Startup time select from / to_char(startup_time, 'HH24:MI DD-MON-YY') "Startup time" v$instance

select , from where /

name detected_usages dba_feature_usage_statistics detected_usages > 0

Show all connected users How large is the database col "Database Size" format a20 col "Free space" format a20 col "Used space" format a20 select round(sum(used.bytes) / 1 024 / 1 024 / 1 024 ) || ' GB' "Database Size" , round(sum(used.bytes) / 1 024 / 1 024 / 1 024 ) round(free.p / 1 024 / 1 024 / 1 024) || ' GB' "Used space" , round(free.p / 1 024 / 1 024 / 1 024) || ' GB' "Free space" from (select bytes from v$datafile union all select bytes from v$tempfile union all select bytes from v$log) used , (select sum(bytes) as p from dba_free_space) free group by free.p / Distribution of objects and data Which schemas are taking up all of the space set pages 999 col "size MB" format 999,999,999 col "Objects" format 999,999,999 select obj.owner "Owner" , obj_cnt "Objects" , decode(seg_size, NULL, 0, seg_size) "size MB" from (select owner, count(*) obj_cnt from dba_objects group by owner) obj , (select owner, ceil(sum(bytes)/1 024/1 024) seg_size from dba_segments group by owner) seg where obj.owner = seg.owner(+) order by 3 desc ,2 desc, 1 / Show the ten largest objects in the database col owner format a1 5 col segment_name format a30 col segment_type format a1 5 col mb format 999,999,999 select owner , segment_name , segment_type , mb from ( select owner , segment_name , segment_type , bytes / 1 024 / 1 024 "MB" from dba_segments order by bytes desc ) where rownum < 11 / Is java installed in the database? This will return 9000'ish if it is... select from where and / count(*) all_objects object_type like '%JAVA%' owner = 'SYS' set lines 1 00 pages 999 col ID format a1 5 select username , sid || ',' || serial# "ID" , status , last_call_et "Last Activity" from v$session where username is not null order by status desc , last_call_et desc / Time since last user activity set lines 1 00 pages 999 select username , floor(last_call_et / 60) "Minutes" , status from v$session where username is not null order by last_call_et / Sessions sorted by logon time set lines 1 00 pages 999 col ID format a1 5 col osuser format a1 5 col login_time format a1 4 select username , osuser , sid || ',' || serial# "ID" , status , to_char(logon_time, 'hh24:mi dd/mm/yy') login_time , last_call_et from v$session where username is not null order by login_time / Show user info including os pid col "SID/SERIAL" format a1 0 col username format a1 5 col osuser format a1 5 col program format a40 select s.sid || ',' || s.serial# "SID/SERIAL" , s.username , s.osuser , p.spid "OS PID" , s.program from v$session s , v$process p Where s.paddr = p.addr order by to_number(p.spid) / Show a users current sql Select sql_text from v$sqlarea where (address, hash_value) in (select sql_address, sql_hash_value from v$session where username like '&username') / Session status associated with the specified os process id select , , , , , s.username s.sid s.serial# p.spid last_call_et status

Display character set information select * from nls_database_parameters / Show all used features

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V$SESSION s V$PROCESS p s.PADDR = p.ADDR p.spid='&pid'

cursors

Administration - Init Parameters Show latent parameter changes Show non-default parameters Reset/Unset a spfile parameter Show latent parameter changes select name , value from v$parameter where ismodified != 'FALSE' / Show non-default parameters set pages 999 lines 1 00 col name format a30 col value format a50 select name , value from v$parameter where isdefault = 'FALSE' and value is not null order by name / or for name='parameter' style... set pages 999 lines 1 00 select name || '=' || decode(type, 2, '''') || value || decode(type, 2, '''') parameter from v$parameter where isdefault = 'FALSE' and value is not null order by name / Reset/Unset a spfile parameter Setting a parameter to =' ' often isn't enough. Do this instead... alter system reset <parameter> scope=spfile sid='*' / The sid='*' bit is always necessary, even in non RAC database. Administration - User User configuration script User clone script List users Lock or unlock a user List users set pages 999 lines 1 00 col username format a20 col status format a8 col tablespace format a20 col temp_ts format a20 select username , account_status status , created , default_tablespace tablespace , temporary_tablespace temp_ts from dba_users order by username / Lock or unlock a user alter user <username> account lock; And to unlock... alter user <username> account unlock;

All active sql set feedback off set serveroutput on size 9999 column username format a20 column sql_text format a55 word_wrapped begin for x in (select username||'('||sid||','||serial#||') ospid = '|| process || ' program = ' || program username, to_char(LOGON_TIME,' Day HH24:MI') logon_time, to_char(sysdate,' Day HH24:MI') current_time, sql_address, sql_hash_value from v$session where status = 'ACTIVE' and rawtohex(sql_address) <> '00' and username is not null ) loop for y in (select sql_text from v$sqlarea where address = x.sql_address ) loop if ( y.sql_text not like '%listener.get_cmd%' and y.sql_text not like '%RAWTOHEX(SQL_ADDRESS)%' ) then dbms_output.put_line( '--------------------' ); dbms_output.put_line( x.username ); dbms_output.put_line( x.logon_time || ' ' || x.current_time || ' SQL#=' || x.sql_hash_value); dbms_output.put_line( substr( y.sql_text, 1 , 250 ) ); end if; end loop; end loop; end; / Display any long operations set lines 1 00 pages 999 col username format a1 5 col message format a40 col remaining format 9999 select username , to_char(start_time, 'hh24:mi:ss dd/mm/yy') started , time_remaining remaining , message from v$session_longops where time_remaining = 0 order by time_remaining desc / List open cursors per user set pages 999 select sess.username , sess.sid , sess.serial# , stat.value cursors from v$sesstat stat , v$statname sn , v$session sess where sess.username is not null and sess.sid = stat.sid and stat.statistic# = sn.statistic# and sn.name = 'opened cursors current' order by value / Or alternatively... set lines 1 00 pages 999 select count(hash_value) cursors , sid , user_name from v$open_cursor group by sid , user_name order by

Administration - User User configuration script User clone script List users Lock or unlock a user List users set pages 999 lines 1 00 col username format a20 col status format a8 col tablespace format a20 col temp_ts format a20 select username , account_status status , created , default_tablespace tablespace , temporary_tablespace temp_ts from dba_users order by username / Lock or unlock a user alter user <username> account lock; And to unlock... alter user <username> account unlock; Administration - Roles Find a role Show what roles are granted to a user Show what system privileges are granted to a role Show what table privileges are granted to a role Find a role select from where / select , , from where / select , from where / select , , , from where / * dba_roles role like '&role'

Drop a disk group Is ASM performing a balancing operation Check the internal consistency of a diskgroup Check if css is running/working crsctl check cssd Display disk-groups set lines 1 00 col name format a1 0 col path format a30 select name , group_number , disk_number , mount_status , state , path from v$asm_disk order by group_number / note. A group number of zero his indicates that a disk is available but hasn't yet been assigned to a disk group. Show disk space usage select name , group_number , disk_number , total_mb , free_mb from v$asm_disk order by group_number / Create a disk group create diskgroup data1 external redundancy disk '/dev/raw/raw1 ' / or with multiple raw partitions... multiple disks create diskgroup data2 external redundancy disk '/dev/raw/raw2' , '/dev/raw/raw3' / or with multiple fail groups... create diskgroup data3 normal redundancy failgroup controller1 disk '/dev/raw/raw4' failgroup controller2 disk '/dev/raw/raw6' / Add a disk to a group alter diskgroup data1 add disk '/dev/raw/raw4' / Wildcards can be used for raw device names (eg. raw*) Drop a disk group drop diskgroup '<name>' / Is ASM performing a balancing operation select * from v$asm_operation / Mount/dismount disk groups alter diskgroup all mount /

Show what roles are granted to a user grantee granted_role admin_option dba_role_privs grantee like upper('&username')

Show what system privileges are granted to a role privilege admin_option role_sys_privs role like '&role'

Show what table privileges are granted to a role owner || '.' || table_name "TABLE" column_name privilege grantable role_tab_privs role like '&role'

Administration - ASM Check if css is running/working Display disk-groups Show disk space usage Create a disk group Add a disk to a group

alter diskgroup data1 mount / alter diskgroup all dismount / alter diskgroup data1 dismount / Check the internal consistency of a diskgroup alter diskgroup data1 check all / Administration - RAC 1 0gR2 Start, stop and check CRS (Cluster Ready Services) Start/stop nodeapps Start/stop asm Start/stop a database (all nodes) Start/stop an individual instance Check the VIP config Change the VIP address, subnetmask or interface Locate the voting disk Retrive OCR (Oracle Cluster Registry) information To prevent a database starting at boot time Change the private interconnect subnet Start, stop and check CRS (Cluster Ready Services) Note. Start/stop need to be run as root from the CRS home. Start CRS crsctl start crs Stop CRS crsctl stop crs Check CRS's status crsctl check crs See the status of the various services crs_stat -t Start/stop nodeapps srvctl start nodeapps -n <node name> srvctl stop nodeapps -n <node name> Start/stop asm srvctl start asm -n <node name> srvctl stop asm -n <node name> Start/stop a database (all nodes) srvctl start database -d <database name> srvctl stop database -d <database name> Start/stop an individual instance srvctl start instance -d <database name> -i <instance name> srvctl stop instance -d <database name> -i <instance name> Check the VIP config srvctl config nodeapps -n <node> -a -g -s -l

Change the VIP address, subnetmask or interface srvctl stop nodeapps -n <node1 > srvctl stop nodeapps -n <node2> srvctl modify nodeapps -n <node1 > -A <ip_address>/<net mask>/<interface> srvctl modify nodeapps -n <node2> -A <ip_address>/<net mask>/<interface> srvctl start nodeapps -n <node1 > srvctl start nodeapps -n <node2> Locate the voting disk crsctl query css votedisk Retrive OCR (Oracle Cluster Registry) information ocrcheck To prevent a database starting at boot time srvctl disable database -d <database name> Change the private interconnect subnet First find the interface which is in use as the interconnect - run as root from the crs home: oifcfg getif Make a note of the interface name (eth1 in the following example), then run the following: oifcfg delif -global eth1 oifcfg setif -global eth1 /<your new subnet>:cluster_interconnect Administration - Job Scheduler List scheduled jobs Submit a job Remove a job Reset a broken job Add a program to the 1 0g scheduler (os program) Add a program to the 1 0g scheduler (stored procedure) Schedule a 1 0g job List scheduled jobs set lines 1 00 pages 999 col schema_user format a1 5 col fails format 999 select job , schema_user , to_char(last_date, 'hh24:mi dd/mm/yy') last_run , to_char(next_date, 'hh24:mi dd/mm/yy') next_run , failures fails , broken , substr(what, 1 , 1 5) what from dba_jobs order by 4 / Submit a job dbms_job.submit('<code>', <start time>, <repeat time>, TRUE); For example: declare job_id number; begin dbms_job.submit( job_id , 'andy.daily_data_clense' , trunc(sysdate+1 )+22/24 , 'sysdate+1 ' , true); end; / This will run a stored procedure called 'daily_data_clense' each day at 1 0pm. Remove a job You need to be connected as the user who owns the job

exec dbms_job.remove(<job number>); Reset a broken job You need to be connected as the user who owns the job exec dbms_job.broken(<job number>, FALSE); Add a program to the 1 0g scheduler (os program) begin dbms_scheduler.create_program( program_name=>'ANDY.job_test', program_action=>'/home/oracle/andyb/job_test.sh', program_type=>'EXECUTABLE', comments=>'test job', enabled=>TRUE); end; / Add a program to the 1 0g scheduler (stored procedure) begin dbms_scheduler.create_program( program_name=>'ANDY.job_test', program_action=>'andy.job_test', program_type=>'STORED_PROCEDURE', comments=>'test program', enabled=>TRUE); end; / Schedule a 1 0g job begin dbms_sheduler.create_job( job_name=>'andy.andy_job_test', program_name=>'andy.job_test', start_date=> ) Administration - Advanced Queues Display all queues and queue tables Check various stats for all queues Display all queues and queue tables set lines 1 00 pages 999 col owner format a1 5 select owner , name , queue_table from dba_queues / Check various stats for all queues set lines 1 00 pages 999 col queue format a50 select owner || '.' || name queue , waiting , ready , expired from dba_queues dq , v$aq aq where dq.qid = aq.qid order by 2, 3, 4, 1 / Administration - Recycle bin Display the contents of the recycle bin Empty the recycle bin Drop an object with out putting it in the recycle bin Display the contents of the recycle bin show recyclebin Empty the recycle bin

purge recyclebin Drop an object with out putting it in the recycle bin drop <object_type> <object_name> purge; Structure - Tablespace Tablespace usage Show the files that comprise a tablespace Tablespaces that are >=80% full, and how much to add to make them 80% again User quotas on all tablespaces List all objects in a tablespace Show all tablespaces used by a user Create a temporary tablespace Alter a databases default temporary tablespace Show segments that are approaching max_extents List the contents of the temporary tablespace(s) Tablespace usage set pages 999 col tablespace_name format a40 col "size MB" format 999,999,999 col "free MB" format 99,999,999 col "% Used" format 999 select tsu.tablespace_name, ceil(tsu.used_mb) "size MB" , decode(ceil(tsf.free_mb), NULL,0,ceil(tsf.free_mb)) "free MB" , decode(1 00 - ceil(tsf.free_mb/tsu.used_mb*1 00), NULL, 1 00, 1 00 - ceil(tsf.free_mb/tsu.used_mb*1 00)) "% used" from (select tablespace_name, sum(bytes)/1 024/1 024 used_mb from dba_data_files group by tablespace_name union all select tablespace_name || ' **TEMP**' , sum(bytes)/1 024/1 024 used_mb from dba_temp_files group by tablespace_name) tsu , (select tablespace_name, sum(bytes)/1 024/1 024 free_mb from dba_free_space group by tablespace_name) tsf where tsu.tablespace_name = tsf.tablespace_name (+) order by 4 / Show the files that comprise a tablespace set lines 1 00 col file_name format a70 select file_name , ceil(bytes / 1 024 / 1 024) "size MB" from dba_data_files where tablespace_name like '&TSNAME' / Tablespaces that are >=80% full, and how much to add to make them 80% again set pages 999 lines 1 00 col "Tablespace" for a50 col "Size MB" for 999999999 col "%Used" for 999 col "Add (80%)" for 999999 select tsu.tablespace_name "Tablespace" , ceil(tsu.used_mb) "Size MB" , 1 00 - floor(tsf.free_mb/tsu.used_mb*1 00) "%Used" , ceil((tsu.used_mb - tsf.free_mb) / .8) - tsu.used_mb "Add (80%)" from (select tablespace_name, sum(bytes)/1 024/1 024 used_mb from dba_data_files group by tablespace_name) tsu , (select ts.tablespace_name , nvl(sum(bytes)/1 024/1 024, 0) free_mb from dba_tablespaces ts, dba_free_space fs where ts.tablespace_name = fs.tablespace_name (+) group by ts.tablespace_name) tsf where tsu.tablespace_name = tsf.tablespace_name (+) and 1 00 - floor(tsf.free_mb/tsu.used_mb*1 00) >= 80 order by 3,4 / Thanks to Daniel Ackermann who made me aware of a bug in this query. User quotas on all tablespaces col quota format a1 0 select username

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tablespace_name decode(max_bytes, -1 , 'unlimited' , ceil(max_bytes / 1 024 / 1 024) || 'M' ) "QUOTA" from dba_ts_quotas where tablespace_name not in ('TEMP') / List all objects in a tablespace set pages 999 col owner format a1 5 col segment_name format a40 col segment_type format a20 select owner , segment_name , segment_type from dba_segments where lower(tablespace_name) like lower('%&tablespace%') order by owner, segment_name / Show all tablespaces used by a user select tablespace_name , ceil(sum(bytes) / 1 024 / 1 024) "MB" from dba_extents where owner like '&user_id' group by tablespace_name order by tablespace_name / Create a temporary tablespace create temporary tablespace temp tempfile '<file_name>' size 500M / Alter a databases default temporary tablespace alter database default temporary tablespace temp / Show segments that are approaching max_extents col segment_name format a40 select owner , segment_type , segment_name , max_extents - extents as "spare" , max_extents from dba_segments where owner not in ('SYS','SYSTEM') and (max_extents - extents) < 1 0 order by 4 / To change maxextents alter <segment_type> <segment_name> storage(maxextents 1 50); List the contents of the temporary tablespace(s) set pages 999 lines 1 00 col username format a1 5 col mb format 999,999 select su.username , ses.sid , ses.serial# , su.tablespace , ceil((su.blocks * dt.block_size) / 1 048576) MB from v$sort_usage su , dba_tablespaces dt , v$session ses where su.tablespace = dt.tablespace_name and su.session_addr = ses.saddr / Structure - Objects Drop user objects script Truncate user objects script Find an object

Invalid objects Show the size of an object All objects owned by a user Source code of a procedure Get an objects ddl (9i onwards) Display compilation errors and warnings Find all tables containing the specified column List all tables owned by a user sorted by size Find an object set pages 999 col owner format a1 5 col object_name format a40 col object_type format a20 select owner , object_name , object_type from dba_objects where lower(object_name) like lower('%&object%') order by owner, object_type, object_name / Invalid objects List invalid objects... set lines 200 pages 999 col "obj" format a40 select owner || '.' || object_name "obj", object_type from dba_objects where status = 'INVALID' / Recompile all invalid objects... @?/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql Show the size of an object col segment_name format a20 select segment_name , bytes "SIZE_BYTES" , ceil(bytes / 1 024 / 1 024) "SIZE_MB" from dba_segments where segment_name like '&obj_name' / All objects owned by a user col object_name format a40 select object_name , object_type from dba_objects where owner = '&user' order by object_type, object_name / Source code of a procedure select text from dba_source where owner = 'ANDY' and name = 'FILE_TEST' and type = 'PACKAGE BODY' order by line / Get an objects ddl (9i onwards) Note. Works for 9i and newer. Parameters: OBJECT_TYPE, OBJECT_NAME, SCHEMA set pagesize 0 set long 90000 select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE','TABLE_A','ANDY') from dual; Display compilation errors and warnings show errors show errors view <veiw_name> show errors procedure <proc_name>

select * from dba_errors; Find all tables containing the specified column set pages 999 lines 1 00 col tab format a60 col column_name format a20 select owner || '.' || table_name as tab , column_name from dba_tab_columns where column_name like upper('&col') / List all tables owned by a user sorted by size set lines 1 00 pages 999 col segment_name format a40 col mb format 999,999,999 select segment_name , ceil(sum(bytes) / 1 024 / 1 024) "MB" from dba_segments where owner like '&user' and segment_type = 'TABLE' group by segment_name order by ceil(sum(bytes) / 1 024 / 1 024) desc / Structure - Indexes Index info by table Show indexed columns Index info by table select , , from , where and order / select from where order / i.index_name i.tablespace_name ceil(s.bytes / 1 048576) "Size MB" dba_indexes i dba_segments s i.index_name = s.segment_name table_name like '&table' by 2, 1 , /

union all select name, 0 from v$controlfile) used (select sum(bytes) as p from dba_free_space) free

Quick datafile health check You should only see online and system (maybe read-only too) select distinct status from v$datafile / Show directories that contain datafiles select distinct substr(name, 1 , instr(name, '/', -1 )) DIR from v$datafile order by 1 / List autoextensible datafiles select from where / file_name dba_data_files autoextensible = 'YES'

Turn autoextend off for all datafiles select 'alter database datafile ''' || file_name || ''' autoextend off;' from dba_data_files / Move files between disks set trimspool on wrap off set heading off set verify off set pages 1 000 lines 1 00 spool rename.sql select from / select from / spool off List controlfiles select from / name v$controlfile 'alter database rename file ''' || name || ''' to ''' || replace(name || ''';', '/u01 ', '/u02') v$datafile 'alter database rename file ''' || member || ''' to ''' || replace(member || ''';', '/u01 ', '/u02') v$logfile

Show indexed columns column_name dba_ind_columns index_name = '&index' by column_position

Structure - Files Display all datafiles, tempfiles and logfiles (and their sizes) Quick datafile health check Show directories that contain datafiles List autoextensible datafiles Turn autoextend off for all datafiles Move files between disks List controlfiles Create an OS command for every file in the database Find duplicate filenames List files that are in hot-backup mode Display all datafiles, tempfiles and logfiles (and their sizes) set lines 1 00 pages 999 col name format a50 select name, bytes from (select name, bytes from v$datafile union all select name, bytes from v$tempfile union all select lf.member "name", l.bytes from v$logfile lf , v$log l where lf.group# = l.group#

Create an OS command for every file in the database The example deletes all files select from 'rm ' || name (select name from v$datafile union all select name from v$tempfile union all select member from v$logfile union all select name from v$controlfile )

Find duplicate filenames Searches for files with the same name in all directories

select , from /

count(substr(name, instr(name, '/', -1 ) + 1 , 999)) "total" count(distinct substr(name, instr(name, '/', -1 ) + 1 , 999)) "distinct" v$datafile

List files that are in hot-backup mode set lines 1 00 pages 999 col name format a60 select df.name , b.status , to_char(time, 'hh24:mi:ss dd/mm/yyyy') time from v$datafile df , v$backup b where df.file# = b.file# and b.status = 'ACTIVE' order by b.file# / Structure - Redo Logs Remove drop add logfile members List members and sizes Remove drop alter database drop logfile member '<filename>'; add logfile members alter database add logfile member '<filename>' to group <group>; List members and sizes col member format a60 col "Size MB" format 9,999,999 select lf.member , ceil(lg.bytes / 1 024 / 1 024) "Size MB" from v$logfile lf , v$log lg where lg.group# = lf.group# order by 1 / Structure - Undo Converting from Rollback to Undo Display the rollback segments Alter undo retention What's in undo Is anything rolling back at the moment? Display the rollback segments select , from / segment_name status dba_rollback_segs

col username format a1 5 col command format a20 select ses.username , substr(ses.program, 1 , 1 9) command , tra.used_ublk from v$session ses , v$transaction tra where ses.saddr = tra.ses_addr / Structure - Constraints Show all constraints on a table List tables that are using the specified table as a foreign key Produce a list of disabled fk constraints Produce enable statements all disabled fk constraints List parent tables that may need fixing/re-importing List missing foriegn key values Show all table constraints for a user Show all constraints on a table col type format a1 0 col cons_name format a30 select decode(constraint_type, 'C', 'Check', 'O', 'R/O View', 'P', 'Primary', 'R', 'Foreign', 'U', 'Unique', 'V', 'Check view') type , constraint_name cons_name , status , last_change from dba_constraints where owner like '&owner' and table_name like '&table_name' order by 1 / List tables that are using the specified table as a foreign key set lines 1 00 pages 999 select a.owner , a.table_name , a.constraint_name from dba_constraints a , dba_constraints b where a.constraint_type = 'R' and a.r_constraint_name = b.constraint_name and a.r_owner = b.owner and b.owner = '&table_owner' and b.table_name = '&table_name' / Same as above, but produces 'disable constraint' statements set lines 1 00 pages 999 col discon format a1 00 select 'alter table '||a.owner||'.'||a.table_name||' disable constraint '||a.constraint_name||';' discon from dba_constraints a , dba_constraints b where a.constraint_type = 'R' and a.r_constraint_name = b.constraint_name and a.r_owner = b.owner and b.owner = '&table_owner' and b.table_name = '&table_name' / Produce a list of disabled fk constraints set lines 1 00 pages 999 col table format a60 col constraint_name format a30 select owner||'.'||table_name "table" , constraint_name from dba_constraints where status = 'DISABLED' and constraint_type = 'R' and owner not in ('SYS','SYSTEM') order by 1 ,2

Alter undo retention alter system set undo_retention=500 scope=memory; Note. This is in seconds What's in undo select , , from group , / tablespace_name status count(*) as HOW_MANY dba_undo_extents by tablespace_name status

Is anything rolling back at the moment? Look for the used_ublk value decreasing. If it is, the session connected with it is rolling back. When it reaches zero, rollback is complete. set lines 1 00 pages 999

/ Produce enable statements all disabled fk constraints set lines 1 00 pages 999 select 'alter table '||owner||'.'||table_name||' enable constraint '||constraint_name||';' "enable" from dba_constraints where status = 'DISABLED' and constraint_type = 'R' and owner not in ('SYS','SYSTEM') order by 1 / List parent tables that may need fixing/re-importing select distinct r.owner || '.' || r.table_name "exp" from dba_constraints c , dba_constraints r where c.status = 'DISABLED' and c.constraint_type = 'R' and c.r_owner = r.owner and c.r_constraint_name = r.constraint_name and c.owner not in ('SYS','SYSTEM') order by 1 / List missing foriegn key values Note. Useful for resolving ORA-02298 select 'select '||cc.column_name||' from '||c.owner||'.'||c.table_name||' a where not exists (select ''x'' from '||r.owner||'.'||r.table_name||' where '||rc.column_name||' = a.'||cc.column_name||')' from dba_constraints c, dba_constraints r, dba_cons_columns cc, dba_cons_columns rc where c.constraint_type = 'R' and c.owner not in ('SYS','SYSTEM') and c.r_owner = r.owner and c.owner = cc.owner and r.owner = rc.owner and c.constraint_name = cc.constraint_name and r.constraint_name = rc.constraint_name and c.r_constraint_name = r.constraint_name and cc.position = rc.position and c.owner = '&table_owner' and c.table_name = '&table_name' and c.constraint_name = '&constraint_name' order by c.owner, c.table_name, c.constraint_name, cc.position / Show all table constraints for a user Note. This still needs some work... set lines 1 00 pages 999 break on table_name select table_name , decode(constraint_type, 'C', 'Check', 'O', 'R/O View', 'P', 'Primary', 'R', 'Foreign', 'U', 'Unique', 'V', 'Check view') type , nvl(index_name, R_CONSTRAINT_NAME) "IDX" from dba_constraints where owner like '&user' order by table_name , decode(constraint_type, 'P','0','R','1 ','U','2','C','3','O','4','V','5') / Structure - Materialized view Create a view log for the master table List all materialized view logs Create a simple materialized view Show all materialized and resfresh times Show materialized view tables and masters Show refresh jobs in dba_jobs

Manually start a refresh Force a complete refresh Create a view log for the master table This is required for fast refresh create materialized view log on <table> / or... create materialized view log on <table> tablespace <tablespace_name> / List all materialized view logs select , from / log_owner log_table dba_mview_logs

Create a simple materialized view create materialized view andy_mview refresh [fast | complete | force] start with sysdate next sysdate + 1 /24 with primary key as select * from test_table / Fast = update changes only Complete = wipe and repopulate the mview Force = fast if possible, complete if not. Show all materialized and resfresh times set lines 1 00 pages 999 col last_refresh format a20 select owner , mview_name , to_char(last_refresh_date, 'dd/mm/yy hh24:mi') last_refresh from dba_mviews order by owner, last_refresh / Show materialized view tables and masters set lines 1 00 col mview format a40 col master format a40 select owner || '.' || name mview , master_owner || '.' || master master from dba_mview_refresh_times / Show refresh jobs in dba_jobs This is useful for spotting failures set lines 1 00 col job format 9999 col log_user format a1 5 col last format a1 5 col next format a1 5 col fail format 9999 col what format a20 select job , log_user , to_char(last_date, 'dd/mm/yy hh24:mi') last , to_char(next_date, 'dd/mm/yy hh24:mi') next , failures fail , replace(what, '"') what from dba_jobs where what like '%dbms_refresh.refresh%' / Manually start a refresh execute dbms_mview.refresh ('<owner.mv_table>'); Force a complete refresh

execute dbms_mview.refresh ('<owner.mv_table>','C'); Structure - Partitions List partitioned tables List a tables partitions Show partition sizes for the specified table Move a partition to a new tablespace Add a partition Split a partition Drop a partition Truncate a partition List partitioned tables set pages 999 lines 1 00 col table_name format a40 select table_name , partitioning_type type , partition_count partitions from dba_part_tables where owner = '&owner' order by 1 / List a tables partitions set pages 999 lines 1 00 col high_value format a20 col tablespace_name format a20 select partition_name , tablespace_name , high_value from dba_tab_partitions where table_owner = '&owner' and table_name = '&table_name' order by partition_position / Show partition sizes for the specified table set pages 999 lines 1 00 col tablespace_name format a20 col num_rows format 999,999,999 select p.partition_name , p.tablespace_name , p.num_rows , ceil(s.bytes / 1 024 / 1 204) mb from dba_tab_partitions p , dba_segments s where p.table_owner = s.owner and p.partition_name = s.partition_name and p.table_name = s.segment_name and p.table_owner = '&owner' and p.table_name = '&table_name' order by partition_position / Move a partition to a new tablespace alter table <table_name> move partition <partition_name> tablespace <tablespace_name> nologging / Add a partition alter table <table_name> add partition <partition_name> values less than (<value>) tablespace <tablespace_name> / or... alter table <table_name> add partition <partition_name> values (<value>) tablespace <tablespace_name> / Split a partition

alter table <table_name> split partition <partition_name> at (<value>) into (partition <partition_name>, partition <partition_name>) update global indexes / Drop a partition alter table <table_name> drop partition <partition_name> / Truncate a partition alter table <table_name> truncate partition <partition_name> / Structure - Triggers List triggers by schema Display all triggers on the specified table Enable/Disable a trigger List triggers by schema set lines 1 00 pages 999 select trigger_name , trigger_type , table_name , status from dba_triggers where owner = '&owner' order by status, table_name / Display all triggers on the specified table set lines 1 00 pages 999 select trigger_name , trigger_type , status from dba_triggers where owner = '&owner' and table_name = '&table' order by status, trigger_name / Enable/Disable a trigger alter trigger <trigger_name> enable / or... alter trigger <trigger_name> disable / Performance - General Show currently exectuing sql Session statistics Resource intensive sql File io stats In session tracing switch on event 1 0046 Rows per block Show the buffer cache advisory Show currently exectuing sql select sql_text from v$sqlarea where users_executing > 0 / Session statistics select , from , sn.name st.value v$sesstat st v$statname sn

where and and order /

st.STATISTIC# = sn.STATISTIC# st.VALUE > 0 st.SID = &SID by value desc

Resource intensive sql change 81 92 to match block size select sql_text , executions , to_char((((disk_reads+buffer_gets)/executions) * 81 92)/1 048576, '9,999,999,990.00') as total_gets_per_exec_mb , to_char((( disk_reads /executions) * 81 92)/1 048576, '9,999,999,990.00') as disk_reads_per_exec_mb , to_char((( buffer_gets /executions) * 81 92)/1 048576, '9,999,999,990.00') as buffer_gets_per_exec_mb , parsing_user_id from v$sqlarea where executions > 1 0 order by 6 desc / File io stats Requires timed_statistics=true set lines 80 pages 999 col fname heading "File Name" format a60 col sizemb heading "Size(Mb)" format 99,999 col phyrds heading "Reads" format 999,999,999 col readtim heading "Time" format 99.999 col phywrts heading "Writes" format 9,999,999 col writetim heading "Time" format 99.999 select lower(name) fname , (bytes / 1 048576) sizemb , phyrds , readtim , phywrts , writetim from v$datafile df , v$filestat fs where df.file# = fs.file# order by 1 / In session tracing To switch it on: exec dbms_system.set_sql_trace_in_session (<sid>, <serial#>, true); To switch it off: exec dbms_system.set_sql_trace_in_session (<sid>, <serial#>, false); switch on event 1 0046 To switch it on: alter session set events '1 0046 trace name context forever, level 8'; To switch it off: alter session set events '1 0046 trace name context off'; Note. use tkprof to interpret the results. Rows per block select avg(row_count) avg , max(row_count) max , min(row_count) min from ( select count(*) row_count from &table_name group by substr(rowid, 1 , 1 5) ) / Show the buffer cache advisory Note. The current setting is halfway down and has a read factor of one. set lines 1 00 pages 999

col est_mb format 99,999 col estd_physical_reads format 999,999,999,999,999 select size_for_estimate est_mb , estd_physical_read_factor , estd_physical_reads from v$db_cache_advice where name = 'DEFAULT' order by size_for_estimate / db_cache_advice needs to be on for the above to work alter system set db_cache_advice=on; Performance - Locks DML Show sessions that are blocking each other Show locked objects Show which row is locked List locks Show sessions that are blocking each other select from where and and / 'SID ' || l1 .sid ||' is blocking ' || l2.sid blocking v$lock l1 , v$lock l2 l1 .block =1 and l2.request > 0 l1 .id1 =l2.id1 l1 .id2=l2.id2

Show locked objects set lines 1 00 pages 999 col username format a20 col sess_id format a1 0 col object format a25 col mode_held format a1 0 select oracle_username || ' (' || s.osuser || ')' username , s.sid || ',' || s.serial# sess_id , owner || '.' || object_name object , object_type , decode( l.block , 0, 'Not Blocking' , 1 , 'Blocking' , 2, 'Global') status , decode(v.locked_mode , 0, 'None' , 1 , 'Null' , 2, 'Row-S (SS)' , 3, 'Row-X (SX)' , 4, 'Share' , 5, 'S/Row-X (SSX)' , 6, 'Exclusive', TO_CHAR(lmode)) mode_held from v$locked_object v , dba_objects d , v$lock l , v$session s where v.object_id = d.object_id and v.object_id = l.id1 and v.session_id = s.sid order by oracle_username , session_id / Show which row is locked select do.object_name , row_wait_obj# , row_wait_file# , row_wait_block# , row_wait_row# , dbms_rowid.rowid_create (1 , ROW_WAIT_OBJ#, ROW_WAIT_FILE#, ROW_WAIT_BLOCK#, ROW_WAIT_ROW#) from v$session s , dba_objects do where sid=&sid and s.ROW_WAIT_OBJ# = do.OBJECT_ID /

Then select the row with that rowid... select * from <table> where rowid=<rowid>; List locks column lock_type format a1 2 column mode_held format a1 0 column mode_requested format a1 0 column blocking_others format a20 column username format a1 0 SELECT session_id , lock_type , mode_held , mode_requested , blocking_others , lock_id1 FROM dba_lock l WHERE lock_type NOT IN ('Media Recovery', 'Redo Thread') / Performance - Locks DDL Show all ddl locks in the system Slightly more simple version of the above Generate kill statement for ddl locking sessions Show all ddl locks in the system select decode(lob.kglobtyp, 0, 'NEXT OBJECT', 1 , 'INDEX', 2, 'TABLE', 3, 'CLUSTER', 4, 'VIEW', 5, 'SYNONYM', 6, 'SEQUENCE', 7, 'PROCEDURE', 8, 'FUNCTION', 9, 'PACKAGE', 11 , 'PACKAGE BODY', 1 2, 'TRIGGER', 1 3, 'TYPE', 1 4, 'TYPE BODY', 1 9, 'TABLE PARTITION', 20, 'INDEX PARTITION', 21 , 22, 'LIBRARY', 23, 'DIRECTORY', 24, 'QUEUE', 28, 'JAVA SOURCE', 29, 'JAVA CLASS', 30, 'JAVA

and /

ddl.session_id = ses.sid

Generate kill statement for ddl locking sessions select 'alter system kill session ''' || ddl.session_id || ',' || ses.serial# || ''' immediate;' from dba_ddl_locks ddl , v$session ses where owner like '%userid%' and ddl.session_id = ses.sid / Performance - Waits Top ten hotest objects by touch count Waits by file Segment Waits Time waited for latches Identify hot blocks Look at the performance stats for the instance Top ten hotest objects by touch count col owner format a20 trunc col object_name format a30 col touches format 9,999,999 select * from ( select count(*) , sum(tch) TOUCHES , u.name OWNER , o.name OBJECT_NAME from x$bh x , obj$ o , user$ u where x.obj = o.obj# and o.owner# = u.user# group by u.name, o.name order by 2 desc ) where rownum < 11 / Waits by file col name format a60 select name , count from x$kcbfwait , v$datafile where indx + 1 = file# order by 2 / Segment Waits select , , , from where and and order , / object_name obj# statistic_name value v$segment_statistics owner like '&owner' statistic_name like '%waits%' value > 0 by statistic_name value desc

'LOB',

RESOURCE',

, , , , , , from , , , where and and and and / select , , , , , from , where

32, 'INDEXTYPE', 33, 'OPERATOR', 34, 'TABLE SUBPARTITION', 35, 'INDEX SUBPARTITION', 40, 'LOB PARTITION', 41 , 'LOB SUBPARTITION', 42, 'MATERIALIZED VIEW', 43, 'DIMENSION', 44, 'CONTEXT', 46, 'RULE SET', 47, 'RESOURCE PLAN', 48, 'CONSUMER GROUP', 51 , 'SUBSCRIPTION', 52, 'LOCATION', 55, 'XML SCHEMA', 56, 'JAVA DATA', 57, 'SECURITY PROFILE', 59, 'RULE', 62, 'EVALUATION CONTEXT','UNDEFINED' ) object_type lob.kglnaobj object_name pn.kglpnmod lock_mode_held pn.kglpnreq lock_mode_requested ses.sid ses.serial# ses.username v$session_wait vsw x$kglob lob x$kglpn pn v$sessionses vsw.event = 'library cache lock' vsw.p1 raw = lob.kglhdadr lob.kglhdadr = pn.kglpnhdl pn.kglpnmod != 0 pn.kglpnuse = ses.saddr

Time waited for latches ses.username ddl.session_id ses.serial# owner || '.' || ddl.name object ddl.type ddl.mode_held dba_ddl_locks ddl v$session ses owner like '%userid%' col event format a30 select event , time_waited , round(time_waited*1 00/ SUM (time_waited) OVER(),2) wait_pct from ( select event , time_waited from v$system_event where event not in ( 'Null event' ,'client message'

Slightly more simple version of the above

union

,'rdbms ipc reply' ,'smon timer' ,'rdbms ipc message' ,'PX Idle Wait' ,'PL/SQL lock timer' ,'file open' ,'pmon timer' ,'WMON goes to sleep' ,'virtual circuit status' ,'dispatcher timer' ,'SQL*Net message from client' ,'parallel query dequeue wait' ,'pipe get') ( select name , value from v$sysstat where name like 'CPU used when call started' )

estimate_percent => 1 , method_opt => 'FOR ALL COLUMNS SIZE 1 ',cascade => TRUE); Gather stats for a single schema... execute dbms_stats.gather_schema_stats('SCOTT'); Or... execute dbms_stats.gather_schema_stats( ownname => 'SCOTT', estimate_percent => 1 , method_opt => 'FOR ALL COLUMNS SIZE 1 ',cascade => TRUE); You can let oracle come up with the estimate figure by using dbms_stats.auto_sample_size or... execute dbms_stats.gather_schema_stats( ownname => 'SYS', cascade => TRUE); Table statistics exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats('<owner>', '<table_name>'); Delete stats exec dbms_stats.delete_database_stats; exec dbms_stats.delete_schema_stats('SCOTT'); exec dbms_stats.delete_table_stats('SCOTT', 'EMPLOYEES'); exec dbms_stats.delete_index_stats('SCOTT', 'EMPLOYEES_PK'); Gather system stats execute dbms_stats.gather_system_stats('Start'); Wait for a while - idealy with the database under a typical workload execute dbms_stats.gather_system_stats('Stop'); To see the current system statistics select , from where / pname pval1 sys.aux_stats$ sname = 'SYSSTATS_MAIN'

) order by 2 desc /

Identify hot blocks Look at all waits for the instance col event format a30 select event , total_waits , time_waited from v$system_event where event like '%wait%' order by 2,3 / If there are lots of 'data block' waits, get a break-down of them select from / select , , from where / * v$waitstat

Then run this to identify the file, block and reason code... p1 "File #" p2 "Block #" p3 "Reason Code" v$session_wait event = 'buffer busy waits'

Note. You might need to run this a few times before anything is displayed. Look at the performance stats for the instance select , from , where order , / n.name s.value v$statname n v$sysstat s n.statistic# = s.statistic# by n.class n.name

Export/Import optimizer statistics Create a table to hold the statistics... exec dbms_stats.create_stat_table(ownname => 'SYS',stattab => 'prod_stats', tblspace => 'USERS'); Populate the table with the current stats... exec dbms_stats.export_schema_stats(ownname => 'SCOTT',statown=>'SYS', stattab=>'prod_stats'); At this point you need to: 1 ) take an export of the 'prod_stats' table 2) import 'prod_stats' into the target database 3) load the statistics using this command... exec dbms_stats.import_schema_stats(ownname => 'SCOTT',statown=>'SYS', stattab=>'prod_stats'); Old style analyze analyze table employees compute statistics; analyze table employees estimate statistics sample 1 00 rows;

Performance - Statistics Gather database statistics Gather stats for a single schema... Delete stats Gather system stats Export/Import optimizer statistics Old style analyze Show a count of analyezed tables broken down by schema Show tables that have analyze dates older than today Gather database statistics Gather stats on the entire database... execute dbms_stats.gather_database_stats; Or... execute dbms_stats.gather_database_stats( -

analyze table employees estimate statistics sample 1 5 percent; analyze index employees_ind compute statistics; Show a count of analyezed tables broken down by schema set pages 999 lines 1 00 select a.owner , a.total_tables tables , nvl(b.analyzed_tables,0) analyzed from (select owner , count(*) total_tables from dba_tables group by owner) a , (select owner , count(last_analyzed) analyzed_tables from dba_tables where last_analyzed is not null group by owner) b where a.owner = b.owner (+) and a.owner not in ('SYS', 'SYSTEM') order by a.total_tables - nvl(b.analyzed_tables,0) desc / Show tables that have analyze dates older than today This is useful if you are running an analyze and want to see how much is left to do select from where and order / count(last_analyzed) left_to_do dba_tables owner = '&schema' trunc(last_analyzed) < trunc(sysdate) by 1

Find a query's hash Put something unique in the like clause select hash_value, sql_text from v$sqlarea where sql_text like '%TIMINGLINKS%FOLDERREF%' / Grab the sql associated with a hash select sql_text from v$sqlarea where hash_value = '&hash' / Look at a query's stats in the sql area select , , , , , from where / executions cpu_time disk_reads buffer_gets rows_processed buffer_gets / executions v$sqlarea hash_value = '&hash'

Performance - Memory SGA breakdown PGA usage by username Display pool usage SGA breakdown set lines 1 00 pages 999 col bytes format 999,999,999 compute sum of bytes on pool break on pool skip 1 select pool , name , bytes from v$sgastat order by pool , name / PGA usage by username select st.sid "SID", sn.name "TYPE", ceil(st.value / 1 024 / 1 024) "MB" from v$sesstat st, v$statname sn where st.statistic# = sn.statistic# and sid in (select sid from v$session where username like '&user') and upper(sn.name) like '%PGA%' order by st.sid, st.value desc / Display pool usage select name , sum(bytes) from v$sgastat where pool like 'shared pool' group by name / Performance - Statspack Take a snapshot Delete one or more snapshots Generate a report List snapshots Install statspack Uninstall statspack Schedule and hourly snapshot

Performance - Query Tuning Create a plan table Autotrace Explain plan Find a query's hash Grab the sql associated with a hash Look at a query's stats in the sql area Create a plan table @?/rdbms/admin/utlxplan.sql Autotrace To switch it on: column plan_plus_exp format a1 00 set autotrace on explain # Displays the execution plan only. set autotrace traceonly explain # dont run the query set autotrace on # Shows the execution plan as well as statistics of the statement. set autotrace on statistics # Displays the statistics only. set autotrace traceonly # Displays the execution plan and the statistics To switch it off: set autotrace off Explain plan explain plan for select ... or... explain plan set statement_id = 'bad1 ' for select... Then to see the output... set lines 1 00 pages 999 @?/rdbms/admin/utlxpls

Take a snapshot exec statspack.snap; Or to specify a level... exec statspack.snap(i_snap_level => 6, i_modify_parameter => 'true'); Level 0 - This level captures general statistics, including rollback segment, row cache, SGA, system events, background events, session events, system statistics, wait statistics, lock statistics, and Latch information. Level 5 - This level includes capturing high resource usage SQL Statements, along with all data captured by lower levels. Level 6 - This level includes capturing SQL plan and SQL plan usage information for high resource usage SQL Statements, along with all data captured by lower levels. Level 7 - This level captures segment level statistics, including logical and physical reads, row lock, itl and buffer busy waits, along with all data captured by lower levels. Level 1 0 - This level includes capturing Child Latch statistics, along with all data captured by lower levels. Delete one or more snapshots @?/rdbms/admin/sppurge; Generate a report @?/rdbms/admin/spreport.sql List snapshots col "Date/Time" format a30 select snap_id , snap_level , to_char(snap_time,'HH24:MI:SS DD-MM-YYYY') "Date/Time" from stats$snapshot , v$database order by snap_id / Install statspack 1 . Create a tablespace (minimum size 1 00MB) 2. Run... @?/rdbms/admin/spcreate Uninstall statspack @?/rdbms/admin/spdrop Schedule and hourly snapshot @?/rdbms/admin/spauto.sql Note. This uses dbms_job, so job_queue_processes needs to be set greater than 0. To see the job: select , from / job what dba_jobs

Remove a baseline Enable/Disable automatic snapshots Time model queries Produce an Active Session History (ASH) report Display a list of snapshots set lines 1 00 pages 999 select snap_id , snap_level , to_char(begin_interval_time, 'dd/mm/yy hh24:mi:ss') begin from dba_hist_snapshot order by 1 / Produce a report @?/rdbms/admin/awrrpt.sql To see the snapshot interval and retention period col snap_interval format a30 col retention format a30 select snap_interval , retention from dba_hist_wr_control / Change the snapshot interval Note. This example changes it to 30 minutes exec dbms_workload_repository.modify_snapshot_settings (interval => 30) Change the retention period Note. This example changes it to two weeks (1 4 days) exec dbms_workload_repository.modify_snapshot_settings (retention => 1 4*24*60) Manually take a snapshot exec dbms_workload_repository.create_snapshot List all baselines set lines 1 00 col baseline_name format a40 select baseline_id , baseline_name , start_snap_id , end_snap_id from dba_hist_baseline order by 1 / Create a baseline exec dbms_workload_repository.create_baseline (<start snap>, <endsnap>,'<name>') Remove a baseline exec dbms_workload_repository.drop_baseline('<baseline name>') Enable/Disable automatic snapshots Note. This job is enabled by default exec dbms_scheduler.enable('GATHER_STATS_JOB') and to disable... exec dbms_scheduler.disable('GATHER_STATS_JOB') Time model queries System time model set lines 1 00 pages 999 select stat_name , value from v$sys_time_model order by value desc /

To delete the job: exec dbms_job.remove(<job number>); Performance - AWR Display a list of snapshots Produce a report To see the snapshot interval and retention period Change the snapshot interval Change the retention period Manually take a snapshot List all baselines Create a baseline

Session time model set lines 1 00 pages 999 select stat_name , value from v$sess_time_model where sid = '&sid' order by value desc / Produce an Active Session History (ASH) report @?/rdbms/admin/ashrpt.sql Backup - DataGuard Startup commands To remove a delay from a standby Cancel managed recovery Register a missing log file If FAL doesn't work and it says the log is already registered Check which logs are missing Disable/Enable archive log destinations Turn on fal tracing on the primary db Stop the Data Guard broker Show the current instance role Logical standby apply stop/start See how up to date a physical standby is Display info about all log destinations Display log destinations options List any standby redo logs Startup commands startup nomount alter database mount standby database; alter database recover managed standby database disconnect; To remove a delay from a standby alter database recover managed standby database cancel; alter database recover managed standby database nodelay disconnect; Cancel managed recovery alter database recover managed standby database cancel; Register a missing log file alter database register physical logfile '<fullpath/filename>'; If FAL doesn't work and it says the log is already registered alter database register or replace physical logfile '<fullpath/filename>'; If that doesn't work, try this... shutdown immediate startup nomount alter database mount standby database; alter database recover automatic standby database; wait for the recovery to finish - then cancel shutdown immediate startup nomount alter database mount standby database; alter database recover managed standby database disconnect; Check which logs are missing Run this on the standby... select local.thread# , local.sequence# from (select thread# , sequence# from v$archived_log where dest_id=1 ) local where local.sequence# not in (select sequence# from v$archived_log /

where dest_id=2 and thread# = local.thread#)

Disable/Enable archive log destinations alter system set log_archive_dest_state_2 = 'defer'; alter system set log_archive_dest_state_2 = 'enable'; Turn on fal tracing on the primary db alter system set LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE = 1 28; Stop the Data Guard broker alter system set dg_broker_start=false / Show the current instance role select from / database_role v$database

Logical standby apply stop/start Stop... alter database stop logical standby apply; Start... alter database start logical standby apply; See how up to date a physical standby is Run this on the primary set numwidth 1 5 select max(sequence#) current_seq from v$log / Then run this on the standby set numwidth 1 5 select max(applied_seq#) last_seq from v$archive_dest_status / Display info about all log destinations To be run on the primary set lines 1 00 set numwidth 1 5 column ID format 99 column "SRLs" format 99 column active format 99 col type format a4 select , , , , , , , , from , where and order by / ds.dest_id id ad.status ds.database_mode db_mode ad.archiver type ds.recovery_mode ds.protection_mode ds.standby_logfile_count "SRLs" ds.standby_logfile_active active ds.archived_seq# v$archive_dest_status ds v$archive_dest ad ds.dest_id = ad.dest_id ad.status != 'INACTIVE' ds.dest_id

Display log destinations options To be run on the primary set numwidth 8 lines 1 00 column id format 99 select dest_id id , archiver , transmit_mode

, , , , , , from order by /

affirm async_blocks async net_timeout net_time delay_mins delay reopen_secs reopen register,binding v$archive_dest dest_id

Backup a database backup database plus archivelog format '/u01 /ora_backup/rman/%d_%u_%s'; run { allocate channel t1 type disk; backup current controlfile format '/u01 /ora_backup/rman/%d_%u_%s'; backup database format '/u01 /ora_backup/rman/%d_%u_%s'; backup archivelog all delete input format '/u01 /ora_backup/rman/arch_%d_%u_%s'; release channel t1 ; } run { allocate channel t1 type disk; backup archivelog all delete input format '/u01 /ora_backup/rman/arch_%d_%u_%s'; release channel t1 ; } Cold backup (archivelog or noarchivelog mode) run { allocate channel t1 type disk; shutdown immediate; startup mount; backup database include current controlfile format '/u01 /ora_backup/rman/%d_%u_%s'; alter database open; } run { allocate channel t1 type disk; backup archivelog all delete input; } Restore/recover a database Full restore and recovery startup nomount; run { allocate channel t1 type disk; allocate channel t2 type disk; allocate channel t3 type disk; allocate channel t4 type disk; restore controlfile; restore archivelog all; alter database mount; restore database; recover database; } sql 'alter database open resetlogs'; Restore and roll forward to a point in time startup nomount; run { set until time ="to_date('30/08/2006 1 2:00','dd/mm/yyyy hh24:mi')"; allocate channel t1 type disk; allocate channel t2 type disk; allocate channel t3 type disk; allocate channel t4 type disk; restore controlfile; restore archivelog all; alter database mount; restore database; recover database; } sql 'alter database open resetlogs'; If the archive logs are already in place: startup mount; run { set until time ="to_date('08/02/2007 1 4:00','dd/mm/yyyy hh24:mi')"; allocate channel t1 type disk; allocate channel t2 type disk; allocate channel t3 type disk; allocate channel t4 type disk;

List any standby redo logs set lines 1 00 pages 999 col member format a70 select st.group# , st.sequence# , ceil(st.bytes / 1 048576) mb , lf.member from v$standby_log st , v$logfile lf where st.group# = lf.group# / Backup - RMAN Create a catalog Register a database Un-register a database Reset the catalog after a restlogs on the target Resync the catalog with the target controlfile Delete a backup Backup a database Restore/recover a database Show the controlfile backup record Misc commands Create a catalog create a tablespace create a user grant connect, resource, recovery_catalog_owner to user rman catalog user/pass@db create catalog tablespace "<tablespace_name>"; Note. <tablespace_name> is case sensitive (i.e. it must be uppercase) Note. If you get the error 'rman: can't open catalog', make sure that oracle's rman is being run (which rman). X11 also has a command called rman. Rename it if necessary. Register a database Note. ensure the target db has a password file rman catalog user/pass@rmandb target user/pass@db register database; Un-register a database sqlplus user/pass@rmandb select * from rc_database; select db_key, db_id from db; execute dbms_rcvcat.unregisterdatabase(<db_key>, <db_id>); Reset the catalog after a restlogs on the target reset database; Resync the catalog with the target controlfile resync catalog; Delete a backup allocate channel... delete backuppiece <number>; release channel;

} sql 'alter database open resetlogs'; startup mount; run { allocate channel t1 type disk; recover database; } Show the controlfile backup record set pages 999 lines 1 00 col name format a60 break on set_stamp skip 1 select set_stamp , to_char(ba.completion_time, 'HH24:MI DD/MM/YY') finish_time , df.name from v$datafile df , v$backup_datafile ba where df.file# = ba.file# and ba.file# != 0 order by set_stamp, ba.file# / Misc commands list backupset; list backup of database; list backup of archivelog all; report obsolete; report obsolete redundancy = 2; delete obsolete; - remove unneeded backups restore database validate; - check the backup report unrecoverable; report schema; - show current db files crosscheck backup; - make sure the backups in the catalog still physically exist delete expired backup; - delete epired backups found by crosscheck rman target sys/*****@scr1 0 catalog rman/rman@dbarep LIST BACKUPSET OF DATABASE; ALLOCATE CHANNEL FOR MAINTENANCE DEVICE TYPE DISK; DELETE OBSOLETE REDUNDANCY = 4 device type disk; delete obsolete REDUNDANCY = 2 device type disk; Delete archive log older than... DELETE NOPROMPT ARCHIVELOG UNTIL TIME "SYSDATE-5" Crosscheck the available archivelogs (fixes RMAN-06059) change archivelog all crosscheck; Backup - Import-Export Drop user objects script Truncate user objects script Import/export to gzip through a pipe Example parameter file Example nohup script Resumable import parameters Import/export to gzip through a pipe to export to gzip... mknod andypipe p gzip < andypipe > filename.dmp.gz & exp ... file=andypipe ... and to import... mknod andypipe p gunzip -c filename.dmp.gz > andypipe & imp ... file=andypipe ... Example parameter file userid=/ file=/u03/scr9/oradata/expimp/exppipe log=/u03/scr9/oradata/expimp/imp_scr9.log

restore database; recover database;

rows=y constraints=n ignore=y indexes=n grants=n full=n feedback=1 0000 direct=y fromuser=andy,user2 touser=andy,user2 to use the file... exp parfile=<file> imp parfile=<file> Example nohup script #!/usr/bin/ksh export ORAENV_ASK=NO export ORACLE_SID=scr1 0 . /usr/local/bin/oraenv rm andypipe 2>/dev/null mknod andypipe p gzip < andypipe > full_scr1 0.dmp.gz & exp / full=y indexes=N grants=N statistics=none file=andypipe log=full_scr1 0.log rm andypipe 2>/dev/null to use the script... chmod 700 <file> nohup ./<file> & Resumable import parameters resumable=y resumable_name=<name to apear in dba_resumable> resumable_timeout=<timeout in seconds> Note. If you are importing using a user other than sys or system, it will need the system priv 'resumable' granting to it: grant resumable to <user>; Note. If a resumable job hits a problem which causes it to be suspended, you will not necessarily see a message indicating that on the screen. You need to constantly monitor either the alert log or the dba_resumable view. set lines 1 00 pages 999 col name format a20 select name , start_time , suspend_time , status from dba_resumable / If the job gets suspended, you can see the reason why with the next query set lines 1 00 pages 999 select error_msg from dba_resumable where name like '&resumable_name' / Backup - Flashback To put the session back in time Copy old data into a new table Export a database from a point in time Find the current SCN number Set the database recovery directory and size Set the flashback database retention target Turn on flashback database What is the earliest time the database can be flashed back to? Get a list of times and scn numbers Flash the database back To put the session back in time Note. undo_management must be auto Note. Take a look at undo_retention to get an idea of how far back you might be

able to go. Note. This can't be run as sys - system works though exec dbms_flashback.enable_at_time(to_date('2006-AUG-24 1 2:00:00', 'YYYYMON-DD HH24:MI:SS')); To disable flashback run... exec dbms_flashback.disable; Copy old data into a new table First, create an empty copy of the source table... create table old_test_table tablespace andy as select * from test_table where rownum < 1 / Now, insert the old data into it... insert /*+ APPEND */ old_test_table (select * from test_table as of timestamp to_timestamp('24-AUG-06 1 2:00:00','DD-MON-YY HH24:MI:SS')) / Export a database from a point in time exp / file=full_scr9.dmp log=full_scr9.log flashback_time=TO_TIMESTAMP('1 009-2006 09:00:00', 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') exp / parfile=full_scr9.par parfile... userid=system/****** file=full_scr9.dmp log=full_scr9.log flashback_time='2006-09-1 3 1 2:00:00' Find the current SCN number select dbms_flashback.get_system_change_number from dual / Set the database recovery directory and size These settings are dynamic alter system set db_recovery_file_dest='<path>' scope=both / alter system set db_recovery_file_dest_size=<size> scope=both / Set the flashback database retention target alter system set db_flashback_retention_target=<minutes> scope=both / Turn on flashback database shutdown immediate startup mount alter database flashback on; alter database open; What is the earliest time the database can be flashed back to? select , from / oldest_flashback_scn scn to_char(oldest_flashback_time, 'hh24:mi:ss dd/mm/yyyy') oldest_time v$flashback_database_log

Flash the database back shutdown immediate startup mount exclusive flashback database to scn <scn>; or... flashback database to timestamp to_timestamp('22/04/2007 1 9:30:00','dd/mm/yyyy hh24:mi:ss'); alter database open resetlogs; Backup - Datapump Create an oracle directory create the default data pump directory Export Import Create an oracle directory create directory my_dir as '/home/oracle/andyb'; create the default data pump directory create directory data_pump_dir as '/u01 /ora_backup/datapump'; Export expdp system/****** schemas=andy dumpfile=andy.dp directory=my_dir Import impdp system/****** schemas=andy dumpfile=andy.dp directory=my_dir Miscellaneous - Useful UNIX Find/Zip/Move/Delete files older than x days Delete the 500 oldest files Find and grep list all files opened by a process ls -l sorted by size cpio unzip syntax man commands pipes Turn off auto indent and bracket matching in vi Capture a control charater Configure ksh environment Show routing tables Check all logs for ORA- errors Find/Zip/Move/Delete files older than x days find ./ -name "*.ARC" -mtime +1 -exec ls -l {} \; find ./ -name "*.ARC" -mtime +1 -exec rm {} \; find ./ -name "*.ARC" -mtime +1 -exec gzip {} \; find ./ -name "*.arch" -mtime +1 -exec mv {} /u01 /andy/; Delete the 500 oldest files rm -f `ls -tr|head -500` Find and grep find ./ -grep <what> {} \; -print 2>/dev/null Or... find ./ -exec grep -l "string" {} \;

Get a list of times and scn numbers set pages 999 select scn , to_char(time_dp, 'hh24:mi:ss dd/mm/yyyy') time from smon_scn_time order by scn /

list all files opened by a process lsof -p <pid> ls -l sorted by size ls -l |sort -k 5 du -sk *|sort -n cpio unzip syntax cpio -idmv < <filename> man commands man -k <what> -displays the chapters containing the specified man <chapter> <what> -shows the page pipes mknod <name> p Turn off auto indent and bracket matching in vi :set noai nosm Capture a control charater ctl-v then press the control key (eg. backspace) Configure ksh environment To display the current settings set -o To set HP/UX stylee... set -o vi set -o vi-esccomplete Show routing tables netstat -r Check all logs for ORA- errors grep ^ORA- *log |cut -f2 -d"-"|cut -f1 -d:|awk '{print "ORA-" $1 }'|sort -u Miscellaneous - utl_file Create a test procedure Run the procedure Create a test procedure create or replace procedure andy_file_test ( path in varchar2, filename in varchar2, text in varchar2 ) is output_file utl_file.file_type; begin output_file := utl_file.fopen (path,filename, 'W'); utl_file.put_line (output_file, text); utl_file.fclose(output_file); end; / Run the procedure execute andy_file_test('/home/oracle/andy/file_test','andy.txt','hello world'); SQL*Net - tnsnames.ora Sample dedicated connection Listener entry

Sample dedicated connection SCR9 = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = bloo)(PORT = 1 521 )) ) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = scr9) ) ) Listener entry LISTENER_+ASM = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = bloo)(PORT = 1 522))