new features in oracle orachk & exachk 12.2.0.1.1

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Oracle ORAchk/EXAchk What’s New in 12.2.0.1.1


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–Automated risk identification and proactive notification before business is impacted

–Health Checks based on most impactful reoccurring problems across Oracle customer base

–Runs in your environment – no need to send anything to Oracle

–Scheduled email Health Check reports

–Findings can be integrated into other tools of choice

Why Oracle ORAchk

Engineered Systems

Non Engineered Systems

Oracle EXAchk

Oracle ORAchk

Common Framework

Lightweight & non intrusive Oracle Stack Health Checks

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Note: Oracle Database Appliance is the only Oracle Engineered System, which uses ORAchk. For all other Engineered Systems use EXAchk


Agenda

Easier to Use & Upgrade Oracle Health Checks Collection Manager

More Flexibility for Running Root Privileged Checks

Support for New Engineered Systems / Platforms / Versions

Send Email from Compute Node Instead of Storage Cell

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Oracle Health Checks Collection Manager • New Collection Manager

app built on APEX 5 theme

• Tabs replaced with drop down menus for easier navigation

• ORAchk & EXAchk continue to ship with APEX 4 app too

• No more new functionality in the APEX 4 app, all new features will go into the APEX 5 app


• First time installation done via the APEX workspace

• Use the sql script applicable for your APEX version: – APEX 4.2: CollectionManager_App.sql

– APEX 5.x: Apex5_CollectionManager_App.sql

• Collection Manager upgrades can now be done simply from orachk or exachk tool:

• Will determine the APEX version you have and install the latest applicable Collection Manager app

• If the Collection Manager schema changes in the future then ORAchk/EXAchk will prompt for auto upgrade

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Oracle Health Checks Collection Manager

./orachk -cmupgrade

or

./exachk -cmupgrade


Improved housekeeping as purge job runs daily, removing data older than three months Before it only purged every 3 months.

Easier to analyze collection results as you can sort by any column

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Oracle Health Checks Collection Manager 1

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Bulk mapping of business units is now easier.

Collection Manager will create any non existent business units, you referenced in uploaded XML mapping file

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Root Checks Script

• A large number of the Oracle Stack Health Checks don’t require root access, however a subset need to run with root privileges

• Root privilege checks run from root_orachk.sh or root_exachk.sh in the ORAchk / EXAchk temporary directory

– $HOME by default but can be changed by setting RAT_TMPDIR

• If you want the root script in a different directory to RAT_TMPDIR use: RAT_ROOT_SH_DIR

e.g. :

Then the entry in the /etc/sudoers:

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export RAT_ROOT_SH_DIR=/mylocation

oracle ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:/mylocation/root_orachk.sh


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ORAchk Support for AIX 7.2

• ORAchk now adds support for the latest AIX version 7.2

• This brings the platforms ORAchk is supported on to the following:

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Operating System Versions Supported

Linux / zLinux Oracle Linux/RedHat 4, 5, 6, 7 SuSE 9,10, 11, 12

Oracle Solaris SPARC / x86-65 9, 10, 11

AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2

HPUX Itanium / PA-RISC 11.23, 11.31

Microsoft Windows (with cygwin) 2008, 2012


Oracle Stack Coverage • Oracle Engineered Systems

• Oracle Exadata Database Machine

• Oracle SuperCluster

• Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

• Oracle Database Appliance

• Oracle Big Data Appliance

• Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud

• Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine

• Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance

• Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance

• Oracle ASR

• Oracle Systems

• Oracle Solaris

• Cross stack checks

• Solaris Cluster

• OVN

• Oracle Database

• Standalone Database

• Grid Infrastructure & RAC

• Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Scorecard

• Upgrade Readiness Validation

• Golden Gate

• Oracle Restart

• Oracle Enterprise Manager

• Repository

• Agent

• OMS

• Oracle Middleware

• Application Continuity

• Oracle Identify and Access Management Suite (Oracle IAM)

• Oracle E-Business Suite

• Oracle Payables

• Oracle Workflow

• Oracle Purchasing

• Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Process Manufacturing

• Oracle Receivables

• Oracle Fixed Assets

• Oracle HCM

• Oracle CRM

• Oracle Project Billing

• Oracle Siebel

• Database best practices

• Oracle PeopleSoft

• Database best practices

• Oracle SAP

• EXAdata best practices

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ORAchk Support for New Oracle Database Appliances (ODA)

Support for

Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 HA

Support for

Oracle Database Appliance X6-2M

Support for

Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S

Existing New New


EXAchk Support for New MiniCluster

Support for

Oracle SuperCluster M6-32

Support for

Oracle SuperCluster M7

Support for

Oracle MiniCluster S7-2

Existing Existing New


EXAchk Support for Role Based Access Control

• SuperCluster only

• Role Based Access Control (RBAC) can be used to execute root privileged checks, no root user required

• root checks must be run as a user with a root equivalent access role

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EXAchk Support for New Exalytics Release 2

Support for

Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine Release 1.x

Support for

Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine Release 2

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Send Email from Compute Node instead of Storage Cell

• If the Exadata storage cells are unable to send email use –usecompute – Will send the email from the database server instead

e.g.:

or

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./exachk -testemail "[email protected]" -usecompute

./exachk -sendemail "[email protected]" -usecompute


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New Health Checks

• New Health Checks have been added across the stack

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– Oracle Exadata

– Oracle Exalogic

– Oracle SuperCluster

– Oracle Exalytics

– Oracle Big Data Appliance

– Oracle ZFS Storage

– Oracle Database & Grid Infrastructure

• To see new checks for specific systems see

– ORAchk Health Check Catalog

– EXAchk Health Check Catalog

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/main/downloadattachmentprocessor?parent=DOCUMENT&sourceId=1268927.2&attachid=1268927.1:HC_CATALOG

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/main/downloadattachmentprocessor?parent=DOCUMENT&sourceId=1268927.2&attachid=1268927.1:EXACHK_HC_CATALOG


More Info:

ORAchk: Doc 1268927.2 EXAchk: Doc 1070954.1

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https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1268927.2&parent=slides&sourceId=ALL

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1070954.1&parent=slides&sourceId=ALL


Safe Harbor Statement

The preceding is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

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