SQL AdvisorStatistics containing active session history are now gathered and populate the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR).
The Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor(ADDM) automatically tracks changes in database performance leveraging the datain the AWR.
Server-generated alerts occur “just-in-time” and appear in EnterpriseManager.
ADDM is one of several advisors present in Oracle and accessible using EnterpriseManager today. Other performance related advisors include:
SQL Test Case Builder used for reproducing the problem and transmitting the information to Oracle Support. The advisors in this infrastructure include:
SQL Repair Advisor
If a SQL statement fails with a critical error, the SQL Repair Advisor will analyze the statement and recommend a patch to repair it.
Data Recovery Advisor
The Data Recovery Advisor is used in recovering from corrupted blocks, corrupted or missing files, and other data failures and is integrated with database health checks and RMAN.
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Database Management Packs – Diagnostics, Tuning, Change Management, Configuration Management,Provisioning
Database Diagnostics Pack - Provides automatic performance diagnostics by leveraging ADDM, the AWR, monitoring templates, and advanced event notification and alerting
Database Tuning Pack - Provides the statistics, SQL profiling, access path, and SQL structure analysis leveraged by the SQL Tuning Advisor and includes the SQL Access Advisor and Object Reorganization Wizard
Database Change Management Pack - Provides capture and version baselines, database object and data copying, and object definition updates
Database Configuration Management Pack - Provides system inventory collection and reporting, configuration comparisons and history, policy manager, and critical patch advisor
Database Provisioning Pack- Provides automated patching, cloning, provisioning, and single instance to RAC conversion
Standalone Management Packs- Provisioning, Service Level Management
Application Management Packs - E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel
Middleware (Oracle Application Server) Management Packs - Diagnostics, Configuration Management, Identity Management, Provisioning, SOA Management
Management Connectors - Microsoft Operations Manager, Remedy Helpdesk
Operating System Management Packs - Oracle Linux
System Monitoring Plug-ins - EMC Celerra, EMC Symmetrix DMX, NetApp Filer, BEA WebLogic, JBoss Application Server, IBM WebSphere, IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM DB2, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Commerce Server, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft .NET framework, Microsoft SQL Server, Check Point Firewall, Juniper Netscreeen Firewall, F5 BigIP Local Traffic Manager, Linux Hosts, Unix Hosts, Windows Hosts
Oracle Management Agents - These agents monitor targets for health, status, and performance. Management Agents can also send Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps to database performance monitors in other system monitoring tools.
EM2Go is a mobile version of Enterprise Manager introduced with Oracle Database 10g.
In Oracle, a collection of contiguous blocks is referred to as an extent. A collection of extents is referred to as a segment.
As of Oracle Database 10g, resolving fragmentation issues became fairly trivial. You can perform an online segment shrink using the Segment Advisor interface accessible through EM. ADDM recommends segments to shrink, and you simply choose to accept the recommendations. (151)