You can't trace the whole instance, but you can create a login trigger that starts tracing using DBMS_SUPPORT (note: this package is not installed by default; log in as SYS and run $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/dbmssupp.sql, then grant execute on DBMS_SUPPORT either to PUBLIC or one or more individual users first): create or replace trigger trace_all after logon on schema begin DBMS_SUPPORT.START_TRACE(waits=>true,binds=>false); end; / Do this for one or two users, then TKPROF (with WAITS=YES) the trace files and inspect the output. Then disable the trigger. I do this all the time and it works very well. Of course, if the delay occurs before the trigger fires, this won't help you! PB --- "Adams, Matthew (GE Consumer & Industrial)" <MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx> wrote: > This last weekend we upgraded an Oracle Apps=20 > instance from 8.1.7 to 9.2.0.5.0. > > Now sqlplus logins can take as long as 30 seconds=20 > and we're seeing peformance degradation pretty much=20 > across the board. > > It's a sun 6800 with 20 Cpus and 40G of ram. =20 > Machine does not appear to be bottlenecked on hardware > at any point. Don't see any obvious problems anywhere. > > I can't set event 10046 for the whole instance, but I would=20 > very much like to know why logins are taking so long. > > Any suggestions? > > Matt > > ---- > Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams@xxxxxxxxxxx > That's what's cool about working with computers.=20 > They don't argue, they remember everything and they=20 > don't drink all your beer. - Paul Leary, 1991 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------