Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
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Changes in this Release for Oracle ORAchk and EXAchk User’s Guide 18.4.0
- Automatically Run on Oracle Exadata User Domain (DomU)
- Support for Oracle Exadata 19.1.0
- Ensure That You Run Only the Up-To-Date Checks
- Performance Improvement through Caching Discovery Data
- Ability to Patch Between Releases
- Check Specific Timeouts to Reduce Skipped Checks
- New Oracle Stack Health Checks
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1
Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Common Features and Tasks
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1.1
Quick Start Guide
- 1.1.1 Overview of Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk
- 1.1.2 Installing Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk
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1.1.3
Common Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Prerequisites
- 1.1.3.1 SSH Connectivity and Access
- 1.1.3.2 Handling of root Passwords
- 1.1.3.3 Restricted Access to Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Output Files
- 1.1.3.4 Deciding Which User Should Run Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk
- 1.1.3.5 Data Entry Terminal Considerations
- 1.1.3.6 Running Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk in Non-English Environments
- 1.1.3.7 Specific Prerequisites for Running Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk
- 1.1.4 Configuring the Daemon Mode
- 1.1.5 Email Notification and Report Overview
- 1.1.6 Recommended On-Demand Usage
- 1.1.7 Updating to the Latest Version of Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk
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1.1.8
Configuring Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS)
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1.1.8.1
Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST
- 1.1.8.1.1 Enabling REST
- 1.1.8.1.2 start_client
- 1.1.8.1.3 start_client
- 1.1.8.1.4 profile
- 1.1.8.1.5 check
- 1.1.8.1.6 status
- 1.1.8.1.7 download
- 1.1.8.1.8 checktfaupload
- 1.1.8.1.9 checktfafaileduploads
- 1.1.8.1.10 gettfaupload
- 1.1.8.1.11 unsettfaupload
- 1.1.8.1.12 uploadtfafailed
- 1.1.8.1.13 showrepair
- 1.1.8.1.14 getinfo
- 1.1.8.1.15 start_client
- 1.1.8.1.16 Removing ORDS Setup
- 1.1.8.2 Configuring REST Using the Included ORDS
- 1.1.8.3 Configuring REST Using an Existing ORDS Installation
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1.1.8.1
Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST
- 1.1.9 Running Health Checks on a Remote Node
- 1.2 Using Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk to Automatically Check for Risks and System Health
- 1.3 Running Health Checks On-Demand
- 1.4 Running Health Checks in Silent Mode
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1.5
Understanding and Managing Reports and Output
- 1.5.1 Temporary Files and Directories
- 1.5.2 Output Files and Directories
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1.5.3
HTML Report Output
- 1.5.3.1 System Health Score and Summary
- 1.5.3.2 HTML Report Table of Contents and Features
- 1.5.3.3 HTML Report Findings
- 1.5.3.4 Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Scorecard
- 1.5.3.5 Findings Needing Further Review
- 1.5.3.6 Platinum Certification
- 1.5.3.7 Viewing Clusterwide Linux Operating System Health Check (VMPScan)
- 1.5.3.8 "Systemwide Automatic Service Request (ASR) healthcheck" Section
- 1.5.3.9 File Attribute Changes
- 1.5.3.10 Skipped Checks
- 1.5.3.11 Component Elapsed Times
- 1.5.3.12 Top 10 Time Consuming Checks
- 1.5.3.13 How to Find a Check ID
- 1.5.3.14 How to Remove Checks from an Existing HTML Report
- 1.5.4 Tagging Reports
- 1.5.5 Tracking File Attribute Changes
- 1.5.6 Comparing Two Reports
- 1.5.7 Merging Reports
- 1.5.8 Output File Maintenance
- 1.5.9 Consuming Multiple Results in Other Tools
- 1.6 Health Check Catalog
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1.7
Running Subsets of Checks
- 1.7.1 Upgrade Readiness Mode (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Database Upgrade Checks)
- 1.7.2 Running Checks on Subsets of the Oracle Stack
- 1.7.3 Using Profiles with Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk
- 1.7.4 Excluding Individual Checks
- 1.7.5 Running Individual Checks
- 1.7.6 Finding Which Checks Require Privileged Users
- 1.7.7 Option to Run Only the Failed Checks
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1.8
Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Command-Line Options
- 1.8.1 Running Generic Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Commands
- 1.8.2 Controlling the Scope of Checks
- 1.8.3 Managing the Report Output
- 1.8.4 Uploading Results to Database
- 1.8.5 Controlling the Behavior of the Daemon
- 1.8.6 Tracking File Attribute Differences
- 1.8.7 Running Oracle Health Check Collections Manager Commands
- 1.8.8 Command-Line Options to Generate Password Protected Collection zip Files
- 1.8.9 Applying Patch Between Releases
- 1.8.10 Caching Discovery Data
- 1.8.11 Configuring REST
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1.9
Oracle Health Check Collections Manager for Oracle Application Express 5.0
- 1.9.1 Scope and Supported Platforms
- 1.9.2 Prerequisites
- 1.9.3 Installation
- 1.9.4 Upgrading Oracle Health Check Collections Manager Application
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1.9.5
Getting Started
- 1.9.5.1 Incident Ticket System Lookup Lists and Seed Data
- 1.9.5.2 Access Control System
- 1.9.5.3 Oracle Health Check Collections Manager Application Administration
- 1.9.5.4 Selectively Capturing Users During Login
- 1.9.5.5 Configuring Email Notification System
- 1.9.5.6 Bulk Mapping Systems to Business Units
- 1.9.5.7 Purging Old Collections
- 1.9.6 Oracle Health Check Collections Manager Application Features
- 1.9.7 Uploading Collections Automatically
- 1.9.8 Viewing and Reattempting Failed Uploads
- 1.9.9 Oracle Health Check Collections Manager Application Uninstallation
- 1.9.10 Troubleshooting Oracle Health Check Collections Manager
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1.10
Oracle Health Check Collections Manager for Oracle Application Express 4.2
- 1.10.1 Installation
- 1.10.2 Upgrading Oracle Health Check Collections Manager Application
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1.10.3
Getting Started
- 1.10.3.1 Incident Ticket System Lookup Lists and Seed Data
- 1.10.3.2 Access Control System
- 1.10.3.3 Oracle Health Check Collections Manager Application Administration
- 1.10.3.4 Selectively Capturing Users During Login
- 1.10.3.5 Configuring Email Notification System
- 1.10.3.6 Bulk Mapping Systems to Business Units
- 1.10.3.7 Adjusting or Disabling Old Collections Purging
- 1.10.4 Oracle Health Check Collections Manager Application Features
- 1.10.5 Uploading Collections Automatically
- 1.10.6 Viewing and Reattempting Failed Uploads
- 1.10.7 Oracle Health Check Collections Manager Application Uninstallation
- 1.10.8 Troubleshooting Oracle Health Check Collections Manager
- 1.11 Integrating Health Check Results with Other Tools
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1.12
Troubleshooting Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk
- 1.12.1 How to Troubleshoot Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Issues
- 1.12.2 How to Capture Debug Output
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1.12.3
Error Messages or Unexpected Output
- 1.12.3.1 Data Entry Terminal Considerations
- 1.12.3.2 Tool Runs without Producing Files
- 1.12.3.3 Messages similar to “line ****: **** Killed $perl_cmd 2>> $ERRFIL?”
- 1.12.3.4 Messages similar to “RC-001- Unable to read driver files”
- 1.12.3.5 Messages similar to “There are prompts in user profile on [hostname] which will cause issues in [tool] successful execution”
- 1.12.3.6 Problems Related to Remote Login
- 1.12.3.7 Other Error Messages in orachk_error.log or exachk_error.log
- 1.12.3.8 Space available on {node_name} at {path} is {x} MB and required space is 500 MB
- 1.12.4 Operating System Is Not Discovered Correctly
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1.12.5
Oracle Clusterware or Oracle Database is not Detected or Connected Issues
- 1.12.5.1 Oracle Clusterware Software is Installed, but Cannot be Found
- 1.12.5.2 Oracle Database Software Is Installed, but Cannot Be Found
- 1.12.5.3 Oracle Database Software Is Installed, but Version cannot Be Found
- 1.12.5.4 Oracle ASM Software is Installed, but Cannot be Found
- 1.12.5.5 Oracle Database Discovery Issues on Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) Systems
- 1.12.5.6 Oracle Database Login Problems
- 1.12.6 Remote Login Problems
- 1.12.7 Permission Problems
- 1.12.8 Slow Performance, Skipped Checks, and Timeouts
- 1.13 Uninstalling Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk
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1.1
Quick Start Guide
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2
Oracle ORAchk Specific Features and Tasks
- 2.1 Oracle ORAchk Scope and Supported Environments
- 2.2 Automatic Start from Oracle Trace File Analyzer Install
- 2.3 Using Oracle ORAchk to Confirm System Readiness for Implementing Application Continuity
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2.4
Oracle ORAchk for Oracle Identity and Access Management Health Check Tool
- 2.4.1 Supported Operating Systems and Oracle Database Releases
- 2.4.2 Supported Components and Topologies
- 2.4.3 Introduction to Oracle ORAchk for Oracle Identity and Access Management Health Checks
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2.4.4
Running Oracle ORAchk for Oracle Identity and Access Management Heath Checks
- 2.4.4.1 Downloading Oracle ORAchk for Oracle Identity and Access Management
- 2.4.4.2 Prerequisites for Installing Oracle ORAchk for Oracle Identity and Access Management
- 2.4.4.3 Inputs Required by Discovery Tool (First Time Only)
- 2.4.4.4 Oracle ORAchk for Oracle Identity and Access Management Health Checks
- 2.5 Running Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Health Checks
- 2.6 Oracle ORAchk Specific Command-Line Options
- 2.7 Troubleshooting Oracle ORAchk for Oracle Identity and Access Management Health Checks
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3
Oracle EXAchk Specific Features and Tasks
- 3.1 Scope and Supported Platforms for Running Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Engineered Systems
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3.2
Oracle Exadata and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
- 3.2.1 Prerequisites for Running Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exadata and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
- 3.2.2 Installation Requirements for Running Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exadata and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
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3.2.3
Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exadata and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Usage
- 3.2.3.1 Database Default Access on the Client Interface
- 3.2.3.2 Virtualization Considerations
- 3.2.3.3 Running Serial Data Collection
- 3.2.3.4 Multiple Asymmetric Database Home Examples
- 3.2.3.5 Using the root User ID in Asymmetric and Role Separated Environments
- 3.2.3.6 Environment Variables for Specifying a Different User Than root
- 3.2.3.7 Oracle EXAchk InfiniBand Switch Processing
- 3.2.4 Troubleshooting Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exadata and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
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3.3
Oracle Exalogic
- 3.3.1 Scope and Supported Platforms for Running Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalogic
- 3.3.2 Prerequisites for Running Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalogic
- 3.3.3 Prerequisite for Viewing Oracle EXAchk HTML Report
- 3.3.4 Installing and Upgrading Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalogic
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3.3.5
Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalogic Usage
- 3.3.5.1 Performing Health Checks for Oracle Exalogic Infrastructure
- 3.3.5.2 Performing Health Checks for Guest vServers
- 3.3.5.3 About the Oracle EXAchk Health Check Process
- 3.3.5.4 Running Oracle EXAchk in Silent Mode
- 3.3.5.5 Overriding Discovered Component Addresses
- 3.3.5.6 Setting Environment Variables for Local Issues
- 3.3.5.7 External ZFS Storage Appliance
- 3.3.6 Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalogic Output
- 3.3.7 Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalogic Command-Line Options
- 3.3.8 Verifying and Enabling Passwordless SSH to the Oracle VM Manager CLI
- 3.3.9 Troubleshooting Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalogic
- 3.4 Oracle SuperCluster
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3.5
Oracle Exalytics
- 3.5.1 Scope and Supported Platforms for Running Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalytics
- 3.5.2 Prerequisites for Running Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalytics
- 3.5.3 Installing Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalytics
- 3.5.4 Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalytics Usage
- 3.5.5 Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalytics Output
- 3.5.6 Running Subsets of Checks
- 3.5.7 Troubleshooting Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exalytics
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3.6
Oracle Big Data Appliance
- 3.6.1 Scope and Supported Platforms for Running Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Big Data Appliance
- 3.6.2 Installing Oracle EXAchk on the Oracle Big Data Appliance
- 3.6.3 Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Big Data Usage
- 3.6.4 Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Big Data Output
- 3.6.5 Troubleshooting Oracle EXAchk on Oracle BigData Appliance
- 4 Behavior Changes, Deprecated and Desupported Features
- Index