ORA-12012: error on auto execute of job ORACLE_OCM.MGMT_CONFIG_JOB_2_1 ORA-29280: invalid directory

Database alert_log Shows Error: ORA-12012: error on auto execute of job ORACLE_OCM.MGMT_CONFIG_JOB_2_1" And "ORA-29280: invalid directory path" (文档 ID 1615561.1)

  

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APPLIES TO:

Oracle Configuration Manager - Version 10.3.8 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

SYMPTOMS

The following error message may appear in a database alert log during the instrumentation phase of OCM: 

Wed Dec 18 22:00:05 2013

Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/db1/db1/trace/db1_j001_10411.trc:

ORA-12012: error on auto execute of job "ORACLE_OCM"."MGMT_CONFIG_JOB_2_1"

ORA-29280: invalid directory path

ORA-06512: at "ORACLE_OCM.MGMT_DB_LL_METRICS", line 2436

ORA-06512: at line 1

 

CHANGES

Installing a new database or upgrading a database to a newer release.

CAUSE

Newer database releases are automatically instrumented for OCM collections. But in some cases, the OCM instrumentation job is trying to write to a "state" directory called "ORACLE_OCM_CONFIG_DIR2" which doesn't exist.

To verify if the OCM directories exist or not, run the following as sysdba:

Example:

SQL>select * from dba_directories where DIRECTORY_NAME like '%OCM_CONFIG%';
OWNER                          DIRECTORY_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
DIRECTORY_PATH
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS                            ORACLE_OCM_CONFIG_DIR
/u01/app/oracle/product/db11203/ccr/state

 
In our case, MGMT_DB_LL_METRICS wants to write to ORACLE_OCM_CONFIG_DIR2, which is not created by the built-in instrumentation scripts.
 

SOLUTION

To solve this issue please run the following verification steps.

 

Step 1. Run the following command to check if OCM is installed / configured or not.

Example of OCM configured

$ORACLE_HOME/ccr/bin/deployPackages -l

Installed Oracle Configuration Manager Packages:
===============================================
Package core, Version: 12.0.0.0.1 - built 10/15/2013 08:14:17 PM
  built on x86_64; also supported: amd64,i386
Package engines, Version: 12.0.0.0.0 - built 10/15/2013 08:16:01 PM
  built on x86_64; also supported: amd64,i386
Package metricdata, Version: 12.0.0.0.0 - built 10/15/2013 08:16:37 PM
Package ocmcert, Version: 12.0.0.0.0 - built 10/15/2013 08:14:35 PM
  built on
Package rda, Version: 8.02.13.12.10 - built 10-Dec-2013 11:50:07
Package rdacelin, Version: 8.02.13.12.10 - built 10-Dec-2013 11:50:07
  built on i386; also supported: x86,x86_64,i686,amd64,ia64
Package scripts, Version: 12.0.0.0.1 - built 10/15/2013 08:14:39 PM
  built on x86_64; also supported: amd64,i386

Example of OCM not configured

$ORACLE_HOME/ccr/bin/deployPackages -l
The Oracle Configuration Manager state/writeable directory structure is incomplete.
OCM is not configured for this host or ORACLE_CONFIG_HOME. Please configure OCM first.

 

Follow the OCM installation steps given below in Step 2 to properly configure OCM in the Database Oracle Home if not done.

 

Installation Steps:

If OCM is not installed, please install it using steps given in the below document. It will create the directory during the installation. NO need to follow the step 2.

Oracle Configuration Manager Installation and Administration Guide 

Step 2. Run the following scripts to create the directory and grant the permissions on the directory.

 

Connect as sysdba

SQL> @ORACLE_HOME/ccr/admin/scripts/ocmjb10.sql

SQL> @ORACLE_HOME/ccr/admin/scripts/execute execocm.sql

Depending on OCM and/or Oracle Databases releases the scripts location may change.

Example:

SQL> @ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/ocmjb10.sql
SQL> @ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/execocm.sql
 

 

Step 3.  Now verify the directory information:

SQL> select * from dba_directories where DIRECTORY_NAME like '%OCM_CONFIG%';

OWNER    DIRECTORY_NAME         DIRECTORY_PATH
-------- ---------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS      ORACLE_OCM_CONFIG_DIR2 /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1/ccr/state
SYS      ORACLE_OCM_CONFIG_DIR  /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/dbhome_1/ccr/hosts/dc2oda-1/state

 

**The Directory ORACLE_OCM_CONFIG_DIR2 should be returned in output.