Starting VxDBA

Most VxDBA utility operations can be run by the Oracle Database Administrator (typically, the user ID oracle) of the database instance. Some VxDBA utility operations, like many of the file system space management operations, require superuser (root) privileges. VxDBA prompts you for the root password when required.

Prerequisites

Before running VxDBA, you must:

• If you are using SPFile, run the dbed_update command. If you do not run the command, an error message displays.
• If you are using $ORA_PFILE instead of SPFile, you must specify the init$ORACLE_SID.ora parameter file in the environment variable $ORA_PFILE if the parameter file (init$ORACLE_SID.ora) is not located under $ORACLE_HOME/dbs.
• Have appropriate permission to run the utility. VxDBA requires permission changes to allow database administrators to access these tools. The default settings for the /opt/VRTSdbed directory at installation time allows only superuser (root) access to the directory. If you did not make these permission changes when prompted during installation, you can grant administrators access to VxDBA now.

  To grant administrative access to VxDBA

1. Use the chown and chmod commands to allow single user access to VxDBA. For example:
      # chown oracle /opt/VRTSdbed
      # chmod 500 /opt/VRTSdbed
2. Use the chgrp and chmod commands to allow group user access to VxDBA. For example:
      # chgrp dba /opt/VRTSdbed
      # chmod 550 /opt/VRTSdbed

  To start VxDBA

1. Before starting VxDBA, run the command dbed_update at least once to create or update the VxDBA repository.
2. To start VxDBA, enter the following command at the administrative prompt:
     $ /opt/VRTSdbed/bin/dbed_vxdba

VxDBA starts up and displays the main menu containing the available operations.