Oracle has released Exachk utility 18c on May 18th, 2018. Let’s quickly check if there are differences in Exachk 18c or it is similar to Exachk 12c.
Download latest Exachk 18c utility from MOS note:
Oracle Exadata Database Machine exachk or HealthCheck (Doc ID 1070954.1)
Changes in Exachk 18.2 can be found at:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E96145_01/OEXUG/changes-in-this-release-18-2-0.htm#OEXUG-GUID-88FCFBC6-C647-47D3-898C-F4C712117B8B
Steps to Execute Exachk 18c on Exadata Database Machine
Download the latest Exachk from MOS note. Here I am downloading Exachk 18c.
Download latest Exachk 18c utility from MOS note:
Oracle Exadata Database Machine exachk or HealthCheck (Doc ID 1070954.1)
Changes in Exachk 18.2 can be found at:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E96145_01/OEXUG/changes-in-this-release-18-2-0.htm#OEXUG-GUID-88FCFBC6-C647-47D3-898C-F4C712117B8B
Steps to Execute Exachk 18c on Exadata Database Machine
Download the latest Exachk from MOS note. Here I am downloading Exachk 18c.
Download Completed
Using WinSCP copy the exachk.zip file to Exadata Compute node
Copy completed. List the Exachk file on Compute node
Unzip the Exachk zip file
Verify Exachk version
Execute Exachk Health by running the following command
Exachk execution completed
Review the Exachk report and take necessary action
Conclusion
In this article we have learned how to execute Oracle Exadata Database Machine health Check using Exachk 18c. Using Exachk 18c is NO different than it’s previous releases.