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2. On the Collection Type page, select Machine Data and click OK.
3. On the Machines page, select the Solaris machines hosting the Oracle instances, select Do not limit
collection to deltas, and click Next.
4. On the Data Types page, configure the collected data type.
a. Expand the Unix data type.
b. Select Oracle - Management Views.
c. Select Use default filters.
d. Click Next.
5. On the Important page, verify that there are no conflicts with previously scheduled or running jobs,
and click Finish.
The amount of time the first collection requires is determined by the number of machines and network
connectivity.
What to do next
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Select Administration > Job Manager > History > Instant Collections > Past 24 Hours to determine if
the collection completed successfully.
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Review collected data and manage your Oracle instances. See "Oracle Collection Results" on page 138.
Oracle Collection Results
You use the collected Oracle data to manage your Oracle instances. The data is available for several
management actions.
The displayed data is only as current as the last time that you collected the data.
Option Description
Console Displays security information for users, roles, privileges, configuration
settings, and database parameters for Oracle instances. The data in
these views is collected from views in each Oracle instance on
supported Solaris machines.
To view the collected data, click Console and select Enterprise
Applications > Oracle > Management Views.
Compliance Determines if the collected data from target machines meets specified
compliance values.
To run compliance checks, click Compliance and select Machine
Group Compliance and follow the steps described in the online help
to create rule groups, rules, filters, and templates.
Reports Creates custom Oracle reports based on collected Oracle management
views data. Reports are run against currently collected data.
Depending on the volume or complexity of the data requested in a
report, it might take time to generate the report. See the online help
for information about scheduling and disseminating reports.
To create Oracle reports, click Reports and select Machine Group
Reports.
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