RDA Highlights

RDA could be downloaded from metalink 314422.1 which also has other useful document links.

Setting up rda

rda.sh -S

Listing all modules, profiles and etc

rda.sh -L

Listing Profiles

rda.sh -L Profile

Listing Modules

rda.sh -L Module

Setting up RDA for cluster

Check ssh between nodes

rda.sh -T ssh

Use Rac profile to do the initial setup

rda.sh -p Rac

Add the remote nodes to cluster set up

rda.sh -vX Remote setup_cluster

This command will end with the following

RAC Setup Summary
----------------------------
Nodes:
. NOD001  rac1/rac10g21
. NOD002  rac2/rac10g22
2 nodes found
----------------------------

After the setup list of nodes could be displayed with

rda.sh -vX Remote list
Nodes:
. NOD001  rac1/rac10g21
. NOD002  rac2/rac10g22
2 nodes found

Run the rda from one node to collect node information on all nodes

rda.sh -v -e

Each node's information is visible under the Remote Data Collection => Collected Data section.Any problems could be diagnosed with additional tracing

./rda.sh -v -e REMOTE_TRACE=1

When the command runs it will log information on each operation on each node similar to below

....
NOD001>         Setting up ...
NOD002> bash: /home/oracle/rda/rda.sh: No such file or directory
NOD001>         Collecting diagnostic data ...
NOD001> ------------------------------------------------
NOD001> RDA Data Collection Started 11-Nov-2010 14:41:07
NOD001> ------------------------------------------------
...
...
NOD002>         Setting up ...
NOD002>         Collecting diagnostic data ...
NOD002> ------------------------------------------------
NOD002> RDA Data Collection Started 11-Nov-2010 14:41:15
NOD002> ------------------------------------------------

Health Check validation

perl rda.pl -T hcve

Useful metalink notes

Note 314422.1 Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) 4.0 - Overview
Note 359395.1 Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) 4 - RAC Cluster Guide
Note 330363.1 Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) 4 - FAQ
Note 330344.1 Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) 4.0 - Training
Note 330362.1 Remote Diagnostic Agent (RDA) 4 - Troubleshooting Guide
Note 250262.1 RDA 4 - Health Check / Validation Engine Guide