Managing Exadata Resources with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

To manage and monitor Exadata Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer resources, use Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control.

For complete documentation and Oracle By Example tutorials, see the following documentation resources: Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control for Oracle Exadata Cloud and Setting Up Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.4 on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control provides a complete lifecycle management solution for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Exadata Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer services.

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control discovers Exadata Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer services as a single target and automatically identifies and organizes all dependent components. Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control you can then:

  • Monitor and manage all Exadata, Exadata Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer systems, along with any other targets, from a single interface
  • Visualize storage and compute data
  • View performance metrics of your Exadata components

Features of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

Familiarize yourself with the features of Enterprise Manager Cloud Control to manage and monitor Exadata Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer resources.

Enterprise Manager Target for Exadata Cloud

The target for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Exadata resources, which covers both Exadata Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer does the following:

  • Automatically identifies and organizes related targets.
  • Provides a high-level integration point for Enterprise Manager framework features such as incident rules, groups, notifications, and monitoring templates.

Improved Performance Monitoring

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control enhances performance monitoring in the following ways:

  • Adds Exadata Storage Server and Exadata Storage Grid targets.
  • Offers visualization of storage and compute performance for your Exadata Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer resources.
  • Enables use of the same Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) key performance indicators (KPI) developed for Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

Scripted CLI-based Discovery

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control uses scripts to discover Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Exadata resources. Scripts comb the existing hosts, clusters, ASM, databases and related targets, as well as adding the storage server targets.

"Single Pane of Glass" View of On-Premises and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Exadata Resources

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 's use of a single Exadata target type provides a consistent Enterprise Manager experience across on-premises, Exadata Cloud, and Exadata Cloud@Customer resources. The common Exadata target menu allows you to easily navigate to, monitor and manage all of your Exadata systems.

Visualization

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control allows you to visualize the database and related targets associated with each Exadata Cloud and Exadata Cloud@Customer system.