Exadata Quick Reference 2: Oracle Exadata Diag Utilities

exawatcher

Location: /opt/oracle.ExaWatcher/GetExaWatcherResults.sh 

What it does?

Useful to monitor Diskinfo, IBCardInfo, IBprocs, Iostat, LGWR, Lsof, MegaRaidFW, Meminfo, Mpstat, Netstat, Ps, RDSinfo, Slabinfo, Top, Vmstat. It saves historical data in /opt/oracle.ExaWatcher/archive in each server.

Verify Hardware and Firmware configuration on Exadata

Database Node

#/opt/oracle.SupportTools/CheckHWnFWProfile

Output would be as below:

[SUCCESS] The hardware and firmware profile matches one of the supported profile

If any result other than "SUCCESS" then investigate and correct the condition.

Verify on Cell Server

CellCLI> alter cell validate configuration

The output will be like :  Cell RanDomcel08 successfully altered

If any result other than "successfully altered" then investigate and correct the condition.

How to Verify Hardware and Firmware on Exadata Components (Storage & Server) ?

If the hardware and firmware are not validated, inconsistencies between database and storage servers can lead to problems and outages.

With below command we can verify hardware and firmware on storage and server.

# /opt/oracle.cellos/CheckHWnFWProfile

[SUCCESS] The hardware and firmware profile matches one of the supported profile

If any result other than "SUCCESS" is returned, investigate and correct the condition.