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Information to Collect or Consider On Receipt of Performance Related SR (Doc ID 2103159.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 05, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Life Sciences Argus Safety - Version 5.1 to 8.0.1 [Release 5.1 to 8.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

 Questions to Ask when A New Argus Performance SR is Raised to Support

Scope

 For Oracle Argus Support Engineers (LSGBU)

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Purpose
Scope
Details
 Confirm a count of the number of cases in the database (run query as Argus Application Schema owner e.g. ARGUS_APP)
 Confirm a rough number of active users on the system when the slowdown is apparent, query below can be used as DBA user:
 Examine database server resource utilization on the db server during slow down period (See Note 2103419.1)
 Examine resource utilization on the Web Server during slow down period. this can be checked using process below:
 Examine resource utilization on the Transaction (AG) Server during the period of slowdown (repeat process above to open resource monitor on Transaction server)
 Confirm when DBMS_STATS were last collected for ESM and ARGUS_APP schemas ?
 Check Tablespace free space on the Oracle Database e.g. run below query from SQL*Developer or SQL*Plus as DBA user:
 Check CMN_ERROR_LOG for any reported issues on date of slowdown E.G.
 Check Argus [Utilities] - Error Logs from Argus UI
 How many web, report, transactional servers are there? If customers have a network diagram then please get that diagram
 Gather AWR (Automatic Workload Repository), ASH (Active Session History), ADDM (Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor) reports (As needed - Note only required if confirmed to be DB related.)
 If slow performing queries are known  – Get the Explain plan of the query with cardinality, cost, time, io.
 Gather a Database trace for the duration/session.
 If slowdown is for AG Service Tasks consider Database Session Log Capture (How to take Database Session Logs for Argus Safety AG Service Tasks? (Doc ID 1508041.1))
 Check Database Alert log if anything is failing on the database front.
 Capture SQLTimes for application during the slow access period (See Note 1087179.1: Enabling Debug (SQLTIMES) - Oracle Life Sciences Argus Safety)
 Confirm if Using Load Balancer on Web Servers ?
 Confirm if installation is Single or Multi-tenant ?
 Confirm if any Argus or Microsoft Patches been applied since the slowdown period was noted
 Additional Checklist:
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