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Foglight for Oracle (Cartridge) 5.9.3.10 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Installing and Configuring Agents

Installing and Configuring Agents Upgrading to the Current Version Overview Running the Upgrade Wizard Migrating Agents

About Monitoring Extensions

Configuring the On Demand Port on the Agent Manager Concentrator

Installing and Monitoring a Single Oracle Instance Discovering Multiple Instances to Monitor

Loading a TNS file

Adding CRS Agents for Monitoring Clusterware

Adding Agents for Monitoring Exadata Environments

Modifying the Exadata Monitoring Settings

Adding Data Guard Environment Adding ASM Instances Configuring Multiple Instances for Monitoring using Silent Installation

Contents of the input CSV file for Oracle instances Configuring Multiple Instances for ASM Contents of the input CSV file for ASM instances

Using Foglight for Oracle

Viewing the Databases Dashboard Assigning Instances to Users Selecting an Instance to Monitor

Filtering the Display by Severity Creating User-defined Database Groups Components Shared by All Foglight for Oracle Screens Using the Currently Selected Database Group Table Viewing Data about the Exadata Cells

Foglight for Oracle Overview Dashboard

Breakdown and Baseline Chart Formats Home Page Toolbar

Overview view Advisories view SQL Performance Investigator (SQL PI)

Viewing Historical Metrics Blocking History Activity Highlights Viewing Change Tracking Viewing Execution Plans Comparing Performance

Oracle Activity Drilldown

Viewing the Foglight for Oracle Real-time Summary Page Reviewing Instance Usability Reviewing Cluster Usability Reviewing Locks Activity at the Cluster Level Reviewing Locks Activity at the Instance Level Locks Historical Tree Viewing Detailed Sessions Data Viewing Datafiles I/O Activity at the Cluster Level Viewing Datafiles I/O Activity at the Instance Level Viewing User-Defined Collections

Pluggable Databases Drilldown

Pluggable Databases List table Overview tab Activity within Instance/Cluster tab

Storage Drilldown

Tablespaces and Datafiles Panel Redo Logs Panel Members of Group [n] Table Fast Recovery Area Panel Archive Logs Panel Archive Log Destinations Table Invalid Objects Panel Database Backup Panel

Reviewing Configuration Settings

Reviewing SGA Settings at the RAC Level Reviewing SGA Settings at the Instance Level Reviewing the Initialization Parameters

Reviewing the Alert Log

Reviewing the Alert Log

Reviewing Monitored Data Guard Environments

Reviewing Summary Information Reviewing Performance Information Reviewing Log Shipping Status Information

Reviewing ASM Instances

Reviewing Summary Information Reviewing Parameter Information Reviewing Alert Log Information

Reviewing Exadata-related Information

Displaying Exadata-related Summarized Data Reviewing the Exadata Performance Reviewing the InfiniBand Topology

Administering Foglight for Oracle

Opening the Databases Administration Dashboard Reviewing the Administration Settings Defining Connection Details

Defining the Connection Settings for the Monitored Oracle Instances Validating Connectivity and Starting to Monitor the Instances Defining the Connection Settings for the Monitored ASM Instances

Defining Data Collection and Storage Options Customizing Alarms for Foglight for Oracle Rules

Introducing the Alarms View Setting and Modifying Alarm Sensitivity Levels Modifying Alarm Settings Configuring Email Notifications Cloning Agent Settings Reviewing Rule Definitions

Defining Retention Policies Defining the Collection Settings

Locks Top SQL Statements Tablespace Filtering Invalid Objects Filtering

Configuring the Alert Log Filtering Panel Display Configuring the List of Listeners per Instance Configuring User-defined Collections Configuring the On-demand Data Port Changing the Monitoring Mode of the RAC One Node Agents Administering SQL Performance Investigator

Generating Reports for a Foglight for Oracle RAC or Instance Studying the Various Reports

Overview of Collections

Alert Log Archive Destination Miscellaneous Archive Logs Storage ASM Diskgroups ASM Diskgroups Balance ASM Disks ASM Instance Total ASM Operations Backup Config Backup Jobs Backup Type Status Cluster Latency Cluster Misses Datafile Fragmentation Datafile IO Activity Datafiles Storage Dataguard Destination Status Dataguard Redo Apply Dataguard Status Dump File Event Wait Exadata Cell Flashcache Exadata Cell General Exadata Cell InfiniBand Exadata Cell InfiniBand Ports Exadata Cell InfiniBand Switches Exadata Cell Statistics Exadata Cell General Filesystem Disk Flashback Area History Locks Tree Instance History Locks Tree RAC Host Properties Initialization Parameters Instance General Invalid Objects Invalid Objects List IO Activity Jobs Queue Latches Activity Locks Activity Locks Breakdown Locks Instance Locks Tree Locks Tree RAC OS and Instance Statistics OS File System IO Summary OS General Network Summary Parallel PGA Statistics Pluggable Databases Information Pluggable Databases State Redo Archive Performance Redo Instances Miscellaneous Redo Logs Member Storage Redo Log Storage Sessions Summary Servers Tablespaces Free Space Fragmentation Tablespaces Storage Top Blocked Objects Top Sessions Top SQLs Top SQLs Full Text Top SQLs Text Total Archive Storage Total Database Storage Total Instance Waits Undo Activity Total Summary Usability

Alarm Authentication Buffer Wait Calibration Cartridge Cluster Wait CPU Usage CPU Wait Cursors DataGuard DataFlow Deadlock Disk Transfer Time Disk Utilization DiskPerf Dispatcher Drilldown External Procedures Foglight Agent Manager Foglight Management Server Host Name Host Process I/O Wait Kernel Memory Kernel Mode Kill LRU LSN Latch Wait Licensing Lock Wait Logical Reads Metric Network Wait OLTP Other Wait Paging Panel Per-Seat Licensing Per Server Licensing Physical Reads PID Privileged Mode Process Random I/O Recompile Recursive Calls Referential Integrity Relational Data Engine SQL*Net Scattered Read Schema Locks Sequential Read Severity Spinner SQL *net Threshold Transaction Unused Space User Mode

Exadata Cell InfiniBand Ports

The Exadata Cell InfiniBand Ports collection retrieves the cell InfiniBand ports’ information and status.

Collection Type

Collection Sampling Settings


Frequency Mode	Collection Interval (Seconds)
Realtime Collection	60
Online	300
Offline	900

Metric Descriptions


Metric	Description
Link Speed Active	The actual link speed of the Exadata cell InfiniBand port, as retrieved in the last sample.
Link Speed Enabled	The link speed enabled by the user, as retrieved in the last sample.
Link Speed Supported	The supported link speed of the Exadata cell InfiniBand port, as retrieved in the last sample.
Link State	The state of the InfiniBand port link of the Exadata cell.
Link Width Active	The actual link width of the Exadata cell Infiniband port, as retrieved in the last sample.
Link Width Enabled	The link width enabled by the user, as retrieved in the last sample.
Link Width Supported	The supported link width of the Exadata cell InfiniBand port, as retrieved in the last sample.
Node Name	The name of the InfiniBand node.
Physical Link State	The physical state of the Exadata cell InfiniBand port's link.
Port Number	The InfiniBand port number.
Switch LID	The InfiniBand Switch's local identifier (LID), as assigned by the Subnet Manager.

Exadata Cell InfiniBand Switches

The Exadata Cell InfiniBand Switches collection retrieves the cell InfiniBand ports’ information and status.

Collection Type

Collection Sampling Settings


Frequency Mode	Collection Interval (Seconds)
Realtime Collection	60
Online	300
Offline	900

Metric Descriptions


Metric	Description
Health Details	Retrieves the Infiniband health check detailed results of the parameters checked in the environment test.
Health Status	Retrieves the Infiniband Switch’s current health status, as indicated by the success or failure of the environment test.
Link Status	The Infiniband Switch’s current link status, as indicated during the last sample.
Subnet Manager State	The Subnet Manager’s current state on the Infiniband switch.
Switch LID	The InfiniBand Switch's local identifier (LID), as assigned by the Subnet Manager.
Switch Name	The Infiniband switch's name.

Exadata Cell Statistics

The Exadata Cell Statistics collection retrieves load, throughput and utilization statistics about the Exadata cell.

Collection Type

Collection Sampling Settings


Frequency Mode	Collection Interval (Seconds)
Realtime Collection	60
Online	300
Offline	900

Metric Descriptions


Metric	Description
Cell ID	The Cell ID, provided by the hardware vendor.
CPU Busy Percent	The percentage of time within the previous minute during which the system CPU units were not idle.
KB Received by Ethernet Interfaces Rate	The rate (kilobytes/second) at which data was received by the Ethernet interfaces during the last sample.
KB Transmitted by Ethernet Interfaces Rate	The rate (kilobytes/second) at which data was transmitted by the Ethernet interfaces during the last sample.
MB Received by InfiniBand Interfaces Rate	The rate (megabytes/second) at which data was received by the InfiniBand interfaces during the last sample.
MB Transmitted by InfiniBand Interfaces Rate	The rate (megabytes/second) at which data was transmitted by the InfiniBand interfaces during the last sample.
Physical Memory Utilization	The average percentage of physical memory used on the cell during the last sample.
Run Queue Length	The average number (over the preceding minute) of processes in the Linux run queue that were marked as running or uninterruptable. This reading is taken from /proc/loadavg.
Swap Utilization	The percentage of swap used.

Exadata Cell General

The Exadata Cell General collection retrieves summarized cell disks performance and throughput statistics.

Collection Type

Collection Sampling Settings


Frequency Mode	Collection Interval (Seconds)
Realtime Collection	60
Online	300
Offline	900

Metric Descriptions


Metric	Description
Average Small Read Latency Per Request	Average latency in milliseconds to read small blocks per request on all the celldisks.
Average Small Write Latency Per Request	Average latency in milliseconds to write small blocks per request on all the celldisks.
Cell ID	The Cell ID, provided by the hardware vendor.
MB Read Rate	The rate (megabytes/second) at which data was read from all of the celldisks during the specified time range.
MB Written Rate	The rate (megabytes/second) at which data was written on all of the celldisks during the specified time range.
Read Requests Rate	Number of requests to read large and small blocks per second on all the celldisks.
Write Requests Rate	Number of requests to write large and small blocks per second on all the celldisks.

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