Installation guide

Finally, customers using these Oracle probes against a database using Oracle's Multi-Threaded Server
(MT S) must contact Red Hat support to have entries added to the Red Hat Network Server's /etc/hosts
file to ensure that the DNS name is resolved correctly.
A.9.1. Oracle::Active Sessions
The Oracle::Active Sessions probe monitors an Oracle instance and collects the following metrics:
Active Sessions - T he number of active sessions based on the value of
V$PARAMET ER.PROCESSES.
Available Sessions - T he percentage of active sessions that are available based on the value of
V$PARAMET ER.PROCESSES.
Table A.4 8. Oracle::Active Sessions set tings
Field Value
Oracle SID*
Oracle Username*
Oracle Password*
Oracle Port* 1521
Timeout* 30
Critical Maximum Active Sessions
Warning Maximum Active Sessions
Critical Maximum Available Sessions Used
Warning Maximum Available Sessions Used
A.9.2. Oracle::Availability
The Oracle::Availability probe determines the availability of the database from the Red Hat Satellite.
Table A.4 9. Oracle::Availability settings
Field Value
Oracle SID*
Oracle Username*
Oracle Password*
Oracle Port* 1521
Timeout* 30
A.9.3. Oracle::Blocking Sessions
The Oracle::Blocking Sessions probe monitors an Oracle instance and collects the following metric:
Blocking Sessions - T he number of sessions preventing other sessions from committing changes to
the Oracle database, as determined by the required Time Blocking value you provide. Only those
sessions that have been blocking for this duration, which is measured in seconds, are counted as
blocking sessions.
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