Resource Analyzer Administrator's and User's Manual

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This documentation describes how to administer Resource Analyzer. It provides instructions for configuring Resource Analyzer’s Usage Monitoring facility and explains how to delete extraneous data from the Resource Analyzer Usage Monitoring and administrative databases. The manual also provides a description of the various Resource Analyzer reports and how to access them.

This manual is intended for the DBA, systems administrator, data warehouse designer, or anyone else who needs to keep an eye on request, user, and resource activity.

How This Manual Is Organized

This manual includes the following chapters:

Chapter/Appendix

Contents

1

What Is Resource Analyzer?

Introduces Resource Analyzer and describes its ability to analyze site activity and contribute to performance analysis. Provides an introduction to Resource Analyzer Usage Monitoring and reporting features.

2

Configuring and Administering Resource Management From the Web Console

Describes how to configure and administer Resource Management from the Web Console.

3

Configuring a Central Relational Repository Model

Describes how to configure many-to-one monitoring, and Enterprise Monitoring, which allows all of the Resource Analyzer servers in your enterprise to store monitored data in the same relational repository.

4

Resource Analyzer Report Options

Describes the different categories of Resource Analyzer reports, the individual reports within these categories, and the process for displaying reports.

5

Getting Help

Describes Resource Analyzer’s online help and documentation options.

A

Administrative Usage Monitoring Tables Column Descriptions

Summarizes the fields in the Resource Analyzer administrative (system) and Usage Monitoring databases.

B

Using DDL Statements to Create the Internal Tables

Explains how to use DDL statements to create the Resource Analyzer and Resource Governor internal tables.

Documentation Conventions

The following table lists and describes the conventions that apply in this manual.

Convention

Description

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Represents a placeholder (or variable) in syntax for a value that you or the system must supply.

underscore

Indicates a default setting.

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Represents a placeholder (or variable), a cross-reference, or an important term. It may also indicate a button, menu item, or dialog box option you can click or select.

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Highlights a file name or command.

Key + Key

Indicates keys that you must press simultaneously.

{  }

Indicates two or three choices; type one of them, not the braces.

[  ]

Indicates a group of optional parameters. None are required, but you may select one of them. Type only the parameter in the brackets, not the brackets.

|

Separates mutually exclusive choices in syntax. Type one of them, not the symbol.

...

Indicates that you can enter a parameter multiple times. Type only the parameter, not the ellipsis points (...).

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