New Release ORAchk 12.2.0.1.3 & EXAchk 12.2.0.1.3 Now Available
Upgrade to Database 12.2 with confidence
This release includes lots of new checks to help when upgrading the database to 12.2.
These include both pre and post upgrade verification to prevent problems related to:
- OS configuration
- Grid Infrastructure & Database patch prerequisites
- Database configuration
- Cluster configuration
See the ORAchk or EXAchk Health Check Catalog for more details of new checks.
Improve performance of SQL queries
Many new checks focus on known issues in 12c Optimizer as well as SQL Plan Management.
These checks target problems such as:
- Wrong results returned
- High memory & CPU usage
- Errors such as ORA-00600 or ORA-07445
- Issues with cursor usage
- Other general SQL plan management problems
Tailor Collection Manager email notifications & control sample data
Collection Manager email notification can
now be customized based on one or more business units. Existing users
which have notification already configured will receive notification for
all business units by default.
It is now possible to delete or reload the sample data which Collection Manager ships with.
Prevent Clusterware related outages and corruptions
The Oracle Cluster Registry subnet records
can become stale due to configuration changes. This can lead to various
startup problems.
Additionally vulnerability to certain OS bugs can lead to corruption in clustered databases.
This release has checks included to verify network configuration and OS patching.
Guard against Exadata Critical Issues
New checks detect Exadata critical issues.
EXAchk also now verifies readiness to apply
PSU on OJVM (Oracle Java Virtual Machine). In addition various other
Exadata best practice recommendations have been added.
Find more details in the EXAchk Health Check Catalog.
Avoid a SuperCluster critical issue and storage problems
New checks are now available for a critical issue and storage problems affecting SuperCluster.
These detect vulnerability to a Critical
Issue affecting SuperCluster. As well as checks to prevent storage
related problems and verification of readiness to apply PSU on OJVM
(Oracle Java Virtual Machine).