The Oracle Exadata plug-in provides a consolidated view of the Exadata Database Machine within Oracle Enterprise Manager, including a consolidated view of all the hardware components and their physical location with indications of status.
This chapter highlights the significant features and enhancements provided by the Oracle Exadata plug-in in the following release summaries:
Oracle Exadata Plug-in Release 13.1.0.1.0 includes a variety of bugs fixed and enhancements implemented for the following feature areas:
As Oracle releases new hardware and software, the Oracle Exadata plug-in is updated, tested, and certified to accommodate the new products. For complete hardware and software support details, see Oracle Exadata Database Machine Supported Hardware and Software in Chapter 1.
Oracle Exadata Plug-in Release 13.1.0.1.0 supports the following hardware and software:
X5-8.
Provisioning involves repeatable, reliable, automated, unattended, and scheduled mass deployment of a RAC Cluster including virtual machines (VMs), Oracle Database (DB), Grid Infrastructure, and ASM on Virtualized Exadata.
With the Exadata plug-in's virtualization provisioning functionality, you can:
Create and delete a RAC Cluster including VMs, Oracle Database (DB), Grid Infrastructure, and ASM.
Scale up and scale down a RAC Cluster by adding or removing VMs including DB, Grid Infrastructure, and ASM.
See Exadata Virtualized Provisioning for the details.
The Exadata plug-in provides the following features in support of Exadata Flash Cache:
Monitor X5 "Extreme Flash" configurations, including:
Enhanced Database Machine schematic diagram.
Enhanced incident details page for disk failure.
Enhanced capacity reporting, I/O Resource Management (IORM), and performance charts.
Flash I/O Resource Monitoring and Management, including:
Flash Cache space usage monitoring.
Administration of flash IORM.
New charts on Cell and Grid home page and Performance page.
I/O Resource consumption and performance monitoring for Flash.
The Exadata plug-in has been enhanced to provide improved monitoring details for all Exadata Database Machine components. These details include:
ILOM overview details and health status.
Updated the schematic diagram to enhanced views into your Exadata Database Machine, including:
Photo-realistic hardware view. From this view, administrators have visibility into hardware and can correlate errors across tools (like an intermittent error with Exadata performance).
Logical view, which shows additional CPU details and status.
Energy view.
Network connectivity.
Service processor (SP) configuration.
Added a new Systems Infrastructure Server target type.
The Exadata plug-in support additional patching features in support of the entire Exadata stack, including:
Compute nodes: Firmware and operating system (OS).
Exadata Storage Server cells: Firmware and cell software.
InfiniBand network: Switch firmware.
Quarterly Full Stack Patch Download (QFSDP) is released every quarter. Primary components are:
Database (Database, Clusterware).
Infrastructure includes Exadata Storage Server, InfiniBand Switch, and PDU.
Exadata systems patching includes:
Comprehensive overview of the maintenance status and needs.
Proactive patch recommendations for the quarterly full stack patches.
Supports auto patch download, ability to patch either in rolling or non-rolling modes.
Ability to schedule runs.
Proactive notification of the status updates.
Granular step-level status tracking with real-time updates.
Log monitoring and aggregation, supporting quick filing of support issues with pre-packaged log dumps.
For more details, see the following documents:
The Updating Exadata Storage Servers and Updating Exadata InfiniBand Switches sections of the Oracle® Enterprise Manager Lifecycle Management Administrator's Guide.
Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (Doc ID 888828.1) in My Oracle Support:
https://support.oracle.com/rs?type=doc&id=888828.1
The ORAchk/EXAchk utility proactively scans for the most significant problems across the various layers within Oracle Database and Exadata Database Machine. The Exadata plug-in integrates the ORAchk/EXAchk utility and provides the following features through Enterprise Manager Cloud Control:
Install, set up, upgrade, and schedule the ORAchk utility within Enterprise Manager.
View all ORAchk/EXAchk results as Enterprise Manager Compliance Standard violations.
Allows you to review and implement ORAchk/EXAchk best practices.
The ORAchk/EXAchk utility provides a comprehensive list of checks and alerts, including:
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For details about the ORAchk plug-in, see the ORAchk Healthchecks User's Guide.
Oracle Auto Service Request (ASR) provides auto-case generation when common hardware component faults occur. ASR is designed to enable faster problem resolution by eliminating the need to initiate contact with Oracle Support Services for common hardware component failures, reducing both the number of phone calls needed and overall phone time required.
The Exadata plug-in integrates with Oracle ASR to provide the following benefits:
Enables ASR capability for Exadata Database Machine. Creates a Service Request (SR) automatically and updates the SR number to Enterprise Manager.
Installs and deploys quickly with the emcli command.
Includes ASR Incidents for viewing within the Enterprise Manager Incident Manager.
Works for all Engineered Systems that are certified for ASR.
Enterprise Manager recognizes the following three fault telemetry types:
Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM): Provides fault information, power and environmental, CPU, and memory fault information from the service processor (SP).
Exadata-detected Events (HALRT): Provides fault coverage for disks, flash, and PCI cards within Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
Fault Management Architecture (FMA): Provides CPU and memory fault information from the host.
For more details about using Oracle ASR with Enterprise Manager, see Managing and Monitoring Oracle Auto Service Request (ASR) Assets User's Guide.
For product details about Oracle ASR, see http://oracle.com/asr.