8 Using the dcli Utility

The dcli utility facilitates centralized management across Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

dcli automates the execution of operating system commands on a set of servers and returns the output to the centralized management location where the dcli utility was run.

• Overview of the dcli Utility
  The dcli utility runs operating system commands on multiple servers in parallel threads. The target servers can be Exadata Storage Servers or Exadata database servers. However, the dcli utility does not support an interactive session with a remote application.
• dcli Syntax
  This topic describes the syntax for the dcli utility.
• dcli Examples
  This section contains examples of the using the dcli utility.
• Setting Up SSH User-Equivalence on Oracle Exadata Storage Server
  Setting user-equivalence enables you to issue commands to remote cells without having to enter the password for the cell.