Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Discover External Exadata Infrastructure

Before you discover External Exadata Infrastructure in Database Management, you must:

The External Exadata Infrastructure discovery process includes the following main operations:

  1. Selecting a previously discovered External Database System in the on-premises Exadata Database machine.
  2. Configuring the connectors to the storage servers that you want to monitor using Database Management.
  3. Reviewing the associated External Database Systems and the storage servers that will be monitored using Database Management, and creating the External Exadata Infrastructure resource.

To discover an External Exadata Infrastructure resource in Database Management:

  1. Sign in to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure console.
  2. At the top of the page, ensure that the region in which you want to discover the External Exadata Infrastructure is selected.
    Note

    Cross-region monitoring and management of External Exadata Infrastructure is not available.
  3. Open the navigation menu, click Observability & Management. Under Database Management, click Administration.
  4. On the left pane, select the compartment in which the associated External Database System is discovered and select External in the Deployment type filter.
    The registered External Databases in the compartment are listed on the Managed databases page along with the link to the associated External Database System in the Database System column.
  5. Click Discover system and then click External Exadata infrastructure.
  6. On the Select DB systems page of the Discover Exadata infrastructure panel, select the associated External Database Systems in the Exadata Database machine, and click Next.

    By default, the compartment selected on the Managed databases page is displayed, however, you can select another compartment in the drop-down list and select the External Database Systems in that compartment.

  7. On the Add connectors page of the Discover Exadata infrastructure panel:
    1. Review the External Exadata Infrastructure details in the Exadata infrastructure information section, and edit the name and the compartment of the External Exadata Infrastructure, if required.
      Note

      • The compartment cannot be edited for previously discovered External Exadata Infrastructure resources.
      • The license type is taken from the license type selected for the associated External Database System.
    2. Review the list of storage servers and External Database Systems associated with the External Exadata Infrastructure, and add connections to the storage servers that you would like to monitor using Database Management. To add a connection to a single storage server, click Configure connector in the Connector column or to add a connection to all storage servers, select all storage servers and click Configure all connectors. For information, see Add Connections to Storage Servers.

      If you do not want to monitor a storage server using Database Management, then deselect the storage server. Note that to proceed with the discovery process, a connection to at least one storage server must be added.

    3. Optionally, click Show advanced options to add free-form or defined tags to the External Exadata Infrastructure. If you have the permissions required to discover the External Exadata Infrastructure, then you also have permissions to add free-form tags. To add a defined tag, you must have permissions to use the tag namespace.
      Note

      It's recommended that you set values for the Oracle-Standard tags as these tags ensure consistency across your tenancy.

      For information on:

    4. Click Next.
  8. On the Review page of the Discover Exadata infrastructure panel, review the External Exadata Infrastructure details and tags, if any, and the components that will be monitored by Database Management, and click Submit.
On the Managed databases page, a link with the name of the External Exadata Infrastructure is displayed in the Exadata column for the External Database and External Database System with which it's associated.