DBCollect/Install
DBcollect Install
Summary
Installing DBCollect is pretty simple: download the latest dbcollect zipapp, put it somewhere in $PATH, and make it executable.
Prerequisites
- Python 2.6 or higher
- Python-argparse (is usually included in the Python distribution except for very old versions)
- Enterprise Linux 6, 7 or 8 (RHEL, Oracle Linux, etc), Solaris 11, IBM AIX 7
- Some free space in /tmp (or elsewhere, use --tempdir)
- Oracle RDBMS 11g or higher (optional)
- Diagnostics pack license OR statspack configured on the database(s)
- Access to the 'oracle' special user or dba privileges ('root' not required)
- Database instances up and running (opened read/write required for AWR/Statspack)
- SYS credentials (hence the 'oracle' or dba user requirement)
Downloading DBcollect
The latest release is always available on the releases page:
DBcollect releases (GitHub) On the Github releases page, go to the latest release, open Assets and download dbcollect.
DBCollect Download (application page, not always working) is a direct link to the latest version.
Easy Install
If your system has internet (https) access, see dbcollect install for an easy way to install dbcollect
Warning
WARNING
Do NOT put dbcollect in non-standard locations such as /tmp, /root etc. The user dbcollect runs as (usually oracle) needs to have access to the dbcollect file (hence it does not work in /root). It also may not work on mounted paths that have execute disabled (/tmp, /var/tmp, ...)
Do NOT clone the git repository and run it from there (it will result in an error). This to prevent tampering, and weird problems (the zipapp package ensures all required files are contained in a predictable location).
Other requirements
Python
The dbcollect app runs using a shebang (#!/usr/bin/env python). This means Python needs to be available in the environment. Some systems do not have this by default. Enable it using
alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3