Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)

TheAWRcollectsandstoresdatabasestatisticsrelatingtoproblemdetectionandtuning.AWRisareplacementforthestatspackutilitywhichhelpsgather databaseperformancestatistics.AWRgeneratessnapshotsofkeyperformancedata,suchassystemandsessionstatistics,segment-usagestatistics,timemodelstatistics,high-loadstatisticsandstoresitinthesysauxtablespace. AWRprovidesstatisticsintwoformats temporary-inmemorycollectionofstatisticsintheSGA,accessibleviatheV$views persistent-typeofperformancedataintheformofregularAWRsnapshotswhichyouaccessviatheDBA_views TheMMONprocessisresponsibleforcollectingthestatisticsintheSGAandsavingthemtothesysauxtablespaces. AWRwillcollectdataonthefollowing Basestatisticsthatarealsopartofthev$SYSSTATandV$SESSTATviews SQLstatistics Databaseobject-usagestatistics Time-modelstatistics Waitstatistics ASH(activesessionhistory)statistics Operatingsystemstatistics
Tables that AWR uses to collect statistics v$sys_time_model v$osstat v$service_stats v$sysstat v$sesstat time model stats (db time, java execution time, pl/sql execution time, etc) operating system stats (avg_busy_ticks, avg_idle_ticks, etc) wait statistics ( db cpu, app wait time, user commits, etc) system stats session stats

Databaseperformancestatsfallintooneofthreecategories: Cumulativevalues-collectstatsoveraperiodoftimefromthev$sysstat,etc Metrics-usethecollectedstatstomakesomesortofsense. Sampleddata-theASHsamplerisusedtocollectthesestats. AWRSetup ToactivetheAWRchangethesystemparameterstatistics_leveltooneofthreevalues

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basic-thisoptiondisablestheAWR typical(default)-activatesstandardlevelofcollection all-sameastypicalbutincludesexecutionplansandtiminginfofromtheO/S

Active De-active Display
alter system set statistics_level = typical alter system set statistics_level = all alter system set statistics_level = basic show parameter statistics_level

Tochangethesnapshotintervalandhowmanydaysthesnapshotsarekeptyouusethepackagedbms_workload_repositoryorEnterpriseManager
Snapshot configuration
exec dbms_workload_repository.modify_snapshot_settings ( interval => 60, retention => 43200)

Change snapshotting values

interval = minutes retention = seconds select * from dba_hist_wr_control

Display values Create a snapshot Delete snapshots Create a baseline Delete a baseline Display snapshots View the repository tables

Snapshot Management
exec dbms_workload_repository.create_snapshot exec dbms_workload_repository.drop_snapshot_range (low_snap_id => 1077, high_snap_id => 1078) exec dbms_workload_repository.create_baseline (start_snap_id => 1070, end_snap_id => 1078, baseline_name => 'Normal Baseline') exec dbms_workload_repository.drop_baseline (baseline_name => 'Normal Baseline', cascade => FALSE) select snap_id, begin_interval_time, end_interval_time from dba_hist_snapshot order by 1 select table_name from dba_tables where tablespace_name = SYSAUX and substr(table_name, 1,2) = WR and rownum <= 20 order by 1

Useful Views dba_hist_active_sess_history ASH info (see below) dba_hist_baseline dba_hist_database_instance dba_hist_sql_plan dba_hist_wr_control dba_hist_snapshot baseline info environment data sql execution path data AWR settings snapshot info in the AWR

AWRReport TorunAWRreportyoucanusethefollowingoperatingsystemscriptsoruseEnterpriseManager.
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awrrpt.sql

the script will ask for begin snapshot and end snapshot and will be generated in text format Note: reports went in $oracle_home\db_1\bin

awrrpti.sql

the script will ask for begin snapshot and end snapshot and will be generated in HTM L format Note: reports went in $oracle_home\db_1\bin

YoucanobtainmoreinformationregardingtheAWRfromautomaticdatabasediagnosticmanager(ADDM).

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