Setting Up the Capture Directory

Determine the location and set up a directory where the captured workload will be stored. Before starting the workload capture, ensure that the directory is empty and has ample disk space to store the workload. If the directory runs out of disk space during a workload capture, the capture will stop.

For Oracle RAC, consider using a shared file system. Alternatively, you can set up capture directory paths that resolve to separate physical directories on each instance, but you will need to collect the capture files created in each of these directories into a single directory before preprocessing the workload capture.