RDBMS and listener log (xml) from SQL*Plus with V$DIAG_ALERT_EXt view [ADR - Automatic Diagnostic Re

With the V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT it is possible to read the logs of all the databases and listeners from the ADR location Great for monitoring. Now only one connection to a database is needed to see all the database alert files and listener logs registered inside the ADR structure.Yes Multiple databases.

There is NO GV$DIAG_ALERT_EXT.

ADR is node,database depended and not global. Still we can use a shared ADR on a shared file system on Oracle CLusterware RAC and then is everthing from one place.

The parameter DIAGNOSTIC_DEST represents the root for the Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR),which includes the alertfile states. If this parameter is not set and the ORACLE_BASE is than it will use this information for the DIAGNOSTIC_DEST. If ORACLE_BASE is not set then the ADR root is in log Oracle release 11.2 has introduced new v$ diagnostic (diag) views.

select object_name from dba_objects where object_name like 'V$DIAG%' order by 1;
OBJECT_NAME
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V$DIAG_ADR_CONTROL
V$DIAG_ADR_INVALIDATION
V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT
V$DIAG_AMS_XACTION
V$DIAG_CRITICAL_ERROR
V$DIAG_DDE_USER_ACTION
V$DIAG_DDE_USER_ACTION_DEF
V$DIAG_DDE_USR_ACT_ParaM
V$DIAG_DDE_USR_ACT_ParaM_DEF
V$DIAG_DDE_USR_INC_ACT_MAP
V$DIAG_DDE_USR_INC_TYPE
V$DIAG_DFW_CONfig_CAPTURE
V$DIAG_DFW_CONfig_ITEM
V$DIAG_DIAGV_INCIDENT
V$DIAG_DIR_EXT
V$DIAG_EM_DIAG_JOB
V$DIAG_EM_TARGET_INFO
V$DIAG_EM_USER_ACTIVITY
V$DIAG_HM_FDG_SET
V$DIAG_HM_FINDING
V$DIAG_HM_INFO
V$DIAG_HM_MESSAGE
V$DIAG_HM_RECOMMENDATION
V$DIAG_HM_RUN
V$DIAG_INCCKEY
V$DIAG_INCIDENT
V$DIAG_INCIDENT_FILE
V$DIAG_INC_METER_CONfig
V$DIAG_INC_METER_IMPT_DEF
V$DIAG_INC_METER_INFO
V$DIAG_INC_METER_PK_IMPTS
V$DIAG_INC_METER_SUMMARY
V$DIAG_INFO
V$DIAG_IPS_CONfigURATION
V$DIAG_IPS_FILE_copY_LOG
V$DIAG_IPS_FILE_MetaDATA
V$DIAG_IPS_PACKAGE
V$DIAG_IPS_PACKAGE_FILE
V$DIAG_IPS_PACKAGE_HISTORY
V$DIAG_IPS_PACKAGE_INCIDENT
V$DIAG_IPS_PKG_UNPACK_HIST
V$DIAG_IPS_PROGRESS_LOG
V$DIAG_IPS_REMOTE_PACKAGE
V$DIAG_PICKLEERR
V$DIAG_PROBLEM
V$DIAG_RELMD_EXT
V$DIAG_sweeperR
V$DIAG_VEM_USER_ACTLOG
V$DIAG_VEM_USER_ACTLOG1
V$DIAG_VHM_RUN
V$DIAG_VIEW
V$DIAG_VIEWCOL
V$DIAG_VINCIDENT
V$DIAG_VINCIDENT_FILE
V$DIAG_VINC_METER_INFO
V$DIAG_VIPS_FILE_copY_LOG
V$DIAG_VIPS_FILE_MetaDATA
V$DIAG_VIPS_PACKAGE_FILE
V$DIAG_VIPS_PACKAGE_HISTORY
V$DIAG_VIPS_PACKAGE_MAIN_INT
V$DIAG_VIPS_PACKAGE_SIZE
V$DIAG_VIPS_PKG_FILE
V$DIAG_VIPS_PKG_INC_CAND
V$DIAG_VIPS_PKG_INC_DTL
V$DIAG_VIPS_PKG_INC_DTL1
V$DIAG_VIPS_PKG_MAIN_PROBLEM
V$DIAG_VNOT_EXIST_INCIDENT
V$DIAG_VPROBLEM
V$DIAG_VPROBLEM1
V$DIAG_VPROBLEM2
V$DIAG_VPROBLEM_BUCKET
V$DIAG_VPROBLEM_BUCKET1
V$DIAG_VPROBLEM_BUCKET_COUNT
V$DIAG_VPROBLEM_INT
V$DIAG_VPROBLEM_LASTINC
V$DIAG_VSHOWCATVIEW
V$DIAG_VSHOWINCB
V$DIAG_VSHOWINCB_I
V$DIAG_VTEST_EXISTS
V$DIAG_V_ACTINC
V$DIAG_V_ACTPROB
V$DIAG_V_INCCOUNT
V$DIAG_V_INCFCOUNT
V$DIAG_V_INC_METER_INFO_PROB
V$DIAG_V_IPSPRBCNT
V$DIAG_V_IPSPRBCNT1
V$DIAG_V_NFCINC
V$DIAG_V_SWPERRCOUNT

88 rows selected.

Describe V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT
sql> desc V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
ADDR RAW(4)
INDX NUMBER
INST_ID NUMBER
ADR_PATH_IDX VARCHAR2(445)
ADR_HOME VARCHAR2(445)
ORIGINATING_TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP(9) WITH TIME ZONE
norMALIZED_TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP(9) WITH TIME ZONE
ORGANIZATION_ID VARCHAR2(67)
COMPONENT_ID VARCHAR2(67)
HOST_ID VARCHAR2(67)
HOST_ADDRESS VARCHAR2(49)
MESSAGE_TYPE NUMBER
MESSAGE_LEVEL NUMBER
MESSAGE_ID VARCHAR2(67)
MESSAGE_GROUP VARCHAR2(67)
CLIENT_ID VARCHAR2(67)
MODULE_ID VARCHAR2(67)
PROCESS_ID VARCHAR2(35)
THREAD_ID VARCHAR2(67)
USER_ID VARCHAR2(67)
INSTANCE_ID VARCHAR2(67)
DETAILED_LOCATION VARCHAR2(163)
UPSTREAM_COMP_ID VARCHAR2(103)
DOWNSTREAM_COMP_ID VARCHAR2(103)
EXECUTION_CONTEXT_ID VARCHAR2(103)
EXECUTION_CONTEXT_SEQUENCE NUMBER
ERROR_INSTANCE_ID NUMBER
ERROR_INSTANCE_SEQUENCE NUMBER
MESSAGE_TEXT VARCHAR2(2051)
MESSAGE_ARGUMENTS VARCHAR2(131)
SUPPLEMENTAL_ATTRIBUTES VARCHAR2(131)
SUPPLEMENTAL_DETAILS VARCHAR2(131)
PARTITION NUMBER
RECORD_ID NUMBER
FILENAME VARCHAR2(515)
PROBLEM_KEY VARCHAR2(67)
VERSION NUMBER


Demo Output of a RAC instance


select distinct adr_home from v$diag_alert_ext;
ADR_HOME COMPONENT_ID
------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------
diag/rdbms/joord/JOORD1 rdbms
diag/rdbms/TEST/TEST1 rdbms
diag/tnslsnr/rdbms11gr2/listener_scan2 tnslsnr
diag/tnslsnr/rdbms11gr2/listener tnslsnr

diag/asm/+asm/+ASM1 rdbms

select * from v$diag_info; INST_ID NAME VALUE ---------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Diag Enabled TRUE 1 ADR Base /home/oracle/app/oracle 1 ADR Home /home/oracle/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/prod1/PROD1 1 Diag Trace /home/oracle/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/prod1/PROD1/trace 1 Diag Alert /home/oracle/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/prod1/PROD1/alert 1 Diag Incident /home/oracle/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/prod1/PROD1/incident 1 Diag Cdump /home/oracle/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/prod1/PROD1/cdump 1 Health Monitor /home/oracle/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/prod1/PROD1/hm 1 Default Trace File /home/oracle/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/prod1/PROD1/trace/PROD1_ora_3486.trc 1 Active Problem Count 0 1 Active Incident Count 0 SELECT * FROM V$DIAG_CRITICAL_ERROR; FACILITY ERROR ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ORA 7445 ORA 4030 ORA 4031 ORA 29740 ORA 255 ORA 355 ORA 356 ORA 239 ORA 240 ORA 494 ORA 3137 ORA 227 ORA 353 ORA 1578 ORA 32701 ORA 32703 ORA 29770 ORA 29771 ORA 445 ORA 25319 ORA 56729 OCI 3106 OCI 3113 OCI 3135 XML markup V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT The V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT read the log.xml file from de ADR location. Here are sample queries using XML markup with V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT info from ( marco Gralike ) view sourceprint?01 set pagesize 120 set linesize 200 set long 99999 column ADR_HOME format a40 column "mylog.xml" format a180 select xmlelement(noentityescaping "msg",xmlattributes( alt.originating_timestamp as "time",alt.organization_id as "org_id",alt.component_id as "comp_id",alt.message_id as "msg_id",alt.message_type as "type",alt.message_group as "group",alt.message_level as "level",alt.host_id as "host_id",alt.host_address as "host_addr",alt.process_id as "pid_id",alt.version as "version" ),xmlelement("txt",message_text) ) as "mylog.xml" from v$diag_alert_ext alt order by alt.component_id,alt.inst_id,alt.originating_timestamp Most of the "normal errors",if such thing exists,are level 16. Data mining through the V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT table is Now possible. Good thing is that there are errors for the component "tnslsnr",which means that it is Now possible to catch Oracle*Net errors,too. Maybe in release 12C Oracle has made this complet functional,Now it is a hidden not described structure. Summary: V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT (X$DBgalERTEXT) is done by External table referencing log*.xml files. Effectively indexed by alert date,so date-based queries are “efficient and performant.” (MOS Doc ID 961682.1) Has inst_id column,but not RAC-aware. As of 11.2,V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT Includes alerts from all ADR homes (ASM,listeners,clients,etc.) sqlPLUS statements view sourceprint?1 select ORIGINATING_TIMESTAMP,MESSAGE_TEXT from V$DIAG_ALERT_EXT WHERE ORIGINATING_TIMESTAMP > systimestamp - INTERVAL '15' minute and trim(COMPONENT_ID)='rdbms' and inst_id=1 order by originating_timestamp; set pagesize 120 set linesize 300 column adr_home format a40 column message_text format a80 select call_monitor,adr_home,inst_id,ORIGINATING_TIMESTAMP,message_text from ( select adr_home,message_text,dense_rank() over (PARTITION BY adr_home order by ORIGINATING_TIMESTAMP DESC NULLS LAST) as call_monitor from v$diag_alert_ext ) where -- call_monitor < 31 --and ORIGINATING_TIMESTAMP > systimestamp - INTERVAL '24' hour order by ORIGINATING_TIMESTAMP