Running RDA 8.0 against SOA Products

1.      Change directory to RDA_HOME i.e “cd /u07/oracle/rda”

2.      To Make sure the RDA command (rda.sh) is executable, run the following command

$chmod +x rda.sh

3.      To Verify the RDA installation, run “./rda.sh -cv”. On successful installation “No issues found” message is displayed at the end of the command output.

4.      To collect the following information, run rda utility with min profile such as  “FM11g_SoaMin”  

·         Server Logs

·         Configuration

·         Start Scripts

·         Latest Incidents from the ADR Repository

·         Patch Inventory

·         Report for SOA Health Checks

·         Thread Dumps (online)

·         SOA MDS Configuration (online)

·         Composite and WSDL Diagnostic Dumps (online)

$./rda.sh -SCRP -p FM11g_SoaMin

Note: If the environment variables are set appropriately we can hit 'enter' at every prompt and the collection will run automatically. Otherwise the following three steps(5,6,7) get executed (In our case, these steps are bypassed because setDomainEnv.sh has been configured)

5.      Accept the default value of the first prompt asking about the network domain

Enter the network domain name for this server Hit "Return" to accept the default (domain.com)

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6.      Enter ORACLE_HOME as the Middleware Home location

Enter the Oracle Middleware home to be used for data analysis
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7.      Confirm or enter a new location for the domain. By default it is <ORACLE_HOME>/user_projects/domains'

Enter the location of the directory where the domains to analyze are located (For example in UNIX, <BEA Home>/user_projects/domains or <Middleware Home>/user_projects/domains) Hit "Return" to accept the default (/oracle_ps6/middleware/user_projects/domains)
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At this step, two modes of data collection can be selected. Offline mode is preferred unless it is explicitly asked in SR.

8.      To select offline mode, press enter(Return)

9.      To select target server i.e “soa_server1”, select option 5 and press enter

“RDA Data collection ended” message is displayed on successful execution of the rda utility.

Note :

If it is asked to select “OCM(Oracle Configuration Manager)” after Data collection ended, the default value is “Y” for SOA and “N” can be selected.

Note :

1.      RDA_HOME/output i.e “/u07/oracle/rda/output” contains collected reports on configuration and health information.

2.      To review the collection, copy output folder to machine with browser installed and open 'RDA_start.htm’

References:

·          Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) - Getting Started (Doc ID 314422.1)

·         How to Run Remote Diagnostic Agent ( RDA ) Against SOA Products (Doc ID 1571554.2)