Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR)

ADRCI is a command-line tool that is part of the fault diagnosability infrastructure introduced in Oracle Database 11g. ADRCI enables you to:

View diagnostic data within the Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR)
View Health Monitor reports.

Diagnostic data includes incident and problem descriptions, trace files, dumps, health monitor reports, alert log entries, and more.

ShortPolicy and LongPolicy Settings

 - LONGP_POLICY (long term) is set to 365 days by default. It is responsible for Incidents and Health Monitor warnings.

 - SHORTP_POLICY (short term) is set to 30 days by default. It manages the trace and core dump files. 

Check Current Settings 

select SHORTP_POLICY,LONGP_POLICY,LAST_AUTOPRG_TIME,LAST_MANUPRG_TIME from ADR_CONTROL;

Set Policy

The policies can be set to the desired value using commands, 

set control (SHORTP_POLICY = 168)  – For 7 Days Retention 

set control (LONGP_POLICY = 1440)  – For 60 Days

1. Get current  base location:( Also known as ADR_BASE)

[oracle@dg11 ~]$ adrci

ADRCI: Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production on Tue Sep 20 23:49:56 2022

Copyright (c) 1982, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.

ADR base = "/u01/app/oracle"
adrci> show base
ADR base is "/u01/app/oracle"
adrci> 

2. Set new ORACLE_BASE(ADR_BASE)

adrci> set base /u01/app/oracle

3. List current ORACLE_HOME

adrci> show homes
ADR Homes: 
diag/rdbms/orcl/orcl
diag/rdbms/prod/prod
diag/rdbms/p101/P1011
diag/tnslsnr/dg11/listener

4. View alert log

adrci> show alert

Choose the home from which to view the alert log:

1: diag/rdbms/orcl/orcl
2: diag/rdbms/prod/prod
3: diag/rdbms/p101/P1011
4: diag/clients/user_oracle/host_3154652517_110
5: diag/tnslsnr/dg11/listener
Q: to quit

Please select option: 1

5. Purge alerts and trace files

-- This will purge data older than 600 minutes.

adrci> purge -age 600 -type ALERT
adrci> purge -age 600 -type TRACE
adrci> purge -age 600 -type incident
adrci> purge -age 10080 -type cdump

ADRCI Purge Script

#!/bin/ksh -x
export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/app/oracle/product/19.0.0/dbhome_1
export PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin
for f in $( adrci exec="show homes" | grep -v "ADR Homes:" );
do
echo "Purging ${f}:";
adrci exec="set home $f; purge ;"
done

Schedule In Crontab

ADRCI PURGE
50 3 * * * /u01/app/scripts/adrci_purge.sh > /u01/app/scr_log/file_cleanup.log 2>&1