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Little things worth knowing: creating the Swingbench order entry schema “lights out”

This is a little note, primarily to myself I guess, about the creation of the order entry schema (part of Swingbench, written by Dominic Giles) when no VNC sessions are available (although you can almost always use port-forwarding :). Instead, you can create the schema on the command line. I always execute commands on remote systems in screen for increased peace of mind. Should the network drop, the order entry generation will continue as if nothing ever happened.

Like many others I use Swingbench during trainings and presentations to have some activity on a system. Very useful for demonstrating ASH and OEM, and many other things too!

This article references swingbench 2.5, the latest version at the time of writing. It requires a JDK to be present, I simply used the one bundled with Oracle 12.1.0.2.0 which is my target database version. You first start by downloading Swingbench from Dominic’s website and unzip it in a directory from where you want to run it. It is usually a good idea to keep the load generator on a different (set of) machine(s). As long as you can connect to the database you want to use to house the SOE schema you’re fine.

Creating the SOE schema

Before you can run swingbench (or minibench/charbench) you need to create the SOE schema. The oewizard is the tool of choice. If you haven’t done so, add java to your path. Then you can have a look at the available options:

$ JAVA_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1/jdk
$ export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

$ ./oewizard -h
usage: parameters:
 -allindexes             build all indexes for schema
 -bigfile                use big file tablespaces
 -c <filename>           wizard config file
 -cl                     run in character mode
 -compositepart          use a composite paritioning model if it exisits
 -compress               use default compression model if it exists
 -create                 create benchmarks schema
 -cs <connectString>     connectring for database
 -dba <username>         dba username for schema creation
 -dbap <password>        password for schema creation
 -debug                  turn on debugging output
 -debugf                 turn on debugging output to file (debug.log)
 -df <datafile>          datafile name used to create schema in
 -drop                   drop benchmarks schema
 -dt <driverType>        driver type (oci|thin)
 -g                      run in graphical mode (default)
 -generate               generate data for benchmark if available
 -h,--help               print this message
 -hashpart               use hash paritioning model if it exists
 -hcccompress            use HCC compression if it exisits
 -nocompress             don't use any database compression
 -noindexes              don't build any indexes for schema
 -nopart                 don't use any database partitioning
 -normalfile             use normal file tablespaces
 -oltpcompress           use OLTP compression if it exisits
 -p <password>           password for benchmark schema
 -part                   use default paritioning model if it exists
 -pkindexes              only create primary keys for schema
 -rangepart              use a range paritioning model if it exisits
 -s                      run in silent mode
 -scale <scale>          mulitiplier for default config
 -sp <soft partitions>   the number of softparitions used. Defaults to cpu
                         count
 -tc <thread count>      the number of threads(parallelism) used to
                         generate data. Defaults to cpus*2
 -ts <tablespace>        tablespace to create schema in
 -u <username>           username for benchmark schema
 -v                      run in verbose mode when running from command
                         line
 -version <version>      version of the benchmark to run

Note that not all partitioning schemes are valid in this case, and neither are all compression methods. I found the below command to create the schema the way I want it.

./oewizard -allindexes -cl -create -cs //cluster-scan/sbench -dba martin \
> -dbap notTellingYouHere -ts soe_tbs -part -p soe -scale 8 -tc 8 -u soe -v

SwingBench Wizard
Author  :        Dominic Giles
Version :        2.5.0.949

Running in Lights Out Mode using config file : oewizard.xml
Connecting to : jdbc:oracle:thin:@//cluster-scan/sbench
Connected
Starting script ../sql/soedgcreateuser.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 0 second(s) 104 millisecond(s)
Starting run
Starting script ../sql/soedgdrop2.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 0 second(s) 55 millisecond(s)
Starting script ../sql/soedgcreatetableshash2.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 0 second(s) 520 millisecond(s)
Starting script ../sql/soedgviews.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 0 second(s) 19 millisecond(s)
Starting script ../sql/soedgsqlset.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 0 second(s) 84 millisecond(s)
Inserting data into table ADDRESSES_11499978
Inserting data into table ADDRESSES_3999993

-- more data

Completed processing table LOGON_7943271 in 0:00:25
Connection cache closed
Starting script ../sql/soedganalyzeschema2.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 1 minute(s) 20 second(s) 701 millisecond(s)
Starting script ../sql/soedgconstraints2.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 1 minute(s) 41 second(s) 520 millisecond(s)
Starting script ../sql/soedgindexes2.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 44 second(s) 685 millisecond(s)
Starting script ../sql/soedgsequences2.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 3 second(s) 53 millisecond(s)
Starting script ../sql/soedgpackage2_header.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 0 second(s) 215 millisecond(s)
Starting script ../sql/soedgpackage2_body.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 0 second(s) 127 millisecond(s)
Starting script ../sql/soedgsetupmetadata.sql
Script completed in 0 hour(s) 0 minute(s) 0 second(s) 614 millisecond(s)

============================================
|           Datagenerator Run Stats        |
============================================
Connection Time                        0:00:00.005
Data Generation Time                   0:10:38.185
DDL Creation Time                      0:03:51.630
Total Run Time                         0:14:29.823
Rows Inserted per sec                      151,713
Data Generated (MB) per sec                   12.1
Actual Rows Generated                   97,718,288

Connecting to : jdbc:oracle:thin:@//cluster-scan/sbench
Connected

Post Creation Validation Report
===============================
The creation of the schema appears to have been unsuccessful. See the following sections for further details.

Valid Objects
=============
Valid Tables : 'ORDERS','ORDER_ITEMS','CUSTOMERS','WAREHOUSES','ORDERENTRY_METADATA','INVENTORIES',
'PRODUCT_INFORMATION','PRODUCT_DESCRIPTIONS','ADDRESSES','CARD_DETAILS'
Valid Indexes : 'ORD_CUSTOMER_IX','ORD_ORDER_DATE_IX','ORD_WAREHOUSE_IX','ORDER_ITEMS_PK','ITEM_ORDER_IX',
'ITEM_PRODUCT_IX','CUST_EMAIL_IX','CUST_ACCOUNT_MANAGER_IX','CUST_FUNC_LOWER_NAME_IX',
'CARDDETAILS_CUST_IX''PRD_DESC_PK','PROD_NAME_IX','PRODUCT_INFORMATION_PK','PROD_SUPPLIER_IX',
'PROD_CATEGORY_IX','INVENTORY_PK','INV_PRODUCT_IX','INV_WAREHOUSE_IX','ORDER_PK',
'ORD_SALES_REP_IX','WAREHOUSES_PK','WHS_LOCATION_IX','CUSTOMERS_PK','ADDRESS_PK',
'ADDRESS_CUST_IX',
'CARD_DETAILS_PK'
Valid Views : 'PRODUCTS','PRODUCT_PRICES'
Valid Sequences : 'CUSTOMER_SEQ','ORDERS_SEQ','ADDRESS_SEQ','LOGON_SEQ','CARD_DETAILS_SEQ'
Valid Code :

Invalid Objects (1)
================
Invalid Tables :
Invalid Indexes :
Invalid Views :
Invalid Sequences :
Invalid Code : 'ORDERENTRY'

Missing Objects (0)
================
Missing Tables :
Missing Indexes : 
Missing Views :
Missing Sequences :
Missing Code :
Schema Created

To compile the package SYS needs to grant execute on DBMS_LOCK to SOE.

This results in a schema with the following number of rows:

SQL> declare
  2   v_cnt number;
  3  begin
  4   for i in (select table_name from dba_tables where owner='SOE') loop
  5    execute immediate 'select count(*) from soe.' || i.table_name into v_cnt;
  6    dbms_output.put_line(i.table_name || ' - ' || to_char(v_cnt, '999,999,999'));
  7   end loop;
  8  end;
  9  /
ORDER_ITEMS -   34,316,243
ORDERS -   11,438,320
INVENTORIES -      896,853
PRODUCT_INFORMATION -        1,000
LOGON -   19,063,872
PRODUCT_DESCRIPTIONS -        1,000
ORDERENTRY_METADATA -            4
CUSTOMERS -    8,000,000
ADDRESSES -   12,000,000
CARD_DETAILS -   12,000,000
WAREHOUSES -        1,000

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

Elapsed: 00:00:02.70

SQL> compute sum of m on report
SQL> break on report

SQL> select sum(bytes)/power(1024,2) m, segment_name, segment_type
  2   from dba_segments where owner = 'SOE'
  3  group by segment_name, segment_type
  4  order by 1;

              M SEGMENT_NAME                   SEGMENT_TYPE
--------------- ------------------------------ ------------------
            .06 WAREHOUSES                     TABLE
            .06 PRODUCT_INFORMATION_PK         INDEX
            .06 ORDERENTRY_METADATA            TABLE
            .13 WHS_LOCATION_IX                INDEX
            .13 PROD_CATEGORY_IX               INDEX
            .13 WAREHOUSES_PK                  INDEX
            .13 PROD_SUPPLIER_IX               INDEX
            .13 PROD_NAME_IX                   INDEX
            .13 PRD_DESC_PK                    INDEX
            .25 PRODUCT_INFORMATION            TABLE
            .31 PRODUCT_DESCRIPTIONS           TABLE
          16.69 INV_WAREHOUSE_IX               INDEX
          16.69 INV_PRODUCT_IX                 INDEX
          18.00 INVENTORY_PK                   INDEX
          88.00 INVENTORIES                    TABLE
         169.00 CUST_ACCOUNT_MANAGER_IX        INDEX
         177.06 CUSTOMERS_PK                   INDEX
         204.06 CUST_DOB_IX                    INDEX
         242.19 ORD_SALES_REP_IX               INDEX
         253.38 ORDER_PK                       INDEX
         254.31 CUST_FUNC_LOWER_NAME_IX        INDEX
         265.06 ORD_CUSTOMER_IX                INDEX
         265.69 ADDRESS_PK                     INDEX
         265.75 CARD_DETAILS_PK                INDEX
         276.88 CARDDETAILS_CUST_IX            INDEX
         278.13 ORD_WAREHOUSE_IX               INDEX
         278.50 ADDRESS_CUST_IX                INDEX
         291.88 ORD_ORDER_DATE_IX              INDEX
         347.81 CUST_EMAIL_IX                  INDEX
         717.88 ITEM_PRODUCT_IX                INDEX
         788.94 ITEM_ORDER_IX                  INDEX
         864.00 LOGON                          TABLE PARTITION
         968.00 CARD_DETAILS                   TABLE PARTITION
       1,352.00 CUSTOMERS                      TABLE PARTITION
       1,408.00 ADDRESSES                      TABLE PARTITION
       1,544.00 ORDERS                         TABLE PARTITION
       2,368.00 ORDER_ITEMS                    TABLE PARTITION
---------------
      13,721.38
37 rows selected.

Happy benchmarking!

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