How to setup Exadata, and what the information collected by the Exadata agent?
Exadata agent collects cells and switches information
Note that the Exadata agents execute only OS collections. Without OS available, those agents will not function.
1) Click the Oracle tile.
2) Go to the Exadata tab.
3) Click Monitor more Exadata environments at the upper left corner above of the Databases table.
The Monitor More Exadata Environments wizard opens.
On the first screen of this wizard, Monitor Exadata, use the Exadata agent name field to set a userdefined name for the agent. Alternatively, accept the default name provided for the Exadata agent.
4) Click Next.
Use the next screen, Monitor InifiniBand Switches, to configure the InfiniBand switches for monitoring, either by adding the switches manually or by discovering by switch name. Configuring the switches for monitoring allows retrieving InfiniBand topology information, as well as automatically detecting the Exadata cells.
IMPORTANT: This screen is optional; if you prefer not to monitor the InfiniBand switches, you can skip this stage by clicking Next and proceeding directly to configure the Exadata cells for monitoring. In such a case, go to step 13.
5) Click Add switches.
6) From the menu that appears now, choose the requested option:
7) Select the option Add manually.
The Add InfiniBand Switch dialog box opens.
Use this dialog box to add all requested InfiniBand switches that are monitored by the same credentials (user name and password), by entering a comma-separated list of all the names of the hosts on which these switches reside.
To add switches that would be monitored by a different credentials set, click Apply and repeat the process with the other credentials.
To edit the credentials of an existing switch, use either of the following methods:
The Set credentials dialog box opens. This dialog box is identical to the Add InfiniBand Switch dialog box, except for the host name that cannot be modified after it was set.
To edit a single switch name, click the Switch name column. In the Edit Switch Name dialog box that appears, use the Switch name field to enter a new name for the switch.
IMPORTANT: The switch name specified must be taken from the list displayed by running the ibswitches command.
8) After adding all requested switches, click Next to proceed to Step 12
9) Select the option Discover by switch name.
The Discover InfiniBand Switches and Cells dialog box opens.
10) Use this dialog box to enter the host name and login credentials of a single InfiniBand switch, to be used for the discovery of all switches and cells.
11) After adding all requested details, click Apply and then click Next to proceed to Step 12.
12) The following screen, Monitor Exadata Cells, contains a table that lists all of the Exadata Cells that were automatically discovered when the InfiniBand switches were configured for monitoring. If the stage of configuring InfiniBand switches was skipped, this table is empty and cells need to be added manually.
13) Click Add.
The Add Cells dialog box opens.
Use this dialog box to add all of the requested Exadata cells that are monitored by the same credentials (user name and password), by entering a comma-separated list of all the names of the hosts on which these cells reside.
To add cells that would be monitored by a different credentials set, click Apply and repeat the process with the other credentials.
To edit the credentials of an existing cell, use either of the following methods:
The Set credentials dialog box opens. This dialog box is identical to the Add Cells dialog box, except for the host name that cannot be modified after it was set.
14) Click Apply.
After the connectivity and credentials were successfully validated, all cells appear with the status Connection Verified.
15) Click Next.
The agent is now created, based only on switches and cells that have been validated.
After the agent’s creation completes, monitoring starts automatically, and the Summary screen appears, displaying the newly created agent with all its components.
16) Click Finish to return to the Databases dashboard.
The Exadata tab now displays all newly monitored cells, along with partial monitoring data. To view indepth data about the Exadata environment, click the Home page button on the Exadata tab to access the Exadata drilldown. For details, see Reviewing Exadata-related Information in the Foglight for Oracle user's guide.
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