CHANGES

This file keeps the changes to the ORACLE_TOOLS package.
There is only a short information about the changes, but 
it will point to the changed scripts.

The CHANGES file will be copied to CHANGES_yyyy-mm-dd 
when a new version is built by using zip_it.

The used date in the file name represents the making of 
the (final) package, which is then placed in the download area 
of the www.universal-logging-system.org

This can be used as an overall version number for all 
scripts contained in ORACLE_TOOLS.

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2013-10-13, roveda
  The Dataport customized zip now contains a README_D.txt which contains general information
  and a small installation guide.

2013-09-28, roveda
  Recursive processing of replacements modified, it has now a limit of 100 [recusive] iterations.
  A cron_oracle_tools is now added. The output of test_before_run.pl is redirected to /dev/null
  because of output in Misc.pm during configuration file processing.
  Added the call to ora_dbinfo in nightly.
  Added the call of custom scripts in hourly and nightly only if they exist. These custom scripts
  may be used for custom specific actions.

2013-09-21, roveda
  In the oracle_tools.conf placeholders like [[parameter]] can be used to be 
  replaced by the contents of the parameter in double square brackets in the same section.
  Recursive processing of replacements added.

2013-08-25, roveda
  Usage of configuration files has changed, now (normally) only one configuration file 
  is necessary for all scripts. The shell scripts are not generated dynamically but 
  delivered as working pattern.

2013-06-23, roveda
  Changed to non-SID-related script names, default directory for work files is 
  <installation_directory>/var

2013-04-20, roveda
  Added statspack snapshots and reporting.
  Regular scripts are now hourly_SID, nightly_SID and weekly_SID. All these are called via crontab entries.
  orarman is divided in also hourly, nightly and weekly execution. 
  That allows level zero and following incremental backups combined with hourly backups of archived redo logs.
  Small changes to ora_dbinfo.

2013-01-20, roveda
  Added send_ipprot to make_scripts
  Added inventory information in ora_dbinfo.pl
  Finalized the translation to English for make_scripts.pl
  Added ipprot to instance_start/stop.
  Disabled temporarily the BUFFER_OBJECTS option in watch_oracle, 
  the output is not correct if you have different buffers of different block sizes.

2012-09-07, roveda
  Changed ora_dbinfo.pl
  Created ORACLE_TOOLS_2012-09-07.zip

2012-08-30, roveda
  Changed orabackup.pl and make_scripts.pl

2012-08-23, roveda
  Added inventory-oracle to ora_dbinfo.pl
  Created ORACLE_TOOLS_2012-08-23.zip

2012-04-27, roveda
  Changed watch_oracle.pl.

2011-12-21, roveda
  Changed make_scripts.pl. Changed watch_oracle.pl (scheduler).
  Rolled out VERSION_2011-12-21 (2012-01-13)

2011-11-11, roveda
  Added the GPL to every script and added the COPYING.txt that contains the GPL.
  Changed ora_dbinfo.pl.

2011-03-03, roveda
  Debugged watch_oracle.pl, Finding shells now better in make_scripts.pl
  Merged spin off developments to main line, loss of source code possible.
  Main development machine is lxartpd5.

2011-02-25, roveda
  Changed watch_oracle.pl, make_scripts.pl

2011-01-04, roveda
  Changed make_scripts, debugged ora_dbinfo.pl

2010-12-29, roveda
  Added ora_dbinfo, changed make_scripts

2010-12-22, roveda
  Changed watch_oracle.pl, orarman.pl

2010-09-27, roveda
  Changed watch_oracle.pl, make_scripts.pl

2010-09-24, roveda
  Debugged make_scripts

2010-09-20, roveda
  Changed orarman.pl, make_scripts.pl
  Rolled out.

2010-03-26, roveda
  Changed Uls2.pm: zip files automatically, if they are not zip, tgz, bz2, gz
  Changed watch_oracle.pl, orarman.pl, make_scripts.pl

2010-03-12, roveda
  Changed orabackup.pl

2010-03-04, roveda
  Changed make_scripts.pl, orarman.pl

2010-02-26, roveda
  Changed watch_oracle.pl, make_scripts.pl, orarman.pl

2010-02-17, roveda
  Changed watch_oracle.pl

2010-01-22, roveda
  Changed Uls2.pm

2010-01-14, roveda
  Changed watch_oracle.pl, make_scripts.pl, Misc.pm

2009-12-30, roveda
  Debugged the removal of temporary pre-logfiles in all scripts.

2009-12-20, roveda
  Header of VERSION_* more verbose.
  Changed make_scripts.pl

2009-12-14, roveda
  Minor changes in make_scripts.pl

2009-12-01, roveda
  Added ora_awr_addm. The instance* scripts are now generated
  for each ORACLE_SID, the SCCL start-stop-script is new.

2009-10-29, roveda
  Added ora_grants.

2009-07-08, roveda
  Added PROCESSES for Oracle 10.2, HP-UX to instance_is_running
  and remarked all PROCESSES. An error will be thrown, if neither
  is un-remarked when using the script.

2009-06-22, roveda
  Removed zip_it from the ORACLE_TOOLS.zip.
  Inserted the calculation of the cksum.
