2 Analyzing Risks and Complying with Best Practices

Use configuration audit tools Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk to assess your Oracle Engineered Systems and non-Engineered Systems for known configuration problems and best practices.

This chapter describes how to use Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk and contains the following sections:

• Using Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk to Automatically Check for Risks and System Health
  Oracle recommends that you use the daemon process to schedule recurring health checks at regular intervals.
• Email Notification and Health Check Report Overview
  The following sections provide a brief overview about email notifications and sections of the HTML report output.
• Configuring Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk
  To configure Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk, use the procedures explained in this section.
• Using Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk to Manually Generate Health Check Reports
  This section explains the procedures to manually generate health check reports.
• Managing the Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk Daemons
  This section explains the procedures to manage Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk daemons.
• Tracking Support Incidents
  The Incidents tab gives you a complete system for tracking support incidents.
• Tracking File Attribute Changes and Comparing Snapshots
  Use the Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk -fileattr option and command flags to record and track file attribute settings, and compare snapshots.
• Collecting and Consuming Health Check Data
  Oracle Health Check Collections Manager for Oracle Application Express 4.2 provides you an enterprise-wide view of your health check collection data.
• Locking and Unlocking Storage Server Cells
  Beginning with version 12.1.0.2.7, use Oracle EXAchk to lock and unlock storage server cells.
• Integrating Health Check Results with Other Tools
  Integrate health check results from Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk into Enterprise Manager and other third-party tools.
• Troubleshooting Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk
  To troubleshoot and fix Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk issues, follow the steps explained in this section.