Trace other session in 9.2.0.6

Hi,
I'm mostly using oradebug for setting 10046 trace event in other session .
This works without problems , until I hit old 9.2.0.6 DB on WINDOWS 2000 .
Every time I'm using that approach
ORADEBUG SETOSPID &OSPID ;
ORADEBUG EVENT 10046 TRACE NAME CONTEXT FOREVER, LEVEL 12;
ORADEBUG TRACEFILE_NAME;
Traced process gives:
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channelI've tried exec dbms_system.set_ev(10,20,10046,12,''); with no success as well (same error) .
How You deal with that kind of old software on Windows 2000 ?
Please advice with real life experience I've read doc :).
Regards
GregG

Thanks , looks like that worked .
I did some additional tests and here follows my thoughts:
1. All mentioned methods works (oradebug, dbms_system.set_ev) if traced session is not in tight pl/sql loop like:
declare
l_c number;
begin
for i in 1 .. 1000
loop
select count(*) into l_c from dba_source;
end loop;
end;
/Session which is doing so crashed in all cased with exception of usage dbms_support .
So, thanks again.
Regards
GregG

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    cache buffers chains     kcbgtcr: fast path (cr pin       0      1,024    2,126
    cache buffers chains     kcbgcur_2                        0         60        8
    cache buffers chains     kcbchg1: kslbegin: bufs no       0         16        3
    cache buffers chains     kcbgtcr: fast path               0         14       20
    cache buffers chains     kcbzibmlt: multi-block rea       0         10        0
    cache buffers chains     kcbrls_2                         0          9       53
    cache buffers chains     kcbgtcr: kslbegin shared         0          8        1
    cache buffers chains     kcbrls_1                         0          7       84
    cache buffers chains     kcbgtcr: kslbegin excl           0          6       14
    cache buffers chains     kcbnew: new latch again          0          6        0
    cache buffers chains     kcbzgb: scan from tail. no       0          6        0
    cache buffers chains     kcbzwb                           0          5        8
    cache buffers chains     kcbgcur: fast path (shr)         0          3        0
    cache buffers chains     kcbget: pin buffer               0          3        0
    cache buffers chains     kcbzhngcbk2_1                    0          1        0
    cache buffers lru chain  kcbzgws                          0         19        0
    cache buffers lru chain  kcbo_link_q                      0          3        0
    call allocation          ksuxds                           0         14       10
    call allocation          ksudlp: top call                 0          2        3
    enqueue hash chains      ksqgtl3                          0          2        1
    enqueue hash chains      ksqrcl                           0          1        2
    enqueues                 ksqgel: create enqueue           0          1        0
    object queue header oper kcbo_unlink_q                    0          5        2
    object queue header oper kcbo_sw_buf                      0          2        0
    object queue header oper kcbo_link_q                      0          1        2
    object queue header oper kcbo_switch_cq                   0          1        2
    object queue header oper kcbo_switch_mq_bg                0          1        4
    parallel query alloc buf kxfpbalo                         0          1        1
    process allocation       ksucrp:1                         0          2        0
    process queue reference  kxfpqrsnd                        0          1        0
    qmn task queue latch     kwqmnmvtsks: delay to read       0          1        0
    redo allocation          kcrfw_redo_gen: redo alloc       0         17        0
    row cache objects        kqreqd: reget                    0          6        0
    row cache objects        kqrpre: find obj                 0          6       13
    row cache objects        kqrso                            0          2        0
    row cache objects        kqreqd                           0          1        2
    row cache objects        kqrpre: init complete            0          1        1
    shared pool              kghalo                           0        199      106
    shared pool              kghupr1                          0         39      109
    shared pool              kghfre                           0         18       19
    shared pool              kghalp                           0          7       29
    space background task la ktsj_grab_task                   0         21       27
    Mutex Sleep Summary                
    -> ordered by number of sleeps desc
                                                                             Wait
    Mutex Type            Location                               Sleeps    Time (ms)
    Library Cache         kglhdgn2 106                              338           12
    Library Cache         kgllkc1   57                              259           10
    Library Cache         kgllkdl1  85                              123           21
    Cursor Pin            kkslce [KKSCHLPIN2]                        70          286
    Library Cache         kglget2   2                                31            1
    Library Cache         kglhdgn1  62                               31            2
    Library Cache         kglpin1   4                                26            1
    Library Cache         kglpnal1  90                               18            0
    Library Cache         kglpndl1  95                               15            2
    Library Cache         kgllldl2 112                                6            0
    Library Cache         kglini1   32                                1            0
              -------------------------------------------------------------Thanks in advance.

    Hi,
    Thanks for reply.
    I provided one hour report.
    Inst Num Startup Time    Release     RAC
    1 27-Feb-12 09:03 11.2.0.2.0  NO
      Platform                         CPUs Cores Sockets Memory(GB)
    Linux x86 64-bit                    8     8       8      48.00
                  Snap Id      Snap Time      Sessions Curs/Sess
    Begin Snap:      5606 29-Feb-12 04:00:35        63       3.7
      End Snap:      5607 29-Feb-12 05:00:41        63       3.6
       Elapsed:               60.11 (mins)
       DB Time:              382.67 (mins)
    Cache Sizes                       Begin        End
    ~~~~~~~~~~~                  ---------- ----------
                   Buffer Cache:     1,952M     1,952M  Std Block Size:        16K
               Shared Pool Size:     1,024M     1,024M      Log Buffer:    18,868K
    Load Profile              Per Second    Per Transaction   Per Exec   Per Call
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~         ---------------    --------------- ---------- ----------
          DB Time(s):                6.4                0.8       0.03       0.03
           DB CPU(s):                1.0                0.1       0.00       0.00
           Redo size:           84,539.3           10,425.6
       Logical reads:           23,345.6            2,879.1
       Block changes:              386.5               47.7
      Physical reads:            1,605.0              197.9
    Physical writes:                7.1                0.9
          User calls:              233.9               28.9
              Parses:                4.0                0.5
         Hard parses:                0.1                0.0
    W/A MB processed:                0.1                0.0
              Logons:                0.1                0.0
            Executes:              210.9               26.0
           Rollbacks:                0.0                0.0
        Transactions:                8.1
    Instance Efficiency Percentages (Target 100%)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                Buffer Nowait %:   99.62       Redo NoWait %:  100.00
                Buffer  Hit   %:   95.57    In-memory Sort %:  100.00
                Library Hit   %:   99.90        Soft Parse %:   98.68
             Execute to Parse %:   98.10         Latch Hit %:   99.99
    Parse CPU to Parse Elapsd %:   32.08     % Non-Parse CPU:   99.90
    Shared Pool Statistics        Begin    End
                 Memory Usage %:   89.25   89.45
        % SQL with executions>1:   96.79   97.52
      % Memory for SQL w/exec>1:   95.67   96.56
    Top 5 Timed Foreground Events
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                                               Avg
                                                              wait   % DB
    Event                                 Waits     Time(s)   (ms)   time Wait Class
    db file sequential read           3,054,464      17,002      6   74.0 User I/O
    DB CPU                                            3,748          16.3
    read by other session               199,603         796      4    3.5 User I/O
    direct path read                     46,301         439      9    1.9 User I/O
    db file scattered read               21,113         269     13    1.2 User I/O
    Host CPU (CPUs:    8 Cores:    8 Sockets:    8)
    ~~~~~~~~         Load Average
                   Begin       End     %User   %System      %WIO     %Idle
                    1.45      1.67      13.2       0.6      15.8      86.2
    Instance CPU
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
                  % of total CPU for Instance:      13.0
                  % of busy  CPU for Instance:      94.7
      %DB time waiting for CPU - Resource Mgr:       0.0
    Memory Statistics
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                       Begin          End
                      Host Mem (MB):     49,152.0     49,152.0
                       SGA use (MB):      3,072.0      3,072.0
                       PGA use (MB):        513.5        467.7
        % Host Mem used for SGA+PGA:         7.29         7.20
    Time Model Statistics            
    -> Total time in database user-calls (DB Time): 22960.5s
    -> Statistics including the word "background" measure background process
       time, and so do not contribute to the DB time statistic
    -> Ordered by % or DB time desc, Statistic name
    Statistic Name                                       Time (s) % of DB Time
    sql execute elapsed time                             22,835.9         99.5
    DB CPU                                                3,748.4         16.3
    parse time elapsed                                       15.4           .1
    hard parse elapsed time                                  14.3           .1
    PL/SQL execution elapsed time                             7.5           .0
    PL/SQL compilation elapsed time                           6.0           .0
    connection management call elapsed time                   1.6           .0
    sequence load elapsed time                                0.4           .0
    hard parse (sharing criteria) elapsed time                0.0           .0
    repeated bind elapsed time                                0.0           .0
    failed parse elapsed time                                 0.0           .0
    DB time                                              22,960.5
    background elapsed time                                 238.1
    background cpu time                                       4.9
    Operating System Statistics        
    -> *TIME statistic values are diffed.
       All others display actual values.  End Value is displayed if different
    -> ordered by statistic type (CPU Use, Virtual Memory, Hardware Config), Name
    Statistic                                  Value        End Value
    BUSY_TIME                                396,506
    IDLE_TIME                              2,483,725
    IOWAIT_TIME                              455,495
    NICE_TIME                                      0
    SYS_TIME                                  16,163
    USER_TIME                                380,052
    LOAD                                           1                2
    RSRC_MGR_CPU_WAIT_TIME                         0
    VM_IN_BYTES                       95,646,943,232
    VM_OUT_BYTES                       1,686,059,008
    PHYSICAL_MEMORY_BYTES             51,539,607,552
    NUM_CPUS                                       8
    NUM_CPU_CORES                                  8
    NUM_CPU_SOCKETS                                8
    GLOBAL_RECEIVE_SIZE_MAX                4,194,304
    GLOBAL_SEND_SIZE_MAX                   1,048,586
    TCP_RECEIVE_SIZE_DEFAULT                  87,380
    TCP_RECEIVE_SIZE_MAX                   4,194,304
    TCP_RECEIVE_SIZE_MIN                       4,096
    TCP_SEND_SIZE_DEFAULT                     16,384
    TCP_SEND_SIZE_MAX                      4,194,304
    TCP_SEND_SIZE_MIN                          4,096
    Operating System Statistics -
    Snap Time           Load    %busy    %user     %sys    %idle  %iowait
    29-Feb 04:00:35      1.4      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A
    29-Feb 05:00:41      1.7     13.8     13.2      0.6     86.2     15.8
    Foreground Wait Class              
    -> s  - second, ms - millisecond -    1000th of a second
    -> ordered by wait time desc, waits desc
    -> %Timeouts: value of 0 indicates value was < .5%.  Value of null is truly 0
    -> Captured Time accounts for         97.6%  of Total DB time      22,960.46 (s)
    -> Total FG Wait Time:            18,651.75 (s)  DB CPU time:       3,748.35 (s)
                                                                      Avg
                                          %Time       Total Wait     wait
    Wait Class                      Waits -outs         Time (s)     (ms)  %DB time
    User I/O                    3,327,253     0           18,576        6      80.9
    DB CPU                                                 3,748               16.3
    Commit                         23,882     0               69        3       0.3
    System I/O                      1,035     0                3        3       0.0
    Network                       842,393     0                2        0       0.0
    Other                          10,120    99                0        0       0.0
    Configuration                       3     0                0       58       0.0
    Application                       264     0                0        1       0.0
    Concurrency                     1,482     0                0        0       0.0
    Foreground Wait Events            
    -> s  - second, ms - millisecond -    1000th of a second
    -> Only events with Total Wait Time (s) >= .001 are shown
    -> ordered by wait time desc, waits desc (idle events last)
    -> %Timeouts: value of 0 indicates value was < .5%.  Value of null is truly 0
                                                                 Avg
                                            %Time Total Wait    wait    Waits   % DB
    Event                             Waits -outs   Time (s)    (ms)     /txn   time
    db file sequential read       3,054,464     0     17,002       6    104.5   74.0
    read by other session           199,603     0        796       4      6.8    3.5
    direct path read                 46,301     0        439       9      1.6    1.9
    db file scattered read           21,113     0        269      13      0.7    1.2
    log file sync                    23,882     0         69       3      0.8     .3
    db file parallel read             4,727     0         68      14      0.2     .3
    control file sequential re        1,035     0          3       3      0.0     .0
    SQL*Net message to client       840,792     0          2       0     28.8     .0
    direct path read temp                95     0          2      18      0.0     .0
    local write wait                     79     0          0       4      0.0     .0
    Disk file operations I/O            870     0          0       0      0.0     .0
    ASM file metadata operatio            4     0          0      50      0.0     .0
    log file switch (private s            3     0          0      58      0.0     .0
    ADR block file read                  36     0          0       3      0.0     .0
    enq: RO - fast object reus            5     0          0      16      0.0     .0
    latch: cache buffers chain        1,465     0          0       0      0.1     .0
    SQL*Net break/reset to cli          256     0          0       0      0.0     .0
    asynch descriptor resize         10,059   100          0       0      0.3     .0
    SQL*Net more data to clien        1,510     0          0       0      0.1     .0
    enq: KO - fast object chec            3     0          0       8      0.0     .0
    SQL*Net more data from cli           91     0          0       0      0.0     .0
    latch: shared pool                   14     0          0       0      0.0     .0
    ADR block file write                  5     0          0       1      0.0     .0
    reliable message                      8     0          0       0      0.0     .0
    direct path write temp                1     0          0       2      0.0     .0
    SQL*Net message from clien      840,794     0     68,885      82     28.8
    jobq slave wait                   7,365   100      3,679     499      0.3
    Streams AQ: waiting for me          721   100      3,605    5000      0.0
    wait for unread message on        3,648    98      3,603     988      0.1
    KSV master wait                      20     0          0       0      0.0
    Background Wait Events            
    -> ordered by wait time desc, waits desc (idle events last)
    -> Only events with Total Wait Time (s) >= .001 are shown
    -> %Timeouts: value of 0 indicates value was < .5%.  Value of null is truly 0
                                                                 Avg
                                            %Time Total Wait    wait    Waits   % bg
    Event                             Waits -outs   Time (s)    (ms)     /txn   time
    log file parallel write          29,353     0         83       3      1.0   34.8
    db file parallel write            5,753     0         17       3      0.2    6.9
    db file sequential read           1,638     0         15       9      0.1    6.1
    control file sequential re        5,142     0         13       2      0.2    5.4
    os thread startup                   140     0          8      58      0.0    3.4
    control file parallel writ        1,440     0          8       6      0.0    3.4
    log file sequential read            304     0          8      26      0.0    3.3
    db file scattered read              214     0          2       9      0.0     .8
    ASM file metadata operatio        1,199     0          1       1      0.0     .3
    direct path write                    35     0          0       6      0.0     .1
    direct path read                     41     0          0       5      0.0     .1
    kfk: async disk IO                    6     0          0       9      0.0     .0
    Disk file operations I/O          1,266     0          0       0      0.0     .0
    ADR block file read                  16     0          0       2      0.0     .0
    read by other session                 3     0          0       8      0.0     .0
    Log archive I/O                       2     0          0      10      0.0     .0
    log file sync                         3     0          0       5      0.0     .0
    asynch descriptor resize            341   100          0       0      0.0     .0
    CSS initialization                    1     0          0       6      0.0     .0
    log file single write                 4     0          0       1      0.0     .0
    latch: redo allocation                3     0          0       1      0.0     .0
    ADR block file write                  5     0          0       1      0.0     .0
    LGWR wait for redo copy              45     0          0       0      0.0     .0
    CSS operation: query                  6     0          0       0      0.0     .0
    CSS operation: action                 1     0          0       1      0.0     .0
    SQL*Net message to client           420     0          0       0      0.0     .0
    rdbms ipc message                47,816    39     61,046    1277      1.6
    DIAG idle wait                    7,200   100      7,200    1000      0.2
    Space Manager: slave idle         1,146    98      5,674    4951      0.0
    class slave wait                    284     0      3,983   14026      0.0
    dispatcher timer                     61   100      3,660   60006      0.0
    Streams AQ: qmn coordinato          258    50      3,613   14003      0.0
    Streams AQ: qmn slave idle          130     0      3,613   27789      0.0
    Streams AQ: waiting for ti            7    71      3,608  515430      0.0
    wait for unread message on        3,605   100      3,606    1000      0.1
    pmon timer                        1,201   100      3,604    3001      0.0
    smon timer                           15    73      3,603  240207      0.0
    ASM background timer                754     0      3,602    4777      0.0
    shared server idle wait             120   100      3,601   30006      0.0
    SQL*Net message from clien          554     0          4       7      0.0
    KSV master wait                     101     0          0       2      0.0
    Wait Event Histogram              
    -> Units for Total Waits column: K is 1000, M is 1000000, G is 1000000000
    -> % of Waits: value of .0 indicates value was <.05%; value of null is truly 0
    -> % of Waits: column heading of <=1s is truly <1024ms, >1s is truly >=1024ms
    -> Ordered by Event (idle events last)
                                                        % of Waits
                               Total
    Event                      Waits  <1ms  <2ms  <4ms  <8ms <16ms <32ms  <=1s   >1s
    ADR block file read           52  73.1   1.9   9.6  13.5               1.9
    ADR block file write          10 100.0
    ADR file lock                 12 100.0
    ARCH wait for archivelog l     3 100.0
    ASM file metadata operatio  1203  97.3    .5    .7    .3    .2          .9
    CSS initialization             1                   100.0
    CSS operation: action          1       100.0
    CSS operation: query           6  83.3  16.7
    Disk file operations I/O    2118  95.4   4.5    .1
    LGWR wait for redo copy       45 100.0
    Log archive I/O                2                         100.0
    SQL*Net break/reset to cli   256  99.6    .4
    SQL*Net message to client  839.9 100.0    .0
    SQL*Net more data from cli    91 100.0
    SQL*Net more data to clien  1503 100.0
    asynch descriptor resize   10.4K 100.0
    buffer busy waits              2 100.0
    control file parallel writ  1440   5.7  35.1  24.0  16.3  12.0   5.5   1.5
    control file sequential re  6177  69.4   7.5   5.9   8.1   7.1   1.7    .3
    db file parallel read       4727   1.7   3.2   3.2  10.1  46.6  33.3   1.8
    db file parallel write      5755  42.3  21.3  18.6  11.2   4.6   1.4    .5
    db file scattered read     21.5K   8.4   4.3  11.9  18.9  26.3  25.3   4.9
    db file sequential read    3053.  28.7  15.1  11.1  17.9  21.5   5.4    .3    .0
    direct path read           46.3K   9.9   8.8  18.5  21.7  22.8  15.7   2.7
    direct path read temp         95               9.5   9.5  23.2  49.5   8.4
    direct path write             35  11.4  31.4  17.1  22.9  11.4   2.9   2.9
    direct path write temp         1       100.0
    enq: KO - fast object chec     3                    66.7  33.3
    enq: RO - fast object reus     5  20.0              20.0  20.0  20.0  20.0
    kfk: async disk IO             6  50.0  16.7              16.7        16.7
    latch free                     3 100.0
    latch: cache buffers chain  1465 100.0
    latch: cache buffers lru c     1 100.0
    latch: object queue header     2 100.0
    latch: redo allocation         3  33.3  33.3  33.3
    latch: row cache objects       2 100.0
    latch: shared pool            15  93.3   6.7
    local write wait              79        35.4  34.2  21.5   8.9
    log file parallel write    29.4K  47.8  21.7  11.9   9.9   6.8   1.6    .3
    log file sequential read     304   6.3   3.0   3.6  10.2  23.4  24.3  29.3
    log file single write          4  25.0  75.0
    log file switch (private s     3                                     100.0
    log file sync              23.9K  40.9  28.0  12.9   9.7   6.7   1.5    .3
    os thread startup            140                                     100.0
    read by other session      199.6  37.1  19.9  12.9  13.1  13.8   3.1    .2
    reliable message               8 100.0
    ASM background timer         755   2.9    .4    .1    .1    .3    .1    .3  95.8
    DIAG idle wait              7196                                     100.0
    KSV master wait              121  88.4   2.5   3.3   2.5    .8    .8   1.7
    SQL*Net message from clien 840.1  97.1   1.8    .5    .2    .2    .1    .0    .1
    Space Manager: slave idle   1147    .1                                  .5  99.4
    Streams AQ: qmn coordinato   258  49.6                .4                    50.0
    Streams AQ: qmn slave idle   130    .8                                      99.2
    Streams AQ: waiting for me   721                                           100.0
    Streams AQ: waiting for ti     7  28.6                                42.9  28.6
    class slave wait             283  39.9   2.5   2.5   3.5   4.9   9.2  15.2  22.3
    dispatcher timer              60                                           100.0
    jobq slave wait             7360    .0    .0    .0                    99.9
    pmon timer                  1201                                           100.0
    rdbms ipc message          47.8K   2.7  31.6  17.4   1.1   1.1    .9  20.9  24.3
    Wait Event Histogram               DB/Inst: I2KPROD/I2KPROD  Snaps: 5606-5607
    -> Units for Total Waits column: K is 1000, M is 1000000, G is 1000000000
    -> % of Waits: value of .0 indicates value was <.05%; value of null is truly 0
    -> % of Waits: column heading of <=1s is truly <1024ms, >1s is truly >=1024ms
    -> Ordered by Event (idle events last)
                                                        % of Waits
                               Total
    Event                      Waits  <1ms  <2ms  <4ms  <8ms <16ms <32ms  <=1s   >1s
    shared server idle wait      120                                           100.0
    smon timer                    16                                       6.3  93.8
    wait for unread message on  7250                                  .1  99.9
    Latch Miss Sources                
    -> only latches with sleeps are shown
    -> ordered by name, sleeps desc
                                                         NoWait              Waiter
    Latch Name               Where                       Misses     Sleeps   Sleeps
    In memory undo latch     ktichg: child                    0          1        0
    active service list      kswslogon: session logout        0          2        0
    cache buffers chains     kcbgtcr_2                        0      1,123      483
    cache buffers chains     kcbgtcr: fast path (cr pin       0        496    1,131
    cache buffers chains     kcbrls_2                         0          5        6
    cache buffers chains     kcbgcur_2                        0          4        0
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