooperatively monitor the other Database Machine system
components
c. Multiple agents enhance the availability and performance
of Database Machine monitoring

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 Quiz

The Exadata Database Machine discovery process configures

Enterprise Manager to monitor all Database Machine hardware
and software components.
a. True
b. False

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 Quiz

The discovery processes for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and

Oracle Database software components are essentially the
same regardless of whether Database Machine is involved or
not.
a. True
b. False

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned to describe:

• Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c architecture as it
specifically applies to Exadata Database Machine
• How to configure Enterprise Manager to monitor Exadata
Database Machine
• The guided discovery process for Exadata Database
Machine
• How to configure a dashboard for Exadata Database
Machine

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 Additional Resources

• My Oracle Support notes

– Oracle Database Machine Monitoring Best Practices

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 Practice 14 Overview:
Exadata Monitoring Configuration
In these practices, you will configure Enterprise Manager Cloud
Control 12c to monitor Exadata Database Machine. You will
also perform a selection of post-discovery configuration and
verification tasks.

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