What Is Express Checkup?
Most Oracle Exadata health check tools are built for support engineers working one system at a time. Express Checkup is built for the person responsible for the entire fleet. It is a lightweight, agentless command-line tool that connects to every Exadata system in your organisation simultaneously, runs a structured set of diagnostic checks, and returns a single consolidated report — in minutes, not hours. No agents to install. No dedicated monitoring host required. One command, full picture.
Express Checkup
Local Host
Oracle Exadata Fleet
express_
checkup
agentless
parallel
- edbm01
- edbm02
- emtest
- edbmuat
- e1
Consolidated health report
- Hardware faults
- ASM disks
- Storage cells
- ILOM / FMA open
- MD-RAID
- Network fabric
- Clusterware
- Software
- Flash / PMEM
Local Host
express_checkup
agentless · parallel
Oracle Exadata Fleet
- SSH edbm01
- SSH edbm02
- SSH emtest
- SSH edbmuat
- SSH e1
Consolidated health report
- Hardware faults
- ASM disks
- ILOM / FMA open
- MD-RAID
- Clusterware
- Software
- Storage cells
- Network fabric
- Flash / PMEM
Who Express Checkup Is Built For
For System Administrators Managing an Exadata Fleet
An Exadata fleet spans hardware generations, software versions, and network segments. Checking each system manually, one at a time, is not scalable. Express Checkup runs all health check sessions in parallel — total time equals the time of the single largest system. One run, every system.
- edbm01 DB: 2 · cells: 3 ok
- edbm02 DB: 4 · cells: 6 ok
- emtest DB: 2 · cells: 3 2
- edbmuat DB: 4 · cells: 6 ok
- e1 DB: 2 · cells: 3 ok
- e2 DB: 2 · cells: 3 ok
Completed in
4m 12s
Systems checked
6 of 6
Issues found
2
One run. Every system.
Minutes, not hours.
All health check sessions run in parallel. Total time equals the time for the largest single system in your fleet.
- No agents, no monitoring host needed
- One external SSH connection per system
- Works alongside existing MS/ILOM alerts
- Catches what built-in alerting misses
For Support Engineers During Incidents
When an Exadata system shows symptoms, the priority is rapid, accurate diagnosis. Express Checkup reaches every node via a single external SSH entry point — the same path you already use every day — and returns a structured fault summary in minutes, without separate credentials or access paths for each node.
Fast answers when it matters most.
Express Checkup reaches every node in the affected system via a single external SSH entry point — the same connection path you use for daily administration.
- Hardware + storage + software in one run
- Cascading checks go deeper on anomalies
- No new firewall rules or ports required
- ILOM, FMA, ASM, cells — one report
- Install / update req. No install needed
- One system Entire fleet
- 1+ hr run ~4 min run
- Sequential nodes Parallel systems
- Complex output Focused report
For Scheduled Infrastructure Site Surveys
Regular site surveys are standard practice — but time-consuming when done manually across a large fleet. Express Checkup turns a fleet-wide survey into a single command. The output is structured, terminal-readable, and ready to archive or share without reformatting.
Survey time
5 min 03 sec
Systems
6
Nodes checked
38
Alerts
2
HW Faults
none
ASM / Storage
healthy
Network Links
all up
Software
OK
HW Faults
none
ASM / Storage
healthy
Network Links
all up
Software
OK
HW Faults
1 fault
ASM / Storage
healthy
Network Links
all up
Software
OK
HW Faults
none
ASM / Storage
healthy
Network Links
1 link down
Software
OK
HW Faults
none
ASM / Storage
healthy
Network Links
all up
Software
OK
HW Faults
none
ASM / Storage
healthy
Network Links
all up
Software
OK
Survey Time
5m 03s
Systems
6
Nodes Checked
38
Alerts
2
For Post-Event Fleet Recovery
After a wide-scale event — datacenter power cut, cooling failure, network outage — the question is never just "are systems back online?" It is "is everything still healthy?" Express Checkup gives you a fleet-wide answer before users report problems or silent damage compounds into data loss.
- edbm01 all nodes healthy
- edbm02 all nodes healthy
- emtest celadm01: HDD fault action
- edbmuat all nodes healthy
- e1 all nodes healthy
- e2 sw-ib02: FMA fault action
Know the full picture before users tell you something is wrong.
After any wide-scale event, one command scans the entire Exadata fleet and surfaces hardware faults, ASM disk issues, and storage cell anomalies that the event may have introduced — before they escalate into incidents.
- Full fleet check in minutes
- Hardware + software + storage covered
- Meets post-event site survey protocol
For Organisations Without Central Monitoring Infrastructure
Enterprise monitoring platforms require significant investment — dedicated hosts, agents, firewall rules, and ongoing maintenance. Express Checkup fills the health check gap without adding infrastructure. It runs from any Linux host with SSH access to your Exadata DB nodes. No dedicated server. No new firewall rules. No agents on target systems.
Full Exadata health checking.
With what you already have.
Express Checkup needs only what a systems administrator already has: a Linux workstation or VM, and SSH access to your Exadata DB node #1.
- No dedicated monitoring server
- No agents installed on Exadata nodes
- No new firewall rules or network ports
- No Oracle Enterprise Manager required
- Single binary + one config file
What you need to run it
-
Any Linux x86-64 host
PC / server / VM
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RHEL / OL / Alma / Rocky 8+
Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04
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SSH access to DB node #1
Your existing admin path