A.1 Running Generic Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Commands

List of command options common to Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk.

Syntax

[-a] 
[-v] 
[-debug] 
[-nodaemon] 
[-f] 
[-upgrade] 
[-noupgrade] 
[-testemail all | "NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=comma-delimited list of email addresses"] 
[-sendemail “NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=comma-delimited list of email addresses"] 
[-dbserial] 
[-dbparallel [n]] 
[-dbparallelmax]

Parameters

Table A-1 Generic Commands

Option	Description
-a	Runs all checks, including the best practice checks and the recommended patch check. If you do not specify any options, then the tools run all checks by default.
-v	Shows the version of Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk tools.
-debug	Runs in debug mode. The generated .zip file contains a debug log and other files useful for Oracle Support.
-nodaemon	Does not send commands to the daemon, usage is interactive.
-f	Runs Offline. The tools perform health checks on the data already collected from the system.
-upgrade	Forces an upgrade of the version of the tools being run.
-noupgrade	Does not prompt for an upgrade even if a later version is available under the location specified in the RAT_UPGRADE_LOC environment variable.
-testemail all | "NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=comma-delimited list of email addresses"	Sends a test email to validate email configuration.
-sendemail “NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=comma-delimited list of email addresses"	Specify a comma-delimited list of email addresses. Emails the generated HTML report on completion to the specified email addresses.
-dbserial	Runs the SQL, SQL_COLLECT, and OS health checks in serial.
-dbparallel [n]	Runs the SQL, SQL_COLLECT, and OS health checks in parallel, using n number of child processes. Default is 25% of CPUs.
-dbparallelmax	Runs the SQL, SQL_COLLECT, and OS health checks in parallel, using the maximum number of child processes.