When an Oracle database slows down, the first place a DBA should look is the AWR report — a detailed snapshot of what’s happening inside the system.
It reveals where time is spent, which queries are consuming resources, and whether the database is healthy or struggling.
In this post, we’ll walk through the key sections to check so you can quickly tell if your database is performing well — and where to focus your tuning efforts.
Below is the order I (and most senior DBAs) follow when analyzing an AWR report:
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