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Database 11g / 12c: Quick Steps to Package and Send Critical Error Diagnostic Information to
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GOAL
Starting with Oracle11g, alert and trace information is generated in a new format and stored in the Automatic Diagnostic
Repository (ADR).
This article explains how to find and send the alert.log and relevant trace files to Oracle Global Software Support when a
critical error occurs in database, using the ADRCI tool.
SOLUTION
Oracle11g provides tools and methods to automatically identify and gather trace files related to a problem (a critical error
in the database environment) or an incident (an occurrence of a problem). This facility is known as the Incident Packaging
Services (IPS). The Support Workbench (GUI) and ADRCI (command line) utilities are the two interfaces to the Incident
Packaging Services. Every occurrence of a critical error (problem) in the database creates an incident.
2. Check for the error reported in the instance alert file and in the ADR.
With the 11g / 12c environment being set, from the OS command prompt invoke the ADRCI utility:
$ adrci
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You can have multiple problems reported. Create a package for the one which needs to be investigated.
3. Check for the incidents reported for the problem which needs to be packaged
Each occurrence of the problem is called an 'incident'. The instance alert file will show all the incidents reported. Each
incident will be associated with a unique incident id in the ADR.
You can see multiple incidents reported for the same problem.
Note the incident number for which you need to create a package.
If at this step the ADRCI utility complains that the incident was flood-controlled and that no package can be generated for
it, then instead of choosing the most recent incident to be packaged, choose the first incident that occurred after an
instance startup.
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Upload the ZIP file generated to the Service Request you created on the My Oracle Support website . This file will include
all the trace files, instance alert file and other diagnostic information for the critical error. Make sure that the ZIP file is
uploaded WITHOUT any post processing (such as TAR).
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