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Configuring Websphere Plugin with NAGIOS Monitoring System

Posted by Sagar Patil

1. Download WAS plugin for Nagios from here.

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Digging deep in Oracle Grid Repository for Information

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How Grid Repository Stores Data?

The agents upload data at MGMT_METRIC_RAW table which is retained for 7 days.
Raw data are aggregated by Grid Control based on a predefined policy into 1-hour records, stored in MGMT_METRIC_1HOUR.
After 31 days or a month, 1-hour records in MGMT_METRIC_1HOUR are subject for further aggregation that rolls into 1-day records.
These 1-day records are stored in MGMT_METRIC_1Day for 365 days or 1 year before purged by Grid Control.

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How to use SP_CONFIGURE in SQL Server

Posted by Sagar Patil

sp_configure is a tool to display and change SQL Server settings. Please be aware that changing these settings can dramatically affect your instance.

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SQL Server Maintenance Scripts : YourSqlDba & SQL Server Maintenance Solution

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If you are looking for a good TSQL packaged scripts which will do usual database maintenance activities then you are on right page. I have detailed 2 such projects which will help you to setup maintenance job in less than an hour.

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How to create a new named instance under SQL 2005/2008

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We can only configure one default instance under SQL server installation.  If we need additional instance  it should be a named instance.

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How to locate SQL server clustered database & it’s properties

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1. How to locate if I am connected to a SQL server cluster?

SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(‘IsClustered’)

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Streams | ORA-24082 while disabling a propagation job

Posted by Sagar Patil

The reason for the ORA-24082 error is that a message has been enqueued  onto the AQ$_PROP_NOTIFY_<N> queue to notify the job_queue_process associated with  the propagation schedule to stop propagating messages and the
job_queue_process has failed to acknowledge that message within a  reasonable amount of time. Read more…

Streams – Capture Process States

Posted by Sagar Patil

The state of a capture process describes what the capture process is doing currently. You can view the state of a capture process by querying the STATE column in the V$STREAMS_CAPTURE dynamic performance view. The following capture process states are possible

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Useful Tables and Views, for Troubleshooting Streams Issues

Posted by Sagar Patil
CAPTURE PROCESS
streams$_capture_process Lists all defined capture processes
dba_capture Basic status, error info
v$streams_capture Detailed status info
dba_capture_parameters Configuration information
PROPAGATE PROCESS
streams$_propagation_process: Lists all defined propagate processes
dba_propagation Basic status, error info
v$propagation_sender Detailed status info
v$propagation_receiver Detailed status info
 APPLY PROCESS
 streams$_apply_process Lists all defined apply processes
 dba_apply Basic status, error info
 v$streams_apply_reader Status of the apply reader
 v$streams_apply_server Status of apply server(s)
 v$streams_apply_coordinator Overall status, latency info
 dba_apply_parameters Configuration information
Miscellaneous Tables 
 v$buffered_queues View that displays the current and cumulative number of messages enqueued and spilled, for each buffered queue.
 sys.streams$_apply_spill_msgs_part Table that the apply process uses, to “spill” messages from large transactions to disk.
 system.logmnr_restart_ckpt$ Table that holds capture process “checkpoint” information.

Identify Issues and Fix Streams Capture Process

Posted by Sagar Patil

My Capture, Propagate and apply processes were working fine until the server fial over. After a restart even though capture processes are enabled, they are stalled at status “INITIALIZING”. The Propagate and Apply were working fine.

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Cloning Oracle Clusterware (Applicable only to 11.2.0.2.0 and not for any previous Releases)

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Cloning is the process of copying an existing Oracle installation to a different location and then updating the copied installation to work in the new environment.

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Streams/RAC and Database Link Problem

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While working with streams 10g RAC,  setup went well but source database  propagation process won’t work with target database “strmrepl1″ and returned TNS “12514″ error.

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Streams Performance Data Collection Tools for 10g & 11g

Posted by Sagar Patil

There are diferent ways to collect performance related data

  • Install Application Workload Repository (AWR) /Active Session History (ASH). Take AWR snapshots an hour or for desired interval
  • Install and Configure STRMMON utility if you have 10gR2(Not available in 11g). Use Metalink Article “290605.1″
  • Use UTL_SPADV as a alternative to STRMMON for > 11gR1
  • Run Streams Healthcheckat each database: before, during , and after performance period of interest, available from Metalink:Article273674.1

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11gR2 RAC-Dataguard Sync issue Between Primary & Standby

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I have a 2 node RAC -DG setup between 2 remote data centres. After building DataGuard between them I am now coming across stange latency stats. Read more…

Setting up Bidirectional Streams SCHEMA Replication

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Details below are for configuring a schema level replication using API DBMS_STREAMS_ADM.MAINTAIN_SCHEMAS.

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Building Tablespace Growth Report from Grid Data

Posted by Sagar Patil

Use SQL Query below at Grid sysman database to locate growth of tablespaces over time. The returned results data could be used under EXCEL to generate graphs. Read more…

Oracle Roles and Users audit report

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I have often used following procedure to create list of roles & corresponding users mapped into it. This was then used to email business owners as well as for user accesss auditing. Read more…

Streams Replication| Monitoring Streams Capture Processes

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Capture process is an optional Streams client that is an Oracle background process that scans a database redo log to capture DML and DDL changes made to database objects. Read more…

Streams Replication | Monitoring Streams Queues and Propagations

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This post lists sample queries to monitor Streams queues and propagations.

1)       Monitoring ANYDATA Queues and Messaging
2)       Monitoring Buffered Queues
3)       Monitoring Streams Propagations and Propagation Jobs

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Streams Replication| Monitoring Oracle Streams Apply Processes at Destination Server

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Following shell script will be handy when you are working with Streams Replication.  There are 2 versions, one for 10g:monitor_streams_applyprocess_10g and another for 11g: monitor_streams_applyprocess_11g Read more…

Monitoring Streams Replication| How to Display Detailed Information About Apply Errors?

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SQL scripts below can display detailed information about error transactions in the error queue in a database.
These scripts are designed to display information about LCRs, but you can extend them to display information about any non-LCR messages used.

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Linux – List file count by Day

Posted by Sagar Patil
ls -lt | grep "^-" | awk '{
if($8 ~ /:/)
   $8=2011
Date_count=$6" "$7", "$8
freq[Date_count]++}
END {for (date in freq) printf "%s\t%d\n", date, freq[date] }' | sort

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Oracle Streams Introduction

Posted by Sagar Patil

The streams contain following processes:

  1. Capture

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Finding Backup details from 11g RMAN respository tables

Posted by Sagar Patil
  • List databases registered with rman repository

select NAME
     , DBID
  from RC_DATABASE;

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11g Grid | Monitoring Management Services and Repository

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Management Services and Repository:

Lets you monitor system performance and access diagnostic information for the Oracle Management Services and Management Repository.

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Grid false alert "Agent to OMS communication is broken"

Posted by Sagar Patil

If you are receiving tonnes of alerts from grid as below, here is a simple solution.

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DataGuard Monitorable (Read-Only) Database Properties

Posted by Sagar Patil
Configuration details below are for a 2 Node RAC as Primary (PROD1,PROD2) & 2 node RAC(STDBY1,STDBY2) as Physical Standby.

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