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# Oracle Exadata cloud as a service

# Oracle Exadata cloud as a service pattern-based discovery {#ariaid-title1}

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Updated October 29, 2026  
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## Summary of Oracle Exadata cloud as a service pattern-based discovery

This content explains how ServiceNow's Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns identify and map Oracle Exadata resources within your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environment using pattern-based discovery.
It highlights the importance of maintaining up-to-date Discovery patterns and ensuring proper permissions and prerequisites for effective discovery and CMDB population.
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## Key Features

* **Pattern-based Discovery:** Utilizes the Oracle OCI - Exadata (LP) pattern to detect Oracle Exadata databases and related resources in OCI.
* **REST API Permissions:** Requires verifying and granting the necessary REST API permissions, facilitated by a downloadable Cloud Discovery patterns spreadsheet that includes pattern details and vendor documentation links.
* **OCI Discovery Prerequisites:** Ensures all OCI-specific requirements are met, including configuration steps for discovering GovCloud accounts via datacenter URLs.
* **Data Collection:** Discovery populates critical fields in the *Cloud DataBase \[cmdbciclouddatabase\]* CI class, such as database name, Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID), vendor, type, version, state, install status, and operational status.
* **CI Relationships and References:** The pattern establishes relationships linking Cloud Database CIs to OCI Datacenters and Cloud Resources, supporting comprehensive dependency mapping in the CMDB.
* **OCI Tag Discovery:** Collects OCI tags related to Exadata resources and stores them as key-value pairs in the *Key Value \[cmdbkeyvalue\]* table, associated with the Cloud Database CIs.

## What This Enables for ServiceNow Customers

By implementing these Oracle Exadata discovery patterns, ServiceNow customers can accurately identify and map Oracle Exadata cloud databases in their OCI environments. This enhances the accuracy and completeness of the CMDB, enabling improved service management, impact analysis, and operational visibility into Exadata resources. Regularly updating patterns and verifying permissions ensures ongoing discovery effectiveness, especially across different OCI regions including GovCloud.  
Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Oracle Exadata resources in your OCI environment. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

## Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements {#oracle-exadata-pattern__section_exadata_reqs}

Verify the REST API permissions
:   Download the [Cloud Discovery patterns spreadsheet](https://downloads.docs.servicenow.com/resource/enus/api/servicenow-discovery-patterns-api-details.xlsx) so you can grant user permissions required for running the Discovery patterns. In addition to permissions, the spreadsheet also includes useful information such as pattern names, types, CI Classes, and links to vendor documentation. New patterns are available quarterly, so check periodically to be sure you have the latest version of the spreadsheet.{#oracle-exadata-pattern__cloud-discovery-api-ph-short-prereq}

Verify the OCI discovery prerequisites
:   For more information, see the prerequisites section in [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) discovery](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/cQhDQlR5AKA0e3vdDdSSGg "ServiceNow Discovery uses the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) discovery patterns to provide real-time elasticity for enterprise applications by combining Oracle autonomous services, integrated security, and cloud compute. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.").

Configure the Discovery schedule to support GovCloud
:   Discovering OCI GovCloud accounts requires using a datacenter URL when setting up an OCI service account. For more information, see [Create OCI service accounts](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/Mfvl~mYZP9TwzjqAPuihqA "Create Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service accounts on the ServiceNow AI Platform to access your Oracle account during Oracle discovery.").

## Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery {#oracle-exadata-pattern__section_exadata_data}

Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Oracle OCI - Exadata (LP) pattern.  
{#oracle-exadata-pattern__table_exadata_cloud_database__entry__2}

| Field | Description |
|-|-|
| Name \[name\] | Name of the database. |
| Object ID \[object_id\] | Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID) of the database. |
| Vendor \[vendor\] | Vendor of the database. The value is set to ORACLE. |
| Type \[type\] | Type of the database. The value is Oracle Exadata - \<workload type\>, where the workload type is the database workload returned by the Oracle Database Service. |
| Version \[version\] | Version of the Oracle Database software. |
| State \[state\] | Current state of the database. |
| Install Status \[install_status\] | Install status of the resource. The default value is Installed. |
| Operational status \[operational_status\] | Operational status of the resource. The default value is Operational. |
| Comments \[comments\] | Account ID and identifier of the pattern, separated by an underscore. |
[Table 1. Cloud DataBase \[cmdb_ci_cloud_database\]]

{#oracle-exadata-pattern__table_exadata_cloud_database}

## CI relationships and references {#oracle-exadata-pattern__section_exadata_relationships}

The Oracle OCI - Exadata (LP) pattern creates the following relationships and references to support OCI Exadata discovery. References link to records in other tables and don't appear in the CI Relationship \[cmdb_rel_ci\] table.  
{#oracle-exadata-pattern__table_exadata_ci_relationships__entry__3}

| CI | Relationship | CI |
|-|-|-|
| Cloud DataBase \[cmdb_ci_cloud_database\] | Hosted on::Hosts | OCI Datacenter \[cmdb_ci_oci_datacenter\] |
| Cloud Resource \[cmdb_ci_cmp_resource\] | Uses::Used by | Cloud DataBase \[cmdb_ci_cloud_database\] |
[Table 2. CI relationships]

{#oracle-exadata-pattern__table_exadata_ci_relationships}  
{#oracle-exadata-pattern__table_exadata_ci_references__entry__3}

| CI | Field | Referenced CI |
|-|-|-|
| Key Value \[cmdb_key_value\] | Configuration item \[configuration_item\] | Cloud DataBase \[cmdb_ci_cloud_database\] |
[Table 3. CI references]

{#oracle-exadata-pattern__table_exadata_ci_references}

## OCI tag discovery {#oracle-exadata-pattern__section_exadata_tags}

The pattern extension section collects tags and populates them in the Key Value \[cmdb_key_value\] table.  
{#oracle-exadata-pattern__table_exadata_key_value__entry__2}

| Field | Description |
|-|-|
| Key \[key\] | Tag name. |
| Value \[value\] | Tag value. |
| Configuration item \[configuration_item\] | References the Cloud DataBase \[cmdb_ci_cloud_database\] table. |
[Table 4. Key Value \[cmdb_key_value\]]

{#oracle-exadata-pattern__table_exadata_key_value}