Changes in this Release for Oracle ORAchk and EXAchk User’s Guide 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1.4)

This preface lists changes in Oracle® ORAchk and EXAchk User’s Guide 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1.4).

Three Times Faster Performance

Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk have been rewritten with a focus on performance and extensibility.

Internal testing results show that this version runs up to 3 times faster than 12.2.0.1.3. Performance has improved in low-resource environments.

Option to Run Only the Failed Checks

New option allows Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk to run only the checks that failed previously.

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Microsoft Windows Support Without Requiring Cygwin

Since Oracle ORAchk has been rewritten in Python, Cygwin on Microsoft Windows is no more a requirement.

Oracle ORAchk needs Python 2.7 software and libraries. The runtime provides details of what exactly the libraries it needs.

Run Multiple Instances at the Same Time

It is now possible to run multiple instances of Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk at the same time on the same machine.

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Oracle ORAchk Support for Oracle Grid Infrastructure with no Database

Oracle ORAchk now supports Oracle Grid Infrastructure stand-alone checks where no database is installed.

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New Oracle Stack Health Checks

This release of Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk includes many new Oracle Stack Health Checks.

The Health Check Catalog is also contained within the download.