A.2 Controlling the Scope of Checks

Use the list of commands in this section to control the scope of checks.

Syntax

[-b] 
[-p] 
[-m] 
[-u –o pre] 
[-u –o post] 
[-clusternodes nodes] 
[-failedchecks previous_result]
[-nordbms]
[-dbnames db_names] 
[-dbnone] 
[-dball] 
[-localonly] 
[-cells cells]
[-ibswitches switches] 
[-profile profile] 
[-excludeprofile profile] 
[-check check_id] 
[-excludecheck check_id] 
[-skip_usr_def_checks]

Parameters

Table A-2 Scope of Checks

Command Description

-b

Runs only the best practice checks.

Does not run the recommended patch checks.

-p

Runs only the patch checks.

-m

Excludes the checks for Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) scorecards.

-u –o pre

Runs the pre-upgrade checks for Oracle Clusterware and database.

-u –o post

Runs the post-upgrade checks for Oracle Clusterware and database.

-clusternodes nodes

Specify a comma-delimited list of node names to run only on a subset of nodes.

-failedchecks previous_result

Runs only checks from the presious_result, which had failed.

-nordbms

Runs Oracle Grid Infrastructure checks only in environments with no Oracle Database checks performed.

-dbnames db_names

Specify a comma-delimited list of database names to run only on a subset of databases.

-dbnone

Does not prompt for database selection and skips all the database checks.

-dball

Does not prompt for database selection and runs the database checks on all databases discovered on the system.

-localonly

Runs only on the local node.

-cells cells

Specify a comma-delimited list of storage server names to run the checks only on a subset of storage servers.

-ibswitches switches

Specify a comma-delimited list of InfiniBand switch names to run the checks only on a subset of InfiniBand switches.

-profile profile

Specify a comma-delimited list of profiles to run only the checks in the specified profiles.

-excludeprofile profile

Specify a comma-delimited list of profiles to exclude the checks in the specified profiles.

-check check_id

Specify a comma-delimited list of check IDs to run only the checks specified in the list check IDs.

-excludecheck check_id

Specify a comma-delimited list of check IDs to exclude the checks specified in the list of check IDs.

-skip_usr_def_checks

Does not run the checks specified in the user-defined xml file.