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Changing the Veritas agent for Oracle error handling

The Veritas agent for Oracle provides enhanced handling of Oracle errors encountered during detailed monitoring. The agent uses the reference file, oraerror.dat, which provides a list of Oracle errors and actions to address the errors. Refer to the Veritas High Availability Agent for Oracle Installation and Configuration Guide for a description of the actions.

Currently, the file specifies the NOFAILOVER action for the following Oracle errors:

ORA-00061, ORA-02726, ORA-6108, ORA-06114

The NOFAILOVER action means that the agent sets the state of the resource to OFFLINE and freezes the service group.

You can stop the agent, edit oraerror.dat, and change the NOFAILOVER action to another action that is appropriate for your environment. The changes go into effect when you restart the agent.