RE: Discrepancy in OS config between EM and sys admins
- From: "Matthew Zito" <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx>, "oracle-l" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:54:12 -0500
Well, we'd need some examples of areas where there were disagreement,
but if, for example, the shared memory settings were wrong, it may be
that the SA has updated the /etc/sysctl.conf file but not run the sysctl
command that causes it to be reread. In that situation, the sa will go:
grep shmmax /etc/sysctl.conf
and say "see, it's right"
while EM says "/sbin/sysctl shmmax" (whatever the actual command is, I
don't remember off the top of my head)
and the system returns the current running value, not what it is set to
be in the file.
Matt
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandra Becker
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:47 PM
To: oracle-l
Subject: Discrepancy in OS config between EM and sys admins
Standby database server: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (s390x)
2.6.16.54 0.2.5 (64-bit)
Production database server: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (s390x)
2.6.16.54 0.2.5 (64-bit)
EM: 10.2.0.5
I'm in the first stages of setting up a standby database. I requested
that my SAs set up the standby server to be identical to the production
server. Several things weren't set up correctly like the oracle user
had no write privileges anywhere, the wrong group designation, copied
the wrong directory for the oracle home, etc. So many things were wrong
that I decided to use EM to compare the two OS installations. EM says
that several parameters are different between the two servers but my SAs
say they are identical. I don't know where the SAs got their
information only that EM is using /sbin/sysctl. Since that is a binary
file, I can't really look at it. What might my SAs be looking at to see
the parameter values? Some are substantially different and I'd like to
get his resolved before moving forward. I'm trying to mitigate any
unpleasant surprises due to differences between the servers.
--
Sandy
Transzap, Inc.
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