ManageEngine Applications Manager provides indepth Oracle Monitoring capability in addition to providing Oracle datafile monitoring. An Oracle DBA can monitor datafiles and track data growth by using the Web Client provided by Applications Manager. While Oracle tablespaces are the logical structures, datafiles are the physical structure where data is actually stored by the Oracle Database. A tablespace may point to one or more data files where the data is physically stored. It is hence important for the database administrator to monitor datafiles in addition to monitoring tablespace for ensuring smooth functioning of production databases.
The ability to Monitor Datafiles Consists of :
Some of the metrics for Oracle datafile management are as follows.