You can use BR*Tools for Oracle to show information about database parameters.
BRGUI or BRTOOLS:
Choose Instance Management Additional instance functions Show database parameters .
BRGUI or BRTOOLS displays the menu BRSPACE main options for showing database information, where you specify the options with which you call BRSPACE.
Set the required options:
Menu Entry |
Equivalent BRSPACE Command Option |
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BRSPACE profile (profile) |
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Database user/password (user) |
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Database parameter (parameter) |
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Create log file (log) |
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Confirmation mode (confirm) |
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Scrolling line count (scroll) |
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Message language (language) |
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BRSPACE command line (command) |
This shows you the BRSPACE -f dbshow -c dbparam command that is to be executed using the current settings. |
Choose Continue to start BRSPACE.
Command line:
Enter at least the following command:
brspace -f dbshow -c dbparam
You can enter more parameters if required. For more information, see BRSPACE -f dbshow.
BRSPACE starts and you see a message that includes Start of BRSPACE processing. From now on, BRSPACE writes a detail log if you set the option Create log file (parameter -l|-log).
If you started BRSPACE from the command line without the information class name ( -c|-class) - that is, with brspace -f dbshow - BRSPACE displays the Show database information main menu.
Choose Show database instance information Show database parameters .
BRSPACE displays the List of database parameters:
List Entry |
Meaning |
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Pos. |
List sequence number |
Parameter |
Parameter name |
Modif. |
Modification attributes:
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Spfile |
Whether parameter is specified in spfile:
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Inst. |
Database instance the parameter is set for: “*” means all instances |
Deft. |
Whether parameter has default value, yes / no |
Value |
Current parameter value |
These examples apply only to input in character mode.
To select the first three entries in the list, enter 1-3.
To select the first and third entries, enter 1,3.
To select the first three entries and the fifth, enter 1-3,5.
To select all entries, enter 0.
BRSPACE displays Information about database parameter:
List Entry |
Meaning |
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Parameter description (desc) |
Parameter description from V$PARAMETER |
Parameter type (type) |
Type of parameter: boolean, string, integer, file |
Modifiable attribut (modif) |
See Modif. in table above |
Defined in spfile (spfile) |
Whether parameter is specified in spfile:
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Database instance (instance) |
See Inst. in table above |
Default value (default) |
Whether parameter has default value, yes / no |
Parameter value (value) |
Current parameter value |
Value in spfile (spfval) |
Parameter value stored in spfile |
Comment on update (comment) |
Your comment on the parameter update |
If you set the option Create log file (parameter -l|-log), check the results in the BRSPACE logs.
The summary log space<DBSID>.log displays the return code.
The detail log s<encoded timestamp>.dbw displays the details.
For more information on how to view the logs with BR*Tools, see Showing Profiles and Logs with BR*Tools.