Running Generic Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Commands

A.1 Running Generic Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Commands

List of command options common to Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk.

Syntax

[-a] 
[-v] 
[-debug] 
[-nodaemon] 
[-f] 
[-upgrade] 
[-noupgrade] 
[-testemail all | "NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=comma-delimited list of email addresses"] 
[-sendemail “NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=comma-delimited list of email addresses"] 
[-dbserial] 
[-dbparallel [n]] 
[-dbparallelmax]

Parameters

Table A-1 Generic Commands

Option	Description
`-a`	Runs all checks, including the best practice checks and the recommended patch check. If you do not specify any options, then the tools run all checks by default.
`-v`	Shows the version of Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk tools.
`-debug`	Runs in debug mode. The generated `.zip` file contains a debug log and other files useful for Oracle Support.
`-nodaemon`	Does not send commands to the daemon, usage is interactive.
`-f`	Runs Offline. The tools perform health checks on the data already collected from the system.
`-upgrade`	Forces an upgrade of the version of the tools being run.
`-noupgrade`	Does not prompt for an upgrade even if a later version is available under the location specified in the `RAT_UPGRADE_LOC` environment variable.
`-testemail all \| "NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=comma-delimited list of email addresses"`	Sends a test email to validate email configuration.
`-sendemail “NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=comma-delimited list of email addresses"`	Specify a comma-delimited list of email addresses. Emails the generated HTML report on completion to the specified email addresses.
`-dbserial`	Runs the `SQL`, `SQL_COLLECT`, and `OS` health checks in serial.
`-dbparallel [n]`	Runs the `SQL`, `SQL_COLLECT`, and `OS` health checks in parallel, using n number of child processes. Default is 25% of CPUs.
`-dbparallelmax`	Runs the `SQL`, `SQL_COLLECT`, and `OS` health checks in parallel, using the maximum number of child processes.

Parent topic: Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Command-Line Options