Default Parameters for OraDataFileTest

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the OraDataFileTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed. 

• In order to monitor an Oracle database server, a special database user account has to be created in every Oracle database instance that requires monitoring. A Click here hyperlink is available in the test configuration page, using which a new oracle database user can be created. Alternatively, you can manually create the special database user. When doing so, ensure that this user is vested with the select_catalog_role and create session privileges.

  The sample script we recommend for user creation (in Oracle database server versions before 12c) for eG monitoring is:

  create user oraeg identified by oraeg
  create role oratest;
  grant create session to oratest;
  grant select_catalog_role to oratest;
  grant oratest to oraeg;

  The sample script we recommend for user creation (in Oracle database server 12c) for eG monitoring is:

  alter session set container=<Oracle_service_name>;
  create user <user_name> identified by <user_password> container=current default
  tablespace <name_of_default_tablespace> temporary tablespace <name_of_temporary_tablespace>;
  Grant create, session to <user_name>;
  Grant select_catalog_role to <user_name>;

  The name of this user has to be specified in the USER text box, and the password of this user has to be entered in the PASSWORD text box. This login information is required to query Oracle's internal dynamic views, so as to fetch the current status / health of the various database components.

• This test reports a set of results for each datafile on the target Oracle database server. This means that every datafile is a descriptor of this test. By default, while displaying the descriptors of this test, the eG monitoring console does not prefix the datafile names with the full path to the datafiles. This is why, the INCLUDE PATH flag is set to No by default. If you want the data file names to be prefixed by the full path to the data files, then, set the INCLUDE PATH flag to Yes.

• If the ISPASSIVE parameter is set to YES, then it means that, by default, all Oracle servers being monitored by the eG system are the passive servers of an Oracle cluster. No alerts will be generated if the servers are not running. Measures will be reported as "Not applicable" by the agent if the servers are not up.

• Once the necessary values have been entered, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. e.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.