Using RDA to check Oracle Database preinstallation
Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) is often under-utilized. It has some very nice features such as database preinstallation check.
Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) - FAQ (Doc ID 330363.1) Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) - Getting Started (Doc ID 314422.1)Stay with me and read the entire article - there is a surprise at the end. RDA changed to a new numbering scheme of . in April 2018. The first release under this scheme is 18.2.
RDA/DA bundle RDA 18.4-20181009 fora Linux x64: p21769913_18418109_Linux-x86-64.zipInstalling RDA:
$ unzip -qo /tmp/p21769913_18418109_Linux-x86-64.zip -d ~/working/dinh/ $ ll total 8 drwxr-xr-x 15 oracle dba 4096 Oct 3 16:01 rda -r--r--r-- 1 oracle dba 3004 Oct 3 16:05 readme.txt $ cd rda/ $ chmod +x rda.sh $ ./rda.sh -cv Loading the file list ... Checking the directory [D_RDA] . ... Checking the directory [D_RDA] engine ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_ADM] model ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_CHK] APPS ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_CHK] BI ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_CHK] CGBU ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_CHK] DB ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_CHK] EM ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_CHK] OFM ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_CHK] TEST ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] APPS ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] BI ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] CGBU ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] CLOUD ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] DA ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] DB ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] EM ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] EXPLORER ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] OFM ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] OS ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] PGBU ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] RDA ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] SAMPLE ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_COL] TOOL ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_CSS] . ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_DAT] . ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_DFW] cv0200 ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] Convert/Common ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] Convert/DB/LOG ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] Convert/OFM/OIM ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] Convert/OS/INST ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] Convert/OS/OS ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] Convert/RDA/CONFIG ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] Convert/TOOL/ALERT ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] Convert/TOOL/COMPLY ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] IRDA ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] IRDA/CV0200 ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Agent ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Driver ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Handle ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Library ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Limit ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Local ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Object ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Operator ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Request ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/SDCL ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/SDSL ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Target ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Token ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/UI ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Value ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_INC] RDA/Web ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_MSG] charset ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_MSG] desc ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_MSG] en ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_MSG] fr ... Checking the directory [D_RDA_POD] en ... No issues found $Running RDA:
$ ./rda.sh -T hcve Processing HCVE tests ... Available Pre-Installation Rule Sets: 1. Oracle Database 10g R1 (10.1.0) Preinstall (Linux) 2. Oracle Database 10g R2 (10.2.0) Preinstall (Linux) 3. Oracle Database 11g R1 (11.1) Preinstall (Linux) 4. Oracle Database 11g R2 (11.2.0) Preinstall (Linux) 5. Oracle Database 12c R1 (12.1.0) Preinstallation (Linux) 6. Oracle Database 12c R2 (12.2.0) Preinstallation (Linux) 7. Oracle Database 18c (18) Preinstallation (Linux) 8. Oracle Identity and Access Management PreInstall Check: Oracle Identity and Access Management 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) Linux 9. Oracle JDeveloper PreInstall Check: Oracle JDeveloper 11g Release 2 (11.1.2.4) Linux 10. Oracle JDeveloper PreInstall Check: Oracle JDeveloper 12c (12.1.3) Linux 11. OAS PreInstall Check: Application Server 10g R2 (10.1.2) Linux 12. OAS PreInstall Check: Application Server 10g R3 (10.1.3) Linux 13. OFM PreInstall Check: Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 (11.1.1) Linux 14. OFM PreInstall Check: Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.1.3) Linux 15. OFM PreInstall Check: Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1.3.0) Linux 16. Oracle Forms and Reports PreInstall Check: Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) Linux 17. Portal PreInstall Check: Oracle Portal Generic 18. IDM PreInstall Check: Identity Management 10g (10.1.4) Linux 19. BIEE PreInstall Check: Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g (11.1.1) Linux 20. EPM PreInstall Check: Enterprise Performance Management Server (11.1.2) Generic 21. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control PreInstall Check: Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 4 (12.1.0.4) Linux 22. Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i (11.5.10) Preinstall (Linux x86 and x86_64) 23. Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.1.1) Preinstall (Linux x86 and x86_64) 24. Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.2.0) Preinstall (Linux x86_64) Available Post-Installation Rule Sets: 25. RAC 10G DB and OS Best Practices (Linux) 26. Data Guard Postinstall (Generic) 27. WLS PostInstall Check: WebLogic Server 11g (10.3.x) Generic 28. WLS PostInstall Check: WebLogic Server 12c (12.x) Generic 29. Portal PostInstall Check: Oracle Portal Generic 30. OC4J PostInstall Check: Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.x) Generic 31. SOA PostInstall Check: Service-Oriented Architecture 11g and Later Generic 32. OSB PostInstall Check: Service Bus 11g and Later Generic 33. Oracle Forms 11g Post Installation (Generic) 34. Oracle Enterprise Manager Agent 12c Post Installation (Generic) 35. Oracle Management Server 12c Post Installation (Generic) 36. Network Charging and Control Database Post Installation (Generic) Enter the HCVE rule set number or 0 to cancel the test Press Return to accept the default (0) > 3 Performing HCVE checks ... Enter value for < Planned ORACLE_HOME location > > Enter value for < JDK Home > > Test "Oracle Database 11g R1 (11.1) Preinstall (Linux)" executed at 08-Jan-2019 10:32:44 Test Results ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ID NAME RESULT VALUE ====== ==================== ======= ========================================== A00010 OS Certified? FAILED Not certified [Oracle version] A00020 User in /etc/passwd? PASSED userOK A00040 Group in /etc/group? PASSED GroupOK A00050 Enter ORACLE_HOME RECORD A00060 ORACLE_HOME Valid? FAILED OHnotvalid A00070 O_H Permissions OK? SKIPPED Requires valid Oracle home A00080 oraInventory Permiss FAILED oraInventoryNotOK A00090 Got Software Tools? PASSED ld_nm_ar_make_found A00100 Umask Set to 022? PASSED UmaskOK A00120 Limit Processes? PASSED Adequate A00130 Limit Descriptors PASSED Adequate A00140 LDLIBRARYPATH Unset? PASSED UnSet A00180 JAVA_HOME Unset? PASSED UnSet A00190 Enter JDK Home RECORD A00200 JDK Version FAILED JDK home is missing A00210 Other O_Hs in PATH? PASSED NoneFound A00220 Other OUI Up? PASSED NoOtherOUI A00230 Temp Adequate? PASSED TempSpaceOK A00240 Disk Space? FAILED Requires valid Oracle home A00250 Swap (in MB) RECORD 18431 A00260 Adequate RAM (in MB) PASSED 257578 A00270 Swap OK? PASSED SwapToRamOK A00280 Network FAILED Cannot access /sbin/ifconfig A00290 IP Address RECORD 10.30.27.62 A00300 Domain Name RECORD gain.tcprod.local A00310 DNS Lookup FAILED Cannot access /usr/bin/nslookup A00320 /etc/hosts Format PASSED Adequate IPv4 entry A00330 Kernel Parameters OK FAILED SHMMAXTooSmall A00380 Tainted Kernel? PASSED NotVerifiable A00400 ip_local_port_range PASSED RangeOK A00460 Asianux2 RPMs OK? SKIPPED NotAsianux A00470 Asianux3 RPMs OK? SKIPPED NotAsianux A00480 OL4 RPMs OK? SKIPPED NotOL4 A00490 OL5 RPMs OK? SKIPPED NotOL5 A00530 RHEL4 RPMs OK? SKIPPED NotRedHat A00540 RHEL5 RPMs OK? SKIPPED NotRedHat A00570 SLES10 RPMs OK? SKIPPED NotSuSE Result file: output/collect/DB_HCVE_A_DB11R1_lin_res.htm $Here's the surprise - implementing RDA for Oracle GoldenGate Data collection (Doc ID 1362838.1):
./rda.sh -S OGGThis is useful as it will provide the architecture for GoldenGate implementation.
