Real Application Testing/Sql Performance Analyzer Docs in 10g....

I believed that both the tools mentioned in the subject are a part of 11g and so are in the 11g docs.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/e12253/toc.htm
But I was just looking at 10g book listing and I saw the same book in 10g documentation as well.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/e12024/toc.htm
Now my best guess is that this is due to the backporting of 11g tools for the previous releases. Means that we can do RAT or use SPA in pre 11g databases as well so this doc book is added. Is it correct or there is some other reason?
Cheers
Aman....

Real Application Testing was introduced as a new feature in Oracle Database 11g. The documentation for Real Application Testing was released in 4 phases.
In the initial phase, the usage of Real Application Testing was documented in the Performance Tuning Guide for release 11.1.
In the second phase, the Real Application Testing User's Guide was released for release 10.2 to document certain backported functionalities. For Database Replay, the capability to capture a database workload was backported. For SQL Performance Analyzer, the capability to capture a SQL workload into a SQL tuning set was backported. These functionalities were backported to Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (version 10.2.0.4 or higher) to support customers who want to use Real Application Testing to test database upgrades from a previous version of Oracle Database to Oracle Database 11g.
In the third phase, the Real Application Testing Addendum was released for release 11.1 to document the added functionality to read SQL trace files from Oracle Database 9i to construct a SQL tuning set that can be used as an input source for SQL Performance Analyzer in release 11.1.0.7.
In the final phase, all available documentation for Real Application Testing contained in the above documents were consolidated into the Real Application Testing User's Guide for release 11.1. Going forward, this guide will contain all documentation of Real Application Testing and be updated for each release.
Regards,
Immanuel

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Db:Oracle 11.1.6
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tranactions/SQl statement executions. How will be the system
perform, if we have 20% increase in the current workload or 10 users 20
transactions...
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Hi,
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Can i check the workload gradually(5users and 10 users and so on...) in Real Application Testing in oracle11g or oracle 10.2.0.4. ?
If n't,how can i check the workload in oracle 11g or oracle 10g?
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Real Application Testing , hardware changes.

hi ,
Have always wondered How Real application test would over come one of the cost Common issues in Testing. Here is the scenario .
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Now he wants to test 11.2 on this test box, with lesser hardware specs. say 8 proc's and 12 cores and 60 GB RAM ,
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You must understand that RAT is actually a term. The underlying ways would depend on what you want to test and to what extent? Since you have mentioned a hardware change, the suggested way would be to use DB Replay using which you would capture the workload from the prod box, move it to the test box and replay that workload under the changed hardware. Using DB Replay would allow you to have a delta between the two runs and you can measure the performance gains(or loss) .
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http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e16540/dbr_capture.htm#CACCGCFB
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i would use SQL Performance Analyzer to test changes between 10g and 11g database.
I will use Parameter Change option in SQL Performance Analyzer Workflows and test the change of parameter OPTIMIZER_FEATURES_ENABLE.
Now, if I find some query that should be optimized how can I save new profiles from the test environment and apply it after i upgrade the production environment?
>
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there.
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Real Application Testing 10g 64 bits?

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We are currently working on a missing involving RAT, both SPA and DB Replay.
The customer raised some questions and I was wondering if anybody has more detailed information to share?
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h4. Q1: If the DB capture runs out of space, what would be the impact on Prod database
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Reduce as most as possible the time needed by ADM (Development Team) in order to validate database migration.
The database team wants to be as independent as possible of the development team in order to do the upgrade of the databases more autonomous. They want to have an idea on what they could be missing if they use SPA and DB Replay to make sure they don't miss anything which could have an impact on the developers after the upgrade. Are there any particular things that SPA and DB-replay would miss, and as a consequence aren't tested, which could lead to unhappy developers after the upgrade of the database.
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h4. Q5: Does it need to filter out sys/system, rman,... Activities during captures?
h4. Q6: The capture report is showing 5 user calls captured with Errors, but I can’t find any related information on what went wrong.
To what is this related?
Captured Workload Statistics
•     'Value' represents the corresponding statistic aggregated across the entire captured database workload.
•     '% Total' is the percentage of 'Value' over the corresponding system-wide aggregated total.
Statistic Name     Value     % Total
DB time (secs)     7.77     10.43
Average Active Sessions     0.03
User calls captured     1713     9.09
User calls captured with Errors+_     5
Session logins     23     32.39
Transactions     33     3.74
h4. Q7: During the capture we can execute an export AWR, but we also need to do an import AWR somewhere, and this is not documented on how this is done in the RAT User Guide.
Can you comment on how this process is working in order to do some proper reporting.

Q1
I have not had a space issue in the RAT capture files that caused a database issue when space ran out.
Q2
You will miss anything you filtered the capture on, anything that errored during the capture
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Direct Path Load (SQL Loader)
Shared server (Oracle MTS)
Oracle Streams & Advanced Replication Streams
Non-PL/SQL based Advanced Queuing (AQ)
Flashback queries
OCI-based Object Navigation
Non SQL-Based Object Access
Distributed transactions, remote describe/commit operations (will be replayed as local transactions)
Q3
I typically use DB Replay for an overall work load perspective, SPA for SQL Level.
For example I will to a DB replay find from my reports SQL that needs a further look see and use SPA from there.
or potentially use SPA to focus on the SQL itself and not concern myself the the whole workload until I am ready.
Q4
Set the SCN for when capture is started, have the replay database be recovered to that SCN prior to any replay operation. No real need to shutdown, done this many times with success.
Q5
Typically I will filer any grid control agent or other agent software activities from the capture for sure.
Q6
Your Capture Report does not show anything?
Q7
You can extract and load AWR with the following packed procedures
sys.dbms_swrf_internal.awr_extract
sys.dbms_swrf_internal.awr_load

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(3) Do we have to restore database on Target every time we do replay? But if we do that then we won't have anything in the SGA.
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Your question about running the replay again after the first replay is done is confusing. Of course you will not get meaningful data from that, since replay must begin from the capture start SCN. If you run replay twice in a row without reverting the database to the capture start SCN, it will be applying meaningless changes to a database in a state that is unlike that of the original. You will be testing the data errors codepath instead of real performance.
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Hi Folks,
We are expecting an opportunity across RAT implementation in near future and our team is trying explore on RAT and need help in installation and configurations .Am looking for some RAT
contacts ,please help me..
Thanks,
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Q1
I have not had a space issue in the RAT capture files that caused a database issue when space ran out.
Q2
You will miss anything you filtered the capture on, anything that errored during the capture
Capture will also not get and to be aware of
Direct Path Load (SQL Loader)
Shared server (Oracle MTS)
Oracle Streams & Advanced Replication Streams
Non-PL/SQL based Advanced Queuing (AQ)
Flashback queries
OCI-based Object Navigation
Non SQL-Based Object Access
Distributed transactions, remote describe/commit operations (will be replayed as local transactions)
Q3
I typically use DB Replay for an overall work load perspective, SPA for SQL Level.
For example I will to a DB replay find from my reports SQL that needs a further look see and use SPA from there.
or potentially use SPA to focus on the SQL itself and not concern myself the the whole workload until I am ready.
Q4
Set the SCN for when capture is started, have the replay database be recovered to that SCN prior to any replay operation. No real need to shutdown, done this many times with success.
Q5
Typically I will filer any grid control agent or other agent software activities from the capture for sure.
Q6
Your Capture Report does not show anything?
Q7
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sys.dbms_swrf_internal.awr_extract
sys.dbms_swrf_internal.awr_load

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