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Oracle_RemoteOSAuthentication Job

The Oracle_RemoteOSAuthentication Job is designed to discover if remote OS authentication is enabled for the targeted Oracle database servers.

Analysis Tasks for the Oracle_RemoteOSAuthentication Job​

Navigate to the Jobs > Databases > Oracle > 4.Configuration > Oracle_RemoteOSAuthentication > Configure node and select Analysis to view the analysis tasks.

CAUTION: Do not modify or deselect the selected analysis tasks. The analysis tasks are preconfigured for this job.

Analysis Selection

The default analysis tasks are:

  • Find Instances With Remote OS Authentication Enabled – Finds database instances with remote OS authentication setting set to “TRUE”. Creates the SA_Oracle_RemoteAuthenticationEnabled_Details table accessible under the job’s Results node.
  • Remote OS Authentication Summary – Counts the number of database instances where the ‘remote_os_authent’ parameter is set to “TRUE” and also those that are set to “FALSE”. Creates the SA_Oracle_RemoteOSAuthentication_Summary table accessible under the job’s Results node.

In addition to the tables and views created by the analysis task, the Oracle_RemoteOSAuthentication Job produces the following pre-configured report.

ReportDescriptionDefault TagsReport Elements
Oracle Remote OS AuthenticationThis report shows the number of instances that have remote_os_auth parameter set to “TRUE”NoneThis report is comprised of two elements: - Pie Chart – Displays remote OS authentication - Table – Provides information on remote OS authentication details