Oracle Redo Logs Test
Redo logs are applied during the roll forward phase of the recovery process. These logs hold information about the changes made to the database and whether they were committed. Each change is recorded in a redo record, which has information like the SCN of the change, changed data, commit flag, and information about which data block is changed. The Oracle Redo Logs test monitors key performance metrics pertaining to the redo log buffer in an Oracle server instance.
Note:
This test will not report metrics on an Oracle 12c CDB server.
Target of the test : An Oracle server
Agent deploying the test : An internal agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for every SID monitored
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Measurement | Description | Measurement Unit | Interpretation |
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Redo buffer entries: |
This indicates the number of attempts to allocate space in the redo buffer. A value other then 0 indicates that the redo writer is falling behind. This could be caused by log switches or checkpoints. |
Number |
By adjusting the LOG_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL and LOG_CHECKPOINT_TIMEOUT parameters in the init.ora, you will be able to minimize the number of checkpoints. From Oracle 9i onwards however, the LOG_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL parameter is supported only for ensuring backward compatability with previous versions of Oracle. The recommended equivalent in case of Oracle 9i therefore is FAST_START_MTTR_TARGET. You can also increase the number of LGWR writers. These parameters are new in Oracle 8 and are defined in the init.ora parameters LGWR_IO_SLAVES and ARCH_IO_SLAVES. However, note that both these parameters are obsolete from Oracle 8i onwards. |
Redo log space requests: |
The active log file is full and Oracle is waiting for disk space to be allocated for the redo log entries. Space is created by performing a log switch. |
Number |
Small Log files in relation to the size of the SGA or the commit rate of the work load can cause problems. When the log switch occurs, Oracle must ensure that all committed dirty buffers are written to disk before switching to a new log file. If you have a large SGA full of dirty buffers and small redo log files, a log switch must wait for DBWR to write dirty buffers to disk before continuing. |
Redo entries: |
This statistic increments each time redo entries are copied into the redo log buffer. (ie. The number of attempts to allocate space in the redo) |
Number |
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Log space requests: |
This indicates the percentage of log space requests. |
Percentage |
If the number is greater than 1%, you should increase the size of the Redo Log buffer. I would also check the checkpoint and size of the online redo log file. |
Log space waits: |
This measure indicates the number of times wait has happened to acquire a log buffer. |
Number |
If the Log Buffer space waits exist, consider increasing the size of the redo log. Also I would check the speed of the disk that the Online Redo Log files are in. |
Redo no wait: |
Indicates the percentage of redo entries for which there was space immediately available in the redo log. |
Percent |
A high value is typically desired for this measure. A low value indicates that many redo entries are waiting for space to become available in the redo logs. Frequent, or slow log switches may be contributing to waits for redo log space. If you are switching logs frequently (e.g. more than once every 15 minutes) this may be improved by increasing the size of the online redo logs. If the log switches are not frequent, check the disks the redo logs reside on to see if log switches are taking a long time due to a slow I/O system. If the I/O system is overloaded, either move the redo logs to disks with less activity, place the logs on dedicated disks or faster devices. |