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Procedure
1. On the Oracle instance, run chmod o+rx <top level oracle install> to grant permission for
the Oracle Collection User on the required Oracle directories.
For example, /opt/oracle, /oracle, and so on.
2. Run chmod o+rx <top level oracle install> for every directory level from the top level
install down to $ORACLE_HOME.
For example, if the top level is /oracle and $ORACLE_HOME is
/oracle/app/product/10.20.0/db_1, then these are the required files.
chmod o+rx /oracle/app
chmod o+rx /oracle/app/product
chmod o+rx /oracle/app/product/10.20.0
chmod o+rx /oracle/app/product/10.20.0/db_1
3. Verify that the $ORACLE_HOME environment variable is set, and update the mode for these files.
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/jdbc
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/jdbc/lib
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/ldap
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/ldap/mesg
chmod o+r $ORACLE_HOME/ldap/mesg/*
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/network
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/mesg
chmod o+r $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/mesg/sp1us.msb
chmod o+r $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/mesg/sp2us.msb
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/nls
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/nls/data
chmod o+r $ORACLE_HOME/nls/data/lx1boot.nlb
chmod o+r $ORACLE_HOME/nls/data/*
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/oracore
chmod o+rx $ORACLE_HOME/oracore/zoneinfo
chmod o+r $ORACLE_HOME/oracore/zoneinfo/timezlrg.dat
Collect Oracle Data
To collect Oracle data, you must collect the Oracle data types from the machines hosting the Oracle
instances.
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