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WhatistheClusterHealthMonitor?

WhatisthepurposeoftheClusterHealthMonitor?

WhatplatformdoesClusterHealthMonitorsupportandwherecanIgettheClusterHealthMonitor?

WhatistheresourcenameforClusterHealthMonitorin11.2.0.2orhigher?

Isstop/startora.crfaffectingclusterwarefunctionorclusterdatabasefunction?

CantheClusterHealthMonitorbeinstalledonasinglenode,nonRACserver?

DoEngineeredSystemslikeExadatahaveadefaultusagewithCHMandifso,anyspecificversion??

Whereisoclumon?

HowdoIcollecttheClusterHealthMonitordata?

Whydoesdiagcollection.plcollectchmosreturnCannotparsemasterfromoutput:ERROR:inreadinginitfileerror?

Howdoyougetthesyntaxofdifferentoptionsandexplanationsforthoseoptionsfordiagcollection.plandoclumon?

WhatisIPD/OS?

HowistheClusterHealthMonitordifferentfromOSWatcher?

IstheClusterHealthMonitorreplacingOSWatcher?

HowmuchofoverheaddoestheClusterHealthMonitorcause?

DoesCHMonMultipleNodeconfigurations(e.g.4to8nodes)havescalingconcerns?

WillCDBandPDBresultinanynewinformationorspecialconditionsusingCHM?

HowmuchofdiskspaceisneededfortheClusterHealthMonitor?

HowdoIfindoutthesizeofdatacollectedandsavedbytheClusterHealthMonitorinmysystem?

HowcanIincreasethesizeoftheClusterHealthMonitorrepository?

WhatplatformscanIruntheClusterHealthMonitor?

Whatstepsareneededtoinstall11.2.0.2whentheClusterHealthMonitorfromOTNisalreadyrunning?

WheredoestheClusterHealthMonitorfromOTNinstalledinLinux?

WhatlogsanddatashouldIgatherbeforeloggingaSRfortheClusterHealthMonitorerror?

HowdoIincreasethetraceleveltheClusterHealthMonitor?

CanIuseprocwatchertogetthepstackoftheClusterHealthMonitorregularly?

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WhataretheprocessesandcomponentsfortheClusterHealthMonitor?

Whatisoclumon?

Whatisdefinitionofsomeofthefileslike*.bdb,_db.*,*.ldb,log.*filescreatedbytoolintheBDB(BerkeleyDatabase)location
directory?

Becauseittakesmanydays/weekstoresolveaproblemlikethenoderebootorperformancedegradation,isthereanywaytokeep
theClusterHealthMonitordataforthatlongsothatitcanbereplayedanytimelaterwhenneeded?

WhereisthelocationforthelogfilesfortheClusterHealthMonitorfromOTN(pre11.2.0.2)?

HowdoIfixtheproblemthatthetimeintheoclumonreportisinUTCtimezoneinsteadofthetimezoneofmyserver?

CanIinstallCHMfromOTNon11.2.0.2?WhatifIstopanddisableCHMresource(ora.crf)on11.2.0.2?

Whereisthetracefileforclientlikeoclumon?HowdoIincreasethetracelevelforoclumon?

CantheDirectorypathtotheCHMRepositorybesameonallnodesifsharedstorageisused?

Howmuchofdata(howlongintime)doesthenodestoreCHMdatalocallywhenitcannotcommunicatewiththemaster?

HowoftendoesCHMcollectthesystemmetricdata?Canthisbechanged?

WhatisthedefaultCHMretentiontime?

Howcanyoureducethesizeofbdbfilethatbecamebigforanyreason?

CanyousetupCHMtorunlocallyoneachnode?

IsGUItoolforCHMavailablefor11.2.0.2?

CanCHMbeusedonasinglenodenonRACserver?

HowtostartandstopCHMthatisinstalledasapartofGIin11.2andhigher?

DatabaseRAC/ScalabilityCommunity

References

APPLIESTO:
OracleDatabaseEnterpriseEditionVersion10.1.0.2to12.1.0.2[Release10.1to12.1]
Informationinthisdocumentappliestoanyplatform.

PURPOSE

TheClusterHealthMonitorFAQisanevolvingdocumentthatanswerscommonquestionsabouttheClusterHealthMonitor

QUESTIONSANDANSWERS
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WhatistheClusterHealthMonitor?
TheClusterHealthMonitorcollectsOSstatistics(systemmetrics)suchasmemoryandswapspaceusage,processes,IOusage,andnetworkrelateddata.
TheClusterHealthMonitorcollectsinformationinrealtimeandusuallyonceasecond.TheClusterHealthMonitorcollectsOSstatisticsusingOSAPIto
gainperformanceandreducetheCPUusageoverhead.TheClusterHealthMonitorcollectsasmuchofsystemmetricsanddataasfeasiblethatis
restrictedbytheacceptablelevelofresourceconsumptionbythetool.

WhatisthepurposeoftheClusterHealthMonitor?
TheClusterHealthMonitorisdevelopedtoprovidesystemmetricsanddatafortroubleshootingmanydifferenttypesofproblemssuchasnoderebootand
hang,instanceevictionandhang,severeperformancedegradation,andanyotherproblemsthatneedthesystemmetricsanddata.
Bymonitoringthedataconstantly,userscanusetheClusterHealthMonitordetectpotentialproblemareassuchasCPUload,memoryconstraints,and
spinningprocessesbeforetheproblemcausesanunwantedoutage.

WhatplatformdoesClusterHealthMonitorsupportandwherecanIgettheClusterHealthMonitor?
TheClusterHealthMonitorisNOTsupportedonLinuxItanium,andIBMLinuxZandHPUX.
TheClusterHealthMonitorisintegratedpartof11.2.0.2OracleGridInfrastructureforLinux(notonLinuxItaniumandIBMLinuxZ)andSolaris(Sparc64
andx8664only),soinstalling11.2.0.2OracleGridInfrastructureonthoseplatformswillautomaticallyinstalltheClusterHealthMonitor.AIXwillhavethe
ClusterHealthMonitorstartingfrom11.2.0.3.TheClusterHealthMonitorisalsoenabledforWindows(exceptWindowsItanium)in11.2.0.3.
Priorto11.2.0.2onLinux(notonLinuxItaniumandIBMLinuxZ),theClusterHealthMonitorcanbedownloadedfromOTN.
http://wwwcontent.oracle.com/technetwork/products/clustering/downloads/ipddownloadhomepage087212.html
TheOTNversionforWindowsisnotavailable.Pleaseupgradeto11.2.0.3ifyouneedCHMforWindows.

WhatistheresourcenameforClusterHealthMonitorin11.2.0.2orhigher?
ora.crfistheClusterHealthMonitorresourcenamethatohasdmanages.IssuecrsctlstatrestinittocheckthecurrentstatusoftheClusterHealth
Monitor.

Isstop/startora.crfaffectingclusterwarefunctionorclusterdatabasefunction?
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No,stop/startora.crfresourcewillstopandstartClusterHealthMonitoranditsdatacollection,itwillnotaffectclusterwareordatabasefunctionality.

CantheClusterHealthMonitorbeinstalledonasinglenode,nonRACserver?
TheClusterHealthMonitorStandaloneforLINUXx86andx8664canbedownloadedfromOTN,itcanbeinstalledonasinglenode,nonRACserver
withouttheneedtoinstallGridInfrastructureorCRS.Forotherplatform,itisrequiredtoinstallGridInfrastructureorCRStogetCHM/OS.

DoEngineeredSystemslikeExadatahaveadefaultusagewithCHMandifso,anyspecificversion??
EngineeredsystemsusethedefaultGIstackthatincludesCHMfunctionalityasshippedonstandardplatforms.Atthistimetherearenospecificextensions
forEngineeredsystemsbutthismaychangeinfuturereleases.

Whereisoclumon?
IftheCHMisinstalledasapartof11.2installationonthesupportedplatform,thenthelocationofoclumonisinGI_HOME/bindirectory.
IftheCHMismanuallyinstalledusingtheCHMfilefromOTN,thenthelocationofoclumonisin:
Linux:/usr/lib/oracrf/bin
Windows:C:\ProgramFiles\oracrf\bin

HowdoIcollecttheClusterHealthMonitordata?
Asgriduser,usingcommand<GI_HOME>/bin/diagcollection.plcollectchmoswillproduceoutputforalldatathatiscollectedintherepository.There
maybetoomuchdataandmaytakelongtime,sothesuggestionislimitthequerytoaninterestingtimeinterval.
Forexample,issue<GI_HOME>/bin/diagcollection.plcollectcrshome$ORA_CRS_HOMEchmosincidenttime<starttimeofinterestingtime
period>incidentduration05:00
Theaboveoutputsthereportthatcovers5hoursfromthetimespecifiedbyincidenttime.
TheincidenttimemustbeinMM/DD/YYYYHH:MN:SSwhereMMismonth,DDisdate,YYYYisyear,HHishourin24hourformat,MNisminute,andSSis
second.Forexample,ifyouwanttoputtheincidenttimetostartfrom10:15PMonJune01,2011,theincidenttimeis06/01/201122:15:00.The
incidenttimeandincidentdurationcanbechangedtocapturemoredata.
Alternatively,oclumondumpnodeviewallnodesvlast"11:59:59">yourfilenameifdiagcollection.plfailswithanyreason.Thiswillgenerateareport
fromtherepositoryuptolast12hours.Thelastvaluecanbechangedtogetmoreorlessdata.
Anotherexampleofusingoclumonis'oclumondumpnodeviewallnodesvs"2012060122:15:00"e"2012060203:15:00">/tmp/chm.log'.The
differenceinthiscommandisthatitspecifiesthestart(sflag)andendtime(eflag).
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Whydoesdiagcollection.plcollectchmosreturnCannotparsemasterfromoutput:ERROR:inreadinginitfileerror?
Thisisduetobug10048487thataffects11.2.0.2.Asaresult,thebuginthescriptcausesthediagcollection.pltoneverbeabletoretrievethemaster
node.
Theworkaroundforthisistoissue
oclumondumpnodeviewallnodesvlastamountofdataneeded
Forexample,oclumondumpnodeviewallnodesvlast01:00:00
willprovidelastonehourofdatafromallnodes.

Howdoyougetthesyntaxofdifferentoptionsandexplanationsforthoseoptionsfordiagcollection.plandoclumon?
Issue<GI_HOME>/bin/diagcollection.plhandoclumonh.Youmayneedtodrilldownfurthertogetinformationfordifferentoptions.

WhatisIPD/OS?
TheIPD/OSisanoldnamefortheClusterHealthMonitor.ThenamescanbeusedinterchangeablyalthoughOraclenowcallsthetoolClusterHealth
Monitor.

HowistheClusterHealthMonitordifferentfromOSWatcher?
OSWatchercollectsOSstatisticsbyrunningregularunixcommandssuchasvmstat,top,ps,iostat,netstat,mpstat,andmeminfo.Theprivate.netfilecan
beconfiguredinOSWatchertoissuetraceroutecommandovertheprivateinterconnecttotesttheprivateinterconnect.OSWatcheralsorunsinauser
priority,soOSWatcheroftencannotrunwhenCPUloadisheavy.

IstheClusterHealthMonitorreplacingOSWatcher?
TheClusterHealthMonitorhasmanyadvantagesoverOSWatcher,andthemostsignificantisthattheClusterHealthMonitorrunsinrealtimeandusually
onceasecond,sotheClusterHealthMonitorwillcollectdataevenwhenOSWatchercannot.However,therearesomeinformationsuchastop,
traceroute,andnetstatthattheClusterHealthMonitordoesnotcollect,sorunningtheClusterHealthMonitorwhilerunningOSWatcherisideal.Bothtools
complementeachotherratherthansupplement.
Ontheotherhand,ifonlyoneofthetoolscanbeused,thenOraclerecommendsthattheClusterHealthMonitorisused.

HowmuchofoverheaddoestheClusterHealthMonitorcause?
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Intoday'sserverenvironment,theClusterHealthMonitorusesapproximatelylessthan3%oftheserver'scapacityforCPU.Theoverheadofusingthe
ClusterHealthMonitorisminimal.However.CHMontheserverwithlargenumberofdisksorIOdevicesandmoreCPUs/memorywouldusemoreCPU
thanCHMonaserverthatdoesnothavemanydisksandCPUs/memory.

DoesCHMonMultipleNodeconfigurations(e.g.4to8nodes)havescalingconcerns?
CHMfunctionalityisdesignedtoscaleautomaticallywiththecluster.Whileeachnodehostsanosysmonddaemon,theologgerddaemonservicesmultiple
osysmonds.Shouldaclustergrowlargeenoughanotherologgerddaemonisspawnedtomanagetheincreasedload.Theuserisresponsiblefor
increasingtheCHMdatarepositorysizeasnodesareaddedtoensuresufficientretentiontimeismaintained.Thisisrecommendedtobe72hours.

WillCDBandPDBresultinanynewinformationorspecialconditionsusingCHM?
AsCHMiscollectingOSmetricstherecurrentlyarenoCDBorPDBspecificmetricscollected.Therearecurrentlynospecialconditionsthataretriggered
whenhostingamultitenant(CDB)database.

HowmuchofdiskspaceisneededfortheClusterHealthMonitor?
TheClusterHealthMonitortakesup1GBspacebydefaultonallnodesinthecluster.Theapproximateamountofdatacollectedis0.5GBpernodeper
day.Thesizeoftherepositorycanincreasetocollectandsavedataupto3days,andthiswillincreasethediskusageappropriately.

HowdoIfindoutthesizeofdatacollectedandsavedbytheClusterHealthMonitorinmysystem?
oclumonmanagegetrepsizewillshowthesizeinseconds.
Toestimatethespacerequired,usethefollowingformula:
#ofnodes*720MB*3=Sizerequiredfor3daysretention
eg.for4nodecluster:4*720*3=8,640MB(8.4GB)

HowcanIincreasethesizeoftheClusterHealthMonitorrepository?
oclumonmanagereposresize<numberinsecondslessthan259200>.Settingthevalueto259200willcollectandsavethedatafor72hours(3days).
Itisrecommendedtoset72hoursofretentionbasedonaboveformula.Thisspaceneedstobeavailableonallnodeinthecluster.Pleaseresizethe
repositoriesormovingthemifnecessaryinordertoachieve72hoursofretention.

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WhatplatformscanIruntheClusterHealthMonitor?
11.2.0.1andearlier:Linuxonly(downloadfromOTN)
11.2.0.2:Solaris(Sparc64andx8664only),andLinux.
11.2.0.3:AIX,Solaris(Sparc64andx8664only),Linux,andWindows.
ClusterHealthMonitorisNOTavailableforanyItaniumplatformsuchasLinuxItaniumandWindowsItanium.

Whatstepsareneededtoinstall11.2.0.2whentheClusterHealthMonitorfromOTNisalreadyrunning?
RemovetheClusterHealthMonitorfromOTNbeforeupgradingtheCRSorinstallingGridInfrastructure.

WheredoestheClusterHealthMonitorfromOTNinstalledinLinux?
$CRF_HOMEisset/usr/lib/oracrfonLinuxbydefaultiftheClusterHealthMonitorisfromOTN.ThisistheClusterHealthMonitorhomelocation.

WhatlogsanddatashouldIgatherbeforeloggingaSRfortheClusterHealthMonitorerror?
1)provide34pstackoutputsoveraminuteforosysmond.bin
2)outputofstracevforosysmond.binabout2minutes.
3)stracecp<osysmond.binpid>forabout2min
4)oclumondumpnodeviewvoutputforthatnodefor2min.
5)outputof"unamea"
6)outpuftof"pseLf|greposysmond.bin"
7)TheologgerdandsysmondlogfilesintheCRS_HOME/log/<hostname>directoryfromallnodes

HowdoIincreasethetraceleveltheClusterHealthMonitor?
Increasetheloglevelforthedaemonsusing,
oclumondebuglogallallcomp:<tracelevelfrom0to3>
Higherthetracelevel,moredetailedtracingisdone,sodonotforgettoresetthetracelevelbackto1(thedefaulttracelevelwhentheCHMisfirst
installed)byissuing"oclumondebuglogallallcomp:1"

CanIuseprocwatchertogetthepstackoftheClusterHealthMonitorregularly?
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Procwatcherversion030810cannowbeusedtomonitorIPDprocs.JustaddtheprocnamestotheCLUSTERPROCSlist.ThechangeisthatProcwatcher
isnowsmarteraboutpickingthepathoftheexecutablesonowitcanfindtheIPDdaemonsifitislookingforthem.

WhataretheprocessesandcomponentsfortheClusterHealthMonitor?
ClusterLoggerService(Ologgerd)thereisamasterologgerdthatreceivesthedatafromothernodesandsavesthemintherepository(Berkeley
database).Itcompressesthedatabeforepersistingtosavethediskspace.Inanenvironmentwithmultiplenodes,areplicaologgerdisalsostartedona
nodewherethemasterologgerdisnotrunning.Themasterologgerdwillsyncthedatawithreplicaologgerdbysendingthedatatothereplicaologgerd.
Thereplicaologgerdtakesoverifthemasterologgerddies.Anewreplicaologgerdstartswhenthereplicaologgerddies.Thereisonlyonemaster
ologgerdandonereplicaologgerdpercluster.
SystemMonitorService(Sysmond)thesysmondprocesscollectsthesystemstatisticsofthelocalnodeandsendsthedatatothemasterologgerd.A
sysmondprocessrunsoneverynodeandcollectsthesystemstatisticsincludingCPU,memoryusage,platforminfo,diskinfo,nicinfo,processinfo,and
filesysteminfo.
Tofindthemasterolggerd,onecanusethefollowingcommand:
oclumonmanagegetmaster

Whatisoclumon?
OCLUMONcommandlinetooluseoclumoncommandlinetoquerytheCHMrepositorytodisplaynodespecificmetricsforaspecifiedtimeperiod.
Youcanalsouseoclumontoqueryandprintthedurationsandthestatesforaresourceonanodeduringaspecifiedtimeperiod.Thesestatesarebased
onpredefinedthresholdsforeachresourcemetricandaredenotedasred,orange,yellow,andgreen,indicatingdecreasingorderofcriticality.

Whatisdefinitionofsomeofthefileslike*.bdb,_db.*,*.ldb,log.*filescreatedbytoolintheBDB(BerkeleyDatabase)locationdirectory
?
*.bdb&_db.*Thesearefilescreatedfortheberkeleydbwhichstoresthedatacollected.
log.*Theseareberkeleybdblogfileswhichpreservechangesbeforemakingthemtothedbfiles.Wehavecheckpointingsetupanditreusesthelog
files.
*.ldbThisisthelocalloggingfileandMUSTbepresentonallservers.
Donotdeleteabovefilesexceptincaseoftryingtoreducethesizeofbdbfilethatgetgrowtoalargesize.Toreducethesizeofbdbfile,refertothe
question"Howcanyoureducethesizeofbdbfilethatbecamebigforanyreason?"inthisdocument.
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Becauseittakesmanydays/weekstoresolveaproblemlikethenoderebootorperformancedegradation,isthereanywaytokeepthe
ClusterHealthMonitordataforthatlongsothatitcanbereplayedanytimelaterwhenneeded?
TheClusterHealthMonitorisdesignedtostoredataupto3daysasbestasitcanbyincreasingthesizeoftherepositoryupto2GB.Ifyouwanttostore
datamorethanthat,onewayistoziptheoutputfromoclumondumpnodeviewsordiagcollectionregularly(likeeveryhour).
Before12.1.0.2,anotherwayistoarchivethewholeBDBregularly(likeeveryday)bymakingacopyofBDBfileintheBDBlocationdirectory.
ThewaythatCHMOSreadsarchivedBDBistostartitindebugmode.Itstartsbyusing
ologdbgd<bdblocation>
Afteritstarts,issuetheoclumondumpnodeviewtogetthedatafromthearchivedBDB.
Forexample,issue
oclumondumpnodeviewn<nodename>s<starttime>e<endtime>v

WhereisthelocationforthelogfilesfortheClusterHealthMonitorfromOTN(pre11.2.0.2)?
Checkdirectory/usr/lib/oracrf/log/*forthealert<nodename>.logandothersubdirforeachdaemons(SYSMOND,LOGGERD,OPROXYD)log.

HowdoIfixtheproblemthatthetimeintheoclumonreportisinUTCtimezoneinsteadofthetimezoneofmyserver?
ThetimeintherepositoryisinUTC,andbydefault,oclumonshowsthetimeinUTC.CheckREADME,itshowsUTCifORACRF_TZnotset.Setting
ORACRF_TZshouldfixthetimezoneissue.

CanIinstallCHMfromOTNon11.2.0.2?WhatifIstopanddisableCHMresource(ora.crf)on11.2.0.2?
YoucannotinstallCHMfromOTNifthereisanyconflictinginstall,soinstallingCHMfromOTNonserversthathas11.2.0.2GridInfrastructurewillnot
work.DisablingCHMresource(ora.crf)on11.2.0.2willstillkeeptheinstallationhence,OTNinstallwillfail.

Whereisthetracefileforclientlikeoclumon?HowdoIincreasethetracelevelforoclumon?
The'log'fileforoclumonisinlog/<hostname>/clients/oclumon.log.
Generallyitsnotgeneratedbecause,attheloglevel0,thereisnologdata.
Toseelogsathigherlogleveloneneedstodothefollowing
1.oclumon[Entertheinteractivemode]
2.query>debuglogallallcomp:3
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Afterthis,anycommandexecutionwillproducefinerlogsinoclumon.log

CantheDirectorypathtotheCHMRepositorybesameonallnodesifsharedstorageisused?
OnecansetCHMrepositoryatasharedstorageunderthesamedirectoryalthoughitisrecommendednottodoso.Onereasonistheperformanceissue.
Insuchacase,eachnodesrepositorylocationisunderthedirectorynamedasitshostname.

Howmuchofdata(howlongintime)doesthenodestoreCHMdatalocallywhenitcannotcommunicatewiththemaster?
ThelocalrepositorysizeissmallfornodesthatneedtosavethelocalCHMdatawhenitcannotcommunicatewiththemaster.
Withasamplingintervalof1second,ideallyitwillbearound1hourofdata.With11.2.0.3,wehavemovedtosamplingintervalof5seconds,hence,in
thatcasethedatathatcanberetainedis45hoursofdata.

HowoftendoesCHMcollectthesystemmetricdata?Canthisbechanged?
Inpre11.2.0.3,theCHMcollectionintervalisusuallyonceasecond,butthiscanchangedependingonthetheamountofdatagettingcollected.In
11.2.0.3,theCHMcollectionintervalischangedtoonceevery5seconds.
Currently,thecollectionintervalcannotbechanged.

WhatisthedefaultCHMretentiontime?
Inpre11.2.0.2CHMavailablefromOTN,thedefaultdataretentiontimewas24hours.
In11.2.0.2,theretentiontimeisdeterminedbythesize.Thedefaultsizehaschangedto1GB.Dependingonhowlargetheclusteris,thedefault
retentiontimeisdifferent.Forexample,itisusually6.9hoursforaonenodeclusterwhensamplingintervalis1second.Pleaseissue"oclumonmanage
getrepsize"tofindouttheretentiontimeofyourcluster.Theoutputisinseconds.
Withsamplingintervalmovingto5secondsin11.2.0.3,theretentiontimebecomes5timesretentiontimewithsamplinginterval1second.
Itisrecommendedtoset72hoursretentiontime.

Howcanyoureducethesizeofbdbfilethatbecamebigforanyreason?
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Youcanmanagerepositorysizeintermsofspaceusingbelowcommand.Thisfeatureispresentfrom11.2.0.3.
oclumonmanagereposchangesize<memsize>.
Asatemporaryworkaround,youcankillologgerdanddeletethecontentsintheBDBdirectory.osysmondshouldrespawnologgerdandnewbdbfilewill
getcreated.Thepastdataislostwhenthisisdone.
Pleasenotetheminimumsizemustbe>=1024MB(1GB),otherwiseCRS9100"ErrorsettingClusterHealthMonitorrepositorysize"willbereported.

CanyousetupCHMtorunlocallyoneachnode?
OnOTN,onecandothatbyinstallingCHMoneachnodeindependentlyalthoughitisnotrecommended.
TheClusterHealthMonitorthatcomeswiththeGridInfrastructureinstallimagemustrunwithonlyonemasterologgerd,soitcannotbesetuptorun
locallyoneachnode.

IsGUItoolforCHMavailablefor11.2.0.2?
CHM/OSGraphicalUserInterface(CHMOSG)supplementsthecommandlineutilityprovidedwithbothversionsofCHM/OSwithagraphicsbased
interface.ThisUIprovidesflexiblemouseorkeyboarddrivenaccesstoalloftheCHM/OSviewsforbothrealtimeandhistoricalmodes.
ItcanbedownloadedfromOTN.

CanCHMbeusedonasinglenodenonRACserver?
TheCHMavailableonOTNcanbeusedonasinglenodenonRACserver,butonlyLinuxandWindowsversionofCHMisavailablefromOTN.TheCHM
thatcomeswithGIin11.2andhighermustrunwithGI(RAC)

HowtostartandstopCHMthatisinstalledasapartofGIin11.2andhigher?
Theora.crfresourcein11.2GI(andhigher)istheresourceforCHM,andtheora.crfresourceismanagedbyohasd.Startingandstoppingora.crf
resourcestartsandstopsCHM.
TostopCHM(orora.crfresourcemanagedbyohasd)
$GRID_HOME/bin/crsctlstopresora.crfinit
TostartCHM(orora.crfresourcemanagedbyohasd)
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