OCI Logging Analytics / OMC: Parser and Log Source for ExaWatcher Log Output

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Overview and Prerequisites

Included as part of the Exadata (On-Premise, ExaCC or ExaCS) software stack, the ExaWatcher tool collects performance data from individual Exadata nodes. In a 2018 post we demonstrated how OMC Log Analytics could be used to ingest ExaWatcher logs to monitor Exadata nodes. In this post, we will update you on how an enhanced parser and log source can be used by either the next generation OCI Logging Analytics service or by OMC. While the focus of this post is documenting the OCI Logging Analytics service steps, they can be also be used for OMC. Please, review the