Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

What's New

• New Features for Release 3.3
• Modified Features for Release 3.3
• Defect and Request for Enhancement Fix List

1 Introduction to Oracle Light Weight Availability Collection Tool

• Architecture
  • Availability Data Collection and Online Reporting
  • Offline Reporting at Oracle
• Understanding Availability Datagram Structure
  • Important Fields in the Availability Datagram
• Capabilities
• Oracle Explorer Data Collector Requirements

2 Oracle Light Weight Availability Collection Tool Utilities

• tictimed Utility
• logtime Utility
• ltreport Utility

3 Installing the Oracle Light Weight Availability Collection Tool

• Download Oracle Services Tools Bundle
• Install the Oracle Light Weight Availability Collection Tool
  • Upgrading Oracle Light Weight Availability Collection Tool
• Configurable Parameters
  • LOGDIR parameter
  • BACKUP Parameter
  • UPDATE Parameter
  • L1CC, L2CC, L3CC Parameters

4 Oracle Light Weight Availability Collection Tool Use Cases and Cause Codes

• Cause-Code
  • Interactive Mode
  • Non-interactive Mode
• ltreport

5 Working with the Oracle Light Weight Availability Collection Tool GUI

• Xalan Installation
  • Installation and Configuration of the C-Based Xalan Software
    • Download and Unpack the Software
    • Provide 755 Access Permissions
    • Complete the Installation
  • Installation and Configuration of the Java-Based Xalan
    • Download and Unpack the Software
    • Provide 755 Access Permissions
    • Complete the Installation

6 Troubleshooting Error Messages

• [logtime] Default causecode [XX] at LWACT configuration file is invalid
• Invalid event number
• Invalid Level-X cause code: Invalid cause code entered
• [logtime] event entry X was modified
• [tictimed]: stopping on SIGTERM or SIGPWR
• [tictimed] Daemon instance already running
• [tictimed] Catastrophic file error - zero length
• [tictimed] datagram file corruption detected
• [tictimed] Unable to update timestamp on log file
• Attempting to start LWACT. Respawning inittab
• LWACT is already running
• LWACT is going down
• **ATTENTION** Event generation not in chronological order. It can affect availability metrics
• Failed to list SAVECORE dir contents