Writer instructions

Page title

For most spaces, this page must be titled Space announcements.

For spaces with localized content, this page must be titled Space announcements l10n.

Purpose

Provide an announcement banner on every page of your space.

Location

Move this page outside of your home branch.

Guidelines

Information
Announcement Support for this product will end on December 22, 2025. To monitor Oracle databases, we recommend that you use PATROL for Oracle Enterprise Database.

Preparing system information for Customer Support


To assist BMC Customer Support, collect as much of the following applicable  information as possible. This information will help a customer support representative understand the system configuration you are working with, and can expedite a solution.

System configuration      

To describe your configuration, answer the following questions:The [confluence_table-plus] macro is a standalone macro and it cannot be used inline.

Oracle permissions

Answer the following questions about the user permissions:The [confluence_table-plus] macro is a standalone macro and it cannot be used inline.

General information

Before contacting Customer Support, gather the following general information .

Login to the host machine with the PATROL OS Account and execute the following commands to get the command output:

ps –ef | grep PatrolAgent
ps –ef | grep pmon
ps –ef |grep mrp
id
groups

For any case related to a collector or parameter specific case:

  • Collect the debug information for the respective collector.
  • Save screenshots if the parameters or collectors are in an alarm state.
  • If there is no PATROL console available in the environment, you can use the following command to see if a parameter is collecting data at the Patrol Agent level:

    dump_hist –param_noreg <parameter name in proper case> -annotate >/tmp/dump_hist.txt  

PCM Rule sets for instance configuration

For troubleshooting instance configuration issues via the PCM Rule Sets, collect the following information:

  1. Patrol Agent version
  2. Pconfig file output
  3. BatchConfig<port_no>.log file (located at ../ Patrol3/oracle/conf)

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

BMC PATROL for Oracle Database Monitoring 9.7