4.3.13.2 DISCOVER ES

This command discovers an existing configuration of an engineered system.

Syntax

DISCOVER ES 
   HOSTNAMES = host_names 
   LOCATION = directory_name 

Arguments

You can use the following arguments when discovering an engineered system configuration:

• HOSTNAMES: Specifies the list of nodes to be discovered, with each host name separated by a ',' or a space. The list must be enclosed in quotation marks, for example, 'node1,node2' or 'node1 node2'. For virtual environments with user domains, you need to provide a list of only management domain (dom0) host names and storage servers.

• LOCATION: Specifies the target directory for file creation.

Usage Notes

The following are requirements and limitations of the DISCOVER ES command:

• Supported only on Exadata. ZDLRA is not supported.
• All hosts must have the same root password.
• Discover will not work with custom Operating System profiles and customized SQL*Plus prompts.
• Only RAC databases are discovered. Single instance databases and SIHA databases are not discovered.
• Oracle Clusterware must be running.
• Only online databases are discovered.
• If DISCOVER ES cannot log into databases as SYSDBA using Operating System authentication databases are skipped.
• Only database resources registered with Oracle Clusterware are discovered.
• Virtual machines that are not running are not discovered.