10 Monitoring and Tuning the Database

Monitoring the health of a database and ensuring that it performs optimally is an important task for a database administrator. This section discusses the features and functions included in Oracle Database that make it easy to proactively monitor database health, identify performance problems, and implement any corrective actions.

This section contains these topics:

• Proactive Database Monitoring

• Diagnosing Performance Problems with ADDM

• Using Advisors to Optimize Database Performance

• Monitoring and Tuning: Oracle By Example Series