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Action entry point

The Veritas high availability agent for Oracle supports the Action entry point, which enables you to perform predefined actions on a resource. Predefined agent actions describes the agent's predefined actions.

To perform an action on a resource, type the following command:

You can also add custom actions for the agent. For further information, refer to the Veritas Cluster Server Agent Developer's Guide.

Predefined agent actions

Action

Description

VRTS_GetInstanceName 

Retrieves the name of the configured instance. You can use this option for the Oracle and the Netlsnr resources. 

VRTS_GetRunningServices 

Retrieves the list of processes monitored by the agent. You can use this option for the Oracle and the Netlsnr resources. 

DBRestrict 

Changes the database session to enable the restricted mode. 

DBUndoRestrict 

Changes the database session to disable the restricted mode. 

DBSuspend 

Suspends a database.  

DBResume 

Resumes a suspended database.  

DBTbspBackup 

Backs up a tablespace; actionargs contains name of the tablespace to be backed up.