1. RAC Performance Lab

2. 1. Oracle Administration Assistant for Windows
Start Oracle Administration Assistant for Windows
Expand the tree to the database
Right-click and choose connect
Connect into the database
View Oracle objects

3. 1. Oracle Administration Assistant for Windows

4. 2. Run Database Load Script
Your instructor will provide you with a directory containing database schema creation and data loading scripts
In a command window, move to the PTCDB directory and run the create_ptcdb.bat file
The scripts will generate database activity which can be measured with monitoring tools
If the file completes, simply restart to generate additional load

5. 3. Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor
To initially configure the Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor, open a command line window
Enter the following:
OPerfCfg –U system –P {password} –D {SID}
The registry entries for the Performance Monitor are now set.
Note: Oracle Counters for Performance Monitor is sensitive to Oracle Net settings, which must be correct

6. 3. Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor
Go to Start -> Oracle – OraDb10g_home1 -> Configuration and Migration Tools -> Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor
By default, two Oracle counters for Sorts are displayed.
Add other Oracle specific counters
Add CPU counters
Add physical disk counters
Add system counters
Add network counters

7. 3. Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor

8. 3. Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor

9. 4. STATSPACK
Run the %ORACLE_HOME%\admin\spcreate.sql script to install STASPACK
Log in as “sys as sysdba” and run the execute statspack.snap command
Wait a few minutes
Run the execute statspack.snap command again
Run the spreport.sql sccript to create a report

10. 5. AWR Reports Change directory to the report script directory:
C:\> cd %ORACLE_HOME%\report\admin
Start an sqlplus session. The Oracle user must have privileges to view the DBA and V$ tables.
Run an AWR report:
Enter required information at the prompts, including starting and ending snapshot IDs.
Report is in %ORACLE_HOME%\bin by default (you may specify a full path)
Choose the html format.
Open the report in a browser. Look for the following:
Top five timed events
Instance Efficiency Percentages
SQL ordered by ….
Advisory sections
Other sections suggested by the instructor

11. 5. AWR Reports

12. 6. ADDM Findings Start a Database Control session
Go to the Performance Page
Go to Advisor Central
Create a set of ADDM analysis findings by manually choosing recent snapshots
Review the ADDM Findings

13. 6. ADDM Findings

14. 7. View RAC Cluster Performance Pages
Start a Database Control session
Open the RAC Cluster Cache Coherency page and the Cluster Interconnects page
The RAC Cluster Cache Coherency page can be reached from the bottom of the Performance tab of the Performance page
To reach the Cluster Interconnects page, go to the crs cluster item on the main page
Interconnects is available as a tab on the crs Cluster page

15. 7. View RAC Cluster Performance Pages

16. 7. View RAC Cluster Performance Pages

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