Each time a validation command is executed, the end-to-end ASR process is tested and an email is sent indicating that the ASR service inside Oracle Support received the validation request. No service request is opened for validation requests.

For the Exadata database servers:

• You can use the dcli utility to validate the configuration on a group of database servers. Run the following command using a server and OS account that has SSH equivalency with the root user on all the database servers listed in the dbs_group file. If your configuration uses ASR in conjunction with SNMP v3, modify the command to specify type=v3asr.

  # dcli -g dbs_group -l root "dbmcli -e alter dbserver validate snmp type=asr"

• Alternatively, you can run the following command to individually validate the configuration on each database server. If your configuration uses ASR in conjunction with SNMP v3, modify the command to specify type=v3asr.

  # dbmcli -e alter dbserver validate snmp type=asr

For the Exadata Storage Servers:

• You can use the dcli utility to validate the configuration on a group of storage servers. Run the following command using a server and OS account that has SSH equivalency with the celladmin user on all the storage servers listed in the cell_group file. If your configuration uses ASR in conjunction with SNMP v3, modify the command to specify type=v3asr.

  # dcli -g cell_group -l celladmin "cellcli -e alter cell validate snmp type=asr"

• Alternatively, you can run the following command to individually validate the configuration on each storage server. If your configuration uses ASR in conjunction with SNMP v3, modify the command to specify type=v3asr.

  # cellcli -e alter cell validate snmp type=asr

After validation, Oracle sends e-mail notifications to:

• The registration user specified in the Oracle ASR Manager asr register command.

• The asset contact that is assigned in My Oracle Support.

• The distribution e-mail list that is assigned in My Oracle Support (optional).