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application servers, and can be configured to send automated credentials such as host name and port number of the server that
alerts and warnings when the target resource utilization reaches is running the management service. After specifying these details,
threshold values established by the system administrator. administrators should follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation. After installation, the management agent should automati-
Grid Control installation and configuration cally communicate with the server running the management service
This article describes the installation and configuration of Grid and appear as a target in the Grid Control management console.
Control on the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 3 operating system (OS).
Best practices dictate installing Grid Control on a system that does Management of database cluster nodes using Grid Control
not have an Oracle database installed and is not being used as an Grid Control has features to help database administrators manage
application server.2 multiple database instances. Using Grid Control, an administrator can
Download the three Grid Control gzip files and unzip them to a dynamically modify parameters of the database instances, such as buffer
directory to which the Oracle users have read and write privileges. size and sort area, depending on the workload on the systems. Grid
Unzip the files and obtain the cpio archives: Control provides a console that displays real-time data for server activi-
ties. If an excessive load develops on a particular group of instances,
# gzip –d linux_grid_control_10_1_0_2_Disk1.cpio.gz the administrator can manually add an extra system and create another
# gzip –d linux_grid_control_10_1_0_2_Disk2.cpio.gz database instance without affecting the other systems.3
# gzip –d linux_grid_control_10_1_0_2_Disk3.cpio.gz Cloning. Grid Control simplifies database cloning. Cloning creates
a copy of the existing database on a new set of target servers and helps
After unzipping the files and obtaining the cpio archives, copy create test instances or backup instances of a production database. A
the files from the archive using the cpio command: Grid Control feature known as multicast allows the administrator to select
an $ORACLE_HOME on a system and to clone the existing $ORACLE_HOME
# cpio -idmv < linux_grid_control_10_1_0_2_Disk1.cpio to multiple destination servers. Environment-specific parameters such
# cpio -idmv < linux_grid_control_10_1_0_2_Disk2.cpio as host name and IP address are automatically updated as part of the
# cpio -idmv < linux_grid_control_10_1_0_2_Disk3.cpio cloning process. The only requirement is that target servers must have
the Grid Control management agent up and running. The entire clon-
The preceding steps create three directories called Disk1, Disk2, ing operation can be scheduled using the built-in EM job scheduler.
and Disk3. The administrator should open an xterm session and The sidebar “Cloning a database with Grid Control” in this article
execute the command runInstaller from within the Disk1 direc- provides an example scenario of Grid Control cloning capabilities.
tory to start the Grid Control installer. Automated upgrades and patching. Grid Control can help auto-
Installation of management service. The management ser- mate the upgrade process for database instances. The critical patch
vice installation includes the management service and management advisory feature proactively notifies the administrator of important
repository. For a new installation, administrators should select the patches that are available on metalink.oracle.com, which is the
option “Enterprise Manager 10gg Grid Control using a new database.” patch repository for Oracle products. Grid Control also maintains
If the environment already has an Oracle database to house the an inventory of the different hosts as well as the patch sets and
management repository, administrators should select the option interim patches that administrators have applied to them. When
“Enterprise Manager 10gg Grid Control using an existing database.” configured properly, the critical patch advisory feature of EM can
Administrators can then complete either installation by following download the relevant patches from MetaLink and maintain them in
the on-screen instructions. After installation of the management a patch cache. The patch cache is a staging area for patches, which
service, the Grid Control management console is accessible from can be used to apply patches to other systems at a later time. Patch
the browser at HostName:7777/em. installation for different systems can be scheduled for a particular
Installation of management agent. The management agent must date and time using EM job scheduling mechanisms.
be installed on all the nodes that require monitoring. Administrators The critical patch advisory feature also checks for sufficient disk
can select the option “Additional management agent” from the Product space on systems before applying the patches, and issues an alert
Selection menu during installation. The management agent requires when failures occur. Pre- and post-patch processing steps can also
2 For more detailed installation information, review the section “Preinstallation Requirements for Enterprise Manager” in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Installation and Basic Configuration Guide, which is
available at download-east.oracle.com/docs/html/B12012_03/toc.htm.
3 For more information about real-time diagnostics and tuning of Oracle database instances using EM Grid Control, see “Exploiting Automated Database Diagnostics in Oracle Database 10 g” by Ramesh Rajagopalan,
Uday Datta Shet, C.S. Prasanna Nanda, and Bharat Sajnani in Dell Power Solutions, February 2005.
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C.S. Prasanna Nanda is an engineering analyst on the Dell Database and Applications
team in the Dell Product Group. He has a B.E. in Computer Science from the Birla Institute
of Technology and Science in Pilani, India.
Uday Datta Shet is a senior engineering analyst on the Dell Database and Applications
team in the Dell Product Group. He has a B.E. in Computer Science and is also an Oracle Figure A. Database cloning
Certified Professional (OCP).
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