Monitoring an Oracle Database Appliance w/Ops Center?

Is anyone using Ops Center to monitor an Oracle Database Appliance?:
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/database-appliance/overview/index.html
I'm looking for a monitoring solution that won't require a lot of 'expect' gathering/parsing work.

A stack trace for the exception would be very useful!
Anyway, perhaps you should check that the username/password specified in the code correspond to those required to access the database (username = "Kotzwinkle", password = "whatever"). Sometimes you can get away with specifying these in the ODBC data source, in which case you shouldn't pass them to the getConnection method.
Hope this helps.

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I'd appreciate any guidance that someone can offer in determining the cause for this reboot.
Thanks,
steve

A system restart can happen because:
a) root or sudo user initiated a system restart.
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d) the system overheated or there was a hardware issue
/var/log/messages should indicate the time between the shutdown and when the restart happened. Sometimes this can give you some clues. Otherwise you may want to check the following:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/fault-management-linux-2005816.html
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OSB installation on Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) for filesystem backup

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program loads Oracle Secure Backup software from the CD-ROM to a
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1. linux86_64
administrative server, media server, client
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This is probably due to the uncompress utility being unavailable.
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/usr/bin/uncompress
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Enterpise Manager for monitoring an oracle database in dmz

Hi all,
I'm looking for an idea.
I have this situation.
I have a grid console that is monitoring many databases.
I would like to monitoring and administering with the same OMS a database (11g) that is running on a server that is in DMZ.
This means that for our internal policy this host can't access to our LAN, this means that for me it'simpossible to
receive data from running agent (10gR2).
I can access to this machine, we opened the port 5500 for use the dbconsole running on it,
but I would like to use the Grid.
So I'm asking for some ideas, only remember that I can access from my OMS and my client to the machine, but the data-exchange
is unidirectional.
Thanks a lot
Danilo

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CVE-2015-0235 on Oracle Database Appliances

Hello,
Does anybody know if Oracle Linux Server release 5.9 2.6.39 400.126.1.el5uek is vulnerable to GHOST (CVE-2015-0235)?
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EPA

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I'm getting the correct checksum for 4-5-6
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Oracle Ops Center blog?

Does anyone from Oracle write a blog on Ops Center? I see the OEM blog (https://blogs.oracle.com/oem/) has occasional references to OC but I can't find a blog for just OC. And are there any third-party blogs on OC?
Thanks,

Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center is part of Oracle Enterprise Manager family . Oracle Enterprise Manager Blog at https://blogs.oracle.com/oem/ covers Ops Center as well. Oracle Enterprise manager Ops Center VP Steve Wilson has a Ops Center specific blog at https://blogs.oracle.com/stevewilson/ . Some already mentioned the facebook page for Ops Center .
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Twitter :
http://twitter.com/oracle_em
Facebook :
https://www.facebook.com/OracleOpsCenter
https://www.facebook.com/oracleenterprisemanager
Youtube :
http://www.youtube.com/OracleEnterpriseMgr
LinkedIn :
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2688744
Oracle Newsletter :
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Configuring email alerts in Ops Center

Hi all,
I have been struggling quite a while to get email alerts working from Ops Center with no success in 11g nor 12c. In the Ops Center GUI, Administration -> EC -> Local Users -> configured user to receive all alerts and emails. I have also configured email relay host correctly(checked a million times).
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Subject: Email test from Enterprise Controller
EOT
<control-d>
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Pager: None
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Email: [email protected]
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Mail Password: <enter the password for root on the EC>
Connection Security: STARTTLS
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Edit Alert Monitoring Rule Parameters (the pencil)
Monitor for alert limits continuously
Toggle: Generate Alert after 1 Minute
Change Critical MemoryUsage.usedMemoryPercentage > 2%
Change Warning MemoryUsage.usedMemoryPercentage > 1%
Apply
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Notification is generated by (90037): myserver
ORACLE Enterprise Manager 11g Ops Center Reported Problem
GlobalZone: myserver
Problem ID: 425Detection Date: 02/24/2011 05:23:36 GMTSeverity:CriticalState:UnassignedOwner:-Assigned Date: -Problem Description:Memory Usage Percentage has reached 59.4122 on myserverOps Center Server: myserverProblem Link: Click on to be redirected to the reported problem
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Solution manager and CCMS monitoring of remote database

I have Solution Manager 7 SP Basis 6 installed. I have oracle remote databases connected successfully. Under DBCockpit I see the instances I want to monitor. I can see the backup, tablespaces, etc. These remote instances are SAP Portal JAVA only version 7 but under the dbcockpit alerts only shows alert monitor. The database check and check conditions are in white. Is there a way to see these and be able to report on them? The CCMS tree under the local solution manager also shows these connected remote instances but they are also white in color as if inactive. All CCMS agents and saposcol are running perfectly on the remote systems. The stats tables have been built, the synonyms for the solution manager are in place. What am I missing?

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dbcheckora.sql
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Step 2: Fill the table DBCHECKORA:
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CREATE PUBLIC SYNONYM SAP_DBMSGORA FOR SAPSR3DB.DBMSGORA;
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grant all on SAPSR3DB.DBMSGORA to OPS$<SID>ADM;
grant all on SAPSR3DB.DBSTAIHORA to OPS$<SID>ADM;
grant all on SAPSR3DB.DBSTATHORA to OPS$<SID>ADM;
grant all on SAPSR3DB.DBSTATIORA to OPS$<SID>ADM;
grant all on SAPSR3DB.DBSTATTORA to OPS$<SID>ADM;
commit;
Step 5:
Now after successful execution of above mentioned Steps , in DBACOCKPIT (system configuration), try to save the Remote DB entry with "Collect Alert Data". It will be saved without any error.
If you find any errors, post the error contents as a reply of this thread message.
Regards,
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Hi Team,
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Is it possible to install Oracle 12c R1 Ops Center on the same Server where our EM 12c Cloud Control exists?
Can i use my 12c Cloud Control Repository Database for 12c Ops Center Installation?
or
Oracle Ops center and EM 12c should reside on different server?
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Oracle Database Gateway for MS SQL server

Hi,
we have Oracle Database Appliance.
OS: Oracle Linux 5 x64
DB: 11.2.0.3 enterprise (Oracle Database Gateway for MS SQL server at the same version)
Communication with remote DB is OK, but CPU load is too high without any reason. CPU waste, useless HW load, energy waste.
Enterprise manager console:
http://81.89.49.222/em.JPG
OS top:
http://81.89.49.222/top.JPG
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Thank you
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Hi,
we are using connection to multiple MS SQL servers:
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# that are needed for the Database Gateway for Microsoft SQL Server
# HS init parameters
HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO=[172.18.250.141]://master
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HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL=OFF
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT=RECOVER
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_PWD=RECOVER
HS_FDS_SUPPORT_STATISTICS=FALSE
HS_KEEP_REMOTE_COLUMN_SIZE=LOCAL
HS_NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS=CHAR
HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_MODEL=READ_ONLY
HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_ISOLATION=UNCOMMITTED
[oracle@odamaind1 ~]$ cat /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1/dg4msql/admin/initcosima.ora
# This is a customized agent init file that contains the HS parameters
# that are needed for the Database Gateway for Microsoft SQL Server
# HS init parameters
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HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL=OFF
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT=RECOVER
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_PWD=RECOVER
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HS_KEEP_REMOTE_COLUMN_SIZE=LOCAL
HS_NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS=CHAR
HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_MODEL=READ_ONLY
HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_ISOLATION=UNCOMMITTED
[oracle@odamaind1 ~]$ cat /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1/dg4msql/admin/initepos.ora
# This is a customized agent init file that contains the HS parameters
# that are needed for the Database Gateway for Microsoft SQL Server
# HS init parameters
HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO=[172.18.250.41]:1433//epos
# alternate connect format is hostname/serverinstance/databasename
HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL=OFF
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT=RECOVER
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_PWD=RECOVER
HS_FDS_SUPPORT_STATISTICS=FALSE
HS_KEEP_REMOTE_COLUMN_SIZE=LOCAL
HS_NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS=CHAR
HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_MODEL=READ_ONLY
HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_ISOLATION=UNCOMMITTED
[oracle@odamaind1 ~]$ cat /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1/dg4msql/admin/initepospasohlavky.ora
# This is a customized agent init file that contains the HS parameters
# that are needed for the Database Gateway for Microsoft SQL Server
# HS init parameters
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# alternate connect format is hostname/serverinstance/databasename
HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL=OFF
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT=RECOVER
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_PWD=RECOVER
HS_FDS_SUPPORT_STATISTICS=FALSE
HS_KEEP_REMOTE_COLUMN_SIZE=LOCAL
HS_NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS=CHAR
HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_MODEL=READ_ONLY
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dg4msl process, look at posted attachment (print screen of enterprise manager and top from OS).
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Michal

Database Appliance & Exadata

Dear Experts,
I have been working with Oracle database for quite sometime now and I want to learn Database Appliance & Exadata. What is the best way to learn these in a self-study manner? I cannot afford Oracle University course fee. :(
Can I practice these technologies in virtual environment? (I know they include h/w).
Appreciate your guidance.
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P

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Oracle Linux 5.8
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Hi Everyone,
I am trying to install oracle ops center with a Customer-Managed Database.
I followed this document http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27363_01/doc.121/e25139.pdf
but I fail.
this is the error I get
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t. Try this step again (correct the failure before proceeding)
x. Exit
this is my RemoteDBProps.txt
mgmtdb_appuser=OPSCENTER
mgmtdb_password=xxxxxxxx
mgmtdb_roappuser=OPSCENTER_RO
mgmtdb_ropassword=xxxxxxx
mgmtdb_dburl=jdbc:oracle:thin:@192.168.1.100:1521/oem
I tested the connection to the sql using OPSCENTER and is working fine.
What am I doing wrong?
kind regards
Albert Boqo

Hi Albert,
which Version of remote DB do have installed ?
As the error indicates that the error say sqlpplus can't connect to it.
Is the Oracle listener running for port 1521 ?
Error: Failed to get a database connection: Connection refused
satadm: ERROR: --- Failed to verify database
example to verify the status:
/export/home/oracle/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/bin/lsnrctl status
and what is ../oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
configured is these same port/hostname as in RemoteDBProps.txt
Regards
Klaus M

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