Discover the Member Targets

You can discover the following targets before discovering the unified cloud target which is composed of these targets:

Individual Database Targets: See Discovering and Adding Database Targets in Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.
Grid Infrastructure (Cluster) Targets: See Discovering Grid Infrastructure and RAC in Oracle Exadata Database Machine Getting Started Guide.
Oracle Real Application Clusters Targets: See Discovering Grid Infrastructure and RAC in Oracle Exadata Database Machine Getting Started Guide.

Create Credential Set

To associate the storage servers of the grid infrastructure with the cloud target, create a named credential for storing the ExaCLI username and password used for connecting to the Exadata Storage Server.

For the relevant documentation about the username and password, see:

Exadata Cloud at Customer (Gen 1/OCI-C): Monitoring and Managing Exadata Storage Servers on Exadata Cloud at Customer in Administering Oracle Database Exadata Cloud at Customer (Gen 1/OCI-C)
Exadata Cloud at Customer (Gen 2/OCI): Monitoring and Managing Exadata Storage Servers on Exadata Cloud at Customer in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

During the discovery of the cloud target, you will point to this named credential set for discovering the storage servers. This must be a named credential of the type ExaCLI or RESTful API.

Click the setup icon > click Security > select Named Credentials. The Named Credentials page is displayed.
Click Create. The Create Credential page opens.
Provide the following information:
- Credential Name: Provide a suitable name to the credential. For example, EXADATA_CRED.
- Credential Description: Describe the purpose of the credential and the intended use.
- Authenticating Target Type: Specify the target type for which this credential set will be used for authentication. Select Oracle Exadata Storage Server from the menu.
- Credential Type: Specify the type of the credential that you're creating. Select Credential for ExaCLI or RESTful API from the menu.
- Scope: Select the visibility of the credential in Enterprise Manager. Select Global.
- Username and Password: Provide the user name and password to access the storage cells. This is the exacli user that was generated as part of the Exadata Cloud Service setup.
- Run Privilege: You can select the level of privilege provided to the user for access.
- Access Control section: You can add grants, and select the grantee in this section.
Click Save.

You can now view the new credential created in the Named Credentials page.