4 Oracle Home

The Oracle home directory metrics provide description, collection statistics, data source, multiple thresholds (where applicable), and user action information for each metric.

4.1 Bugs Fixed by a Patch

A patch consists of one or more bug fixes. This metric collects all the bugs fixed within that patch applied on the Oracle home directory.

4.1.1 Bug Number

This metric displays the bug number in the patch. There can be multiple bugs fixed in a patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.1.2 Bug Description

This metric displays a brief description of the bug in the patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.1.3 Patch ID

This metric displays the patch number which contains one or more bug fixes. The patch id may be the same for more than one patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.1.4 Patch Language

This is the language of the patch. Generally it is "en" (English)

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.1.5 Patch UPI

This is the Unique Patch Identifier. Some patches might have the same patch ID but a different patch identifier. This will be used to issue patch advisories.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.2 Component Dependency

A component within an Oracle home might be dependent on another component. This metric collects the dependency information between the components within an Oracle home directory.

4.2.1 Component Name

This is the internal name of the component installed in Oracle home.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.2.2 Component Version

This is the base version of component installed in Oracle home.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.2.3 Dependee Name

This is the internal name of the dependent component installed in the same or different Oracle home.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.2.4 Dependee Version

This is the base version of the dependent component installed in same or different Oracle home.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.2.5 Dependee Home GUID

This is the home globally unique identifier of the Oracle home where the dependent component is installed.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.3 Component Install Type

Every installed component has its own install type. This information is created by the product installation and collected by this metric.

4.3.1 Component Name

This is the internal name of the component installed in Oracle home.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.3.2 Component Version

This is the base version of component installed in Oracle home.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.3.3 Name ID

This is install type Name ID.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.3.4 Description ID

This is the install type Description ID.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.3.5 Install Type Name

This is the type of install (such as Basic, EE, and so on)

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.4 CRS Node list

This metric collects the node information on the nodes that participate in the cluster installation.

4.4.1 Node

This metric displays the node host name which constitutes the nodes in the CRS cluster

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.5 Files affected by a Patch

Each patch affects one or more components and each component is made up of many files. This metric collects information about various files which are affected by the application of this patch to the Oracle home directory.

4.5.1 Component Name

This metric displays the internal name of the component installed in the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.5.2 Component Version

This metric displays the base version of the component installed in the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.5.3 File Name

This metric displays the name of a file affected by the patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.5.4 Patch ID

This metric displays the patch number which contains one or more bug fixes

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.5.5 Patch Language

This metric displays the language of the patch. Generally it is "en" (English).

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.5.6 Patch UPI

This metric displays the Unique Patch Identifier (UPI). Some patches might have the same patch ID but different patch identifiers. This is used to issue patch advisories.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.6 Oracle Home Clone Properties

This metric collects all the properties which are later used in cloning and provisioning that Oracle home directory.

4.6.1 Property Name

This is the name of the property used for cloning

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.6.2 Property Value

This is the clone property value.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7 Oracle Home Components

An Oracle home installation consists of many components. This metric collects details of all the components installed, including their version and installation date.

4.7.1 Component Name

This metric displays the internal name of the component installed in the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.2 Component Version

This is the base version of component installed in the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.3 Current Version

This metric displays the current updated version of the component. The version of the component can be updated by "Patchset Updates" or "Patchsets"

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.4 Description

This metric displays a brief description of the component.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.5 External Name

This metric displays the external name of the component.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.6 Installed Location

This metric displays the location where the component is installed.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.7 Installer Version

This metric displays the version of the installer used at the time of installation.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.8 Install Time

This metric displays the date and time of the installation.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.9 Is Top Level

This metric specifies where it is a top level component [0/1]. There is at least one top level component in any Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.10 Languages

This metric displays a list of the languages supported by the component installation.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.7.11 Minimum Deinstaller Version

The metric displays the minimum OUI installer to be used to remove the component.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.8 Oracle Home Dependency

Earlier versions of the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) permitted one component within an Oracle home directory to be dependent on another component in another Oracle home directory. This metric collects that dependency information.

4.8.1 Dependee Home Location

In case of inter dependency between Oracle home directories, this metric displays the location of the other Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9 Oracle Home Info

This metric category collects all generic properties for an Oracle home directory such as the ARU ID, size of the Oracle home directory or the OUI_ID.

4.9.1 ARU ID

This metric displays the Automated Release Update (ARU) ID of the Oracle home installation. This is used to determine the platform and version of Operating System while issuing patch advisories from ARU.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.2 Home Location

This metric displays the complete path to where the Oracle home directory is installed.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.3 Home Base

This metric displays the middleware home directory (in the case of Oracle Fusion Applications products) and the composite home location (in the case of members of composite homes). A composite home directory is the location where the core and plug-in Oracle home directories are installed.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.4 Home Size

This metric displays the estimated size of Oracle home as in inventory measured in kilobytes.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.5 Home Type

This is the Oracle home type. Its "O" for OUI-installed Oracle home directories and "W" for Oracle WebLogic home directories.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.6 Inventory

This is the Central inventory location where the Oracle home directory is registered.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.7 Is Clonable

This shows whether this Oracle home directory is clonable. Oracle WebLogic home directories are always clonable. OUI-installed Oracle home directories are clonable only if all the components inside that Oracle home directory are clonable.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.8 Is CRS

This metric specifies whether this is a Cluster Ready Services (CRS) installation [0/1].

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.9 OH Group

This is the operating system group name of the user who installed the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.10 OH Group ID

This is the operating system group ID of the user who installed the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.11 OH Owner

This is the operating system owner name of the user who installed the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.12 OH Owner Groups

All the operating system group names to which the user belongs.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.13 OH Owner Groups ID

All the operating system group IDs to which the user belongs.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.14 OH Owner ID

This is the operating system owner ID of the user who installed the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.15 Oracle Base

This is the Oracle Base where the Oracle home directories are installed.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.16 OUI Home GUID

This is the OUI Oracle Home Globally unique identifier. This is unique across all Oracle product installations.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.17 OUI Home Name

This is the readable name of the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.9.18 OUI Platform ID

This is the Patform ID of an Oracle home directory. This was used in releases 10.1 or earlier. This has been replaced with ARU_ID, still useful for older installations.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10 Oracle Patch

This metric collects all the patches which have been applied to the Oracle home directory.

4.10.1 Description

This is a description of a patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.2 Install Time

This is the installation time when the patch was installed.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.3 Installer Version

This is the OUI installer used for the installation of the patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.4 Is Online

This metric specifies whether the patch is an online or offline patch. An online patch is a patch that can be applied to live running database instance.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.5 Is PSU

This metric specifies if this is a patchset update. Patchset updates are like onoffs, but they can change the minor version of the component

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.6 Is Rollbackable

This metric specifies whether the patch can be rolled back [0/1].

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.7 Patch ID

This is the patch number which contains one or more bug fixes. This ID might be the same for more than one patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.8 Patch Language

This metric specifies the language of the patch. Generally, it is "en" (English).

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.9 Patch UPI

This is the Unique Patch Identifier (UPI). Some patches might have the same patch ID, but different patch identifiers. This will be used to issue patch advisories.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.10 Profile

The profile name is used for Oracle Fusion Application patches only.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.10.11 XML Inventory Location

This is the patch XML inventory location in the Oracle home directory.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.11 Oracle Patchsets

Oracle Patchset consists of many PS_Patches for each component (also known as Versioned Patch). Patchsets are always cumulative; that is, all the components within the patchset have the incremented version number after the application of that patchset. This metric collects that information.

4.11.1 Description

This is a brief description of the patchset. A patchset contains one of more versioned patches.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.11.2 External Name

This is the external name of the patchset.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.11.3 Installer Version

This is the OUI installer version used for the installation of the patchset.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.11.4 Install Time

This is the installation time of the patchset.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.11.5 Inventory Location

This is the inventory location of the patchset.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.11.6 Minimum Deinstaller Version

This is the minimum OUI installer version to be used for removing the versioned patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.11.7 Patchset Name

This is the internal name of the patchset.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.11.8 Patchset Version

This is the patchset version.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12 Oracle Versioned Patch

An Oracle patchset consists of many versioned patches corresponding to various components within that Oracle home directory. This metric collects information of all the components affected by the patchset and their versions.

4.12.1 Base Component Version

This is the base component version, on which the versioned patch is applied.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.2 Description

This is a brief description of the versioned patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.3 External Name

This is the external name of the versioned patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.4 Installed Location

This is the path showing where the versioned patch is installed.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.5 Installer Version

This is the OUI installer version used at the time of installation.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.6 Install Time

This is the time when the versioned patch was installed.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.7 Languages

This metric lists the languages supported by the versioned patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.8 Minimum Deinstaller Version

This is the minimum OUI installer to be used when removing the versioned patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.9 Patchset Name

This is the patchset name which contains this versioned patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.10 Patchset Version

This is the patchset version which contains this versioned patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.11 VPATCH Name

This is the versioned patch name (should be the same as the Component Name, on which the Versioned Patch is applied).

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.12.12 VPATCH Version

This is the version of the versioned patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.13 Patched Component

A patch consists of many bug fixes, each of which will have fixes for various components. This metric collects all the information of various components which are fixed by that patch.

4.13.1 Component Name

This is the internal name of the component which is being patched by the One Off.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.13.2 Component Version

This is the base version of the component which is being patched.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.13.3 From Version

This exists only in Patchset Updates and corresponds to the version of the component being patched.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.13.4 Patch ID

This metric specifies the patch ID number. The patch ID might be the same for more than one patch.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.13.5 Patch Language

This metric specifies the patch language. Generally it iss "en" (English).

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.13.6 Patch UPI

This metric specifies the Unique Patch Identifier. Some patches might have the same patch ID but a different patch identifier. This will be used to issue patch advisories.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.13.7 To Version

This exists only in Patchset Updates (PSU) and corresponds to the new version of the component after the PSU has been applied.

Target Version Collection Frequency
All Versions Every 24 Hours

Data Source

The data is picked up from the inventory.

User Action

None.

4.14 Response

This metric collects the availability of the Oracle home directory, whether an Oracle home directory exists, and if it is readable.

4.14.1 Status

The metric indicates whether the Oracle home directory is reachable.