Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

What's New

• New Features and Enhancements for Oracle Exadata Plug-in 12.1.0.4.0

1 Introduction to the Plug-in

• 1.1 Oracle Exadata Plug-in Features
  • 1.1.1 Monitoring and Notification Features
  • 1.1.2 Hardware Support Features
  • 1.1.3 Exadata Software Support
  • 1.1.4 Target Discovery Features
• 1.2 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Supported Hardware and Software
  • 1.2.1 SPARC SuperCluster Support
    • 1.2.1.1 SPARC SuperCluster Known Issues
  • 1.2.2 Supported Component Versions
  • 1.2.3 Supported Operating Systems
  • 1.2.4 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Hardware Not Supported

2 Deploy the Plug-in

• 2.1 Oracle Exadata Plug-in Deployment Prerequisites
  • 2.1.1 Create a Database Server ILOM Service Processor User
  • 2.1.2 Verify Software Versions
  • 2.1.3 Verify Names Resolution
  • 2.1.4 Verify Firewall Configuration
• 2.2 User Roles
• 2.3 Install Enterprise Manager Agent
  • 2.3.1 Agent Installation Prerequisite - Solaris 11 Only
  • 2.3.2 Install Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata Plug-ins Using the Automated Kit
  • 2.3.3 Install Enterprise Manager Agent Using the Push Method
    • 2.3.3.1 Installing Oracle Management Agent in Silent Mode Option
• 2.4 Manually Deploy Exadata Plug-in

3 Exadata Database Machine Discovery

• 3.1 Prerequisites for Guided Discovery
  • 3.1.1 Secure Storage for Target Monitoring Credentials
  • 3.1.2 Discovery Precheck Script
  • 3.1.3 Manual Verification
• 3.2 Exadata Database Machine Discovery Process
• 3.3 Discover the SPARC SuperCluster as an Exadata Database Machine
• 3.4 Discover Grid Infrastructure and RAC
  • 3.4.1 Discover Grid Infrastructure (Cluster) Targets
  • 3.4.2 Discover Oracle Real Application Clusters Targets

4 Post-Discovery Configuration and Verification

• 4.1 Set Up Compute Node Agent to Receive SNMP Notification
• 4.2 Configure Storage Cell SNMP for Enterprise Manager Monitoring
  • 4.2.1 Check Current SNMP Configuration
  • 4.2.2 Configure SNMP Values Using cellcli
  • 4.2.3 Configure SNMP Values Using dcli (optional)
  • 4.2.4 Verify SSH Connectivity
  • 4.2.5 Remove a Subscription
• 4.3 Configure and Verify SNMP for InfiniBand Switch Targets
  • 4.3.1 Set Up SNMP for InfiniBand Switch Targets Using Enterprise Manager
• 4.4 Configure the Compute Node ILOM SNMP for Enterprise Manager Monitoring
• 4.5 Verify Configuration for Oracle ILOM Server
• 4.6 Set Up SNMP for Cisco Ethernet Switch Targets
  • 4.6.1 Verify the Cisco Ethernet Switch SNMP Configuration
• 4.7 Set Up SNMP for Power Distribution Unit (PDU) Targets
  • 4.7.1 Verify the PDU SNMP Configuration
• 4.8 Set Up SNMP for KVM Targets
  • 4.8.1 Verify the KVM SNMP Configuration (Base SNMP Configuration)
  • 4.8.2 Verify the KVM SNMP Configuration (SNMP Forwarding to Agent)
• 4.9 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Dashboard Creation

5 Oracle Exadata Database Machine Administration

• 5.1 Creating Roles to Manage the Plug-in
• 5.2 View Exadata Database Machine Topology
  • 5.2.1 Drilling Down to Individual Targets
  • 5.2.2 Viewing Critical Hardware Information for the Database Machine
  • 5.2.3 Viewing DB Machine Alerts
  • 5.2.4 Viewing Metrics
  • 5.2.5 Remove Database Machine Target
• 5.3 Exadata Cell Management
  • 5.3.1 Manage IO Resource
    • 5.3.1.1 Modify the Disk I/O Objective
    • 5.3.1.2 The Inter-Database Plan
  • 5.3.2 Diagnosing Exadata Cell Alerts
  • 5.3.3 Delete a Component of a Database Machine Target
• 5.4 Exadata Cell Metrics and Alert Settings
• 5.5 InfiniBand Network Management
  • 5.5.1 InfiniBand Metrics
  • 5.5.2 Setting Up Alerts

6 Troubleshooting

• 6.1 Establish SSH Connectivity
• 6.2 Discovery Troubleshooting
  • 6.2.1 Hardware Availability
  • 6.2.2 Compute Node Error Message
  • 6.2.3 Cell is not Discovered
  • 6.2.4 Compute Node or InfiniBand Switch is not Discovered
  • 6.2.5 InfiniBand Network Performance Page Shows No Data
  • 6.2.6 ILOM, PDU, KVM, or Cisco Switch is not Discovered
  • 6.2.7 Target Does not Appear in Selected Targets Page
  • 6.2.8 Target is Down or Metric Collection Error After Discovery
  • 6.2.9 Troubleshooting the Exadata Database Machine Schematic File
• 6.3 Exadata Database Machine Management Troubleshooting
• 6.4 Exadata Derived Association Rules

Index