Inthisarticle,wewilldiscusshowtousethesegmentadvisorinOracleenterprisemanager.ThesegmentadvisoristhepartoftheadvisorinOracleenterprisemanager.Thesegmentadvisorprovidesadviceonwhetheranobjectisagoodcandidateforashrinkoperationbasedonthelevelofspacefragmentationwithinthatobject.Theadvisoralsoreportsonthehistoricalgrowthtrendofsegments.Wecanusethisinformationforcapacityplanningandforarrivingataninformeddecisionaboutwhichsegmentstoshrink.CreatethesegmentadvisorinOraclewithenterprisemanager:Firstofall,wewillgotoStart=>AllPrograms=>OracleOraDb10g_home1=>DatabaseControlORLDATAandspecifyingthesystemusernameandpasswordafterthatwewillclickLoginbutton.Thehomepageisdisplaying.AfterthatwewillclickAdvisorCentralundertheRelatedLinkheading.Image1TheAdvisorCentralpageisdisplayingandwewillclickSegmentAdvisorundertheAdvisorheading.Image2TheSegmentAdvisor:Scopepropertypageisdisplaying.WewillselectTablespacesoptionandclickNext.Image3TheSegmentAdvisor:TablespacespageisdisplayingandwewillclickAddbutton.Image4TheTablespaces:AddpageisdisplayingandwewillselecttheEXAMPLEtablespaceandclickOK.Image5TheSegmentAdvisor:TablespacespropertypageisdisplayingwiththeEXAMPLEtablespacelistedandwewillclickNext.Image6TheSegmentAdvisor:Schedulepageisdisplaying.ThispageshowsTaskInformationandSchedule.WewillselectStandardfromtheScheduleTypedropdownmenuandclickNext.Image7TheSegmentAdvisor:ReviewpageisdisplayingandwewillselectSubmittosubmitthejob.Image8TheAdvisorCentralandInformationpageisdisplayinglistingtheadvisorrelatedtasksthathaverun.Image9ViewResultdisplayofthesegmentadvisorinOraclewithenterprisemanager:TheSegmentAdvisorTaskpageisdisplayingandwewillclickViewResult.Image10TheSegmentAdvisorTask:SEGMENTADV_7941162pageisdisplaying.Image11DeletesegmentadvisorinOraclewithenterprisemanager:TheSegmentAdvisorTaskpageisdisplayingandwewillclickDeletebutton.Image12TheInformationpageisdisplayingandwewillselectyesbuttonforthedeletesegmentadvisortask.Image13TheConfirmationpageisdisplayingandgivesthemassage"Thetaskhasbeendeletedsuccessfully".Image14