Re: Discrepancy in OS config between EM and sys admins

From: Guillermo Alan Bort <cicciuxdba_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:04:16 -0200
Message-ID: <172762180912221404r157b17b3k6287c9ce90b6d201_at_mail.gmail.com>

tell them to run sysctl -p, and make sure that /etc/sysctl.conf has the correct settings.

hth
Alan.-

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Matthew Zito <mzito_at_gridapp.com> wrote:

> Well, we’d need some examples of areas where there were disagreement, but
> if, for example, the shared memory settings were wrong, it may be that the
> SA has updated the /etc/sysctl.conf file but not run the sysctl command that
> causes it to be reread. In that situation, the sa will go:
>
>
>
> grep shmmax /etc/sysctl.conf
>
>
>
> and say “see, it’s right”
>
>
>
> while EM says “/sbin/sysctl shmmax” (whatever the actual command is, I
> don’t remember off the top of my head)
>
>
>
> and the system returns the current running value, not what it is set to be
> in the file.
>
>
>
> Matt
>
>
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Sandra Becker
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:47 PM
> *To:* oracle-l
> *Subject:* Discrepancy in OS config between EM and sys admins
>
>
>
> Standby database server: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (s390x)
> 2.6.16.54 0.2.5 (64-bit)
>
> Production database server: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (s390x)
> 2.6.16.54 0.2.5 (64-bit)
>
> EM: 10.2.0.5
>
> I'm in the first stages of setting up a standby database. I requested that
> my SAs set up the standby server to be identical to the production server.
> Several things weren't set up correctly like the oracle user had no write
> privileges anywhere, the wrong group designation, copied the wrong directory
> for the oracle home, etc. So many things were wrong that I decided to use
> EM to compare the two OS installations. EM says that several parameters are
> different between the two servers but my SAs say they are identical. I
> don't know where the SAs got their information only that EM is using
> /sbin/sysctl. Since that is a binary file, I can't really look at it. What
> might my SAs be looking at to see the parameter values? Some are
> substantially different and I'd like to get his resolved before moving
> forward. I'm trying to mitigate any unpleasant surprises due to differences
> between the servers.
>
> --
> Sandy
> Transzap, Inc.
>

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