In this post I will explain how We can install and use TFA. Oracle Trace File Analyzer (TFA) provides a number of diagnostic tools in a single bundle, making it easy to gather diagnostic information about the Oracle database and clusterware, which in turn helps with problem resolution when dealing with Oracle Support.
In many case Oracle will some output using this tool for your Service Requests.
First We need to download latest TFA version from Metalink. Please follow TFA Collector – TFA with Database Support Tools Bundle (Doc ID 1513912.1)
root@node1:/gunes# ./ahf_setup AHF Installer for Platform SunOS Architecture SPARC AHF Installation Log : /tmp/ahf_install_2253_2019_12_30-10_40_39.log Starting Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) Installation AHF Version: 193200 Build Date: 201911251327 TFA is already installed at : /u01/app/12.1.0.2/grid/tfa/node1/tfa_home Installed TFA Version : 122120 Build ID : 20170927002523 Default AHF Location : /opt/oracle.ahf Do you want to change AHF Location (/opt/oracle.ahf) ? Y|[N] : N AHF Location : /opt/oracle.ahf AHF Data Directory stores diagnostic collections and metadata. AHF Data Directory requires at least 5GB (Recommended 10GB) of free space. Choose Data Directory from below options : 1. /opt/oracle.ahf [Free Space : 27780 MB] 2. Enter a different Location Choose Option [1 - 2] : 1 AHF Data Directory : /opt/oracle.ahf/data Shutting down TFA : /u01/app/12.1.0.2/grid/tfa/node1/tfa_home Copying TFA Data Files from /u01/app/12.1.0.2/grid/tfa/node1/tfa_home Uninstalling TFA : /u01/app/12.1.0.2/grid/tfa/node1/tfa_home Do you want to add AHF Notification Email IDs ? [Y]|N : N Extracting AHF to /opt/oracle.ahf Configuring TFA Services Copying TFA Data Files to AHF File /opt/oracle.ahf/data/node1/tfa/internal/smtp.properties.patch not found File /opt/oracle.ahf/data/node1/tfa/internal/timezones_mapping.patch not found Discovering Nodes and Oracle Resources Starting TFA Services .---------------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Host | Status of TFA | PID | Port | Version | Build ID | +---------------+---------------+------+------+------------+----------------------+ | node1 | RUNNING | 4656 | 5000 | 19.3.2.0.0 | 19320020191125132721 | '---------------+---------------+------+------+------------+----------------------' Running TFA Inventory... Adding default users to TFA Access list... .-----------------------------------------------------------. | Summary of AHF Configuration | +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Parameter | Value | +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | AHF Location | /opt/oracle.ahf | | TFA Location | /opt/oracle.ahf/tfa | | Orachk Location | /opt/oracle.ahf/orachk | | Data Directory | /opt/oracle.ahf/data | | Repository | /opt/oracle.ahf/data/repository | | Diag Directory | /opt/oracle.ahf/data/node1/diag | '-----------------+-----------------------------------------' AHF install completed on node1 AHF will also be installed/upgraded on these Cluster Nodes : 1. node1 2. node2 3. node3 The AHF Location and AHF Data Directory must exist on the above nodes AHF Location : /opt/oracle.ahf AHF Data Directory : /opt/oracle.ahf/data Do you want to install/upgrade AHF on Cluster Nodes ? [Y]|N : n Not performing install/upgrade on Cluster Nodes AHF binaries are available in /opt/oracle.ahf/bin AHF is successfully installed Moving /tmp/ahf_install_2253_2019_12_30-10_40_39.log to /opt/oracle.ahf/data/node1/diag/ahf/ root@node1:/gunes# cd /opt/oracle.ahf/ root@node1:/opt/oracle.ahf# ls ahf bin data jre python analyzer common install.properties orachk tfa root@node1:/opt/oracle.ahf# cd bin/ root@node1:/opt/oracle.ahf/bin# ls orachk tfactl root@node1:/opt/oracle.ahf/bin# ./tfactl diagcollect -all -from "Dec/28/2019 15:00:00" -to "Dec/28/2019 17:30:00" WARNING - TFA Software is older than 180 days. Please consider upgrading TFA to the latest version. The date entered is invalid, date 'Dec/28/2019 17:30:00' cannot be older than 180 days root@node1:/opt/oracle.ahf/bin# ^C root@node1:/opt/oracle.ahf/bin# ./tfactl diagcollect -all -from "dec/28/2019 17:00:00" -to "dec/28/2019 17:40:00" The -all switch is being deprecated as collection of all components is the default behavior. TFA will continue to collect all components. Collecting data for all nodes Scanning files from dec/28/2019 17:00:00 to dec/28/2019 17:40:00 Collection Id : 20191230110402node1 Detailed Logging at : /opt/oracle.ahf/data/repository/collection_Mon_Dec_30_11_04_03_03_2019_node_all/diagcollect_20191230110402_node1.log