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Using Automatic Workload Repository

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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the
following:
Create and manage AWR snapshots
Generate AWR reports
Create Compare Periods reports
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Automatic Workload Repository: Overview
SGA
V$ DBA_*
ADDM
Self-tuning
component
Self-tuning
component

Internal clients
External clients
EM SQL*Plus

Efficient
in-memory
statistics
collection
AWR
snapshots
MMON
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Automatic Workload Repository Data
Advisor
results
AWR
SQL
statistics
Base
statistics
Metrics ASH
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Workload Repository
SYSAUX
SGA
In-memory
statistics
6:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Snapshot 1
Snapshot 2
Snapshot 3
Snapshot 4
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
ADDM finds
top problems.
MMON
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Database Control and AWR
Edit snapshot parameters
Run AWR report
Manage snapshots
Manage baselines
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AWR Snapshot Purging Policy
SYSAUX tablespace
sys schema
Snapshot
Snapshot
Snapshot
Snapshot
8
days
Snapshot
MMON
Every night
60 min
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AWR Snapshot Settings
DBMS_WORKLOAD_REPOSITORY.MODIFY_SNAPSHOT_SETTINGS (
retention IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
interval IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
topnsql IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL);
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Manual AWR Snapshots
Create a snapshot
DBMS_WORKLOAD_REPOSITORY.CREATE_SNAPSHOT (};
DBMS_WORKLOAD_REPOSITORY.DROP_SNAPSHOT_RANGE(
LOW_SNAP_ID => 102,
HIGH_SNAP_ID => 105);
Drop one or more snapshots
Create and delete snapshots using EM
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Managing Snapshots with PL/SQL
DBMS_WORKLOAD_REPOSITORY Package
Procedure Name Description
CREATE_SNAPSHOT
Create a manual snapshot immediately
DROP_SNAPSHOT_RANGE
Drop a range of snapshots
MODIFY_SNAPSHOT_SETTINGS
Modify the snapshot settings
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Generating AWR Reports in EM
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Generating AWR Reports in SQL*Plus
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Reading the AWR Report
The first section provides
Overview
Most significant diagnostics
Additional pages
Detailed statistical information for specific areas
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Snapshots and Periods Comparisons
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Compare Periods: Benefits
DBA

DBA

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Compare Periods: Results
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Compare Periods: Report
WORKLOAD REPOSITORY COMPARE PERIODS REPORT
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Compare Periods: Load Profile
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Compare Periods: Top Events
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to:
Create and manage AWR snapshots
Generate AWR reports
Create Compare Periods reports
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Practice 3 Overview:
Using AWR-Based Tools
This practice covers the following topics:
Create and manage Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)
snapshots
Generate and view the sections of an AWR report
Generate and view the sections of a Compare Periods report