Oracle 9 and XA transaction recovery
Just thought I would pass on a bit of advice if you are attempting to enable XA transaction recovery from either Application Server 7.0 or 8.1 with Oracle version 9.2.0.6 and possibly above.
In 9.2.0.6 Oracle changed the way they responded to XA recovery queries from transaction managers and so to now allow a list of XAID's to be returned without an exception being raised you will need to have the following privileges on the Application Server Oracle user attempting to do the recovery:
Select on DBA_PENDING_TRANSACTIONS, PENDING_TRANS$, DBA_2PC_PENDING and DBA_2PC_NEIGHBORS
and the new one execute on DBMS_SYSTEM
Also I discovered that although a db ping is possible in Application server 8.1 with lower case properties on the user, password and url (JDBC Pool properties) in order to get XA recovery to work for some reason these had to be changed to be case sensitive. See below:
Not working:
<jdbc-connection-pool connection-validation-method="table"
datasource-classname="oracle.jdbc.xa.client.OracleXADataSou
rce" fail-all-connections="false" idle-timeout-in-seconds="300"
is-connection-validation-required="true" is-isolation-leve
l-guaranteed="false" max-pool-size="32"
max-wait-time-in-millis="60000" name="OraclePool"
pool-resize-quantity="2" res-typ
e="javax.sql.XADataSource" steady-pool-size="8"
validation-table-name="DUAL">
<description>Oracle Pool</description>
<property name="user" value="sunone"/>
<property name="url" value="jdbc:oracle:oci:@SS"/>
<property name="password" value="sunone"/>
</jdbc-connection-pool>
Working!!
<jdbc-connection-pool connection-validation-method="table"
datasource-classname="oracle.jdbc.xa.client.OracleXADataSou
rce" fail-all-connections="false" idle-timeout-in-seconds="300"
is-connection-validation-required="true" is-isolation-leve
l-guaranteed="false" max-pool-size="32"
max-wait-time-in-millis="60000" name="OraclePool"
pool-resize-quantity="2" res-typ
e="javax.sql.XADataSource" steady-pool-size="8"
validation-table-name="DUAL">
<description>Oracle Pool</description>
<property name="User" value="sunone"/>
<property name="URL" value="jdbc:oracle:oci:@SS"/>
<property name="Password" value="sunone"/>
</jdbc-connection-pool>
Just thought I would share that with you!
I am able to connect and message to Oracle AQ using an XA Datasource using the getVendorConnection method on the Weblogic connection wrapper (WLConnection).
This, however, seems to be memory leaking quite badly. I've followed the Weblogic documentation (which says that you should not call close() on the Vendor connection).
I've also tried closing the vendorConnection object and nulling out the reference that the WLConnection holds. This slows the leak, but it appears that the WLConnections are never being released.
Has anyone else had any success doing this?
Dom.
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ORACLE SERVER AND UNIX TP MONITOR-1
제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 2002-05-17
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Subject: Oracle Server and UNIX Transaction Processing Monitors - 1
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PURPOSE
This file contains commonly asked questions about Oracle Server and UNIX
Transaction Processing Monitors (TPMs). The topics covered in this article are
o What is a Transaction Processing Monitor (TPM)?
o What is the X/Open Distributed Transaction Processing Model?
o How does the Oracle Server works with TPMs?
o How should I position TPMs with my customer?
o What Oracle products must a customer purchase?
o Where can my customer purchase a TPM?
o Availability and packaging
Explanation & Example
What is a Transaction Processing Monitor?
=========================================
Under UNIX, a Transaction Processing Monitor (TPM) is a tool that coordinates
the flow of transaction requests between front-end client processes that issue
requests and back-end servers that process them. A TPM is used as
the "glue" to coordinate transactions that require the services of several
different types of back-end processes, such as application servers and
resource managers, possibly distributed over a network.
In a typical TPM environment, front-end client processes perform screen
handling and ask for services from back-end server processes via calls to the
TPM. The TPM then routes the requests to the appropriate back-end server
process or server processes, wherever they are located on the network. Through
configuration information, the TPM knows what services are available and where
they are located. Generally, the back-end server processes are specialized so
that each one handles one type of requested service. The TPM provides
location transparency as well and can send messages through the network
utilizing lower-level transport services such as TCP/IP or OSF DCE.
The back-end servers process the requests as necessary and
return the results back to the TP monitor. The TP monitor then routes
these results back to the original front-end client process.
A TPM is instrumental in the implementation of truly distributed processing.
Front-end clients and back-end processes have no knowledge of each
other. They operate as separate entities, and it is this concept that provides
flexibility in application development. Front-end and back-end processes are
developed in the UNIX client-server style, with each side optimized for its
particular task. Server functionality can be deployed in stages, which makes
it easy to add functionality as needed later in the product cycle. It also
makes it easy to distribute both the front-end and back-end processes
throughout the network on the most appropriate hardware for the job. In
addition, multiple back-end server processes of the same type might be
activated to handle increasing numbers of users.
What is the X/Open Distributed Transaction Processing Model?
============================================================
The X/Open Transaction Processing working group has been working
for several years to establish a standard architecture to implement
distributed transaction processing on open systems. In late 1991,
X/Open published the initial Distributed Transaction Processing (DTP)
model specification and defined the first of several interfaces that
exist between the components of the model. Subsequently, other publications
and a revised model specification have been published.
An important function of the TPM in the X/Open DTP model is the
synchronization of any commits and rollbacks that are required to complete
a distributed transaction request. The Transaction Manager (TM) portion
of the TPM is the entity responsible for ordering when distributed commits
and rollbacks will take place. Thus, if a distributed application program
is written to take advantage of the TM portion of the TPM, then it,
and not the DBMS, becomes responsible for enabling the two-phase commit
process. Article 2 has more detail on this model.
How does the Oracle Server work with TPMs?
==========================================
When a TPM is used without invoking an X/Open TM component to manage the
transactions, Oracle Server needs no special functionality. The transaction
will be managed by Oracle itself. However, when the TPM X/Open TM component
is used to manage the transaction, the Oracle Server, that is the Oracle DBMS,
acts as a Resource Manager--a type of back-end process. In the case of
TPM-managed transactions, the TM needs a way to tell the RMs about the stages
of the transaction. This is done by a standard, X/Open defined interface
called XA. Article 2 of of this document gives more information about both
the X/Open model and Oracle7's use of XA.
Because the XA interface provides a standard interface between the TM and the
resource manager, it follows that the TM can communicate with any XA-compliant
resource manager (e.g., RDBMS), and, conversely, that a resource manager can
communicate with any XA-compliant TM. Thus, the Oracle Server, beginning with
Oracle7, works with any XA-compliant TM.
How should I position TPMs with my customer?
============================================
There's been a great deal of confusion about the need for TPM technology. Some
software suppliers, most notably IBM, will assert that a TPM like CICS is a
necessary requirement for high volume OLTP. Other vendors will assert that
there is seldom a need for such technology. And yet others promote TPMs as
providers of higher transaction throughput.
From Oracle's standpoint, customers might choose TPM technology under any of
the following conditions:
1. For heterogeneous database access, especially for 2PC capability
This means that a TPM can be used to coordinate 2PC between Oracle
DBMS and any other XA-compliant database, such as Informix. This
does NOT provide SQL heterogeneity - SQL calls to Oracle DBMS may be
different than SQL calls to Informix. The TPM handles the routing,
communication, and two-phase commit portion of the transaction, but
does not translate one type of SQL call into another.
2. For transaction monitoring and workload control
The leading TPMs supply tools to actively manage the flow of
transactions between clients and servers and to load balance the work
load across all available processors on a network, not just on a
single multi-processor system. Some TPMs also have the ability to
dynamically bring up additional back-end services during peak work
hours.
3. For more flexible application development and installation
One of the key features of the DTP model is application modularity.
Modularity, that is, the decomposition of a large program into small,
easily defined, coded and maintained "mini-programs" makes it easy to
add new functionality as needed. Modularity also makes it much easier
to distribute the front-end and back-end processes and the resource
managers across hardware throughout a network.
4. For isolating the client from details of the data model
By using the service oriented programming model, the client program
is unaware of the data model. The service can be recoded to use a
different one with no change to the client. To get this advantage,
the application developer must explicitly code the server and client
to fit the service model.
5. For connection of thousands of users
TP Monitors, because of their three-tier architecture, can be used
to connect users to an intermediate machine or machines, removing
the overhead of handling terminal connections from the machine
actually running the database. See Article 4 for more information.
There are also several cases where TPM technology is not the right answer.
These include:
1. If the customer is simply looking for a performance improvement
The customer may have heard a theory that "higher performance
is possible for large scale applications only if they use a
TP monitor". First, no performance gain can be achieved for
existing applications; in fact, they won't even run under a TP
Monitor without recoding. Second, performance improvements have
only been documented for large numbers of users, and "large"
means many hundreds or thousands. Without a TP Monitor,
Oracle Server can handle several hundred users with its normal
two-task architecture and several times that using the Multi
Threaded Server. For more on performance, see Article 4.
2. If the customer has made large investment in his existing Oracle
applications
TP monitor applications must be designed from the ground up to take
advantage of TP monitor technology. Current Oracle customers will find
it difficult to "retrofit" a TP monitor to their existing applications.
The Multi Threaded Server, on the other hand, allows the use of
existing Oracle applications without change.
3. If the customer is committed to the Oracle tool set
Currently, none of Oracle's front-end tools (Oracle Forms, etc.) is
designed to work with TP monitors. It is possible to invoke a
TP Monitor by using user exits. However, the fact that the TP
Monitor model hides the data model from the client means that only
the screen display parts of Forms can be used, not the automatic
mapping from screen blocks to tables.
4. If the customer does not have a staff of experienced software engineers
This is still very young technology for UNIX. There is not a lot of
knowledge in the industry on how to build TP monitor applications or
what techniques are most useful and which are not. Furthermore,
integrating products from different vendors, even with the support
of standard interfaces, is more complex than deploying an integrated
all-Oracle solution. Because TP monitor technology is fairly
complex, we recommend that you let the TP monitor supplier promote
the virtues of their technology and differentiate themselves from
their competitors.
What Oracle products must a customer purchase?
==============================================
If your customer is only interested in building Oracle-managed TP Monitor
transactions, the only Oracle products required are the Oracle Server
and the appropriate Oracle precompiler for whatever language the
application is being written in--most likely C or Cobol. If TPM-managed
transactions are required, the Oracle7 Server with the distributed option
is also required. SQL*Net is optional because the TPM takes care of the
network services. Article 2 describes when you would choose to have the TP
Monitor manage the transactions.
Where can my customer purchase a TPM?
=====================================
There are many vendors offering the UNIX TPM products. (Oracle does not
relicense TPMs.) Information on the most well known products is provided
below:
The following support XA:
Product & Vendor FCS Known OS/Platform Ports
"TUXEDO System/T" 1986 UNIX SVR4 & SVR3: Amdahl, AT&T,
UNIX System Laboratories Bull, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, ICL,
190 River Road Motorola, Olivetti, Pyramid,Sequent,
Summit, NJ 07901 Sun, Toshiba, Unisys, NCR, Stratus
Other: IBM AIX, HP/UX, DEC Ultrix
"TOP END" 1992 UNIX SVR4: NCR
NCR Corporation
1334 S. Patterson Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45479
"ENCINA" 1992 IBM AIX, HP, Sun (SunOS and Solaris)
Transarc Corporation Other: OS/2, DOS, HP-UX, STRATUS
707 Grant Street (Depends on DCE)
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
"CICS/6000" 1993 AIX: IBM
IBM Corporation (Depends on DCE)
"CICS 9000" 1994 HP-UX
HP
The following do not currently support XA:
Product & Vendor FCS Known OS/Platform Ports
"VIS/TP" unknown unknown
VISystems, Inc.
11910 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75243
"UniKix" 1990 UNIX: ARIX, AT&T, NCR, Pyramid,
UniKix Sequent, Sun, Unisys
"MicroFocus 1993 SCO Unix, AIX
Transaction System"
Micro Focus
26 West Street
Newbury RG13 1JT
UK
There are also several third parties who are reselling the products listed
above.
In addition, Groupe Bull, Digital, Siemens-Nixdorf, and several other hardware
vendors are planning to redesign their proprietary TPMs to be XA-compliant and
suitable for use on UNIX systems.
Availability and Packaging
==========================
On what platforms is the XA Library available?
Oracle provides the XA interface with Oracle7 Server on all platforms that
support an XA-compliant TPM. Support for XA is included as part of the
Oracle7 Server distributed option and has no extra charge in and of itself.
Which version of XA does Oracle Server support?
Oracle7 Server supports the Common Application Environment (CAE) version of
XA, based on the specification published by X/Open in late 1991. It will
require that the TM also be at that level. This means Tuxedo /T version 4.2,
for example.
Oracle Server supports all required XA functions. There are some optional
features Oracle Server does not support, such as asynchronous operation.
None of those options affect application programming.
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This file contains commonly asked questions about Oracle Server and UNIX
Transaction Processing Monitors (TPMs). The topics covered in this article are
o Oracle Server Working with UNIX TPMs
o TPM Application Architecture
The questions answered in part 2 provide additional detail to the information
provided in part 1.
Oracle Server Working with UNIX TP Monitors
===========================================
Do I need XA to use Oracle Server with TPMs? If I don't use it, what are
the consequences?
There are a number of real applications running today with Oracle Server and
TPMs but not using XA. To use a TPM with Oracle without using XA, the user
would write an "application server" program which could handle one or more
"services". For example, a server program might handle a service called
"debit_credit". The key requirement is that the entire transaction,
including the "commit work", must be executed within a single service. This
is the restriction which XA will remove, as we'll see later. Each
server process can serially handle requests on behalf of different clients.
Because a server process can handle many client processes, this can
reduce the total number of active processes on the server system,
thereby reducing resource requirements and possibly increasing overall
throughput.
When Oracle is used with a TPM in this mode, we call it an Oracle-managed
transaction since the transaction commit or rollback is done with a SQL
statement.
What is XA? How does XA help Oracle7 work with UNIX TPMs?
XA is an industry standard interface between a Transaction Manager and a
Resource Manager. A Resource Manager (RM) is an agent which
controls a shared, recoverable resource; such a resource can be
returned to a consistent state after a failure. For example, Oracle7 Server
is an RM and uses its redo log and undo segments to be able to do this.
A Transaction Manager (TM) manages a transaction including the
commitment protocol and, when necessary, the recovery after a failure.
Normally, Oracle Server acts as its own TM and manages its own commitment
and recovery. However, using a standards-based TM allows Oracle7 to
cooperate with other heterogeneous RMs in a single transaction.
The commonly used TPMs include a TM component for this purpose. In order to
use the TM capability of the TPM rather than Oracle7's own transaction
management, the application uses a transaction demarcation API (called TX)
provided by the TPM rather than the SQL transaction control statements (e.g.
"commit work"). For each TX call, the TM then instructs all RMs, by the
appropriate XA commands, to follow the two-phase commit protocol. We
call this a TPM-managed transaction.
The following picture shows these interfaces within a monolithic application
program model. This is the model most commonly described in the
DTP literature. We'll see later what the picture looks like when we add
Oracle7 and when we switch to a modularized client-server application
program model.
| |
| |
| Application Program (AP) |
| |
| |
| | | |
Resource Manager API | | | |
(e.g. SQL) -----|--|------------- | TX API
| | v | |
--------|------------- | |
| v | | v
---------------------- | | --------------------
| | | | | |
| Resource | | |<----->| Transaction |
| Managers | |--- | Manager |
| (RMs) | |<-------->| (TM) |
| |--- | |
| |<----------->| |
---------------------- XA --------------------
Interface
The XA interface is an interface between two system components, not
an application program interface; the application program does
not write XA calls nor need to know the details of this interface.
The TM cannot do transaction coordination without the assistance of
the RM; the XA interface is used to get that assistance.
How does the DTP Model support client-server?
The above picture was actually simplified to make it easier to explain
the role of XA. In a true distributed transaction architecture, there
are multiple applications, each with an Application Program, a Resource
Manager, and a Transaction Manager. The applications communicate by
using a Communication Resource Manager. The CRM is generally provided
as a component of the TPM. It includes the transaction information when
it sends messages between applications, so that both applications can
act of behalf of the same transaction. The following picture
illustrates this:
Client Application
| AP |
||| | |
SQL ||| | TX | CRM
||V V | API
-||-- ----- |
| |V | | | V
--|-- |<---| | -----
| V || | | | |
----- |<----| TM |<-->| CRM |
| || | |XA+ | |
| RMs |<-----| | -----
| | XA | | A
----- ----- | Server Application
| -----------------------------
| | AP |
| -----------------------------
| ||| | |
| SQL ||| | TX | CRM
| ||V V | API
| -||-- ----- |
| | |V | | | V
| --|-- |<---| | -----
| | V || | | | |
| ----- |<----| TM |<-->| CRM |
| | || | |XA+ | |
| | RMs |<-----| | -----
| | | XA | | A
| ----- ----- |
| |
| |
-------- |
/ |
/ |
/ |
Most TP Monitor products include both a TM and a CRM, and also provide
additional functions such as task scheduling and workload monitoring.
What is XA+? What does Oracle need to do to comply with it?
XA+ is an interface that lets the X/Open model actually be distributed
because it allows a communication resource manager to tell a TM on the
server that a message from a client just came in for a particular
transaction. Oracle is not currently planning to provide an X/Open
communication resource manager, so we don't have any plans right now
to do XA+. Version 2 of the DTP model paper from X/Open describes it.
The status of the current XA+ specification is "snapshot".
When would I choose an Oracle-managed transaction vs a TPM-managed
transaction?
Oracle Server is very efficient at managing its own transactions. If
the TPM manages the transaction, in general some additional overhead
will be incurred.
The two main reasons a customer might prefer to use a TPM-managed
transaction are as follows:
(1) He may need to update RMs from different vendors. Experience so far
has been that the most common case is wanting to update both Oracle and
a TP Monitor managed resource such as a transactional queuing service
in the same transaction (see Article 3).
(2) He may want to use the model of having several different services in
a transaction, even to the same database. For example, the
"debit_credit" service could be split into a "debit" service and a
"credit" service. This is a very attractive model, but this type of
modularity does exact a performance penalty (see Article 4).
Can I get a version of XA to run on Oracle Server version 6?
No, the XA functionality uses two underlying mechanisms in the Oracle
Server which are not available in version 6: two-phase commit and
session switching. The upi calls for these functions do not not exist
in version 6.
When would I use XA vs Oracle7 to coordinate all-Oracle distributed
transactions?
Generally speaking, Oracle Server should be used to coordinate all-Oracle
distributed transactions. The main reason for using XA to coordinate
transactions would be that you want to use the TP Monitor service-oriented
architecture. That is, you would like to construct an application built of
services and service requests in order to benefit from the modularity and
workload control such an environment provides.
TP Monitor Application Architecture
===================================
What might a TP Monitor application look like?
Most TPM applications will consist of two more more programs, where
there are front-end client programs which request services and back-end
server programs which provide services. In this case, the TPM supplies an
additional capability which is transactional communication. The client
describes the boundaries of the transaction, through the use of the TX API,
and the TPM relays that transaction information to each requested service.
The overall application structure generally looks like the following in the
client-server model. The "TP Monitor Services" box is not necessarily a
process. It could be one or more processes, or just libraries coordinating
through shared memory. Each client process and server process could be on
a different machine. Normally, the application server processes would be
connected to their Oracle Server processes using the IPC driver; the TPM
would be used to deliver messages between application client processes on
one machine and application server processes on another. However, the
application server processes could also be connected with the standard
Oracle SQL*Net to shadow processes on different machines. This might be
useful if one of the databases was on a machine which did not support TPMs.
|Application| |Application| |Application|
| Client 1 | | Client 2 | | Client 3 |
| | | | | |
\ TPM API | TPM API / TPM API
| |
| TP Monitor Services |
| |
| --------------------- |
| | Transaction Manager | |
---------------|---------------|---------------------
TPM API | | XA | XA | TPM API
| | inter- | inter- |
| | face | face |
| | | |
----------- | | -----------
|Application| | | |Application|
| Server 1 |--- ---| Server 2 |
| (Pro*C) | | | | (Pro*C) |
| SQL | SQL
| | | |
| Resource ----------- ----------- |
| Manager | | | | |
| | Oracle7 | | Oracle7 | |
| | Server | | Server | |
| | Process | | Process | |
| | | | | |
| ----------- ----------- |
| | | |
| ----------------------------------------------------- |
| | | |
| | SGA | |
| | | |
| ----------------------------------------------------- |
| |
Application client programs might be written in C and be linked with
TPM libraries. Alternatively, they could use a screen painter product.
Application server programs would be written in Pro*C or Pro*COBOL and
be linked with TPM libraries, the normal Oracle7 user-side libraries
and libxa.a. The Oracle7 Server process is the regular Oracle7 executable.
More complicated application architectures can also be constructed. Most of
the TPMs allow a server to become a client of another service, so you can
involve additional servers.
Could I use Oracle7's Multi Threaded Server as the SQL*Net connection in the
previous picture?
Yes, but that will not be needed in many cases. For example, both
application server processes in the previous picture could talk to a
single Oracle7 Server process through the Multi Threaded Server in the
previous picture. However, since the TPM architecture typically reduces
the number of server processes, the reduction in processes using Multi
Threaded Server may be less significant than in an architecture without
TPMs. If the application will use database links, however, then MTS will
be required.
How do I write an Oracle TP Monitor application?
The actual API used to talk to the TPM varies between vendors, so you need
to get the documentation from the vendor. However, all have a way to
indicate where a transaction begins and ends and a way to send a request
and receive a response from a client to a server. Some use an RPC model,
some use a pseudo-RPC model, and some use a send/receive model. The TX API
described earlier is a subset of the TPM API as defined by each of
the TPM providers.
The client program and server program might look something like the
following examples. We h (such as Tuxedo's
"tpacall
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Parallel Transaction recovery caught exception 30319
Hi,
Database - Oracle 11.1.0.7
Server - RHEL 5.2
A load process which was to load 7 milllion records was killed after 4 hours because it had several errors in the alert log -
22238:ORA-04030: out of process memory when trying to allocate 10504 bytes (pga heap,kgh stack)
After the process was killed, even after 3 hours, there were several trc files being generated with the error -
Dead transaction 0x0001.04a.00005b78 recovered by 32 server(s)
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
Parallel Transaction recovery caught exception 30319
and
Parallel Transaction recovery server caught exception 10388
*** 2010-10-07 20:40:01.124
*** SESSION ID:(2993.32762) 2010-10-07 20:40:01.124
*** SERVICE NAME:(SYS$BACKGROUND) 2010-10-07 20:40:01.124
Does this means that the smon recovery failed? If so, what can I do for this? I need to kick off the load process again.
these are some other queries I ran -
select l.message,l.sql_id,l.totalwork,l.sofar,l.*
from v$session_longops l
where time_remaining is not null and time_remaining > 0
Row# MESSAGE SQL_ID TOTALWORK SOFAR SID TIME_REMAINING ELAPSED_SECONDS
1 Table Scan: prdb.prpeet: 156648 out of 843440 Blocks done 3w1cxu6vbz4jn 843440 156648 2956 8707 1986
2 Index Fast Full Scan: prdb.prpeet: 15 out of 216076 Blocks done 7cacc3d07d041 216076 15 2953 3442572 239
3 Index Fast Full Scan: prdb.prpeet: 192281 out of 206419 Blocks done d2cu3p7tmuz0z 206419 192281 2953 37 509
4 Index Fast Full Scan: prdb.prpeet: 198899 out of 216076 Blocks done f7whmwp813kf8 216076 198899 2953 46 531
5 Index Fast Full Scan: prdb.prpeet: 5 out of 216076 Blocks done dwf4gghk4mq0z 216076 5 2953 604999 14
6 Index Fast Full Scan: prdb.prpeet: 7 out of 216076 Blocks done dwf4gghk4mq0z 216076 7 2953 864276 28
7 Index Fast Full Scan: prdb.prpeet: 6 out of 216076 Blocks done 7cacc3d07d041 216076 6 2953 504163 14
8 Index Fast Full Scan: prdb.prpeet: 9 out of 216076 Blocks done 7cacc3d07d041 216076 9 2953 1128350 47
9 Index Fast Full Scan: prdb.prpeet: 13 out of 216076 Blocks done 7cacc3d07d041 216076 13 2953 1961187 118
Can someone please tell me what I need to do so that I can restart the load?
Thanks.I do -
OPEN cur_n1_C1 ;
LOOP
FETCH cur_n1_C1 BULK COLLECT INTO vt_C1 LIMIT 1000000;
FOR i IN vt_C1.FIRST .. vt_C1.LAST LOOP
INSERT /*+ APPEND */ INTO prpeet
VALUES
END LOOP ;
COMMIT;
END IF ;
END LOOP;
CLOSE cur_n1_C1 ;
EXCEPTION
So, will this commit be a problem? I am loading around 7 million records.
Also,
I ran the v$session_longops query again now and this is what it says -
select l.message,l.sql_id,l.totalwork,l.sofar,l.sid, l.time_remaining, elapsed_seconds
from v$session_longops l
where time_remaining is not null and time_remaining > 0
Row# MESSAGE SQL_ID TOTALWORK SOFAR SID TIME_REMAINING ELAPSED_SECONDS
1 Sort Output: : 55613 out of 122712 Blocks done 122712 55613 2987 490 406
3 Table Scan: prdb.prpeet: 160239 out of 843440 Blocks done 3w1cxu6vbz4jn 843440 160239 2956 21071 4942
Does this mean it will finish in 21071 seconds?
Edited by: user12158503 on Oct 7, 2010 9:41 PM -
ORACLE SERVER AND UNIX TP MONITOR-2
제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 1995-01-24
Subject: Oracle Server and UNIX Transaction Processing Monitors-2
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This file contains commonly asked questions about Oracle7 Server and UNIX
Transaction Processing Monitors (TPMs). The topics covered in this article are
o Oracle Parallel Server and TP Monitors
o Oracle and DCE-based TP Monitors
o Other commonly asked questions
The questions answered in part 3 provide additional detail to the information
provided in part 1.
Oracle Parallel Server and TP Monitors
======================================
How does Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) work with TP Monitors?
If you are using Oracle-managed transactions, there are no special
considerations. But if you are using TPM-managed transactions, and
thus need to use the XA interface, then Oracle requires release 7.1.3
or later and a special version of the Distributed Lock Manager, called
the session-based lock manager. This version of the DLM is not yet
available for all platforms. To understand this restriction, let's take
a look at one of the technical details of XA.
The XA specification requires that the Resource Manager be able to
move a transaction from one process to another, and even to be
able to commit in a separate process. In Oracle, transactions are
attached to sessions, so that means that we also have to be able to
move sessions. Therefore, the session/transaction can't have any state
which is tied to a particular process. The first generation distributed
lock managers were all built to use the process id as the lock owner,
which doesn't work for locks which need to move with the transaction.
Oracle and DCE-based TP Monitors
================================
How does Oracle interface to the Encina TP monitor? To CICS/6000? I've
heard that they require OSF DCE facilities in order to run?
Oracle interfaces to Encina and CICS/6000 just as it does to any other
TP Monitor. The TP Monitor issues XA commands to control transactions, and
Oracle executes the commands. Encina and CICS/6000 do use DCE features for
their own operation. However, this use is transparent to the Oracle Server.
What DCE facilities can Oracle products take advantage of when working with
a DCE-based TP Monitor?
The two most commonly mentioned DCE features which might be useful
to Oracle users are multi-threading and security. We look at these in
the subsequent questions in this section.
Encina documentation suggests that a Resource Manager such as Oracle can
be either single-threaded or multi-threaded? Which way is Oracle XA
implemented?
The Oracle XA implementation is single-threaded, as is any Oracle client.
Within a single process, at most one thread can access Oracle at a time.
Does that mean that only a single Encina application can access an instance
of Oracle transactionally at any given moment?
No. Oracle XA is only single-threaded within a single application server
process. Multiple applications can access Oracle simultaneously using XA
by using different application processes. Encina allows
(1) serial reuse of a single server by different clients. There are
two options for this. The server can use long term reservation
but be defined to be in shared or concurrent access mode, which
allows the server to be used by another client as soon as an RPC
completes. Alternatively, the server can use default reservation
and exclusive mode, which allows the server to be used by another
client as soon as the current transaction ends.
(2) concurrent execution by multiple servers, even if they are accessing
the same Oracle database. These may be executing the same or different
procedures.
These two features should let you get as much concurrency as you need.
Why isn't the Oracle XA library multi-threaded?
The XA specification specifically states that its use of the phrase
"thread of control" means a process. If an RM were to multi-thread its
XA, it would be in violation of the specification. This restriction
was put place in because at the time the specification was written,
there were numerous thread packages: if the TM used one, the application
another, and perhaps the RM yet a third, there's no way it could work.
As threads standards settle down, the later versions of XA will probably
relax this restriction.
Will Oracle change if the XA specification changes?
Very likely. The exact time frame will of course depend on the priority of
all work items at that time.
Does Oracle use DCE security via the TP Monitors?
The integrity of the connection between a DCE TP Monitor client and DCE
TP Monitor server is protected by the DCE security functionality.
Theoretically, the TP Monitor could make the DCE-protected client security
information available to Oracle. Unfortunately, there's no standard way
for a TP Monitor to pass security information information to a Resource
Manager such as Oracle. Oracle is leading an effort to extend the X/Open
model to allow use of the security information provided by the Monitor.
In the meantime, the basic DCE security features such as encryption are
useful within TP Monitors.
Effective use of DCE security would normally also mean that the security of
the TP Monitor client be passed through the TP Monitor, through the Oracle
client (application server), to the Oracle Server, and possibly on
to other Oracle Servers through database links. The ability to transfer
security information to other processes, called delegation, is missing
in DCE version 1.0. DCE version 1.1, expected to emerge in late 1994,
has some delegation features. Oracle is examining these features to see
how they might be used.
Are there any special considerations for CICS/6000?
There are two:
(1) It is inefficient to run without XA. CICS/6000 is designed to
use XA. It uses XA so that the CICS server can log on to Oracle
when it starts, after which it makes that Oracle connection available
to any transaction it executes. If you don't use XA, the CICS server
does not itself log on to Oracle so each transaction has to log on
and log off - a very expensive mode of operation. Also, it is very
un-cics-like in that the application does the log{on,off} and also
commits - in a mainframe CICS database program CICS would implicitly
do these operations. Oracle does not recommend this mode because of the
performance penalty.
(2) CICS servers are generic and dynamically load application modules.
In order for these modules to access the Oracle connection made by
CICS, the applications must be built with a shared object version of
the Oracle libraries. This is an installation option on platforms which
support CICS/6000 and other products using its architecture such as
CICS 9000.
Other commonly asked questions
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What other Resource Managers can be included in an Oracle XA transaction?
Several other relational database vendors have an XA implementation
available or in progress. There is an XA C-ISAM product from
Gresham Telecomputing. There are also Resource Managers contained
within some of the TP Monitors which can be coordinated in the same
transaction. For example, CICS/6000 has VSAM files and other data
stores, Encina has its RQS queuing system, and Tuxedo has its /Q queuing
system.
What is Recoverable Queuing Service (RQS) and how does it interoperate with
Oracle7 and Encina? What about /Q?
Recoverable Queuing Service is a feature provided by Encina which allows
transactional, distributed queuing (enqueue/dequeue). Tuxedo has a similar
product called /Q. Because these products are themselves coordinated by the
TM component of the TP Monitor, their queue operations are atomically
coordinated with with operations on XA Resource Managers such as Oracle7
Server. That is, they can atomically put something on one of their queues
and commit an Oracle transaction, then at some later time dequeue an
entry atomically with doing some other Oracle transaction. The queue
system guarantees that the message will not be lost or transmitted twice.
Can I mix TP Monitor applications with standard Oracle7 Server applications?
Yes, you can have existing Oracle applications connected to the database
with alongside TPM applications against the same database. The TPM does
not manage the whole database, just those transactions which are started
by the TPM. The Oracle Server will properly handle concurrency control
between the transactions managed by itself and those managed by the TPM.
Is Oracle planning to change its tools to be more suitable for TP Monitors?
With Oracle Procedure Builder 1.5, to be available with CDE2,
Oracle will provide a foreign function interface that allows you to
dynamically set up PL/SQL calls that access C functions. In other
words, you can access C routines in Windows DLLs from within your
PL/SQL procedures. This will allow PL/SQL under Windows easy access to
TP Monitor APIs.
Does Oracle7 Server itself use XA-compliant TPMs as the interface to
foreign RMs?
No, for this purpose Oracle Server uses the SQL*Connect products or the new
Transparent and Procedural Gateway products.
Does Oracle7 Server use XA to coordinate Oracle7-only distributed
transactions?
No, it uses an internal mechanism.
Can database links be used with XA?
If an Oracle7 database is running under XA, it can access other Oracle7
databases through database links, with some restrictions. First, the
access to the other database must use SQL*Net V2 and be running MTS.
Second, it must currently be to another Oracle7 database. Assuming those
restrictions, the Oracle 7 database can do distributed update to another
Oracle 7 database by using a database link, whether it is started by an
Oracle application or a TP Monitor application. The TPM will see Oracle
as only a single RM, but Oracle7 will propagate all the transaction
commands to the other database, including the two-phase commit. If
the transaction is started by a TP Monitor application and is using XA,
it can also update non-Oracle resources managed by the TPM. If it
is started from an Oracle application, it can only include resources
managed by Oracle.
Here's a sample configuration:
| TPM | | TPM |
| client | | client |
| |
| |
| TPM |
| |
| |
| Oracle | Forms, Forms, | Oracle | | non-XA | | XA |
| client | Plus, Plus, | client | | TPM | | TPM |
--------- Pro, Pro, --------- | server | | server |
| Financials, Financials, | |(note 1)| ----------
| etc. etc. | ---------- |
| | | |
| SQL | SQL | SQL | XA
| commit | commit | commit | commit
| | | |
| Oracle | | Oracle | | Oracle | | Oracle |
| server | | server | | server | | server |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| Database 1 | | Database 2 |
| | | |
| A | A
| | dblink to database 1 | |
| ------------------------------------ |
| |
dblink to database 2
Note 1: Oracle will work having both XA and non-XA servers but some TPMs
may have restrictions on this.
Are multiple direct connections possible from a Pro* program?
Using XA, you can not only specify multiple direct connections to Oracle7
databases, you can also update them both in the SAME transaction. The
way to do this is to use a precompiler feature called a named database.
When you use a named database, you qualify the SQL statement with the
database name. For example, you write EXEC SQL AT dbname UPDATE emp ....
We have a complementary feature in the xa open string to let the user
associate the name with a particular RM instance, called the DB clause.
You will also want to use the SqlNet clause in the open string so you
can give the two different SIDs. This clause does not require the use of
the SQL*Net product, it is just a naming convention. For more information,
see Oracle7 Server for UNIX Administrator's Reference Guide.
Some TP Monitors may not support having multiple Resource Mangers in the
same server; check with the TPM vendor.
Is there any collateral available for XA or TP Monitors?
Oracle At Work 52684.0692
Oracle7 Server for UNIX Administrator's #A10324-1
Reference Guide
Guide to Oracle's Products and Services #A10560
Oracle7 Server and CICS/6000 #A14200
Where can I get more information on the DTP model?
X/Open's address is
X/Open company Ltd (Publications)
P O Box 109
Penn
High Wycombe
Bucks HP10 8NP
Tel: +44 (0)494 813844
Fax: +44 (0)494 814989
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This file contains commonly asked questions about Oracle Server and UNIX
Transaction Processing Monitors (TPMs). The topics covered in this article are
o Performance with Oracle Server and TP monitors
o Performance using Oracle's XA Library
The questions answered in part 4 provide additional detail to the information
provided in part 1.
Performance with Oracle Server and TP Monitors
==============================================
I have heard that Transaction Processing Monitors (TPMs) will increase
Oracle Server performance. Is this true?
Several hardware and TPM vendors have made the claim that TPMs
will increase RDBMS performance. This claim is based on TPC-A
benchmarks. The key point to understand about TPC-A is that it
requires, for every transaction-per-second, ten times that many
users to be connected. For example, to get 600 TPS, you need 6000
users. The next question will answer in more detail how the the
three-tier architecture addresses this requirement, but first let's
look more generally at what TP Monitors can and can't do to improve
performance.
TP Monitors can provide better performance:
(1) When there are more than several hundred users connected.
This is because of the TP Monitor's role in the three-tier
architecture, described in the next question. In this
architecture, terminal handling is offloaded to one or more
separate machines, freeing up those cycles to do database work.
Note that this does NOT mean that Oracle itself runs faster,
just that we've given it more CPU cycles to use.
(2) When, because of the high potential concurrency of requests,
significant resource contention exists. Use of a TP Monitor can
limit the degree of concurrency and thus reduce contention.
TP Monitors can not provide better performance:
(1) For existing applications. The applications must be designed
to fit the TP Monitor architecture.
(2) For applications which are highly interactive in their use of
the database. These applications put many messages
through the transport system, and the TP Monitor is not as
efficient as SQL*Net for point-to-point communication.
(3) For CPU intensive single-query decision support. When executing
a single large command, Oracle query facilities work efficiently,
especially with the use of Oracle Parallel Query, available in 7.1.
How does the three-tier solution help TPC-A, or other situations with
thousands of on-line users?
The TPC-A test calls for a large number of users to produce a given
result. In the high-end results we produced in June, 1992, for example,
6150 terminals were simulated to produce 618 TPC-A transactions.
Thus, terminal concentration accounts for a large portion of the total
processing time used.
First, let's look at how the Multi Threaded Server would work for
this benchmark. In this case, there are many client processes,
but only a few server processes, which handle client requests on a
first-come first serve basis. When they are done with a request,
they take another client's request.
ORACLE7 CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE WITH MULTI THREADED SERVER
| Client | | Server |
| __________ |______________|_____ _____________ _____________ |
| | Client | | SQL*Net | |_|Dispatcher | | | |
| | Process| | | ____| Process |___| | |
| |________| | | | __|___________| | | |
|____________| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Oracle7 | |
______________ | | | __|__|____ | Server | |
| Client | | | | __|_|_____ | | | |
| __________ | | | | | Shared | |____| | |
| | Client | | SQL*Net | | | | Server |_|____| | |
| | Process|_|______________|__| | | Process|_| | | |
| |________| | | | |________| |___________| |
|____________| | | |
| | |
______________ | | |
| Client | | | |
| __________ | | | |
| | Client | | SQL*Net | | |
| | Process|_|______________|____| |
| |________| | | |
|____________| | |
|_______________________________________|
Client processes = N Dispatcher processes >= 1
Shared server processes >= 1
If there are 500 clients in this environment, there will be one or more
dispatcher processes, dynamically tunable, and one or more shared
server processes, dynamically tunable, on the server. The reduction
in the total number of processes handled by the server system
results in more processing time available for RDBMS activity. Thus
higher RDBMS transaction throughput can be obtained on the
server system.
But the problem for the TPC-A, and for certain large customer
configurations, is not the only ability of the Oracle Server to
process transactions, but also the ability of the operating
system to handle huge numbers of incoming connections.
There is one incoming connection for each client. Most UNIX
operating systems have a limit on how many such connections they can
handle. Even if a particular operating system allows a large number of
connections, each takes some amount of overhead to manage.
In order to service all 6150 terminals, we selected a 3-tier hardware
environment where the middle tier, using a TPM, acted as a terminal
concentrator. The high-end TPC-A architecture looked like the following.
The Application Servers, which contain the Pro*C statements used to
perform the transaction also run on the terminal concentrator machine
in order to offload as much work from the database serve as possible.
They send the compiled SQL over SQL*Net to the Oracle7 Server processes.
ORACLE7 TPS-A CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE
| Client | | Terminal | | Server |
| ________ | | Concentrator | | |
| | Client | |TPM | | | |
| | Process|_|_____|__ _____ | | |
| |________| |Comm | | | | | | |
|____________| | | | | | | |
| |__| | | | |
____________ | | TPM | | | |
| Client | | ___| | _______ | | ________ _______ |
| ________ | | | | |_| |__|_______|__| Oracle | | | |
| | Client | |TPM | | | | |Appl. | |SQL*Net| | Server |__| | |
| | Process|_|_____|_| |_____| |Server | | | | Process| | | |
| |________| |Comm | |_______| | | |________| | | |
|____________| | | | | | |
|_______________________| | | | |
| | | |
____________ _______________________ | |Oracle7| |
| Client | | Terminal | | |Server | |
| ________ | | Concentrator | | | | |
| | Client | |TPM | | | | | |
| | Process|_|_____|__ _____ | | __________ | | |
| |________| |Comm | | | | _______ |SQL*Net| | Oracle | | | |
|____________| | | | |_| |__|_______|__| Server |__| | |
| |__| | |Appl. | | | | Process| | | |
____________ | | TPM | |Server | | | |________| |_______| |
| Client | | ___| | |_______| | | |
| ________ | | | | | | | |
| | Client | |TPM | | | | | | |
| | Process|_|_____|_| |_____| | | |
| |________| |Comm | | | |
|____________| | | | |
|_______________________| |________________________|
Clients = 6150 Terminal concentrators = 17
TP Monitor instances = 17
Application server processes Oracle Server processes
= 17*8 = 17*8
The TPM is the software component of the terminal concentrator. In this role
it offloads terminal handling from the the machine running Oracle Server.
Since more than one terminal concentrator can be configured, whereas the
database in this case had to run on a single machine, concentrator machines
can be added until the performance of the back-end machine was optimized.
This three-tier solution resulted in the outstanding transaction throughput
announced with Oracle7 Server. Even with Oracle Parallel Server, it may pay
to offload the terminal handling so that the cluster can be exclusively used
for database operations.
Can you summarize the performance discussion for me?
Depending on the number of users required, different architectures may be
used in a client/server environment to maximize performance:
1) For a small number of users, the traditional Oracle two-task
architecture can be used. In this case, there is a one-to-one
correspondence between client processes and server processes. It's
simple, straightforward, and efficient.
2) For a large number of users, Multi Threaded Server might be a better
approach. Although some tuning may be required, Multi Threaded Server
can handle a relatively large number of users for each machine size
compared to the traditional Oracle approach. Using this approach,
customers will be able to handle many hundreds of users on many
platforms. Furthermore, current Oracle applications can move to this
environment without change.
3) For a very large number of users, where transactions are simple and
terminal input concentration is the overriding performance issue, a
3-tier architecture incorporating a TPM may be useful. In this case,
terminal concentration is handled by the TPM in the middle tier. As
you might expect, it is a more complex environment requiring more
system management. For existing Oracle customers, significant Oracle
application modifications will be required.
Oracle provides all of these choices.
Performance using Oracle's XA Library
=====================================
Are there any performance implications to using the XA library (in other
words, to using TPM-managed transactions)?
(1) The XA library imposes some performance penalty. You should use
TPM-managed transactions only if you actually need them. Even if you
are getting the one-phase commit optimization, the code path is
longer because we need to map back and forth between external
formats and internal ones. Also, prior to 7.1, XA requires you
to release all cursors at the end of a transaction, which results
in extra parsing. Even with shared cursors, there is time spent
looking up the one you need and re-validating it. This has been
improved for 7.1.
(2) If you need to use two-phase commit, this will incur additional cost
since extra I/Os are required. If you do need 2PC, you need to account
for that when sizing the application.
(3) Although some TPMs allow parallel execution of services (such as Tuxedo's
"tpacall"), this will not normally enhance performance unless different
resource managers are being used. In fact, Oracle Server must serialize
accesses to the same transaction by the same Oracle instance, and the
block/resume code will in fact degrade performance in that case compared
to running the services sequentially.hello,
the role is the same on all plattforms. the reports server takes requests for running reports, spawns an engine that executes the request. in addition to that, the server also provides scheduling services and security features for the reports environment.
regards,
the oracle reports team -
Oracle 9i and Oracle 10g transaction log shipping
Hi,
We have Oracle 9i and we use the transaction log shipping mechanism to transport our transaction log files to our DR site. We then import these against the database at the remote site.
Our telecomms infrastructure is pretty limited so this is a manual process.
We are looking at upgrading to 10G. I believe that with 10g you have to use dataguard, or is there a way to mimic the behavior of 9i that would allow us to transport and apply the transaction logs manually?
Thanks
AndrewYou can try setting the SGA to a low value and bring up both the databases. I don't think it should be too slow provided you are not running other windows programs.
If you are really interested in trying out new products you can also explore the option of installing VMware, creating virtual machines & installing Linux, and then playing with the different Oracle products. Doing this will at least keep your main windows operating system clean.
You may want to check out my blog post on Build your own oracle test lab
Cheers !!!
Ashish Agarwal
http://www.asagarwal.com -
Oracle Backup and Recovery 101: where can I get more information?
Hey everyone. I'm a pretty new Oracle DBA and backup and recovery is something I want to learn as much about as I can.
I read a blog about "how to be a good DBA" and it really drove home the importance of backups. I know how important they are, I just want to learn more.
What I mean is, I understand a lot of the high level concepts. It is pretty much straight forward. What I am looking for is something that really goes down in the internals of what is going on behind the scenes so I know what is going on.
I thought it would be extremely beneficial for me to learn about user backups. Granted, RMAN is the direction my company is heading to, but right now, we are doing user made backups. My thinking is that if I can get a solid grip and understanding of backup and recovery, user made backups, it will make the transition to RMAN much easier. That way, when I am working in RMAN, issue a command to do backup, I know the equivalent of a user backup and what is going on.
I hope that makes sense.
Is there a recommended book that goes over backup and recovery in depth?
I'd like to learn about all the user-made backup commands that can be executed at the command line (example, putting a tablespace in backup).
Since backups are essential to the life of a DBA, I thought the more I know, the better off I would be.You can always find good information from Oracle document site,
Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Basics
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14192/toc.htm
Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14191/toc.htm
User managed backup is quite different from RMAN backup. For RMAN backup you need to get familiar with the RMAN command syntax and configure. -
Mix Local and Global Transaction using XA Driver for Oracle
Hi all,
We are trying to use a XA Driver which can support both local as well as global
transaction. We tried using the Weblogic jDriver (XA Driver) type 2 that comes
along with Weblogic installation but unfortunaltely it cannot mix local as well
as global transaction.
Please let me know in case we have any XA JDBC driver for Oracle Database which
supports both local and global transaction together.
Thnx,
Kumar
Environment:
Weblogic 8.1 server
Database used : Oracle8iMost database drivers can support local and global transactions, with some
restrictions.
The JDBC spec has been changed to require compliant drivers to let the
application
know if they try to start a global transaction while a local transaction has
not been
completed (or vice verse). So most of the database drivers have been
changed to enforce
this restriction (breaking a lot of code that is out there).
"Kumar Raman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:4033457c$[email protected]..
>
Hi all,
We are trying to use a XA Driver which can support both local as well asglobal
transaction. We tried using the Weblogic jDriver (XA Driver) type 2 thatcomes
along with Weblogic installation but unfortunaltely it cannot mix local aswell
as global transaction.
Please let me know in case we have any XA JDBC driver for Oracle Databasewhich
supports both local and global transaction together.
Thnx,
Kumar
Environment:
Weblogic 8.1 server
Database used : Oracle8i -
Transaction recovery: caught and ignored
Since a week ago I had noticed in my alert log the following message repeated many many times:
Transaction recovery: caught and ignored
I suspect this is related with a big datapump import operation that I did and do not end due to I cancelled it because of errors. After that the frecuency of the log switch began to occur too fast(every 20 seconds, redo size 50MB).
Actually I have not idea about what can be happening so I aprecciate any help you can give me.
Thanks very much.http://serdarturgut.blogspot.com/2010/05/transaction-recovery-lock-conflict.html
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Understanding on Oracle services for Microsoft Transaction Server frm dba point of view
Hi ALL,
i read : -> https://docs.oracle.com/database/121/NTMTS/recovery.htm#NTMTS003
Need help to further confirm my understanding on what i read.
I am coming from the DBA angle... .
the functionality of the Microsoft Transaction server is integrated within the operating system as a COM+ server and as a .NET server, "
can i say these is the application servers ?
and the Microsoft Transaction distributed co -ordinator components is part of it.
Question, i don't install the Oracle Recovery Services on the above system right?
Question 2, as a dba, my only concern is to make sure the Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server is installed. Is this correct ?
plus making sure to create the OraMTS administrator to run the recovery job to check for in-doubt transaction.
Question 3:
is this Oracle services for Microsoft Transaction Server used only when an application useses multiple databases in an env?
Can i say that when there is no user MTSSYS in my database, Oracle services for MTS is not used?
The reason why i ask is i am upgrading/ migrating my database and this database don't work with more then 1 database or the application does not work with more then 1 databases.
I ask the apps team all they say is that they are also not too sure. Thus need help/ advice.Daniel,
In pre-8.1.7.4.0 beta implementations, your application server e.g. IIS or MTX.EXE hosts MTS transactional components. When such components acquire OLEDB or ODBC connections to Oracle and external service setup for that database i.e. OracleMTSService<id> joins the MTS transaction on behalf of the Oracle database which quite often runs on a non-Windows platform e.g. Solaris. We restrict each database to have one and only such service. This brings in scalability and availability issues. In 8.1.7.4.0 we have embedded the transaction join and commit logic in the clientside dll. There is no OracleMTSService<id> for a given database. The only service needed is a recovery service one per Windows machine on which Oracle Svcs For MTS is installed. This service is automatically created on installation of the product and doesn't connect to the databases. Instead the involved databases connect to the service via HTTP to resolve any MTS-related transactions that are in-doubt. -
Transaction Recovery Service failover
Can anyone explain what the suggested configuration is for the default persistence store? In particular, this is to ensure the proper failover / migration of the Transaction Recovery Service which is required to use the Default Persistence Store which is file based. Based on the following statement from the docs:
Preparing to Migrate the Transaction Recovery Service
To migrate the Transaction Recovery Service from a failed server in a cluster to another server (backup server) in the same cluster, the backup server must have access to the transaction log records from the failed server. Therefore, you must store default persistent store data files on persistent storage available to all potential backup servers in the cluster. Oracle recommends that you store transaction log records on a Storage Area Network (SAN) device or a dual-ported disk. Do not use an NFS file system to store transaction log records. Because of the caching scheme in NFS, files on disk may not always be current. Using transaction log records stored on an NFS device for recovery may cause data corruption.
A SAN storage device is recommended for this but my understanding is that the SAN can only be mounted by one machine at a time. Does this imply then that our failover process needs to include mounting the SAN before starting the failover server (as part of the whole server migration)? The docs here (http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15523_01/core.1111/e12036/net.htm#CIHBDDAA) indicate that a NAS can be used and even give examples of configuring it using NFS mount points:
The following commands show how to share the SOA TX logs location across different nodes:
SOAHOST1> mount nasfiler:/vol/vol1/u01/app/oracle/stores/soadomain/soa_cluster/tlogs
+/u01/app/oracle/stores/soadomain/soa_cluster/tlogs -t nfs+
SOAHOST2> nasfiler:/vol/vol1/u01/app/oracle/stores/soadomain/soa_cluster/tlogs
+/u01/app/oracle/stores/soadomain/soa_cluster/tlogs -t nfs+
Can anyone describe a best-practices approach for how to configure the expected persistent storage solution that will work with proper failover of the transaction recovery service?
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Garyhave a look at this article and see if it helps.
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URGENT:SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
Hi,
I got these following messages in the BDUMP file. Around these time my process was always getting blocked while updating a table. Does this messages mean anything critical:
Dump file d:\oracle\admin\usmdb\bdump\usmdb_smon_1564.trc
Sun Mar 07 03:17:27 2004
ORACLE V9.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta=0
vsnsql=12 vsnxtr=3
Windows 2000 Version 5.0 Service Pack 3, CPU type 586
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
Windows 2000 Version 5.0 Service Pack 3, CPU type 586
Instance name: usmdb
Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1
Oracle process number: 6
Windows thread id: 1564, image: ORACLE.EXE
*** 2004-03-07 03:17:27.000
*** SESSION ID:(5.1) 2004-03-07 03:17:27.000
*** 2004-03-07 03:17:27.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 03:58:28.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 04:38:38.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 04:39:23.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 05:20:16.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 06:01:25.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 06:42:27.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 07:23:28.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 08:04:33.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 08:45:31.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 09:26:36.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 10:07:42.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 10:48:46.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 11:29:41.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 12:10:56.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 12:51:52.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 13:32:55.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
Thanks,
TuhinHello
No there is no problem. SMON probe a recovery in parallel but failed, and done in serial mode.
lajos -
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
Hi,
I got these following messages in the BDUMP file. Around these time my process was always getting blocked while updating a table. Does this messages mean anything critical:
Dump file d:\oracle\admin\usmdb\bdump\usmdb_smon_1564.trc
Sun Mar 07 03:17:27 2004
ORACLE V9.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta=0
vsnsql=12 vsnxtr=3
Windows 2000 Version 5.0 Service Pack 3, CPU type 586
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
Windows 2000 Version 5.0 Service Pack 3, CPU type 586
Instance name: usmdb
Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1
Oracle process number: 6
Windows thread id: 1564, image: ORACLE.EXE
*** 2004-03-07 03:17:27.000
*** SESSION ID:(5.1) 2004-03-07 03:17:27.000
*** 2004-03-07 03:17:27.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 03:58:28.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 04:38:38.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 04:39:23.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 05:20:16.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 06:01:25.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 06:42:27.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 07:23:28.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 08:04:33.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 08:45:31.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 09:26:36.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 10:07:42.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 10:48:46.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 11:29:41.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 12:10:56.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 12:51:52.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
*** 2004-03-07 13:32:55.000
SMON: Parallel transaction recovery tried
Thanks,
TuhinThat would occur because a large transaction (or transactions) had been killed / interrupted while the instance was running (or when the instance was shutdown abort). SMON takes over the job of "cleanup" and may use Parallel Recovery . You should be able to monitor the recovery in the V$FAST_START_TRANSACTIONS view.
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Spatial Index and XA transaction
Hi all,
I have problem with spatial index in XA transaction.
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-29875: failed in the execution of the ODCIINDEXINSERT routine
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
ORA-14450: attempt to access a transactional temp table already in use
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_INDEX_METHOD_10I", line 623
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_INDEX_METHOD_10I", line 227
My configuration Java 5, Tomcat 5.5, UserTransaction manager Bitronix.
The problem disappears after dropping spatial index.
sql statement:
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Full stacktrace is:
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-29875: failed in the execution of the ODCIINDEXINSERT routine
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
ORA-14450: attempt to access a transactional temp table already in use
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_INDEX_METHOD_10I", line 623
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_INDEX_METHOD_10I", line 227
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:112)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:331)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:288)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.receive(T4C8Oall.java:743)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CCallableStatement.doOall8(T4CCallableStatement.java:212)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CCallableStatement.executeForRows(T4CCallableStatement.java:951)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1160)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3285)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeUpdate(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3368)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleCallableStatement.executeUpdate(OracleCallableStatement.java:4245)
All user transactions are commited or rollbacked because the DBA_2PC_PENDING is empty: SQL> select * from SYS.DBA_2PC_PENDING;
no rows selected
SQL>
This problem occures regulary after any 2PC transaction has been rolledback. The next request causes this exception. Sometimes it appears after commit too, but I am able to reproduce it within ten or twenty requests.
Has anybody had simillar problem?
Thanks for any suggestions how to check what is going wrong.
Regards,
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Error while Installing Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server
I downloaded "Oracle9i Database Release 2 Enterprise/Standard/Personal Edition for Windows NT/2000/XP" and installed the personal edition. It did not install successfully and gave this error message:
Error while Installing Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server
The specified key was not found while trying to GetValue
- stop installation of all products.
- stop installation of this component only.
The installation of Oracle 9i Database was unsuccessful
The Integration tools and client installed just fine from the same download. Why didn't the database install successfully? All the other components seemed to install just fine and the database appeared to be created - but I could not open it and there was not start menu option for DBA Studio.
I am running Windows 2000 professional with Service Pack 3 on a 2 GHz Pentium4 machine with 512MB Rambus RAM, 32bit color graphics ATI All-in-Wonder card, about 40GB of disk space, a local peer-to-peer network via cat5 cable to another Win2k P3 machine, and Creative Soundblaster Audigy card. Do I need to adjust any network settings? Would it help or hinder if I installed MS IIS? WinNT has a Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) but Win2k has COM+ instead; does that make a difference in terms of the installer looking for MTS? Do I need to configure COM+ in some special way / change settings?HI Salman,
I am doing the following.
1. I am installing Oracle 10.2.01 Database(Not Client) on my windows Xp laptop. While installation i Choose the custom option and Check the Oracle Windows Interface. In that i check the "Install Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction server" checkbox. The installation goes on fine till 99% and when it tries to install the
Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction server it gives an error saying that "Microsoft Transaction server" was not found on the system.
I had previously installed the same on my laptop and it was working fine. but after uninstallation when i try to re install i get this problem.
If i go to the services.msc option in windows i still see the OracleMTSRecoveryService option even when i have uninstalled oracle. But when i try to start the services i get the following error
Could Not start the OracleMTSRecoveryService on the local computer.
Error 3: The system cannot find the file specified.
Any help on how to resolve this issue will be highly appreciated -
Bug in Oracle's handling of transaction isolation levels?
Hello,
I think there is a bug in Oracle 9i database related to serializable transaction isolation level.
Here is the information about the server:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Version 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 Build 2195
System type: Single CPU x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~866 MHz
BIOS-Version: Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
Locale: German
Here is my information about the client computer:
Operaing system: Microsoft Windows XP
System type: IBM ThinkPad
Language for DB access: Java
Database information:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
The database has been set up using the default settings and nothing has been changed.
To reproduce the bug, follow these steps:
1. Create a user in 9i database called 'kaon' with password 'kaon'
2. Using SQL Worksheet create the following table:
CREATE TABLE OIModel (
modelID int NOT NULL,
logicalURI varchar (255) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT pk_OIModel PRIMARY KEY (modelID),
CONSTRAINT logicalURI_OIModel UNIQUE (logicalURI)
3. Run the following program:
package test;
import java.sql.*;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
java.util.Locale.setDefault(java.util.Locale.US);
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver");
Connection connection=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@schlange:1521:ORCL","kaon","kaon");
DatabaseMetaData dmd=connection.getMetaData();
System.out.println("Product version:");
System.out.println(dmd.getDatabaseProductVersion());
System.out.println();
connection.setAutoCommit(false);
connection.setTransactionIsolation(Connection.TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE);
int batches=0;
int counter=2000;
for (int outer=0;outer<50;outer++) {
for (int i=0;i<200;i++) {
executeUpdate(connection,"INSERT INTO OIModel (modelID,logicalURI) VALUES ("+counter+",'start"+counter+"')");
executeUpdate(connection,"UPDATE OIModel SET logicalURI='next"+counter+"' WHERE modelID="+counter);
counter++;
connection.commit();
System.out.println("Batch "+batches+" done");
batches++;
protected static void executeUpdate(Connection conn,String sql) throws Exception {
Statement s=conn.createStatement();
try {
int result=s.executeUpdate(sql);
if (result!=1)
throw new Exception("Should update one row, but updated "+result+" rows, query is "+sql);
finally {
s.close();
The program prints the following output:
Product version:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
Batch 0 done
Batch 1 done
java.lang.Exception: Should update one row, but updated 0 rows, query is UPDATE OIModel SET logicalURI='next2571' WHERE modelID=2571
at test.Test.executeUpdate(Test.java:35)
at test.Test.main(Test.java:22)
That is, after several iterations, the executeUpdate() method returns 0, rather than 1. This is clearly an error.
4. Leave the database as is. Replace the line
int counter=2000;
with line
int counter=4000;
and restart the program. The following output is generated:
Product version:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
Batch 0 done
Batch 1 done
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-08177: can't serialize access for this transaction
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:134)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTIoer.processError(TTIoer.java:289)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.Oall7.receive(Oall7.java:573)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.doOall7(TTC7Protocol.java:1891)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.parseExecuteFetch(TTC7Protocol.java:1093)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeNonQuery(OracleStatement.java:2047)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteOther(OracleStatement.java:1940)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:2709)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeUpdate(OracleStatement.java:796)
at test.Test.executeUpdate(Test.java:33)
at test.Test.main(Test.java:22)
This is clearly an error - only one transaction is being active at the time, so there is no need for serialization of transactions.
5. You can restart the program as many times you wish (by chaging the initial counter value first). The same error (can't serialize access for this transaction) will be generated.
6. The error doesn't occur if the transaction isolation level isn't changed.
7. The error doesn't occur if the UPDATE statement is commented out.
Sincerely yours
Boris MotikI have a similar problem
I'm using Oracle and serializable isolation level.
Transaction inserts 4000 objects and then updates about 1000 of these objects.
Transactions sees inserted objects but cant update them (row not found or can't serialize access for this transaction are thrown).
On 3 tries for this transaction 1 succeds and 2 fails with one of above errors.
No other transactions run concurently.
In read commited isolation error doesn't arise.
I'm using plain JDBC.
Similar or even much bigger serializable transaction works perfectly on the same database as plsql procedure.
I've tried oci and thin (Oracle) drivers and oranxo demo (i-net) driver.
And this problems arises on all of this drivers.
This problem confused me so much :(.
Maby one of Oracle users, developers nows cause of this strange behaviour.
Thanx for all answers.
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