Thank you for attending the Exadata Snapper (ExaSnapper) hacking session!
I have split the recording of this session into 3 pieces and uploaded to enkitec.tv. The ExaSnapper v0.7 beta that I demoed is also available now at enkitec.com (registration needed). See the links below.
For quick reference, here’s the syntax of running ExaSnapper – there are two modes, one is the before/after capture (think Tom Kyte’s runstats, but for exadata metrics) and the other is more like a DBA-monitoring mode, where you can just measure a few seconds worth of a long-running query runtime and get the IO and efficiency figures from there.
Here’s an excerpt from the install script documentation section:
-- Usage: Take a snapshot of a running session (use QC SID if PX):
--
-- a) Monitor a running query - "DBA mode"
--
-- SELECT * FROM TABLE(exasnap.display_sid(, [snap_seconds], [detail_level]));
--
-- The SID argument can be just a number (SID in local instance) or a remote SID with
-- @instance after it (like '123@4')
--
-- SELECT * FROM TABLE(exasnap.display_sid(123));
-- SELECT * FROM TABLE(exasnap.display_sid('123@4', p_detail=>'%');
--
-- b) Take Before & After snapshots of a query execution - "Developer Mode"
--
-- 1) SELECT exasnap.begin_snap(123) FROM dual;
-- or
-- EXEC :begin_snap_id := exasnap.begin_snap(123);
--
-- 2) Run your query, wait until it finishes (or CTRL+C)
--
-- 3) SELECT exasnap.end_snap(123) FROM dual;
-- or
-- EXEC :end_snap_id := exasnap.end_snap(123);
--
-- 4) SELECT * FROM TABLE(exasnap.display_snap(:begin_snap_id, :end_snap_id, '%'));
--
