CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Send Us Your Comments Preface 1 What Is Oracle Trace? 1.1 What Is Event-Based Data Collection? 1.2 Who Uses Oracle Trace and Why? 1.3 Take Advantage of What You Already Have 1.4 What Are the Oracle Trace Components? 2 Setting Up a Collection 2.1 Invoke Oracle Trace 2.2 Verify Oracle Trace Is Running 2.3 Run the Sample Application 2.4 Create and Insert Facility Definitions 2.5 Create a Facility Selection 2.6 Schedule a Collection 2.7 Start the Application and Verify that Oracle Trace Is Collecting 2.8 Stop the Collection 3 Monitoring Collections 3.1 Start the Monitor 3.2 Display Data in More Detail 3.3 Pause the Monitor Display 3.4 Set Threshold Values 3.5 Stop the Monitor 4 Producing Oracle Trace Reports 5 Using Your PC to Analyze Oracle Trace Data Glossary