Monitoring Access: An Overview

In general, there are three methods for providing Oracle with the necessary access for implementing monitoring:

• Provide root access to all systems.
• Provide a login user that can then use su to get to the root user.
• Provide access via sudo (superuser do).
  • sudo is a program for operating systems such as Linux and Solaris that allows users to run programs as another user - normally as the system’s superuser (root) - as specified in the /etc/sudoers file.
  • This section outlines the methods used to provide Oracle with the necessary access for implementing monitoring on the Gateway.

During activation of database services, the following users and accounts are used to monitor the database:

• For storage/cluster monitoring, the user asmsnmp is used;
• For database monitoring, the user dbsnmp is used;
• For standby database monitoring, the user sys is used.

Note:

Passwords for all of the above users must be available during the activation of the Cluster and Database resources through the Databases section of OASP Portal. Refer to KB 543184.