Oracle: Database PowerPack Release Notes, version 105

Version 105 of the "Oracle: Database" PowerPack enhances support for pluggable database (PDB) instances and addresses multiple issues. This version also adds new Dynamic Applications.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 10.2.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 10.2.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Oracle: Database" PowerPack version 105.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

If you have the "SLPS: Oracle DB" PowerPack or "Oracle DB" PowerPack installed, you must remove them from your SL1 system.

You must also remove any pre-existing discovered Oracle Database device trees and all Oracle device classes before initially installing the PowerPack.

NOTE: You do not need to remove Oracle Database device trees and Oracle device classes if you already have the PowerPack installed and are upgrading to the latest version.

NOTE: If you discovered a container database in version 103 or earlier of this PowerPack, you should remove those devices prior to upgrading to version 105. Once you have upgraded to version 105, you can run a new discovery session for those devices.

Installation and Upgrade Process

If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.
  4. Click Browse and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPack Manager page.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications that collect configuration and performance data about Oracle Database instances

  • Device classes for each of the Oracle devices monitored
  • Sample credentials for discovering Oracle instances
  • Event policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when Oracle devices meet certain status criteria
  • A device dashboard for viewing the status of your Oracle database instances

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and issued addressed are included in this release of the PowerPack:

  • Added the following Dynamic Applications (disabled by default):

    • Oracle: DB Long Running Session
    • Oracle: DB Blocking Session

  • Added support for listeners with the same name.

  • Removed "silo_logs" as a dependent library.

  • Added the following example credentials to the PowerPack:

    • "Oracle: DB CDB/PDB SOAP Example"
    • "Oracle: DB NONCDB SOAP Example"
    • "Oracle: DB NONCDB Example"
    • "Oracle: DB RAC/NONCDB Example"
    • "Oracle: DB CDB Example"
    • "Oracle: DB RAC/CDB Example"
    • "Oracle: DB PDB Example"
    • "Oracle: DB Powershell AD Example"

Known Issues

The following known issues affect this release of the PowerPack:

  • The "Oracle: DB Sessions Deviation is unusual" event policy does not have a clearing event. It is intended as an informational notice rather than a problem state.

  • ASM related Dynamic Applications only align to ASM instances. If you have a RAC, CDB, or, PDB that has an ASM feature enabled and has access to the following views, you can manually align ASM instances to the RAC, CDB, or PDB

  • v$asm_diskgroup
  • v$asm_client
  • v$ASM_DISK