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What is Oracle OSWatcher?

What is Oracle OSWatcher?

Oracle OSWatcher Black Box (OSWbb) collects and archives operating system and network metrics that you can use to diagnose performance issues. OSWbb operates as a set of background processes on the server and gathers data on a regular basis, invoking such Unix utilities as vmstat, netstat, iostat, and top.

Where can I find OSWatcher logs?

/opt/osw
Collect the OSWatcher logs. The default location is /opt/osw .

Is OSWatcher part of TFA?

TFA can include OSWatcher, but more importantly it adds a lot of value over and above what OSWatcher does.

How do I run OSWatcher on Linux?

  1. Step 1: Download OSWatcher.
  2. Step 2: Install OSWatcher.
  3. Create file private.net for monitoring private interconnet.
  4. Start OS Watcher.
  5. Verify OSW Running.
  6. Stop OSWather.

How do I create an OSWatcher report?

Download oswatcher from oracle support.

  1. OSWatcher (Doc ID 301137.1)
  2. Start the oswatcher in background.
  3. We can generate graphs for CPU and memory and disk io statistics from the oswatcher collected files for a particular time period. Make sure the oswatcher files exists for that timeframe.

What is Oracle trace file analyzer TFA?

Oracle Trace File Analyzer (TFA) provides a number of diagnostic tools in a single bundle, making it easy to gather diagnostic information about the Oracle database and clusterware, which in turn helps with problem resolution when dealing with Oracle Support.

How do I run Tfactl Diagcollect?

  1. Step 1: Prepare the New Cluster Nodes.
  2. Step 2: Deploy the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home on the Destination Nodes.
  3. Step 3: Run the clone.pl Script on Each Destination Node.
  4. Step 4: Launch the Configuration Wizard.

How do I update TFA?

1. zip file -> /tmp path then we can execute the below command to start upgrade TFA. AHF Data Directory stores diagnostic collections and metadata. AHF Data Directory requires at least 5GB (Recommended 10GB) of free space.

How do I configure OSWatcher?

How to Configure OSWatcher

  1. Download OSWatcher.
  2. Install OSWatcher.
  3. Create file private.net.
  4. Start OS Watcher.
  5. Verify OSW Status.
  6. Stop OSWather.
  7. Step 1: Download OSWatcher. OSWatcher (Includes: [Video]) (Doc ID 301137.1) oswbb733.tar.
  8. Step 2: Install OSWatcher.

How do I use an operating system watcher?

How do I know if TFA is running?

Use the tfactl status command to check the run status of Oracle Trace File Analyzer. Use the tfactl stop command to stop the Oracle Trace File Analyzer daemon on the local node, and also to stop the desired support tool.