5 System Management (Configuration, Diagnostics, and Monitoring)

This chapter provides high-level information for managing the Exalytics Machine by performing system tasks such as configuration, diagnostics, and monitoring. See the remaining chapters of this part for details on other system management tasks for the Exalytics Machine, such as patching and backup and recovery.

The Exalytics Machine includes hardware and software for Oracle Business Intelligence and for TimesTen In-Memory Database. You manage these pieces as follows:

• Hardware — For information on managing the hardware, see Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center User's Guide.

• Oracle Business Intelligence — All the Oracle Business Intelligence components on the Exalytics Machine are managed through the same mechanisms as described in Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. For example, you use Fusion Middleware Control for configuration, diagnostics, process control, and monitoring.

• TimesTen — For information on managing TimesTen, see the following guides:

  • Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide

  • Oracle Enterprise Manager System Monitoring Plug-in for Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Installation Guide for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control