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OCI Operations Insights : Newly Enabled Database / Existing Databases Reports "OPSI-DBCS-0005" Error (Doc ID 3043084.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 17, 2025

Applies to:

OCI Ops Insights - Version N/A and later
Enterprise Manager Base Platform - Version 13.5.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

For the Databases where the OPSI enabled, following error is being reported:
OPSI-DBCS-0005:Cannot read the array length because "" is null

Scenario 1:
Existing OPSI users can hit this issue once they upgrade their Exadata System / DB System Version to 23.1 till 23.5.

From the Ops Insights Administration page, We can see the DB state reported as "Needs attention". Click on more gives the following error,
Error : OPSI-DBCS-0005:Cannot read the array length because "" is null

Another symptom would be missing Ops Insights metrics. This would also be indicated within the "Collection issues" dashboard.

Scenario 2:
Enable the OPSI for a Database.

DB state reported as "Failed". Click on more gives the following error,
Error : OPSI-DBCS-0005:Cannot read the array length because "" is null

Cause

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Symptoms
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