Foglight for Oracle (Cartridge) 6.3.0 - User Guide

Installing and Configuring Agents

This guide provides configuration instructions, conceptual information and instructions on how to use the Foglight for Oracle cartridge. It describes the dashboards included with the cartridge and how they are used for collecting monitoring data from the entire relational database management system, as well as the cartridge’s interaction with and support of additional services and modules, such as replication and virtualization.

This guide is intended for Oracle database administrators and for any users who want to know more about monitoring Oracle instances through Foglight for Oracle, and the steps required for discovering and configuring the Oracle agent. It is also meant for those users who want to learn about the methods used for configuring and applying user-defined settings.

This section provides information about installing the cartridge and configuring the agents for monitoring Oracle database systems:

Installation

For installation pre-requisites, permissions, and information necessary to determine your environment’s hardware requirements, see the Foglight for Databases Deployment Guide.

Installing and Configuring Agents

Foglight for Oracle monitors the Oracle Server database activity by connecting to and querying the Oracle database. The agents provided monitor the Oracle database system. The dashboards included with the cartridge provide a visual representation of the status of the major components of the Oracle agents. They allow you to determine any potential bottleneck in database performance.

Upgrading to the Current Version

Starting to work with a Foglight for Oracle cartridge requires upgrading to the current version of both the cartridge and the Foglight Agent Manager that runs the cartridge.

This section contains instructions for using the upgrade wizard.

IMPORTANT: Foglight for Oracle does not support the upgrade method of placing the new version under the folder FGLHOME/upgrade/cartridge folder.

IMPORTANT: If upgrading to the current version of Foglight for Oracle in a Federation architecture, the upgrade should be applied first to the stand-alone Management Servers (the Federated Children) and then to the central Management Server (the Federation Master). If the Federation Master is upgraded first, this server will display incorrect information regarding the number of instances being monitored, as reported under the Status Summary section. All the same, this information will be displayed correctly on the Federated Children.