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Option Description
extend Increase the RHN Oracle tablespace
gather-stats PCT Gather statistics on RHN Oracle database objects. PCT
is the percentage of rows to estimate (the default is
15%).
report Reports on current usage of database space.
report-stats Reports on segments with stale or empty statistics.
restore DIRNAME Restores the database from backup kept in DIRNAME.
Database must be stopped for this command to run
successfully.
start Starts the database instance. This can also be
accomplished by issuing the service oracle
start command as root.
shrink-segments Shrinks RHN Oracle database segments with
signifcant amounts of free space.
status Shows the current status of the database, either
"running" or "offline".
stop Stops the database instance. This can also be
accomplished by issuing the service oracle stop
command as root.
tablesizes Show space report for each table
verify DIRNAME Verifies the contents of the backup kept in DIRNAME.
This command runs a checksum of each of the files
kept in the backup.
Note
Database statistics are collections of data that describe more details about the database and
the objects in the database. These statistics are used by the query optimizer to choose the best
execution plan for each SQL statement. Because the objects in a database can be constantly
changing, statistics must be regularly updated so that they accurately describe these database
objects. Statistics are maintained automatically by Oracle. However, if your database has
performance issues after a significant amount of data changes, consider performing manual
gathering of statistics.
Note
After deleting large amount of data, use the segment-shrink feature to reclaim fragmented
free space in an Oracle Database segment. The benefits of segment-shrink are compaction
of data that leads to better cache utilization and the compacted data requires fewer blocks to be
scanned in full table scans, which both lead to better performance.
The segment shrink feature works only on newly created Oracle Database 10g Release 2 that
comes with RHN Satellite Server 5.2.0. Due to different default database settings in Oracle
Database 9i this feature does not work on databases that were upgraded from previous RHN
Satellite Server releases.
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