Oracle Remote Diagnostics Agent (RDA) utility

Oracle Remote Diagnostics Agent (RDA) utility:::

In this article we are going to learn how to generate Oracle Remote Diagnostics Agent (RDA) Report.



  Overview:

This article is a comprehensive guide for the generation of Oracle Remote Diagnostics Agent (RDA) Report.

Please do keep in mind that, this article should not be considered a substitution of the official guide from Oracle (http://www.oracle.com).

RDA (Remote Diagnostics Agent) utility and its documentation can be downloaded from Oracle Support (Metalink) website (Doc ID: 314422.1) .

 Steps and Commands:

	UNIX / LINUX	WINDOWS
Unzip Files	use Unix/Linux utility	use any Windows utility
Instructions	README_Unix.txt/README_Linux.txt	README_Windows.txt
Verify Installation	rda.sh -cv	rda.cmd -cv
Run Setup	rda.sh -S or rda.pl -S	rda.cmd -S or rda.pl -S
Run RDA	rda.sh -v or rda.pl -v	rda.cmd -v
To view RDA	Open RDA_INDEX.htm from the RDA output directory

Connection to Database:

Open command prompt.

cmd> set ORACLE_SID=mydb
cmd> sqlplus / as sysdba

And you will be connected to the database.

For all the screenshots, please visit the following link::  http://www.sensehaze.com/mydata/resources_section/perf_tune/rda/index.php

Oracle Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) Report Generation:

Note: I am generating RDA Report on Windows for this article.

Unzip Files:

Unzip the downloaded RDA Utility to a directory ( Here E:/rda ).

Read Instructions:

Go to the directory, where we have unzipped the files and we can read the instructions given in the "Readme_O/S.txt" file.

Verify Installation:

Open command prompt and navigate to the RDA directory.

cmd> rda.cmd -cv

Run Setup:

Open command prompt and navigate to the RDA directory.

cmd> rda.cmd -S

 The script continues on for many more pages as part of the configuration. Choose the options according to your Report need.

Run RDA:

Open command prompt and navigate to the RDA directory.

cmd> rda.cmd -v

View RDA Report:

Open "RDA__index.htm" from the RDA output directory to view the report.

Our RDA Report has been generated.

For all the screenshots, please visit the following link::  http://www.sensehaze.com/mydata/resources_section/perf_tune/rda/index.php