How to Collect Diagnostics for Database Hanging Issues (文件 ID 452358.1)
In this Document
Goal |
Solution |
What is needed to diagnose "Database Hang" issues? |
A. Dumps and Traces |
Hanganalyze and Systemstate Dumps |
Collecting Hanganalyze and Systemstate Dumps |
Logging in to the system |
Collection commands for Hanganalyze and Systemstate: Non-RAC: |
Collection commands for Hanganalyze and Systemstate: RAC |
Collection commands for Hanganalyze and Systemstate: RAC with fixes for and |
Collection commands for Hanganalyze and Systemstate: RAC without fixes for and |
Explanation of Hanganalyze and Systemstate Levels |
Other Methods |
V$wait_chains |
B. Provide AWR/Statspack snapshots of General database performance |
C. Gather an up to date RDA |
Proactive Methods to gather information on a Hanging System |
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Real-Time ADDM |
Retroactive Information Collection |
Community Discussions |
References |
APPLIES TO:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.0.1.0 and laterOracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 9.0.1.0 and later
Oracle Database - Personal Edition - Version 9.0.1.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
GOAL
When a database appears to be hung, it is useful to collect information from the database in order to determine the root cause of the hang. The root cause of the hang can often be isolated and solved using the diagnostic information gathered. Alternatively, if this is not possible, we can use the information obtained in order to help eliminate future occurences
SOLUTION
WHAT IS NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE "DATABASE HANG" ISSUES?
Database hangs are characterised by a number of processes waiting for some other activities to complete. Typically there is one or more blockers that are stuck or perhaps working hard and not freeing resources quickly enough. In order to diagnose this the following diagnostics are needed:
A. Hanganalyze and Systemstate Dumps
B. AWR/Statspack snapshots of General database performance
C. Up to date RDA
Please refer to the relevant sections below for more details on how to collect these.
If you are running a Multitenant Database then you should determine whether the hang situation that you are encountering is at the container level or with one specific pluggable databases (PDBs). Once this is established then connect to and collect the diagnostics only within the PDB that is experiencing the issue.
If it is unclear where the hang is, then from the diagnostic point of view it is better to collect diagnostics connected to the Root container, so that ALL processes for all PDBs are covered rather than omit useful information. However, if you have a large number of PDBs and only one of them is 'hanging' this could result in the collection of a large amount of unrelated data. With this in mind, please make every effort to identify what is hanging and collect only within that database.
A. Dumps and Traces
Hanganalyze and Systemstate Dumps
Hanganalyze and Systemstate dumps provide information on the processes in the database at a specific point in time. Hanganalyze provides information on all processes involved in the hang chain, whereas systemstate provides information on all processes in the database. When looking at a potential hang situation, you need to determine whether a process is stuck or moving slowly. By collecting these dumps at 2 consecutive intervals this can be established. If a process is stuck, these traces also provide the information to start further diagnosis and possibly help to provide the solution.
- Hanganalyze is a summary and will confirm if the db is really hung or just slow and provides a consistent snapshot.
- Systemstate dump shows what each process on the database is doing
Using SQL*Plus connect as SYSDBA using the following command:
If there are problems making this connection then in 10gR2 and above, the sqlplus "preliminary connection" can be used :
Statement processed.
the tracefile will contain the following output:
ERROR: Can not perform hang analysis dump without a process state object and a session state object.
( process=(nil), sess=(nil) )
For more about connecting with a preliminary connection, see:
Collection commands for Hanganalyze and Systemstate: Non-RAC:
Sometimes, database may actually just be very slow and not actually hanging. It is therefore recommended, where possible to get 2 hanganalyze and 2 systemstate dumps in order to determine whether processes are moving at all or whether they are "frozen".
Hanganalyze
oradebug setmypid
oradebug unlimit
oradebug hanganalyze 3
-- Wait one minute before getting the second hanganalyze
oradebug hanganalyze 3
oradebug tracefile_name
exit
Systemstate
oradebug setmypid
oradebug unlimit
oradebug dump systemstate 266
oradebug dump systemstate 266
oradebug tracefile_name
exit
There are 2 bugs affecting RAC that without the relevant patches being applied on your system, make using level 266 or 267 very costly. Therefore without these fixes in place it highly unadvisable to use these level
For information on these patches see:
Document 11827088.8 Bug 11827088 - Latch 'gc element' contention, LMHB terminates the instance
For 11g:
oradebug setorapname reco
oradebug unlimit
oradebug -g all hanganalyze 3
oradebug -g all hanganalyze 3
oradebug -g all dump systemstate 266
oradebug -g all dump systemstate 266
exit
oradebug setorapname reco
oradebug unlimit
oradebug -g all hanganalyze 3
oradebug -g all hanganalyze 3
oradebug -g all dump systemstate 258
oradebug -g all dump systemstate 258
exit
For 10g, run oradebug setmypid instead of oradebug setorapname reco:
oradebug setmypid
oradebug unlimit
oradebug -g all hanganalyze 3
oradebug -g all hanganalyze 3
oradebug -g all dump systemstate 258
oradebug -g all dump systemstate 258
exit
In RAC environment, a dump will be created for all RAC instances in the DIAG trace file for each instance.
Explanation of Hanganalyze and Systemstate LevelsHanganalyze levels:
- Level 3: In 11g onwards, level 3 also collects a short stack for relevant processes in hang chain
Systemstate levels:
- Level 258 is a fast alternative but we'd lose some lock element data
- Level 267 can be used if additional buffer cache / lock element data is needed with an understanding of the cost
Other Methods
If connection to the system is not possible in any form, then please refer to the following article which describes how to collect systemstates in that situation:
On RAC Systems, hanganalyze, systemstates and some other RAC information can be collected using the 'racdiag.sql' script, see:
V$wait_chains
Starting from 11g release 1, the dia0 background processes starts collecting hanganalyze information and stores this in memory in the "hang analysis cache". It does this every 3 seconds for local hanganalyze information and every 10 seconds for global (RAC) hanganalyze information. This information can provide a quick view of hang chains occurring at the time of a hang being experienced.
For more information see:
B. Provide AWR/Statspack snapshots of General database performance
Hangs are a visible effect of a number of potential causes, this can range from a single process issue to something brought on by a global problem.
Collecting information about the general performance of the database in the build up to, during and after the problem is of primary importance since these snapshots can help to determine the nature of the load on the database at these times and can provide vital diagnostic information. This may prove invaluable in identifying the area of the problem and ultimately resolving the issue.
To do this, please take and upload snapshot reports of database performance (AWR (or statspack) reports) immediately before, during and after the hang..
Please refer to the following article for details of what to collect:
C. Gather an up to date RDA
An up to date current RDA provides a lot of additional information about the configuration of the database and performance metrics and can be examined to spot background issues that may impact performance.
See the following note on My Oracle Support:
PROACTIVE METHODS TO GATHER INFORMATION ON A HANGING SYSTEM
On some systems a hang can occur when the DBA is not available to run diagnostics or at times it may be too late to collect the relevant diagnostics. In these cases, the following methods may be used to gather diagnostics:
-
As an alternative to the manual collection method notes above, it is also possible to use the HANGFG script as described in the following note to collect the information:
Document 362094.1 HANGFG User GuideAdditionally, this script can collect information with lower impact on the target database.
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LTOM
The Lite Onboard Monitor (LTOM) is a java program designed as a real-time diagnostic platform for deployment to a customer site.LTOM proactively provides real-time automatic problem detection and data collection.
For more information see:
Document 352363.1 LTOM - The On-Board Monitor User Guide -
Procwatcher
Procwatcher is a tool that examines and monitors Oracle database and/or clusterware processes at a specific interval
The following notes explain how to use Procwatcher:
Document 459694.1 Procwatcher: Script to Monitor and Examine Oracle DB and Clusterware Processes
Document 1352623.1 How To Troubleshoot Database Contention With Procwatcher -
OSWatcher contains a built in analyzer that allows the data that has been collected to be automatically analyzed, pro-actively looking for cpu, memory, io and network issues. It is recommended that all users install and run OSW since it is invaluable for looking at issues on the OS and has very little overhead. It can also be extremely useful for looking at OS performance degradation that may be seen when a hang situation occurs.
Refer to the following for download, user guide and usage videos on OSWatcher:Document 301137.1 OSWatcher User Guide (Includes: [Video])
ORACLE ENTERPRISE MANAGER 12C REAL-TIME ADDM
Real-Time ADDM is a feature of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c that allows you to analyze database performance automatically when you cannot logon to the database because it is hung or performing very slowly due to a performance issue. It analyzes current performance when database is hanging or running slow and reports sources of severe contention.
For more information see the following video:
RETROACTIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION
Sometimes we may only notice a hang after it has occurred. In this case the following information may help with Root Cause Analysis:
- A series of AWR/Statspack reports leading up to and during the hang
-
ASH reports - one can obtain more granular reports during the time of the hang - even up to
one minute in time. -
Raw ASH information. This can be obtained by issuing an ashdump trac. See:
Document 243132.1 10g and above Active Session History (Ash) And Analysis Of Ash Online And Offline
Document 555303.1 ashdump* scripts and post-load processing of MMNL traces -
Alert log and any traces created at time of hang
On a RAC specifically check the following traces files as well: dia0, lmhb, diag and lmd0 traces - RDA as above
Community Discussions
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