eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by OraRacActSesTest

This test reports the number of sessions currently active on each database in the Oracle RAC, and thus points you to overloaded instances.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Session_count Indicates the number of active sessions on this Oracle instance. Number This measure is a good indicator of the session load on an instance. Comparing the value of this measure across instances will help you identify the overloaded instance and also shed light on load-balancing irregularities.

You can use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to view the details of the active sessions. With the help of these details, you can figure out whether a session has remained open for too long a time due to prolonged wait events.