Oracle Database 11 g - Online Public Access Catalog

66 CHAPTER 2 ■ DATABASE DIAGNOSABILITY AND FAILURE REPAIRViewing the List of CommandsYou can see what adrci commands are available by typing the command help at the adrcicommand line:adrci> helpIf you want to see what adrci command-line options are available, type adrci -help at thecommand line.You can get additional information for a single command by typing the command nameafter the keyword help. The following command, for example, lets you find out the syntax andusage details for the show incident command:adrci> help show incidentUsage: SHOW INCIDENT [-p ][-mode BASIC|BRIEF|DETAIL][-last | -all][-orderby (field1, field2, ...) [ASC|DSC]]Purpose: Show the incident information. By default, this commandwill only show the last 50 incidents which are not flood controlled.Options:[-p ]: The predicate string must be double-quoted.adrci>[-mode BASIC|BRIEF|DETAIL]: The different modes of showing incidents.…Examples:show incidentshow incident -mode detailshow incident -mode detail -p "incident_id=123"In the following sections, we highlight some of the key tasks you can perform with theadrci tool.Viewing the Alert LogIn Oracle Database 11g, the alert log is stored as both a text file and as an XML-formatted file.You can use adrci to view the XML-formattted alert log without the XML tags. Just type showalert at the adrci prompt to view the contents of the alert log:adrci> show alertChoose the alert log from the following homes to view:1: diag/tnslsnr/localhost/listener2: diag/rdbms/oracle11/oracle113: diag/rdbms/orcl11/orcl11