What's New in Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk 12.1.0.2.7

This chapter provides an overview of the new features available in Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk 12.1.0.2.7.

Simplified Enterprise-Wide Data Configuration and Maintenance

Now, it's easier to configure and maintain systems, users, and collection results.

Bulk Mapping Systems to Business Units

If you have a large number of systems, then you can quickly map those systems to business units in Oracle Health Check Collections Manager using an XML bulk upload.

See Also:

Bulk Mapping Systems to Business Units for more details about how to map systems to business units

Selectively Capturing Users During Login

By default, Oracle Health Check Collections Manager captures details of the users who log in using LDAP authentication, and assigns the DBA role.

However, you can disable automatic capture and re-enable it. If you disable automatic capture, then you must manually create users and assign them roles.

See Also:

Selectively Capturing Users During Login for more details about how to enable or disable automatic capture of user details

Configure Details for Upload of Collection Results

Configure Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk to automatically upload check results to the Oracle Health Check Collections Manager database.

Specify the connection string and the password to connect to the database and upload collection results. Oracle Health Check Collections Manager stores the connection details in an encrypted wallet.

See Also:

Uploading Collections Automatically for more details about how to upload check results to the Oracle Health Check Collections Manager database

Viewing and Reattempting Failed Uploads

Uploads might fail for unknown reasons. Find the failed uploads by running the -checkfaileduploads option, and then reattempt to upload using the -uploadfailed all option.

See Also:

Viewing and Reattempting Failed Uploads for more details about how to find the failed uploads and reattempt to upload failed uploads

Purging Old Collections

By default, Oracle Health Check Collections Manager purges collections older than three months.

See Also:

Purging Old Collections for more details about how to enable or disable purging of collections

Track Changes to the Attributes of Important Files

Track changes to the attributes of important files with the –fileattr option.

By default, setting this option searches all files within Oracle Grid Infrastructure and database homes. Configure the list of directories, subdirectories, and files to monitor that suits your requirements.

See Also:

ORAchk and EXAchk Tracking File Attribute Changes for more details about how to track file attribute changes

Quickly Find Health Checks that Require Privileged Users to Run

Use the Privileged User option in the Health Check Catalogs to quickly find health checks that need to be run by a specific privileged user, such as root.

See Also:

Finding Which Checks Require Privileged Users for more details about how to find health checks that require privileged users to run

Broader Stack Support

Health check support has been broadened to include Linux Operating System Health Checks (Oracle ORAchk only), External ZFS Storage Appliance health checks (Oracle EXAchk on Exalogic only) and Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13.1.

See Also:

Viewing Clusterwide Linux Operating system Health Check (VMPScan) for more details about how to view VMPScan report.

Easier to Run Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exadata Storage Servers

Run Oracle EXAchk from Oracle Exadata storage servers without SSH connectivity from the database server to the storage server.

To lock and unlock cells, use the –unlockcells and –lockcells options for Oracle Exadata, Oracle SuperCluster and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance. 
./exachk -unlockcells all | -cells comma-delimited list of cell names or cell IPs

./exachk -lockcells all | -cells comma-delimited list of cell names or cell IPs

New Health Checks

New health checks for Oracle Exadata, Oracle SuperCluster, Oracle Exalogic, Oracle ZFS Storage, Linux, Oracle Solaris Cluster, Oracle Database and Grid Infrastructure, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Oracle Management Service (OMS) and Repository.

See Also:

Oracle ORAchk Health Check Catalog and Oracle EXAchk Health Check Catalog to download and view the list of health checks.