Using the Exalytics Machine console, you can do the following tasks:
To view the Exalytics Machine homepage, follow these steps:
From the Targets menu, select Exalytics. On the Systems page, click on the expansion button of the Exalytics System that contains the Exalytics target that you want to access. A list of Exalytics targets is displayed.
Select the Exalytics target that you want. This takes you to the Exalytics Machine home page.
The Exalytics Machine home page displays the summary of the functioning of the Exalytics target. It shows the general information of the target, the overview of incidents and problems, the status of the target, the compliance summary, jobs activity, target blackouts, and the number of configuration changes.
You can view more detailed information of the target by clicking on the Exalytics Machine menu and selecting the option that you want to view, such as target alert history, target incidents, members topology, vCPU consumption report, job activity and collected configuration. You can also manage and administer tasks such as administering target access privileges, administering target blackouts, and removing the target.
The Exalytics Machine homepage also contains a Personalize Page button on the top right corner. This enables you to customize the homepage by adding, removing, or configuring regions. You can also change the layout of the page.
Using the Enterprise Manager Exalytics System console, you can perform the following generic performance tasks:
To view the alert history of an Exalytics machine, do the following:
from the Exalytics Machine menu displayed on the Exalytics machine home page, select Monitoring, then select Alert History.
The Alert History page provides details about target metrics, such as the periods when a particular metric exceeds its critical threshold value, the periods when the metric could not be calculated, and so on. These details help you plan corrective measures for metric-related problems, before any severe damage or prolonged downtime can occur.
The Alert History page contains the following elements:
Table 5-1 Target Alert History
Element | Description |
---|---|
Metric |
Parameter related to the performance of the target. |
History |
Condition of the metric at various times. The condition can have the values Critical, Warning, Clear, and No Data. |
To view the incidents related to the target, navigate to the Incidents section, by following these steps:
The Incident Manager page provides details about the various events, related to the target, that negatively impact any hardware and software components running on the Exalytics machine. These events require user action. The details provided by this section, such as the incident summary, severity, target, target type, and so on, are essential for troubleshooting.
To view the members topology of an Exalytics machine, follow these steps:
On this page, you can perform the following tasks:
To view a configuration topic, from the View list, select any of the following:
Uses
This view helps you determine the targets that the selected target depends on. If a target is having problems, this view can be useful in helping you determine whether its problems have been caused by another target it depends on.
Used By
This view shows you the targets that depend on the selected target. This can be useful, for example, if you are planning on shutting down the target and need to know what other targets will be affected
System Members
This view shows the members of the system.
Custom views that have been defined by end users.
Note:
The Uses, Used By, and System Members views are out-of-box topology views. They cannot be modified.
To navigate to the Consumption Report page, follow these steps:
Note:
You can view the Consumption Report page only for virtual Exalytics machine targets.
You can perform the following tasks on the vCPU Consumption page:
To view the vCPU Consumption Report for the software components running on an Exalytics Machine, do the following:
To view the resource consumption trend for an Exalytics machine target, do the following:
To navigate to the Consumption Report page, follow these steps:
Note:
You can view the Consumption Report page only for virtual Exalytics machine targets.
You can perform the following tasks related to managing license editions on the vCPU Consumption page:
To add a license edition to a target, do the following:
To view the past, currently running, and scheduled jobs related to a target, follow these steps:
To view the collected configuration data of an Exalytics machine target, do the following:
The browser window consists of left and right panes. The left pane is a tree hierarchy. The right pane consists of tabs that display information in tables. As you navigate in the tree, your selection dictates the contents in the right pane. Depending on the selection, tabs appear containing data such as properties and values, relationships, a hierarchical structure of a system and its members, and file contents in both a parsed and raw text format.
You can take any of several actions as you view a configuration in the browser. These actions are available from the Actions menu above the tabs. The tree hierarchy in the left pane also has context menus available.
You can perform the following administration tasks on the Exalytics machine target:
To view the monitoring configuration details for a particular target, follow these steps:
The Monitoring Configuration page provides information about instance properties of the target, which provide internal details about target monitoring.
To manage the access privileges for a target, follow these steps:
Use the Access page to set target privileges for roles and administrators. The available privileges are View, Operator, and Full.
View only allows you to view the target in the console, whereas Operator allows you to view targets, and perform all administrative actions except deleting targets. Full allows you to view targets, and perform all administrative actions.
Blackouts suspend data collection on a monitored target and are useful when you want to perform scheduled maintenance tasks on monitored targets.
To administer the blackouts for a target, follow these steps:
Use the Blackouts page to search for existing target blackouts, edit existing blackouts, define new blackouts, and stop blackouts. You can also create and stop blackouts using the Exalytics Machine menu. To create or stop a blackout, from the Exalytics System menu, select Control, then select Create Blackout or End Blackout, respectively.
To remove an Exalytics machine target from an Exalytics System, do the following: