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Changes in This Release for Oracle Autonomous Health Framework User’s Guide Release 12c

This preface lists changes in Oracle Autonomous Health Framework for Oracle Database 12c release 2 (12.2) and release 1 (12.1).

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New Features for Oracle Database 12c  Release 2 (12.2)

These are new features for Oracle Database 12c  release 2 (12.2).

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Oracle Cluster Health Advisor

Oracle Cluster Health Advisor is introduced for Oracle Database 12c release 2 (12.2). Oracle Cluster Health Advisor collects data from Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) and Oracle RAC One Node databases, and from operating system and hardware resources. Oracle Cluster Health Advisor then advises how to fix database or performance issues.

Enhancements to Grid Infrastructure Management Repository (GIMR)

Oracle Grid Infrastructure deployment now supports a global off-cluster Grid Infrastructure Management Repository (GIMR).

New Features for Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk 12.1.0.2.7

These are new features for Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk 12.1.0.2.7.

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Simplified Enterprise-Wide Data Configuration and Maintenance

This release contains several changes that simplify system and user configuration and maintenance, and upload health check collection results.

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Bulk Mapping Systems to Business Units

Oracle Health Check Collections Manager provides an XML bulk upload option so that you can quickly map many systems to business units.

Selectively Capturing Users During Log In

By default, Oracle Health Check Collections Manager captures details of the users who log in using LDAP authentication and assigns Oracle Health Check Collections Manager role to the users.

Configuring Details for Upload of Health Check Collection Results

Configure Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk to automatically upload health check collection results to the Oracle Health Check Collections Manager database.

Viewing and Reattempting Failed Uploads

Use the new option -checkfaileduploads to find failed uploads.

Managing Oracle Health Check Collection Purges

Oracle Health Check Collections Manager now by default purges collections that are older than three months.

Tracking Changes to File Attributes

Use the Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk option –fileattr to track changes to file attributes.

If run with the –fileattr option, then Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk search all files within Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database homes by default. Also, specify the list of directories, subdirectories, and files to monitor, and then compare snapshots for changes.

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Find Health Checks that Require Privileged Users to Run

Use the new privileged user filter to identify health checks that require a privileged user to run.

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Support for Broader Range of Oracle Products

Health check support has been broadened to include Linux operating system health checks (Oracle ORAchk only), External ZFS Storage Appliance health checks (Oracle EXAchk on Exalogic only), and Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13.1.

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Easier to Run Oracle EXAchk on Oracle Exadata Storage Servers

Run Oracle EXAchk from Oracle Exadata storage servers without SSH connectivity from the database server to the storage server.

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New Health Checks for Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk

New health checks have been included for:

  • Oracle Exadata

  • Oracle SuperCluster

  • Oracle Exalogic

  • Oracle ZFS Storage

  • Oracle Enterprise Linux

  • Oracle Solaris Cluster

  • Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure

  • Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Oracle Management Service (OMS) and Repository

Refer to My Oracle Support note 1268927.2, click the Health Check Catalog tab to download and view the list of health checks.

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New Features for Cluster Health Monitor 12.2.0.1.1

Two new parameters are added to the oclumon dumpnodeview  command:

  • oclumon dumpnodeview —format csv : This option provides CSV format output mode for dumpnodeview.

  • oclumon dumpnodeview –procag : This option provides output of node view processes aggregated by category.

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New Features for Oracle Trace File Analyzer 12.2.0.1.1

Oracle Trace File Analyzer includes the following new features in release 12.2.0.1.1:

  • Oracle Trace File Analyzer runs an automatic purge every 60 minutes to delete logs that are older than 30 days.

  • Manage Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR) log and trace files by using the managelogs command.

  • Oracle Trace File Analyzer now automatically monitors disk usage and records snapshots.

  • Oracle Trace File Analyzer now provides event-driven Support Service Request Data Collection (SRDC) collections.

  • Oracle Trace File Analyzer integrates Incident Packaging Service (IPS), and can now run IPS to show incidents, problems, and packages. IPS packages can also be included in diagnostic collection with the option to manipulate them before packaging.

  • Oracle Trace File Analyzer Built on Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8.

    Oracle Trace File Analyzer was built on Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8 for this release. It uses the latest Java features. Bash shell is no longer required for Oracle Trace File Analyzer. Because Oracle Trace File Analyzer runs on Java instead of as a shell script, it is now supported on Microsoft Windows platforms.

    If you plan to use Oracle Trace File Analyzer, then JRE is now a requirement. JRE ships with Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure. JRE is also included in the Oracle Trace File Analyzer Database Support Tools Bundle from My Oracle Support Note 1513912.2.

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New Features for Hang Manager

Hang Manager includes the following new features:

  • Sensitivity Setting

    Adjust the threshold period that Hang Manager waits to confirm if a session is hung by setting the sensitivity  parameter.

  • Number of Trace Files Setting

    Adjust the number of trace files that can be generated within the trace file sets by setting the base_file_set_count  parameter.

  • Size of Trace File Setting

    Adjust the size (in bytes) of trace files by setting the base_file_size_limit  parameter.

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New Features for Memory Guard

  • Alert Notifications When Memory Pressure is Detected

    Memory Guard now sends alert notifications if Memory Guard finds any server at risk. Find those notifications in the audit logs.

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New Features for Oracle Database Quality of Service Management 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1)

  • New qosmserver to Replace OC4J J2EE Container

    In earlier releases, Oracle Database Quality of Service Management Server was deployed in an OC4J J2EE container. OC4J J2EE is not supported on the latest versions of Java, and had a greater resource footprint than needed by Oracle Database Quality of Service Management. A profiled version of Tomcat, known as the qosmserver, replaces the OC4J J2EE container.

  • Full Support for Administrator-Managed and Multitenant Oracle RAC Databases

    In Oracle Database 12c release 1 (12.1), Oracle Database Quality of Service Management supported administrator-managed Oracle RAC and Oracle RAC One Node databases in its Measure-Only and Monitor modes. In this release, you can use Oracle Database Quality of Service Management support in Management mode for administrator-managed Oracle RAC databases and Multitenant Oracle RAC Databases. However, Oracle Database Quality of Service Management cannot expand or shrink the number of instances by changing the server pool size for administrator-managed databases because administrator-managed databases do not run in server pools. Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control supports this new feature in the Oracle Database Quality of Service Management pages.