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RDA Getting Started

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RDA Overview

Overview

Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) is a command-line diagnostic tool that is executed by an engine written in the Perl programming language. RDA provides a unified package of support diagnostics tools and preventive solutions. The data captured provides Oracle Support with a comprehensive picture of the customer's environment which aids in problem diagnosis.

Oracle Support encourages the use of RDA because it greatly reduces service request resolution time by minimizing the number of requests from Oracle Support for more information. RDA is designed to be as unobtrusive as possible; it does not modify systems in any way. It collects useful data for Oracle Support only and a security filter is provided if required.

This guide provides users with an overview of RDA, the download instructions, and general steps about how to execute RDA within a UNIX, Windows, and Mac OS X environment.

What's New in this RDA Release

See the RDA Release Notes for information about new features. The next release in RDA 8.x series is scheduled for release in mid-September 2017.

Platforms Supported

At this time, RDA has been successfully tested to run on the following Supported platforms:

• Apple Mac OS X/Darwin
• HP OpenVMS Alpha 7.3-2 and above
• HP OpenVMS Itanium
• HP Tru64 UNIX
• HP-UX Itanium
• HP-UX PA-RISC (32 and 64 bit)
• IBM AIX on POWER Systems(32 and 64 bit)
• IBM Dynix/Ptx
• IBM Linux on POWER
• IBM zSeries Based Linux
• Linux Itanium
• Linux x86 (32 and 64 bit)
• Microsoft Windows 7
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation and Server
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
• Microsoft Windows 2008
• Microsoft Windows 2012
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Sun Solaris Intel
• Sun Solaris SPARC (32 and 64 bit)

Following Platforms are NOT Supported:

• IBM Z/OS (OS/390)

You can run RDA also on other platforms that support Perl 5.005 and later. However, Oracle Support recommends testing on a non-production server first because the performance is unpredictable. For example, you will receive errors when RDA attempts to run utilities and commands that are not supported on these platforms.

Products Supported

RDA collects information that is useful for diagnosing issues related to the following Supported Oracle products

• OLAP Products (Express Server, Financial Analyzer, and Demand Planning Server)
• Oracle Application Server (iAS 1.0.2.x/9.0.x/10.1.2.x/10.1.3.x,10.1.4.x,WebLogic Server (WLS) Release 9.x and 10.x,11g (WLS), HTTP Server,WebCache,J2EE/OC4J)
• Oracle Billing and Revenue Management products
• Oracle BPEL Process Manager
• Oracle Collaboration Suite (Email Server,Calendar,Discussions,Content Services,Workspaces,WebClient,and Wireless)
• Oracle Data Integrator
• Oracle Developer (Forms and Reports)
• Oracle Ebusiness Suite 11i and 12
• Oracle Enterprise Content
• Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-on
• Oracle Enterprise performance management (Hyperion) products
• Oracle Guardian
• Oracle Identity Management products
• Oracle JDBC/PRO *C/ODBC and other development client related information
• Oracle Management Server and Intelligent Agent (Grid Server, Agent Server, DB Control)
• Oracle Networking products
• Oracle RAC Cluster (Single/Multiple Nodes, Automatic Storage Management, Oracle Cluster File System, Data Guard)
• Oracle RDBMS Server (Standard and Enterprise Editions)
• Oracle Retail (Retek)
• Oracle SQL*Plus/iSQL*Plus
• Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
• Oracle Universal Archive (11g)
• PeopleSoft
• Siebel

Additional new Oracle products will be supported in future releases. We are constantly enhancing and refining RDA, so make sure you have the latest version! For more detailed information see the Knowledge330760.1.

Versions Supported

RDA supports most supported versions of the Oracle products listed in Products Supported. In most cases, it runs on desupported versions as well, although the collected information may not be as extensive.

Why use RDA?

Oracle strongly encourages the use of Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) diagnostics collections because it provides a comprehensive picture of the customer's environment. Providing RDA diagnostic output, especially when submitting a Service Request online, can minimize the requirement for follow up questions that may delay problem resolution. RDA collections are essential for the following types of service requests:

• Acquired company product issues
• Developer issues
• Installation/configuration issues
• ORA-600, ORA-7445, ORA-3113, ORA-4030 and ORA-4031 errors
• Oracle Database issues
• Oracle Application Server/Fusion Middleware issues
• Oracle Collaboration products (Oracle Collaboration Suite and Oracle Beehive) issues
• Oracle Application issues
• Other corrective issues
• Performance issues
• Upgrade, migration, and linking issues

Oracle Configuration Manager

The Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) is a data collector that collects key Oracle and system statistics of the system that it is running on. As a key component of Oracle Configuration Manager, the OCM collector (scheduler) optimizes the customer benefits of OCM by automating the configuration collections. OCM simplifies your ability to automate your configuration and diagnostics uploads to Oracle. Oracle Configuration Manager bundle provides the following benefits:

• HealthCheck recommendations based on Support best practices when using configuration auto-collection
• Improves Oracle's understanding of your business needs
• Personalized access to best practices and the Oracle Knowledge base
• Pro-active configuration-specific notification of Security and General Alerts
• Project cataloging of key milestones and contacts associated with your configurations
• Secure, automated configuration collection
• Simplified Service Request logging, tracking and reporting

For troubleshooting information or to learn more about Oracle Configuration Manager see the following Oracle Knowledge 369619.1.

Diagnostic Assistant

The Diagnostic Assistant (DA) tool provides a common, light-weight interface to multiple diagnostic collection tools (ADR, RDA, OCM, Explorer). To learn more about Diagnostic Assistant see the following Oracle Knowledge 201804.1.

For your benefit, Oracle created an RDA/DA/OCM bundle. This bundle contains RDA, OCM, and DA software and it allows customers to install OCM and DA as part of the RDA data collection process.

Download

• click the zip file for your platform
• save it locally as rda.zip

Each file contains all of the required files so choose only one to download.

Installation Instructions

Instructions for UNIX/ZLinux Type Operating Systems

1. Choose or create a directory or area on your UNIX server. Make sure you have sufficient space for the RDA output (~150MB). It does not matter where you create this directory or what it is named, but the same user that runs RDA must own it. Do not use a directory that contains an older version of RDA unless you have deleted the previous version of RDA first. If necessary, you can reuse prior setup files.

   Note: The rda.zip creates a directory named "rda" containing all the required files when you extract it. Do not extract the contents of the RDA archive on a Windows client first or you will have to remove the ^M characters from the end of each line in all of the shell scripts in order for them to run.

2. FTP the downloaded rda.zip file to your UNIX server in binary mode and place it in the directory chosen in step 1.
3. Extract the .zip archive contents into a new directory, preserving the directory structure of the archive. Do not extract into a directory that contains an older RDA version. For example:

   unzip rda.zip

4. Make sure the RDA command (rda.sh and rda.pl) is executable. To verify, enter the following command:

   chmod +x

5. You can verify the RDA installation using the following command:

   ./ -cv

Instructions for Microsoft Windows Based Operating Systems

1. Create a new directory or area on your Windows server. Make sure you have sufficient space for RDA output (~150MB). It does not matter where you create this directory or what it is named, but it should have access to the Oracle software installation. Do notuse a directory that contains an older version of RDA unless you have deleted the previous version of RDA first.

   Note: The rda.zip file creates a directory named " rda" containing all the required files when you extract it.

2. Transfer the downloadedrda.zip file to your Windows server and place it in the directory chosen in step 1. If transferring the zip file from one system to another using FTP, remember to transfer it in binary mode.
3. Extract the .zip archive contents into a new directory, preserving the directory structure of the archive. For ease of use, please be sure to use a utility such as WinZip or 7z rather than the built in Windows extract facility. Do not extract into a directory that contains an older RDA version. 
4. You can verify the RDA installation using the following command:

   -cv

Instructions for HP OpenVMS Based Operating Systems

Due to the special nature of HP OpenVMS environment, Oracle created a separate document. See the RDA - OpenVMS Users Guide: Knowledge Article 171748.1.

Instructions for RDA in OPatch Format

RDA is supplied in OPatch format for Fusion Middleware. This can be downloaded from here.

Instructions on how to install this are in the Readme provided with the patch.

Running RDA

Instructions for UNIX type operating systems (including ZLinux):

1. Before you begin: Log on as the UNIX user that owns the Oracle installation. On some operating systems, this user will not have the necessary permissions to run all of the commands and utilities called by RDA (e.g. sar, top, vmstat, etc). If you are running RDA to assist in resolving a service request, the analyst will most likely need the information pertaining to the Oracle owner. The exception to this rule is when RDA is used to assist in a performance related issue. In this case, Oracle support recommends that you run RDA as the UNIX user who owns the Oracle software.

   Note: If you use su to connect to root or a privileged user, do not use "su -" as the minus resets the environment.

2. Select the RDA command line script that you will be using. Choose one of the following:

   rda.sh - Use this command if Perl is not available.

   rda.pl - Use this command if Perl is available.
   
   Use the following command to verify that Perl is installed and available in the path:

   perl -V

   Inspect the command output, checking that '.' (i.e. tells perl to look for libraries in current directory) is present in @INC section. Notice the last entry "." in the example below:

1. The data collection requires an initial setup to determine which information should be collected. Enter the following command to initiate the set up:

   / -S

   After setup completes, you can review the setup file output.cfg by opening in a text editor such as vi. 
   The output.cfg file is located in the directory that RDA was executed from. i.e. If RDA was installed in /rda and executed from /tmp directory, then the setup file is located in /tmp.

2. You can also choose to collect only specific data. For more details, view the command usage help by specifying the -h option, or complete manual page with the -M option.

3. Make sure you have ample space for RDA output (approximately 150 MB) in the output location you have chosen in STEP 6. Sometimes, depending on the size of your data files (alert.log, *.trc, install*.log, apache logs, networking logs, etc) of the Oracle installation the final size of your RDA collection may reach over 1000 MB in size.
4. At this point, you can collect diagnostic information. sqlplus should connect to the database with the userid that you specified during the setup. Start the data collection using the following command:

   ./ [-v]

   The -v option is optional; it allows you to view the collection progression. Additionally, if you want to re-run the RDA collection, you can use the "-fv" option, for example, ./ -fv. For additional information read the RDA FAQ.

5. A more targeted way of executing RDA and a way to limit the number of setup questions asked is the use of Diagnostic profiles ( -p ), see RDA Profiles for list of various profiles or run -L profiles. e.g:. ./ -p DB10g

    

6. The output is a set of HTML files that are located in a directory created by RDA by default in the working directory that RDA was executed from. The default output directory is called output. You can review the data collected by using a Web Browser to open the following file located in:

   /RDA__start.htm

   Note: Do not submit any health, payment card or other sensitive production data that requires protections greater than those specified in the Oracle GCS Security Practices (http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/customer-support-security-practices-069170.pdf). Information on how to remove data from your submission is available at note 1227943.1

    

7. The final output is also packaged in an archive located in the directory that RDA was executed from -- the packaged output file will have a .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .tar.Z extension. If the data collection was generated to assist in resolving a Service Request, send the report archive (for example, RDA_output_.tar) to Oracle Support by uploading the file via My Oracle Support. If FTP'ing the file, please be sure to FTP in BINARY format. Please do notrename the file, as the file name helps Oracle Support quickly identify that RDA output is attached to the service request or  bundle with other files such as trace or log files into a single or common archive file (.tar, .zip, .jar, etc.)

8. Note: The final output may not generate an archive file (.zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .tar.Z). If the archive is missing, please archive all of the files in the  manually and send them to Oracle Support. You can use a packaging/archive utility program such as http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html to perform this task.

For more information or clarification please review the demonstration viewlets located in the Training document or please read the RDA FAQ. If you still have problems please follow Troubleshooting Steps.

Instructions for Microsoft Windows Based Operating Systems

1. Before you begin: Log on as the WINDOWS user that owns the Oracle installation. On some operating systems, this user will not have the necessary permissions to run all of the commands and utilities called by RDA (e.g. WinMsd utility, MSInfo32 on Windows 2000, Windows 2003) If you are running RDA to assist in resolving a service request, the analyst will most likely need the information pertaining to the Oracle owner. The exception to this rule is when RDA is used to assist in a performance related issue. In this case, Oracle support recommends that you run RDA as the user who owns the Oracle software.
2. Choose one RDA command line script that you will be using, either:

   rda.cmd Use this command if Perl is not available.

   rda.pl Use this command if Perl is available in the path. To verify if Perl is available, enter the following command:

   perl -V

   In the command output, verify that '.' (i.e. the current directory) is present in @INC section.

   The RDA command rda.cmd or rda.pl you choose is represented as in the rest of this procedure.

3. The data collection requires an initial setup to determine which information should be collected. Enter the following command from the Windows Command or DOS prompt to initiate the set up: REMEMBER: means use either rda.cmd or rda.pl.

   -S

   After setup completes, you can review the setup file output.cfg by opening it a text editor like wordpad. The output.cfg file is located in the directory that RDA was executed from. i.e. If RDA was installed in \rda and executed from \temp directory, then the setup file is located in \temp.

   You can also choose to collect only specific data. For more details, view the command usage help by specifying the -h option, or complete manual page with the -M option.

4. Make sure you have ample space for RDA output (approximately 150 MB) in the output location you have chosen. Sometimes, depending on the size of your data files (alert.log, *.trc, install*.log, apache logs, networking logs, etc) of the Oracle installation the final size of your RDA collection may reach over 1000 MB in size.
5. At this point, you can collect diagnostic information. Sqlplus should connect to the database with the userid that you specified during the setup. Start the data collection using the following command:

   [-v]

   The -v option is optional. It allows you to view the collection progression. Additionally, if you want to rerun RDA collection again, you can use the "-fv" option like  -fv . For additional information, read the RDA FAQ.

6. A more targeted way of executing RDA and a way to limit the number of setup questions asked is the use of Diagnostic profiles ( -p), see RDA Profiles for list of various profiles. e.g:  -p DB10g
7. The output is a set of HTML files that are located in a directory created by RDA by default in the working directory that RDA was executed from. The default output directory is called output. You can review the data collected by using a Web Browser to open the following file located in:
   

   /RDA__start.htm

   Note: Do not submit any health, payment card or other sensitive production data that requires protections greater than those specified in the Oracle GCS Security Practices (http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/customer-support-security-practices-069170.pdf). Information on how to remove data from your submission is available at 1227943.1

    

8. The final output is also packaged in an archive located in the directory that RDA was executed from -- the packaged output file will have a .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .tar.Z extension. If the data collection was generated to assist in resolving a Service Request, send the report archive (for example, RDA_output_.zip) to Oracle Support by uploading the file via My Oracle Support. If FTP'ing the file, please be sure to FTP in BINARY format. Do not rename the file, as the file name helps Oracle Support quickly identify that RDA output is attached to the service request.

   The final output may not generate an archive file (.zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .tar.Z). If the archive is missing, please archive all the files in the manually and send them to Oracle Support. You can use a packaging/archive utility program such as http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html

9. When you send/upload an RDA report in a compressed file (such as .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .tar.Z), please do so in a separate file and start is named with 'RDA'; this ensures our internal tools and users can find and analyze it correctly. 
   
   When sending RDA output to Oracle Support via a My Oracle Support Service Request, we highly recommend that you attached the output file as a single file.  Do not bundle with other files such as trace or log files into a single or common archive file (.tar, .zip, .jar, etc.)

For more information or clarification please review the demonstration viewlets located in the Training document or read the RDA FAQ. If you still have problems please follow Troubleshooting Steps.

Instructions for Oracle RAC Cluster or Multi-Node Environment

Due to the special nature of Oracle RAC Cluster environment a separate document was created. Please refer to RDA - RAC Cluster/Multi-Node Users Guide - 359395.1

Instructions for HP OpenVMS Based Operating Systems:

Due to the special nature of HP OpenVMS environment a separate document was created. Please refer to RDA - OpenVMS Users Guide - Knowledge 171748.1

Upgrading RDA

Use the following procedure to manually upgrade the RDA:

1. Delete the rda directory and all it's contents. If you want to use the same output.cfg file again, move it to another location first. Also, move any output files you wish to save.
2. Download the new version of RDA from this Download RDA.
3. Extract the files in the directory you want to install RDA. It will recreate the rda directory for you.

   Remember that the directory structure in the archive is important; don't move any RDA files.

Automated update of RDA

As of March 28, 2011, RDA is automatically upgraded in the following scenario:
OCM is installed and configured in "Connect" mode. OCM auto-update will now
upgrade RDA as part of its normal deployment procedure. 
For finer control of the RDA upgrade see README_upgrade.txt

Special Notes On Userids And Passwords

As a means of providing higher security when using RDA, passwords are no longer stored in plain text in the setup.txt file. As result, RDA prompts for the required passwords when collecting the data.

If the Perl implementation installed on your operating system supports it, RDA will suppress the character echo during password requests. When the character echo is suppressed, the password is requested twice for verification. If both entered passwords do not match after three attempts, the request is cancelled.

RDA can perform OS authentication, which eliminates having to enter a password for database information gathering. It also accepts "/" as a username to avoid entering a password when RDA is gathering database information.

For executing RDA at regularly scheduled intervals via cron, passwords can be encoded inside the setup file. For instance, to encode the system password, use the following command:

-A system

The password will be requested interactively.

Special Note on the Output Directory

To limit security vulnerabilities, the permissions of the RDA output directory should be set as restrictive as possible. The output directory could contain sensitive configuration information and, when no other mechanism is available, temporary data collection files.

Viewing RDA Report Output Files

RDA output is not encrypted and can be viewed by anyone. You can view the RDA report files using almost any web browser by opening the /output/RDA__start.htm.

We recommend using Mozilla 1.x ( or Higher), Netscape 4.x (or higher), or Internet Explorer 4.x (or higher).

Special Note on Security Filters

The following table is a snapshot of the 'System Settings' section of the end report to demonstrate exactly what Filtering does. The result below is dependent on the system configuration.

The host names (machine names), are substituted by ''. Similarly, user names are substituted by '' instead of 'oracle'. The group of the software owner is 'dba', which is not substituted by the default filter.

Note that the above report was run as the owner of the Oracle home directory, which was different from 'oracle'. This is the reason why we see '' instead of 'oracle'. The group of the Oracle software owner is 'dba', which is not substituted by the default filter.

The RDA filter substitutes sensitive information (such as user names) using something like in the reports. As shown later in this document, you can customize what information RDA filters out and how RDA substitutes this information.

RDA provides you with a default filter, which currently filters out the information in the list below.

• Domain names
• Group names
• Host names
• IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
• LDAP domain components
• Network masks
• User names

Using Security Filters

RDA allows you to remove sensitive data from RDA reports. The security profile can be used to turn on filtering and can be combined with other profiles. For example:

-S -p DB10g-Security 

This will do the RDA setup for the DB10g profile and turn on filtering through the Security profile. If you want to enable the filtering for an existing setup:

-X Filter enable

When the filter is not yet defined, this command will also generate the default filter configuration, based on the system configuration.

Reporting Problems or Feedback

If you have issues with the Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA), you can file an Non-Technical SR in My Oracle Support. Subject line "Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) Issue"  and complete the SR.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the purpose of Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA)?

   RDA is designed to be platform independent; there is no longer a separate version for UNIX and Windows. RDA code is readable by the customer so that if there are any concerns about security, they can see exactly what is collected. Documentation is included with the RDA code so that customers can understand and troubleshoot RDA themselves. Also, the RDA documentation has been rewritten and is more comprehensive than in the past to give the customer (internal and external) better understanding.

2. Is RDA required in order to resolve my SR?

   We strongly encourage the use of RDA as it can greatly assist the analyst in resolving your SR, it contain vast amount of configuration and diagnostic data that reduces the "round trip" time needed to resolve most issues.

   RDA has a strong focus on robustness and supportability, in the rare case you are unable to use RDA, please update the SR to inform your analyst, and request that work on the SR continue without the benefit of RDA. Oracle engineers are trained to work issues without the aid of RDA.

3. What is required to run RDA?

   RDA is command line program written in Perl. It uses only basic Perl libraries so the customer should never have to install anything, as long as Oracle software is available. It uses the Perl libraries that are shipped with Oracle or shipped with some UNIX platforms. RDA has been certified and tested on Perl versions 5.005 - 5.10.x. If for some reason Perl is not available or is inaccessible on the customer environment, then a binary version is available for download on major platforms.

   Additionally, RDA users need access to the user that owns the Oracle installation. On some operating systems, this user will not have the necessary permissions to run all of the commands and utilities called by RDA on UNIX (e.g. sar, top, vmstat, etc) or on Windows (WinMsd utility and (MSInfo32 on Windows 2000, Windows 2003). If you are running RDA to assist in resolving a SR, the analyst will most likely need the information pertaining to the Oracle owner. The exception to this rule is when RDA is used to assist in a performance related issue. In this case, Oracle support recommends that you run RDA as the UNIX user who owns the Oracle software.

4. How much space do I need run RDA?

   RDA requirements for space on the host environment for install; 6 - 80 MB depending on the RDA package you decide to install from (.tar, tar.gz, or .zip) and whether you require the RDAbinary version file.

   Regarding RDA output directory requirements, we have observed 80% of the data collected will require less than 150 MB for the final output files generated. We would recommend you allocate at least 150MB to be on the safe side. Sometimes depending on the size of your data and trace files (alert.log, *.trc, install*.log, apache logs, networking logs, etc) of the Oracle installation the final size of your RDA collection may reach over 1000 MB in size. Review the your Oracle trace and log files sizes and calculate to have space to have copies of those files, formatted RDA html files, and a compressed RDA package.

5. Where can I download the RDA package?

   You can download RDA from Knowledge Article 314422.1, the Main RDA page. Select the RDA zip file for your platform by clicking on the related link. Each zip file contains all the files you need, so only choose one to download.

6. I don't have Perl. Where can I get a binary or complied version of RDA? rda.sh and rda.cmd do not assume that components containing Perl are installed. As long as RDA finds an ORACLE_HOME and Perl 5.005 and above in the path, it tries to locate itself where the library modules are and sets the environment appropriately. Therefore, we can run RDA even when perl -V does not work correctly and when @INC is not configured. In most recent builds, it also ignores Perl from the path when it can't find some standard required Perl modules. That also prevents using a nonstandard miniperl environment. For performance reasons, we restrict the search to some well known areas.
   
   If you still can't run RDA because of problems with Perl, you can download the following binary version for your platform.
   For RDA versions 4.19 and earlier:
   1. You must first ensure you have RDA downloaded and installed on the environment you will be running RDA (see Knowledge Article 314422.1 for the latest available version).
   2. Select and download one of the below binary/compiled versions specific to your operating system where RDA will execute from.
   • The zip file below contains the following files specific to the platform:
   • readme.txt
   • rda_ --> Binary RDA for use on more recent operating systems. Windows binary has ".exe" extension (e.g. rda_win.exe)
   • rda_56 --> Binary RDA with old libraries intended for use on older operating systems.
   3. Place the binary file from step 2 into the same directory as the "rda.pl" file is located from step 1. (e.g. Place rda_win.exe in the same directory as rda.pl).
   4. To execute, enter "rda_ -S" rather than "rda.pl" or "rda.sh" or "rda.cmd". (e.g. Execute rda_win.exe -S). Starting with RDA 4.20 and all future releases:
   1. You must first ensure you have RDA downloaded and installed on the environment you will be running RDA (see Knowledge Article 314422.1 for the latest available version).
   2. Select and download one of the below binary/compiled versions specific to your operating system where RDA will execute from.
   
   • The zip file below contains the following files specific to the platform:
   • readme.txt
   • rda_ --> Binary RDA for use on more recent operating systems. Windows binary has ".exe" extension (e.g. rda_win.exe)
   • rda_56 --> Binary RDA with old libraries intended for use on older operating systems.
   3. Place the binary file from step 2 into the /rda/engine/ directory used in step 1. (e.g. After moving or copying file. The rda_win.exe path is /rda/engine/rda_win.exe).
   4. Confirm that the binary rda in the /rda/engine directory has execute permissions.
   5. The rda.cfg in the standard distribution of RDA, RDA, contains the following entries:
   RDA_ENG=""
   RDA_EXE="rda.exe"
   D_RDA=".."
   
   Using the same compiled engine systematically for an RDA installation
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   When you want to use a compiled engine through usual RDA commands (rda.cmd or
   rda.sh). You must edit the rda.cfg file contained in the engine directory. Its
   initial content is:
   RDA_ENG=""
   RDA_EXE="rda.exe"
   D_RDA=".."
   
   After making the file writable, specify the compiled engine name in the RDA_ENG
   value. For Windows, you will have:
   RDA_ENG="rda_win.exe"
   RDA_EXE="rda.exe"
   D_RDA=".."
   
   On the first invocation of rda.cmd, the start script will take a copy of the
   compiled engine in the RDA installation directory. On subsequent executions,
   the start script is checking if a new version of the specified compiled engine
   is available. When available, the start script will copy that new version to
   rda.exe in the installation directory.
   
   For UNIX, you must use rda.sh to obtain the same result.
   
   Using a compiled engine in a shared or in a read-only installation
   ------------------------------------------------------------------
   When the RDA installation is shared between different systems or different
   users, the same compiled engine is not necessarily applicable to everybody or
   the installation directory is not necessarily writable for everybody.
   
   In this case, RDA uses the work directory to store the copy of the specified
   compiled engine. Create in the working directory an rda.cfg file with the
   following content:
   RDA_ENG=""
   RDA_EXE="rda.exe"
   D_RDA=""
   
   For instance,
   RDA_ENG="rda_linux.exe"
   RDA_EXE="rda.exe"
   D_RDA="D:\MyOracleHome\rda"
   
   After that, you can use the usual start scripts.
   For UNIX,
   /rda.sh
   
   For Windows,
   \rda.cmd
   
   On the first invocation of the start script, it will take a copy of the
   compiled engine in the RDA installation directory. On subsequent executions,
   the start script will check if a new version of the specified compiled engine
   is available. When available, the start script will copy that new version to
   rda.exe in the installation directory.
   
   The copy mechanism preserves the possibility to upgrade only the shared
   installation when a new RDA version is available. Each user will get their
   compiled engine copy automatically updated at next run.
   
   

   Note: PERL5LIB environment variable must not be set in order to use the following compiled binaries of rda.pl. Make sure your PERL5LIB does not point to any Perl installation.

   
   
   

   Platform Specific Compile Agent (Binary) Versions (Released MON, D YYYY)
   Platform	Download File
   Apple Mac OS X (Power PC and x86)	Download Zip File
   HP Tru64	Download Zip File
   HP-UX (PA-Risc and Itanium)	Download Zip File
   IBM AIX on POWER Systems	Download Zip File
   Linux (x86 and Itanium)	Download Zip File
   Microsoft Windows	Download Zip File
   Oracle Solaris (SPARC and x86)	Download Zip File

   
   
   
7. I want to download RDA with OCM, where can I get the RDA/OCM bundles?
   
   

   RDA Bundle (Released MON, D YYYY)
   Platform	Download File
   HP-UX Itanium	Download Zip File
   HP-UX PA-RISC	Download Zip File
   IBM AIX on POWER Systems (32-bit)	Download Zip File
   IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-bit)	Download Zip File
   IBM Linux on POWER	Download Zip File
   IBM zSeries Based Linux	Download Zip File
   Linux Itanium	Download Zip File
   Linux x86 (32-bit)	Download Zip File
   Linux x86 (64-bit)	Download Zip File
   Microsoft Windows (32-bit)	Download Zip File
   Microsoft Windows (64-bit)	Download Zip File
   Oracle Solaris SPARC	Download Zip File
   Oracle Solaris x86	Download Zip File

   
   
   

   For detailed information on RDA installation, review MOS document 314422.1 - section "Installation Instructions".

8. How do I download Standalone (generic) RDA?

   Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) Standalone - Download Zip File

9. How do I run an RDA collection?

   The following published document detail how to run RDA. There are also, detailed instructions in the README_Unix.txt and README_Windows.txt files contained inside RDA packages.

   Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) - Overview - Knowledge Article 314422.1

10. How do I force RDA to run Setup again?

    RDA will read the values it finds in "output.cfg" first before requiring to answer any setup questions. You can force RDA to start the setup process again in two(2) ways.

    1. Deleting or renaming the "output.cfg" file $ ./rda.pl -S or 
       c:\>rda.cmd -S or
       $ ./rda.sh  -S
    2. Running the following RDA command: 
       $ ./rda.pl  -Sfn or
       c:\>rda.cmd -Sfn or
       $ ./rda.sh  -Sfn
11. How long does it take to run RDA collection?

    One common question people ask is "How fast does RDA run on machine x". The answer is complex and depends on several factors:

    1. the processing power of the machine/server that RDA has been executed on. For example, it will run faster on a 4 CPU machine than a single CPU machine.

    2. the availability of free system resources at the time RDA executes. If your system is running at 95% CPU utilization then RDA will take much longer on that system than on a system running at 45% CPU utiltzation. Other factors such as I/O and memory also play an important role.

    3. the number of RDA modules to be executed. RDA is comprised of individual modules processing specific tasks from operating commands to log file collection. Each module can take a varying amount of time, depending on the amount of data that needs to be processed. In most RDA collections several modules are executing in sequence or parallel, depending on the operating system and modules in question.

    4. the size of the files that need to be parsed by RDA. For example, a 100Kb file will be parsed much quicker than a 2Mb file.

    5. the performance of the underlying operating system calls. Some commands such as netstat -an can take over 15 minutes to process.

    RDA has been configured with a timeout mechanism to avoid certain modules from taking too long to process. The default timeout mechanism has been set to thirty (30) seconds for each command and SQL execution.

    We cannot, therefore, give exact numbers on how long RDA will take to execute on your environment. However, here are some averages:

    • Based on 100 random real world customer RDA outputs uploaded to Support Services, average time was: 438 seconds or 7 mins.
    • Based on internal tests.

     

    rda_4.1-051205
    Operating system:	RHEL AS 3.0 Update 4 - Kernel 2.4.21-20.ELsmp on an i686
    CPU:	1 x Xeon 2.80GHz
    Memory:	1536 MB
    Database:	Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
    Memory (Free)	total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1538936 1495756 43180 0 98844 726916 -/+ buffers/cache: 669996 868940
    Disks:	2 x 73GB 7200RPM SCSI drives
    Load (top):	16:30:46 up 355 days, 1:06, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.30, 0.20 141 processes: 127 sleeping, 1 running, 13 zombie, 0 stopped
    RDA modules executed:	Processing Initialization module ... Processing CFG module ... Processing Sampling module ... Processing OS module ... Processing PROF module ... Processing PERF module ... Processing NET module ... Processing networking information (pings, network files, sql*net files)... Listener and network checks may take a few minutes. please be patient... Processing listener status, services and log for listener LISTENER Processing Oracle installation module ... Processing RDBMS module ... Processing LOG module ... Processing Web Server module ... Processing Web Server (iAS 1.x) module ... Processing HTTP Server ... Processing End module ...
    Average execution Time(seconds) over 5 runs:	357 seconds or ~6 minutes

12. How do I force RDA to collect data again?

    RDA will read the values it finds in directory first. If it finds data that has not been collected it will attempt to collect that data. However if you want RDA to collect data again you can execute the following commands. (-v: verbose , C: collect , R: render into html, P: Package contents of output directory into archive, and f : force execution of all commands.

    $ ./rda.sh  -vCRPf or 
    c:\>rda.cmd -vCRPf  or 
    $ ./rda.pl  -vCRPf  or 
    $./rda.sh   -vf  or 
    c:\>rda.cmd -vf

    Finally, if you need to run data collection for specific module again you can just run the following command (OS: Operating system and DBA: Database)

    $ ./rda.sh -vCRP OS DB or 
    c:\>rda.cmd -vCRP OS DBA

    Note: The collection process will execute must faster and you will not receive any notices when it completes. This also overwrite the data in the output directory.

     

13. Where is the RDA output located?

    The output is a set of HTML files that are located in the working directory that executed RDA, in the "output" directory. You can review the data collected, by using a Web Browser to open the following file located in the output directory:

    RDA__start.htm

    The final output is also packaged in an archive, located in the working directory that executed RDA -- the packaged output file will have a .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .tar.Z extension. If the data collection was generated to assist in resolving a Service Request, send the report archive (note: file name varies, but ends in .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .tar.Z ; e.a: RDA_.zip) to Oracle Support by uploading the file via My Oracle Support. If FTP'ing the file, please be sure to FTP in BINARY format. Do not rename the file, as the file name helps Oracle Support quickly identify that RDA output is attached to the service request. >

    Note: The final output directory may not contain an archive file (.zip, .tar, .tar.gz, or .tar.Z ). If the archive is missing, please archive all the files in the manually and send them to Oracle Support. You can use a packaging/archive utility program like http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html to perform this task.

     

14. Is there a localized version of RDA?

    No. Currently this utility is written in the English language only, including the built in documentation. In the future, Oracle might offer other versions based on customer demand.

15. Will RDA find the solution to my SR?

    No. RDA is a tool to assist in resolving the customer's issue. As stated above, RDA's purpose is to collect accurate information about the Oracle installation environment. In many cases RDA will collect information that you think is unnecessary, but may be needed during a later stage of the SR or by the next person reviewing the SR (e.g. escalations, development, etc.). In its first phase, RDA is a collection agent. The long term plan is that the next phase RDA will involve a diagnostic component to analyze the information collected.

16. There are sections missing my RDA report, Why ?

    There may be some confusion about RDA not displaying all reports or sections. A new feature was added to improve search efficiency and consistency between modules; if a report or section does not contain information, then it is not generated. This was already the case for some modules in the previous version of RDA and it has been generalized. Another factor for this change is that relevant directories could be different from platforms (e.g. UNIX >< Windows) and can even differ between RAC and non-RAC environments.

    If the operating system commands error out, the reports are not generated.

    If an unexpected error (e.g. table not found) is encountered, it will be visible in the reports. Some results can be incomplete due to execution timeouts. An overview of SQL execution is provided in the Report Settings report.

    SQL Request Overview
    Module	Requests	Errors	Time-Out	Skipped	Comment
    S000INI	1	0	0	0	SQL execution limited to 30s
    S110PERF	3	0	0	0
    S125GTW	1	0	0	0
    S200DB	34	0	0	0	SQL execution limited to 30s
    S300IAS	2	0	0	0	SQL execution limited to 30s
    S400RAC	3	0	0	0

    On another hand, the absences of optional components are not considered as an error. The error explanation (-E) and the readme indicates how to change DFT/N_SQL_TIMEOUT and other timeout parameters.

17. What does the RDA-nnnnn error mean when I executed RDA?

    RDA has a built in error handling mechanism. You can discover the meaning and possible solution to the error by using the following RDA command line argument: rda.pl -E {ERROR #} . i.e:

     
    
    $ ./rda.pl -E RDA-14
    
    RDA-00014: %d issue(s) found in the RDA installation
    
    *Cause: issues encountered when checking the RDA installation
    
    *Action: A fresh install of RDA is probably the easiest way to fix file
    
    alteration problems. However, permission problems can result from
    
    other factors:
    
    - If RDA has been installed by another user, the default settings
    
    could be too restrictive. Please review the local context with
    
    that user and your appropriate local authorities.
    
    - Execution permissions can be missing on startup scripts for other
    
    platforms and when perl is not available from the command line.

     

18. What does the RDA-00010 error mean?

    This error generally occurs when running a RDA binary (i.e. rda_win.exe, rda_sunos, etc). This error generally is followed by lines containing "PERL2EXE_STORAGE" and or a Perl *.pm module name.

    Cause: The following OS environment variable PERL5LIB is set or your OS environment points to Perl installation. This causes a conflict for the RDA binary to located needed Perl modules binded within the executable.

    Action: Unset PERL5LIB environment variable.

19. What does the RDA-00006 error mean?

    This error generally occurs when RDA cannot find a suitable archiving program like zip or tar in your OS path. You can do two(2) things to resolve this issue: (1) Make you your OS PATH variable contains the location to a "command line" zip or tar program. (2) You can manually compress the RDA directory and sent that to Oracle Support. >

    See: $ ./rda.pl -E RDA-00006 or c:\>rda.cmd -E RDA-00006
    Cause: No packaging tool paths have been found. 
    Action: The path to zip or tar commands has not been collected. This typically occurs when the end report has not yet been produced or if these commands have not been found in the current execution path (cf. PATH).

     

20. What does the OCM-09004 error mean?

    This error generally mean that certain pre-requisites for OCM installation failed. The details of the failed prerequisites can be retrieved in the 'Report Setting' section of RDA output and that more info can be obtained with -E option

    See: $ ./rda.pl -E OCM-09004 or c:\>rda.cmd -E OCM-09004
    OCM-09004: Java Development Kit not found
    *Cause: Java neither found under the $ORACLE_HOME/jdk directory nor JAVA_HOME is set.
    *Action: Set JAVA_HOME to a JDK that is 1.2.2 or greater and re-run the OCM module setup.

21. How to change the default parameters like SQL_TIMEOUT?

    There a few ways to set the default parameters in RDA, which useful for certain situations. Changing it temporarily from the command line using "-e" switch (SEE RDA MAN PAGE ) or using built in help system (rda.pl -h):

    /rda.pl -vCRP -e DFT/N_SQL_TIMEOUT=120,DFT/N_ATTEMPTS=25

    This command collects, generates the new reports and provides up to 120 seconds for executing each SQL statement and retries to execute the same sql statement 25 times temporarily for this time only.

    Modifying the output.cfg file using a text editor like "vi" or "wordpad". You will find section with output.cfg file that relates to timeout (#N.SQL timeout (in seconds)).
    Changing it more permanently from the command like using setup level "-p" switch (SEE RDA MAN PAGE ) or using built in help system (rda.pl -h):]

    ./rda.sh -S -p advanced DB  or 
    rda.cmd -S -p advanced DB or 
    rda.pl -S -p advanced DB

    Turns on advanced setup prompts, more settings can be specified interactively by using the advanced level.

22. Can RDA be setup without asking any questions?

    Yes. RDA was designed to determine values to setup question from the customer OS environment. You can also, pass all default parameters and values in a single command like this:

    $ ./rda.pl -Sy -e DB.DB.B_SYSDBA=1,DB.DB.T_USER=/ OS INST DB

23. How can I reduce the size or amount of RDA output files?

    RDA has 2 mechanisms to reduce the size and quantity of trace and log files it collects and packages in the output file. The first is built into the advance setup profiles of the various collection modules, specifically for the (INI, DB, WEBC, IAS, GTW, RAC) modules and can be called using the following command(s):

    $ rda.sh -S -p expert INI DB  or 
    rda.cmd -S -p expert INI DB  or 
    rda.pl -S -p expert INI DB

    The second is using the using "-e" switch when calling RDA (rda.sh, rda.cmd, or rda.pl):

    See modules: DB:[DB_TRACE_AGE, ALERT_TAIL], INI:[RDA_TAIL], GTW:[GATEWAY_TAIL], IAS:[DCM_TAIL], WEBC:[WEBCACHE_TAIL], RAC:[CLUSTER_TAIL]

    ./rda.sh -e DB_TRACE_AGE=5, ALERT_TAIL=1000  or 
    ./rda.cmd -e DB_TRACE_AGE=5, ALERT_TAIL=1000

24. Can RDA be scheduled to run automatically via CRON or AT?

    Yes. You need to check with your OS documentation regarding running scheduling applications like CRON and AT. Please note you may need purge RDA log files in the directory and encode passwords in your output.cfg when required.

25. How do I stop RDA from collecting everything?

    RDA has been designed to reduce the number of setup questions and also can be called to only collect certain modules. RDA will call any dependent modules first; for instance OS module will always call the INI module. The list of available diagnostic modules is located here Module Man Pages or can be listed by executing (rda.pl -L):

    $./rda.sh -vCRP OS PERF DBA LOG BR RAC  or 
    C:\>rda.cmd -vCRP OS PERF DBA LOG BR RAC  or 
    $./rda.pl -S -p advanced OS  or 
    $ ./rda.pl -S -p advanced INI DB RAC

26. How do I verify the RDA package that I installed is not corrupted?

    RDA has an internal file verification system to handle most types of file corruptions, as long as ./rda.pl, rda.sh, or rda.cmd can be called or not corrupt themselves: It can be run using the following command.

    $ ./rda.sh -vc  or 
    C:\>rda.cmd -vc or 
    $ ./rda.pl -vc

27. Why is RDA taking a long time to run the setup process?

    Command execution can be slow to start when there are difficulties to detect the TCP/IP domain of the server that RDA is running on. The setup process can takes several minutes in some circumstances. The RDA_DOMAIN environment variable can avoid that.

    On UNIX:

    $RDA_DOMAIN=oracle.com 
    ./rda.sh -S  or

    $RDA_DOMAIN=oracle.com
    $export RDA_DOMAIN
    $./rda.sh -S

     

    On Windows:

    C:\set\RDA_DOMAIN=oracle.com
    C:\rda.cmd -S

28. Why is RDA repeating the same title message several times during setup?

    Sometimes a situation will occur where a user will notice a message like " S000INI: Initializes the Data Collection" being repeated over and over and without additional new messages.

    If you see such strange behavior during setup process, than your current Perl installation contains Perl modules (.pm) that have been corrupted, please either install a newer Perl installation or use the RDA binary version.

29. When I run RDA it creates a "core dump" or segmentation violation, what now?

    There could be several things that could cause an OS "core dump"(you local Perl installation is core dumping, the OS libraries/modules is not correctly configured, or JAVA is crashing.

    1. Run a few simple tests to verify that Perl is working:
       ./rda.pl -h (does this work?)
       ./rda.pl -c (does this work?)
       ./rda.pl -V (does this work?)
    2. If any of the above steps cause a hang or core dump, than your current Perl installation contains Perl modules (.pm) that have been corrupted, please either install a newer Perl installation or use the RDA binary version
    3. Test where the failure is occurring during data collection.
       rda.sh -vt90 or 
       rda.cmd -vt90 (This command will run a debug and trace of all the commands executed, and will let you see when it core dumps)
    4. Provide the output of the above command to Oracle Support for Review.

    Note: rda.pl can be substituted by rda.sh on UNIX and rda.cmd on Windows.

30. When I run RDA there is not .zip file in my [RDA_OUTPUT] directory, what now?

    The final output directory may not contain an archive file (.zip, .tar, tar.gz, or tar.Z ) due to problems finding a compression program in your OS environment PATH. If the archive is missing, please archive all the files in the manually using a compression program like zip or Tar and send that to Oracle Support. You can use a packaging/archive utility program likehttp://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html to perform this task.>

31. How do I upgrade my RDA installation from the prior release? For RDA 4.x to RDA 4.x upgrades:

    The most simplest and reliable way to upgrade your RDA installation is delete or move your old installation to a new location. Then install the new release into the location you had the prior release installed. If you want to reuse you old setup.cfg file, you can place the older version into the new directory and it will try to upgrade your setup.cfg to the new features.

    A second approach is to install the latest RDA into another directory, then if needed copy the old setup.cfg file to the new RDA directory. When the new RDA is run for the first time, it will try  to upgrade your setup.cfg to the new features.

    For RDA 4.x to RDA 8.x upgrades:

    Upgrade your RDA installation by deleting the current RDA location or creating a new location for RDA 8.x. There is no migration patch for RDA 4.x setup to RDA 8.x setup. RDA 8 does not create or use the old 4.x setup.cfg file.

    For RDA 8.x to RDA 8.x upgrades:

    The most simplest and reliable way to upgrade your RDA installation is delete or move your old RDA 8.x installation to a new location. Then install the new release into the location you had the prior release installed. If you want to reuse you old output.cfg file, you can place the older version into the new directory and it will try to upgrade your output.cfg to the new features.

    A second approach is to install the latest RDA into another directory, then if needed copy the old output.cfg file to the new RDA directory. When the new RDA is run for the first time, it will try  to upgrade your output.cfg to the new features.

32. When I run the binary version of RDA it asks for newer libraries, what now?

    The binary or compiled build of RDA were designed to have fewest library dependencies as possible. However, certain required libraries like libpthread maybe required. Additional binary versions of RDA has been build using older OS library versions for customer who have problems with our Primary binary version of RDA. Use the following secondary builds of RDA ONLY IF you have problems with primary RDA binary builds.

    Knowledge Article 335791.1 - Secondary Binary RDA version

33. Why is RDA reporting incorrect timestamp's of directory and file listing?

    If you noticed that notice the times listed under the Listing of Files from Oracle 
    Log/Trace Directories are off by 5 or 7 hours, it is because RDA reports all times in GMT instead of local time zone. Also you will notice there are 2 dates in the directory listing, it because they represent:

    ctime inode change time in seconds since the epoch
    mtime last modify time in seconds since the epoch

34. Can I connect to a remote database using RDA?

    RDA is no longer dependent on 'sqlplus' for its database collection.

    At setup time select "N" to the question "Is a local connection required (Y/N)?" 
    Follow prompts. 
    or

    You can use command line -A" option to connect with JDBC to a remote database. 
    Example: JDBC connect information - @jdbc@ 
    Usage: Review the "-A" command line option for password a use and password to the RDA rule definition setup file. 
    Simple case on Unix calling a database collection. 
    > rda/rda.sh -Snvp DB_Assessment 
    > rda/rda.sh  -A @jdbc@ 
    When prompt give password for user. 
    > rda/rda.sh -v 

    If you need to use sqlplus:
    user AS SYSDBA
    user@db
    user@db AS SYSDBA
    /
    / AS SYSDBA
    /@db
    /@db AS SYSDBA

    No password will be required for all '/' combinations.

    If @db format is specified and the db must be identical to ORACLE_SID environment variable, RDA will assume that the TNS entry needs to be used instead of ORACLE_SID (and ORACLE_SID is removed from the environment).

35. I am having difficulty running RDA 4. What do I do?

    Note: If you have issues with the Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) , please file a Service Request via My Oracle Support by selecting OSS Support Tools from the product list of values on the Create a SR screen (OSS is above Oracle in the product list). Then select the "*Remote Diagnostic  Agent (RDA) Issue*" as the problem type and complete the SR. Please DO NOT let an RDA issue prevent you from progressing on your technical issue that you are running RDA for. Please inform the engineer that owns your technical issue that you are having trouble with RDA and request that he/she give you instructions on collecting necessary data manually to resolve the issue. RDA is designed to speed up the resolution time of technical issues and we do not want it to interfere with resolution. However, it is important that we get the RDA issues resolved so that it can be used to help speed up resolution for future technical issues.

36. How do I provide RDA output to Oracle Support?

    RDA Output can be provided to Oracle Support when creating a Service Request or Updating a Service Request.During Service Request creation, the second step allows you to upload files that may be needed by Oracle Support. We highly recommend that you attached the output file as a single file. Do not bundle with other files such as trace or log files into a single or common archive file (.tar, .zip, .jar, etc.). During a Service Request Update, click on the link "upload to support".You can attach your RDA Output in the new window that opens.Remember to upload your RDA output as a separate file. 

    When a RDA output file is uploaded to a Service Request in My Oracle Support the collection package attached to the SR is identified and the diagnostic information is loaded into a repository. The file is no longer externally accessible as an attachment of the SR. A auto generated message updates the SR that the file was uploaded.

    @ ORACLE EMPLOYEES: 
    
    
    

     

37. There are connection issues when attempting to connect to OID database SID.

    OID SID DB information is required in the "host:port::ServiceName" format, for the prompt "Enter the OID database:". If you do not want RDA to collect information from the database, then enter a dash ('-').

38. Why does RDA not collect database information when getting ORA-28002 or ORA-28011?

    RDA considers all ORA and SP2 errors at connection time are connection problems and stop collecting database information

39. How to disable the parallel collection in RDA 4.18 and later?

    Set the default for NO_PARALLEL to 1 in modules/S000INI.cfg, and specify NO_PARALLEL=1 in all setup files already present.

40. How much space does Explorer require before running?

    Explorer demands that 60Mb is free before starting the collection. RDA requires that by default 100 MiB free space to start (default value of RDA_FREE setting) and since Explorer requires RDA for some of it collections you can say that Explorer needs 100 MiB of free space before starting a collection.

41. What does the warning RDA-00031 mean and how to solve it?

    Executing rda.sh -E RDA-00031 or rda.cmd -E RDA-00031 and review the warning message and how to increase the sql timeout.

42. Why does the RDA install download zip look almost empty?

    At the parent level of the RDA install zip you could see just a README and a directory called ".". If you drill down on the "." directory you will see all of the required RDA files to be installed. Instructions for the download and install of RDA can be found in the RDA "Getting Started" MOS note 314422.1

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快速部署RDA Remote Diagnostic Agent

RDA Remote Diagnostic Agent遠端診斷代理是Oracle Support售後服務使用的標準工具之一，當使用者在Metalink上提交SR(TAR)時可能Oracle GCS(Global Customer Service)支援會需要讓使用者從MOS上下載RDA工具，通過RDA收集豐富的資料庫環境資訊(如包含OS、DB、CRS等)，以便原廠售後直接從RDA report中抓取診斷資訊，避免了因診斷資訊不足 而反覆資訊互動所浪費的時間 ； 此外Oracle的一些ACS高階客戶服務的現場服務過程中也會利用到RDA，例如當使用者要求ACS到現場進行月度或季度巡檢是RDA就是標準的檢查工具。

說了這麼多， 你可能還是不太瞭解RDA。 這不要緊，你可以把RDA看成一套由oracle定義了很多模組的指令碼工具盒， 用它可以收集到診斷過程複雜的Oracle產品問題的各種資訊。  可以從My Oracle Support(metalink)的《Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) 4 – Getting Started [ID 314422.1]》專欄中下載到各個平臺的最新版RDA。

雖然RDA是Oracle Support使用的工具 ， 但是並不是說非原廠售後就看不懂RDA也不能利用到這款工具。  RDA從指令碼、模組到最後生成的報告都是自然可讀的。   譬如Maclean.Liu 我 在診斷較複雜的問題過程中也會用到RDA， 我甚至推薦在資料庫巡檢、健康檢查過程中也使用RDA， 當然是配合其他工具一起使用。

在使用RDA之前我們需要完成配置工作，所謂配置就是選擇我們要使用的RDA module和一些臨時設定，先來認識一下有哪些module:

將下載到的rda zip包解壓

[oracle@vrh8 ~]$ unzip /tmp/p9079828_418_LINUX.zip 

[oracle@vrh8 ~]$ cd rda

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -h
Usage: rda.pl [-bcdflntvwxy] [-ABCDEHIKLMPQRSTV] [-e list] [-m dir]
              [-s name] [-o out] [-p prof] arg ...
        -A      Authentify user through the setup file
        -B      Start background collection
        -C      Collect diagnostic information
        -D      Delete specified modules from the setup
        -E      Explain specified error numbers
        -H      Halt background collection
        -I      Regenerate the index
        -K      Kill background collection
        -L      List the modules available
        -M      Display the related manual pages
        -O      Render output specifications from STDIN
        -P      Package the reports (tar or zip)
        -Q      Display the related setup questions
        -R      Generate specified reports
        -S      Setup specified modules
        -T      Execute test modules
        -V      Display component version numbers
        -b      Don't backup setup file before saving
        -c      Check the RDA installation and exit
        -d      Set debug mode
        -e list Specify a list of alternate setting definitions (var=val,...)
        -f      Set force mode
        -h      Display the command usage and exit
        -l      Use a lock file to prevent concurrent usage of a setup file
        -m dir  Specify the module directory ('modules' by default)
        -n      Start a new data collection
        -o out  Specify the file for background collection output redirection
        -p prof Specify the setup profile ('Default' by default)
        -q      Set quiet mode
        -s name Specify the setup name ('setup' by default)
        -t      Set trace mode
        -v      Set verbose mode
        -w      Wait as long as the background collection daemon is active
        -x      Produce module cross reference
        -y      Accept all defaults and skip all pauses

列出所有可用module

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -L Module

Available data collection modules are:
  ACFS     Collects ASM Cluster File System Information
  ACT      Collects Oracle E-Business Suite Application Information
  ADBA     Collects ACS Oracle Database Assessment
  ADX      Collects AutoConfig and Rapid Clone Information
  AGT      Collects Enterprise Manager Agent Information
  APEX     Collects APEX Information
  ASAP     Collects Oracle Communications ASAP Information
  ASBR     Collects Application Server Backup and Recovery Information
  ASG      Collects Application Server Guard Information
  ASIT     Collects Oracle Application Server Installation Information
  ASM      Collects Automatic Storage Management Information
  B2B      Collects Oracle Business to Business Information
  BAM      Collects Business Activity Monitoring Information
  BEE      Collects Beehive Information
  BI       Collects Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Info.
  BPEL     Collects Oracle BPEL Process Manager Information
  BR       Collects Database Backup and Recovery Information
  BRM      Collects Oracle Communications BRM Information
  CCR      Collects OCM Diagnostic Information
  CFG      Collects Key Configuration Information
  COHR     Collects Oracle Coherence Information
  CONT     Collects Oracle Content Services Information
  CRID     Collects Oracle Access Manager (COREid) Information
  D2PC     Collects Distributed Transaction Information
  DB       Controls RDBMS Data Collection
  DBA      Collects RDBMS Information
  DBC      Collects Database Control Information
  DBM      Collects RDBMS Memory Information
  DEV      Collects Oracle Developer Information
  DG       Collects Data Guard Information
  DNFS     Collects Direct NFS Information
  DSCS     Collects Discussions Information
  DSCV     Collects Oracle Discoverer Information
  ECM      Controls Oracle Enterprise Content Management 11g Data Collection
  EM       Collects Enterprise Manager OMS and Repository Info (Obsolete)
  END      Finalizes the Data Collection
  EPMA     Collects Enterprise Performance Management Architect Information
  ESB      Collects Enterprise Service Bus Information
  ESS      Collects Oracle Essbase Information
  ESSO     Collects Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Information
  EXA      Collects Exadata Information
  FLTR     Controls Report Content Filtering
  GRDN     Collects Oracle Guardian Information
  GRID     Controls Grid Control Data Collection
  GTW      Collects Transparent/Procedural Gateway Information
  HFM      Collects Oracle Hyperion Financial Management information
  HPL      Collects Oracle Hyperion Planning Information
  IA       Collects Intelligent Agent Information
  IAS      Collects Web Server Information
  IFS      Collects iFS (iFS, CMSDK, Files) Information
  INI      Initializes the Data Collection
  INST     Collects the Oracle Installation Information
  IPSA     Collects Oracle Communications IP Service Activator Information
  J2EE     Collects J2EE/OC4J Information
  JDBC     Collects Oracle Java DB Connectivity (JDBC) Information
  JDEV     Collects Oracle JDeveloper Information
  JIVE     Collects Jive Information
  LANG     Collects Oracle Language Information
  LOAD     Produces the External Collection Reports
  LOG      Collects Database Trace and Log Files
  MAIL     Collects Oracle Collaboration Suite Mail Information
  MSLG     Collects Microsoft Languages Information
  ND       Collects Oracle Communications Network Discovery Information
  NET      Collects Network Information
  NM       Collects Oracle Communications Network Mediation Information
  NPRF     Samples Performance Information (root not required)
  OCAL     Collects Oracle Calendar Information
  OCFS     Collects Oracle Cluster File System Information
  OCM      Setting up Configuration Manager Interface
  OCS      Controls Oracle Collaboration Suite Data Collection
  ODI      Collects Oracle Data Integrator Information
  ODM      Collects Oracle Data Mining Information
  OES      Collects Oracle Express Server Information
  OID      Collects Oracle Internet Directory Information
  OIM      Collects Oracle Identity Manager Information
  OLAP     Collects OLAP Information
  OMM      Collects Oracle Multimedia or Oracle interMedia Information
  OMS      Collects Oracle Management Server Information (obsolete)
  ONET     Collects Oracle Net Information
  OS       Collects the Operating System Information
  OVD      Collects Oracle Virtual Directory Information
  OVMM     Collects Oracle VM Manager Information
  OVMS     Collects Oracle VM Server Information
  OWB      Collects Oracle Warehouse Builder Information
  OWSM     Collects Oracle Web Services Manager Information
  PDA      Collects Oracle Portal Information
  PDBA     Collects PeopleSoft Information from an Oracle Database
  PERF     Collects Performance Information
  PLNC     Collects Oracle PL/SQL Native Compilation Information
  PROF     Collects the User Profile
  PS       Collects Oracle Communications Policy Services Information
  PWEB     Collects PeopleSoft Information from Web Application Server
  RAC      Collects Cluster Information
  RACD     Performs a Database Hang Analysis
  RDSP     Produces the Remote Data Collection Reports
  RET      Collects Oracle Retail Information
  REXE     Performs the Remote Data Collections
  RPRF     Samples Performance Information (root privileges required)
  RSRC     Collects Database Resource Manager Information
  RTC      Collects Real Time Communication Information
  SEBL     Collects Siebel Information
  SES      Collects Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Information
  SMPL     Controls Sampling
  SOA      Collects Oracle SOA Suite Information
  SP       Collects SQL*Plus/iSQL*Plus Information
  SSO      Collects Single Sign-On Information
  STC      Collects Streams Configuration Information
  STM      Collects Streams Monitoring Information
  TOPL     Collects Oracle TopLink Information
  TTEN     Collects Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database Information
  UCM      Collects Oracle Universal Content Management Information
  UOA      Collects Oracle Universal Online Archive 11g Information
  WAC      Collects Web Access Client Information
  WCI      Collects Oracle WebCenter Information
  WEBC     Collects Oracle Web Cache Information
  WKSP     Collects Workspaces Information
  WLS      Collects Oracle WebLogic Server Information
  WMC      Collects Webmail Client Information
  WRLS     Collects Wireless Information
  XDB      Collects XDB Information
  XSMP     Samples User Defined Data
  XTRA     Collects User Defined Data

如以上列表中RAC模組用來Collects Cluster Information收集叢集資訊， 而RACD模組則負責收集RAC資料庫掛起的相關資訊Performs a Database Hang Analysis。

我們在配置RDA的時可以直接執行./rda.sh， 指令碼會提示我們需要選擇啟用哪些Module，但是因為Module過多，整個配置過程就會浪費很多時間。

為了避免每配置一套新環境都要大費周章確認那麼多模組， 所以在RDA中定義了很多典型場景使用的profile， 這些profile已經配好了固定的一些Module ， 下面我們來看一下RDA profile:

列出所有目前可用的profile

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -L profiles
Available profiles are:
  9iAS               Oracle Application Server 9i problems
  AS10g              Oracle Application Server 10g problems
  AS10g_Identity     Oracle Identity Management 10g problems
  AS10g_MidTier      Oracle Application Server 10g Middle Tier problems
  AS10g_Repository   Oracle Application Server 10g metadata repository problems
  AS10g_WebTier      Oracle Application Server 10g WebTier problems
  AS_BackupRecovery  Oracle Application Server backup/recovery problems
  Act                Oracle Application Overview
  AppsCheck          Equivalent to AppsCheck
  AsmFileSystem      Oracle ASM Cluster File System problems
  Bam                Business Activity Monitoring problems
  Beehive            Oracle Beehive problems
  DB10g              Oracle Database 10g problems
  DB11g              Oracle Database 11g problems
  DB8i               Oracle Database 8i problems
  DB9i               Oracle Database 9i problems
  DB_Assessment      Oracle Database assessment collections
  DB_BackupRecovery  Oracle Database backup and recovery problems
  DB_Perf            Oracle Database performance problems
  DataGuard          Data Guard problems
  DirectNFS          Direct NFS problems
  Discoverer10g      Oracle Discoverer 10g problems
  Discoverer11g      Oracle Discoverer 11g problems
  EnterpriseSearch   Oracle Secure Enterprise Search problems
  Essbase            Oracle Essbase problems
  FM11g_Bi           Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g problems
  FM11g_Ecm          Oracle Enterprise Content Management 11g problems
  FM11g_Forms        Oracle Forms 11g problems
  FM11g_Identity     Oracle Identity Management 11g problems
  FM11g_Odi          Oracle Data Integrator Standalone 11g problems
  FM11g_Portal       Oracle Portal 11g problems
  FM11g_Reports      Oracle Reports 11g problems
  FM11g_Soa          Oracle SOA Suite 11g problems
  FM11g_WebTier      Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Web Tier problems
  FM11g_WlsBi        Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g with WLS
  FM11g_WlsForms     Oracle Forms 11g with WLS problems
  FM11g_WlsIdentity  Oracle Identity Management 11g with WLS problems
  FM11g_WlsOdi       Oracle Data Integrator Suite 11g with WLS problems
  FM11g_WlsPortal    Oracle Portal 11g with WLS problems
  FM11g_WlsReports   Oracle Reports 11g with WLS problems
  FM11g_WlsWebTier   Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Web Tier with WLS problems
  FinManagement      Oracle Hyperion Financial Management problems
  GridControl        Grid Control problems
  InterMedia         Oracle interMedia problems
  Linux              Linux problems
  LinuxPerf          Linux performance problems
  Maa_Assessment     Maximum Availability Architecture assessment collections
  Multimedia         Oracle Multimedia problems
  OSMonitor          Operating System performance sampling
  OVMManager         Oracle VM Manager problems
  Pda10g             Portal 10g problems
  Pda11g             Portal 11g problems
  Pda9i              Portal 9i problems
  PeopleSoft_DB      PeopleSoft Oracle Database tier assessment collections
  PeopleSoft_Web     PeopleSoft Web application server assessment collections
  Rac                Real Application Cluster problems
  Rac_AdvancedAsm    Cluster with ASM problems (ASM advanced mode)
  Rac_Asm            Cluster with ASM problems
  Rac_Assessment     Real Application Cluster assessment collections
  Rac_Perf           Cluster performance problems
  Retail             Oracle Retail problems
  Security           Filter sensitive information from the reports
  SupportInformer70  Oracle Communication BRM 7.0 problems
  SupportInformer72  Oracle Communication BRM 7.2 problems
  SupportInformer73  Oracle Communication BRM 7.3 problems
  SupportInformer74  Oracle Communication BRM 7.4 problems
  TimesTen           Oracle TimesTen problems
  TopLink10g         Oracle TopLink 10g problems
  WebCenter10g       Oracle WebCenter 10g problems
  WebCenter11g       Oracle WebCenter 11g problems
  WebCenterCont10g   Oracle WebCenter 10g with Oracle Content Services problems
  WebLogicServer     Oracle WebLogic Server problems

上例列出了該版本RDA預設就有的Profile ， 如DB11g這個profile是用來收集11g Database資料庫的診斷資訊的， 而DB10g 是收集10g Database診斷資訊的， DB_Perf是收集資料庫效能診斷資訊的。

可以具體瞭解 這些profile 預設了哪些Module:

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -M -p DB11g
NAME
    Profile DB11g - Oracle Database 11g problems

MODULES
    The DB11g profile uses the following modules:
      OS        Collects the Operating System Information
      PROF      Collects the User Profile
      PERF      Collects Performance Information
      NET       Collects Network Information
      ONET      Collects Oracle Net Information
      INST      Collects the Oracle Installation Information
      DB        Controls RDBMS Data Collection
      DBA       Collects RDBMS Information
      DBM       Collects RDBMS Memory Information
      LOG       Collects Database Trace and Log Files
      DNFS      Collects Direct NFS Information
      SP        Collects SQL*Plus/iSQL*Plus Information
      GRID      Controls Grid Control Data Collection
      AGT       Collects Enterprise Manager Agent Information
      DBC       Collects Database Control Information

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -M -p DB10g
NAME
    Profile DB10g - Oracle Database 10g problems

MODULES
    The DB10g profile uses the following modules:
      OS        Collects the Operating System Information
      PROF      Collects the User Profile
      PERF      Collects Performance Information
      NET       Collects Network Information
      ONET      Collects Oracle Net Information
      INST      Collects the Oracle Installation Information
      DB        Controls RDBMS Data Collection
      DBA       Collects RDBMS Information
      DBM       Collects RDBMS Memory Information
      LOG       Collects Database Trace and Log Files
      SP        Collects SQL*Plus/iSQL*Plus Information
      GRID      Controls Grid Control Data Collection
      AGT       Collects Enterprise Manager Agent Information
      DBC       Collects Database Control Information

除了module之外profile可能還定義了一些臨時變數如force_onet_tests 是否強制做oracle net網路測試等， 可以用-f( Set force mode)選項來列出這些temporary settings：

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -fM -p DB10g
NAME
    Profile DB10g - Oracle Database 10g problems

MODULES
    The DB10g profile uses the following modules:
      OS        Collects the Operating System Information
      PROF      Collects the User Profile
      PERF      Collects Performance Information
      NET       Collects Network Information
      ONET      Collects Oracle Net Information
      INST      Collects the Oracle Installation Information
      DB        Controls RDBMS Data Collection
      DBA       Collects RDBMS Information
      DBM       Collects RDBMS Memory Information
      LOG       Collects Database Trace and Log Files
      SP        Collects SQL*Plus/iSQL*Plus Information
      GRID      Controls Grid Control Data Collection
      AGT       Collects Enterprise Manager Agent Information
      DBC       Collects Database Control Information

SETTINGS
    The DB10g profile sets the following temporary settings:
      force_db_tests=1
      force_dba_tests=1
      force_dbm_tests=1
      force_log_tests=1
      force_onet_tests=1

也可以列出全部預定義的profile的Module資訊:

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -xv profiles
Treating profiles ...
Profile Cross Reference

Defined Profiles:
  9iAS               S100OS, S105PROF, S110PERF, S120NET, S130INST, S300IAS,
                     S305ASBR, S306ASG, S310J2EE, S330SSO, S340OID, S350WEBC
  AS10g              S100OS, S105PROF, S110PERF, S120NET, S130INST, S300IAS,
                     S305ASBR, S306ASG, S310J2EE, S330SSO, S340OID, S350WEBC
  AS10g_Identity     S100OS, S105PROF, S110PERF, S120NET, S130INST, S300IAS,
                     S305ASBR, S306ASG, S310J2EE, S330SSO, S340OID, S342OVD
  AS10g_MidTier      S100OS, S105PROF, S110PERF, S120NET, S130INST, S249WRLS,
                     S290DEV, S300IAS, S310J2EE, S325PDA, S350WEBC, S390DSCV
  AS10g_Repository   S100OS, S105PROF, S110PERF, S120NET, S130INST, S300IAS,
                     S305ASBR, S306ASG, S310J2EE
  AS10g_WebTier      S100OS, S105PROF, S110PERF, S120NET, S130INST, S300IAS,
                     S310J2EE, S350WEBC, S410GRID
  AS_BackupRecovery  S100OS, S300IAS, S305ASBR
  Act                S100OS, S105PROF, S110PERF, S130INST, S500ACT
  AppsCheck          S100OS, S105PROF, S110PERF, S130INST, S500ACT
  AsmFileSystem      S100OS, S105PROF, S120NET, S122ONET, S130INST, S402ASM,
                     S403ACFS
  Bam                S100OS, S105PROF, S110PERF, S120NET, S374BAM
..........

使用-Q 選項可以更詳細地列出profile相關的問題：

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -Q -p DB11g

NAME
    S120NET - Collects Network Information

SETTING DESCRIPTION
  NETWORK_PING_TESTS
    "Do you want RDA to perform the network ping tests (Y/N)?"

  LOCAL_NODE
    "Enter the name of the node the script is running on (used for ping
    tests)"

  WAN_NODE
    "Enter a remote node connecting to this server (used for ping tests)"

  RDBMS_NODE
    "Enter the node hosting the database instance (used for ping tests)"

  WEB_NODE
    "Enter the node where the Web Server/Forms server is on (used for ping
    tests)"

...............

通過繼承profile的定義可以快速配置RDA，例如我們嘗試使用DB11g這個profile:

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -S -p DB11g

使用profile後RDA問你的問題明顯減少了哦

之後在執行rda.sh就會收集資訊了

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RDA Data Collection Started 06-Feb-2012 01:23:22
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Processing Initialization module ...
Enter the password for 'SYSTEM':
Please re-enter it to confirm:
Processing OCM module ...
Processing PERF module ...
Processing CFG module ...
Processing OS module ..

可能你還是覺得麻煩：”我使用oracle作業系統使用者登入的，為啥每次還要輸密碼呢？直接sysdba不行嗎？” 對於有些內部檢視X$ View的查詢也確實需要sysdba許可權， 我們可以如下設定來使用sysdba身份：

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p DB11g

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RDA Data Collection Started 06-Feb-2012 01:27:37
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Processing Initialization module ...
Processing OCM module ...
Processing PERF module ...
Processing CFG module ...
Processing OS module ...

除了單獨使用某個profile外，我們還可以組合使用多個profile，使用-p profile1-profile2這樣的語法即可，如:

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p DB11g-DataGuard

使用-p profile1-profile2這樣的模式即可

RDA經過配置後會預設將配置資訊寫到其目錄下的setup.cfg檔案中，之後再使用rda.sh收集資訊即會沿用該cfg檔案：

cat setup.cfg

# Oracle Remote Diagnostic Agent - Setup Information
###############################################################################

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Data Collection Overview
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# S000INI=pending
# S010CFG=pending
# S020SMPL=pending
# S090OCM=pending
# S100OS=pending
# S105PROF=pending
# S110PERF=pending
# S120NET=pending
# S122ONET=pending
# S130INST=pending
# S200DB=skip
# S201DBA=pending
# S203DBM=pending
# S204LOG=pending
# S205BR=pending
# S212DNFS=skip
# S213SP=skip
# S400RAC=pending
# S400RACD=skip
# S401OCFS=skip
# S405DG=pending
# S410GRID=skip
# S420AGT=skip
# S430DBC=skip
# S909RDSP=skip
# S919LOAD=pending
# S990FLTR=skip
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# S999END=pending
.................

除了最常見的DB11g 、 DB10g外還有一些很有用的profile可以加速我們對問題的診斷， 在這裡分享一下：

For 11g

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p DB11g

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ALERT_TEXT=1 -p DB11g
--收集alert文字

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ALERT_TEXT=1,DBCONTROL_SERVER_IN_USE=1 -p DB11g
--收集DBcontrol資訊

./rda.sh -vSCRPfy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ALERT_TEXT=1 -p DB11g
--收集診斷資訊並打包

DB10g 

./rda.sh -S -p DB10g

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p DB10g

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,DBCONTROL_SERVER_IN_USE=1 -p DB10g

DB9i

./rda.sh -S -p DB9i

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p DB9i

DB_BackupRecovery 收集備份恢復資訊

./rda.sh -S -p DB_BackupRecovery

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,RMAN_IN_USE=0 -p DB_BackupRecovery
--不使用RMAN備份

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,RMAN_IN_USE=1,RMAN_CATALOG=0 -p DB_BackupRecovery
--使用RMAN但不使用CATALOG恢復目錄

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,RMAN_IN_USE=1,RMAN_CATALOG=1,RMAN_SCHEMA=rman,RMAN_EXPORT_USER=rman@catlogdb -p DB_BackupRecovery

DB_Perf 收集資料庫效能資訊

./rda.sh -S -p DB_Perf

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p DB_Perf

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,PERF_START_TIME=11-Mar-2010_12:00,PERF_END_TIME=11-Mar-2010_13:00 -p DB_Perf
--指定收集效能資訊的時間段 

DataGuard 收集dg 資訊

./rda.sh -S -p DataGuard

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p DataGuard

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ONET_IN_USE=1,ALERT_TEXT=1 -p DataGuard
--同時也收集Oracle Net Services資訊

RAC 收集Real Application Cluster CRS資訊

./rda.sh -S -p Rac

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p Rac

RAC ASM   收集 Rac + Clusterware + Asm 資訊

./rda.sh -S -p Rac_Asm

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ASM_ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 -p Rac_Asm

Rac_AdvancedAsm 收集更詳細的Rac + Clusterware + Asm 資訊

./rda.sh -S -p Rac_AdvancedAsm

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ASM_ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 -p Rac_AdvancedAsm

Rac_Perf  收集RAC資料庫效能資訊

./rda.sh -S -p Rac_Perf

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p Rac_Perf

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,PERF_START_TIME=11-Mar-2010_12:00,PERF_END_TIME=11-Mar-2010_13:00 -p Rac_Perf

DirectNFS 

./rda.sh -S -p DirectNFS

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p DirectNFS

AsmFileSystem

./rda.sh -S -p AsmFileSystem

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p AsmFileSystem

DB_Assessment 

./rda.sh -S -p Rac_Assessment

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p Rac_Assessment

 Rac_Assessment

./rda.sh -S -p Rac_Assessment

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p Rac_Assessment

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ASM_ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 -p Rac_Assessment

 Maa_Assessment

./rda.sh -S -p Maa_Assessment

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/ -p Maa_Assessment

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ASM_ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 -p Maa_Assessment

Exadata_Assessment

./rda.sh -S -p Exadata_Assessment

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ALERT_TEXT=1 -p Exadata_Assessment

 ./rda.sh -vSCRPfy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ALERT_TEXT=1,EXA_COLLECT_CELL=0 -p Exadata_Assessment

 ./rda.sh -vSCRPfy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ALERT_TEXT=1 -p Exadata_Assessment

Maa_Exa_Assessment

./rda.sh -S -p Maa_Exa_Assessment

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ALERT_TEXT=1 -p Maa_Exa_Assessment

./rda.sh -Sy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ALERT_TEXT=1,EXA_COLLECT_CELL=0 -p Maa_Exa_Assessment

./rda.sh -vSCRPfy -e SQL_SYSDBA=1,SQL_LOGIN=/,ALERT_TEXT=1 -p Maa_Exa_Assessment

還可以利用rda對OS做資料庫軟體安裝前的預檢查，如將需要安裝11.2g,則執行 ./rda.sh -T hcve：

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -T hcve
Processing HCVE tests ...
Available Pre-Installation Rule Sets:
1. Oracle Database 10g R1 (10.1.0) Preinstall (Linux-x86)
2. Oracle Database 10g R1 (10.1.0) Preinstall (Linux AMD64)
3. Oracle Database 10g R1 (10.1.0) Preinstall (IA-64 Linux)
4. Oracle Database 10g R2 (10.2.0) Preinstall (Linux AMD64)
5. Oracle Database 10g R2 (10.2.0) Preinstall (IA-64 Linux)
6. Oracle Database 10g R2 (10.2.0) Preinstall (Linux-x86)
7. Oracle Database 11g R1 (11.1.0) Preinstall (Linux AMD64)
8. Oracle Database 11g R1 (11.1.0) Preinstall (Linux-x86)
9. Oracle Database 11g R2 (11.2.0) Preinstall (Linux-x86)
ID     NAME                 RESULT  VALUE
====== ==================== ======= ==========================================
A00010 OS Certified?        PASSED  Adequate
A00050 Enter ORACLE_HOME    RECORD  /s01/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
A00060 ORACLE_HOME Valid?   PASSED  OHexists
A00070 O_H Permissions OK?  PASSED  CorrectPerms
A00080 oraInventory Permiss PASSED  oraInventoryOK
A00090 Got ld,nm,ar,make?   PASSED  ld_nm_ar_make_found
A00100 Umask Set to 022?    PASSED  UmaskOK
A00120 Limit Processes      PASSED  Adequate
A00130 Limit Descriptors    PASSED  Adequate
A00140 LDLIBRARYPATH Unset? PASSED  UnSet
A00180 JAVA_HOME Unset?     PASSED  UnSet
A00190 Enter JDK Home       RECORD
A00200 JDK Version          FAILED  JDK home is missing
A00210 Other O_Hs in PATH?  FAILED  OratabEntryInPath
A00220 Other OUI Up?        PASSED  NoOtherOUI
A00230 /tmp Adequate?       PASSED  TempSpaceOK
A00240 Disk Space OK?       PASSED  DiskSpaceOK
A00250 Swap (in MB)         RECORD  5951
A00260 RAM (in MB)          PASSED  3955
A00270 Swap OK?             PASSED  SwapToRAMOK
A00280 Network              PASSED  Connected
A00290 IP Address           RECORD  192.168.1.191
A00300 Domain Name          RECORD  oracle.com
A00310 DNS Lookup           FAILED  nslookup host.domain
A00320 /etc/hosts Format    FAILED  Missing host.domain
A00330 Kernel Parameters OK PASSED  KernelOK
A00380 Tainted Kernel?      PASSED  NotVerifiable
A00400 ip_local_port_range  PASSED  RangeOK
A00480 EL4 RPMs OK?         SKIPPED NotEL4
A00490 EL5 RPMs OK?         FAILED  [kernel-headers(i386)] not installed ..>
A00530 RHEL4 RPMs OK?       SKIPPED NotRedHat
A00540 RHEL5 RPMs OK?       SKIPPED NotRedHat
A00570 SUSE SLES10 RPMs OK? SKIPPED NotSuSE
A00580 SUSE SLES11 RPMs OK? SKIPPED NotSuSE
Result file: /home/oracle/rda/output/RDA_HCVE_A200DB11R2_lnx_res.htm

上例對OS做了Oracle Database 11g R2 (11.2.0) Preinstall的預安裝檢查 ，並給出了檢查結果。

還可以使用./rda.sh命令對現有的RDA軟體做完整性檢測，保證RDA沒有被修改過:

[oracle@vrh8 rda]$ ./rda.sh -cv
Loading the file list ...
Checking the directory '.' ...
Checking the directory 'RDA' ...
Checking the directory 'RDA/Handle' ...
Checking the directory 'RDA/Library' ...
Checking the directory 'RDA/Library/Remote' ...
Checking the directory 'RDA/Local' ...
Checking the directory 'RDA/Object' ...
Checking the directory 'RDA/Operator' ...
Checking the directory 'RDA/Value' ...
Checking the directory 'hcve' ...
Checking the directory 'modules' ...
No issues found