LogMiner

Prepared By: Monish

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What is LogMiner?
LogMiner is an Oracle utility. Using LogMiner
one can query the contents of online redo log
files and archived log files. It can be used as a
powerful data audit tool, as well as a tool for
sophisticated data analysis.

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Log Miner Objects:
The three basic objects in a LogMiner
configuration:
 Source Database
 LogMiner Directory
 Redo log files

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 Database must be OPEN and in
ARCHIVELOG mode:
To extract a LogMiner dictionary to the redo log files,
the database must be open and in ARCHIVELOG mode
and archiving must be enabled. While the dictionary is
being extracted to the redo log stream, no DDL
statements can be executed.

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Get the list of ARCHIVES:
Make sure you get the list of archives
generated for the day using the below
command. From the below output identify the
archivelogs you are going to mine using
logminer..

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Set the initialization
parameter:
Set the initialization parameter, UTL_FILE_DIR,
in the initialization parameter file. For
example, to set UTL_FILE_DIR to use
/u02/monish as the directory where the
dictionary file is placed, enter the following in
the initialization parameter file:

UTL_FILE_DIR = /u02/monish

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Create the Directory file:
Execute the PL/SQL procedure
DBMS_LOGMNR_D.BUILD. Specify a filename for
the dictionary and a directory path name for the
file. This procedure creates the dictionary file. For
example, enter the following to create the file
dictionary.ora in /u02/monish:

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Copy & Register all Archivelogs:
Copy all the archivelog to a path and register
all the logs as show below :

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Registered logs
availability:
Now from the below view, make sure you
have all the registered logs available for
mining.

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Find the SCNs:
Using the below view's find the first scn and
high scn to mine from the registered logs.

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LogMiner Session:
From the above out gather the details and
add it to the below logminer session :

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See The Content:
As v$logmnr_contents is a temporary view,
once you disconnect your session , you won't
be able to see the content, so make sure you
create a table of all the contents of the view.

Now query the table to see the content.

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 Thank You

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