Database Reference
In-Depth Information
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The ability to isolate diagnostic collection to a particular product component (for example,
ASM, RDBMS, Clusterware)
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The ability—known as Real Time Scan—to scan alert logs in real time for conditions that
indicate a problem (DB Alert Logs, ASM Alert Logs, Clusterware Alert Logs, etc.)
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Automatic Data Collection based on Real Time Scan findings
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On Demand Scan (user initiated) of all log and trace files for conditions that indicating a problem
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Automatic Data Collection based on On Demand Scan findings
TFA syntax can be seen by executing the
tfactl
command .without any options. Listing 7-17 provides what can
be done with
tfactl
.
Listing 7-17.
tfactl Help
[root@odax32 bin]# ./tfactl
Usage : /opt/oracle/tfa/tfa_home/bin/tfactl <command> [options]
<command> =
status Check the status of TFA across nodes in cluster
add Add a directory or host to TFA
change Change permission of directory in TFA
modify Modify TFA parameters
set Turn ON/OFF various TFA features
remove Remove a directory from TFA
print Print requested details
run Run inventory or scan
diagcollect Collect logs from across nodes in cluster
For help with a command: /opt/oracle/tfa/tfa_home/bin/tfactl <command> -help
For debug output use -verbose option
The Oracle Database Appliance has TFA installed as part of the ODA patching. Startup of TFA is handled by the
oakd
process. To ensure that TFA is running at any point in time, you can validate with
tfactl
, as shown in Listing 7-18.
Listing 7-18.
tfactl Status
root@odax32 bin]# ./tfactl status
.-----------------------------------------.
| Host | Status of TFA | PID | Port |
+----------+---------------+-------+------+
| odax32 | RUNNING | 18839 | 5000 |
| odax32 | RUNNING | 18637 | 5000 |
'----------+---------------+-------+------'
We will examine some of the key features of TFA, starting with a display of the various information that TFA is
collecting. Execute the command
tfactl print
to look at various pieces of information about TFA, as shown in
Listing 7-19.
Listing 7-19.
tfactl Print
[root@odax32 bin]# ./tfactl print -h
Usage: /opt/oracle/tfa/tfa_home/bin/tfactl print [directories|hosts|actions|inventory|invrunstat
|repository|...]
Prints requested details.
