- TEST PERIOD - How often should the test be executed
- Host – The host for which the test is to be configured
- Port - The port on which the specified host is listening
- User – 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. The name of this user has to be specified here.
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Password – Password of the specified database user
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.
- Confirm password – Confirm the password by retyping it here.
- Process - processName is a string that will be used for display purposes only. processPattern is an expression of the form - expr or expr or expr or expr or *expr1*expr2*... or expr1*expr2, etc. A leading ‘*’ signifies any number of leading characters, while a trailing ‘*’ signifies any number of trailing characters. The pattern(s) used varies from one application to another and must be configured per application. The default value that appears corresponds to the Unix platform. On Windows environment, this parameter does not require manual configuration. The default value taken is “Oracle*.exe”.
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instancewise - By default, this test reports the resource usage of all the Oracle server instances that are currently running. For example, if 3 Oracle instances are currently operational, then the test will report the CPU and memory usage of all the three instances by default. Accordingly, the INSTANCEWISE parameter is set to No by default. On the contrary, if you want this test to report the CPU and memory usage of the monitored Oracle instance only, then set this flag to Yes.
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Typically, while monitoring the ‘Oracle.exe’ process on Windows environments, you might want to set the INSTANCEWISE flag to Yes. However, on Windows 2000 in particular, before switching on the INSTANCEWISE flag, you will have to copy the tlist.exe file to the {WINDOWS_HOME}\system32 directory. This file will be available in the Windows 2000 CD in the \support\tools\support.cab file.
- useglance - This flag applies only to Oracle database servers operating on HP-UX systems. HP GlancePlus/UX is Hewlett-Packards’s online performance monitoring and diagnostic utility for HP-UX based computers. There are two user interfaces of GlancePlus/UX-Glance is character-based, and gpm is motif-based. Each contains graphical and tabular displays that depict how primary system resources are being utilized. In environments where Glance is run, the eG agent can be configured to integrate with Glance to pull out the process status and resource usage metrics of the configured Oracle processes. By default, this integration is disabled. This is why the useglance flag is set to No by default. You can enable the integration by setting the flag to Yes. If this is done, then the test polls the Glance interface of HP GlancePlus/UX utility to pull out the desired metrics.
- ISPASSIVE – If the value chosen is yes, then the Oracle server under consideration is a passive server in an Oracle cluster. No alerts will be generated if the server is not running. Measures will be reported as “Not applicable’ by the agent if the server is not up.
- SSL- By default, this flag is set to No, as the target Oracle database is not SSL-enabled by default. If the target database is SSL-enabled, then set this flag to Yes.
- SSL Cipher-This parameter is applicable only if the target Oracle database is SSL-enabled, if not, set this parameter to none. A cipher suite is a set of cryptographic algorithms that are used before a client application and server exchange information over an SSL/TLS connection. It consist of sets of instructions on how to secure a network through SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security). In this text box, provide a comma-seperated list of cipher suites that are allowed for SSL/TLS connection to the target database. By default, this parameter is set to none.
- TRUSTSTORE FILE- This parameter is applicable only if the target Oracle database is SSL-enabled, if not, set this parameter to none. TrustStore is used to store certificates from Certified Authorities (CA) that verify and authenticate the certificate presented by the server in an SSL connection. Therefore, the eG agent should have access to the truststore where the certificates are stored to authenticate and connect with the target database and collect metrics. For this, first import the certificates into the following default location <eG_INSTALL_DIR>/lib/security/mytruststore.jks. To know how to import the certificate into the truststore, refer toPre-requisites for monitoring Oracle Cluster. Then, provide the truststore file name in this text box. For example: mytruststore.jks. By default, none is specified against this text box.
- TRUSTSTORE TYPE-This parameter is applicable only if the target Oracle database is SSL-enabled, if not, set this parameter to none.Specify the type of truststore that contains the certificates for server authentication in this text box. For eg.,JKS. By default, this parameter is set to the value none
- TRUSSTORE PASSWORD-This parameter is applicable only if the target Oracle database is SSL-enabled, if not, set this parameter to none. If a Truststore File name is provided, then, in this text box, provide the password that is used to obtain the associated certificate details from the Truststore File. By default, this parameter is set to none.
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