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OracleBootCamp 8-Aug-2026 : Top 10 - Oracle Linux 10 Utilities - HOL ( Hands On Labs )

{ Abhilash Kumar Bhattaram : Follow on LinkedIn }

Hands On Labs for OracleBootCamp Event on 8-Aug-2026

Sample Labs : https://github.com/abhilash-8/oraclebootcamp-8-Aug-2026-Chennai

1. bpftrace

[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# sudo bpftrace -e 'tracepoint:syscalls:sys_enter_openat { printf("%s opened %s\n", comm, str(args->filename)); }'

Attached 1 probe
stat opened /etc/ld.so.cache
stat opened /lib64/libselinux.so.1
stat opened /lib64/libc.so.6
stat opened /lib64/libpcre2-8.so.0
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
stat opened /usr/share/locale/locale.alias
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
stat opened /usr/lib64/gconv/gconv-modules.cache
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MEASUREMENT
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_TELEPHONE
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_ADDRESS
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_NAME
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NAME
python3 opened /tmp/bootcamp-load/
python3 opened /tmp/bootcamp-load/
python3 opened /tmp/bootcamp-load/
curl opened /dev/null
curl opened /dev/null
curl opened /dev/null
python3 opened /tmp/bootcamp-load/
python3 opened /tmp/bootcamp-load/
bootcamp-load-g opened /tmp/bootcamp-load/churn_1.tmp
curl opened /dev/null
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_PAPER
bootcamp-load-g opened /dev/null
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_PAPER
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES
cat opened /etc/ld.so.cache
cat opened /lib64/libc.so.6
stat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
cat opened 
cat opened /usr/share/locale/locale.alias
cat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
cat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
cat opened /usr/lib64/gconv/gconv-modules.cache
cat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MEASUREMENT
cat opened /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
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2. sar

[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# sar -u 1 5
Linux 6.12.0-203.76.7.3.el10uek.x86_64 (instance-20260614-1905)         08/10/2026      _x86_64_        (2 CPU)

02:15:27 PM     CPU     %user     %nice   %system   %iowait    %steal     %idle
02:15:28 PM     all     35.47      0.00     12.81      0.00     51.72      0.00
02:15:29 PM     all     38.89      0.00      9.09      0.00     52.02      0.00
02:15:30 PM     all     39.60      0.00      7.43      0.00     52.97      0.00
02:15:31 PM     all     35.86      0.00     10.10      0.00     54.04      0.00
02:15:32 PM     all     40.91      0.00      4.55      0.00     54.55      0.00
Average:        all     38.14      0.00      8.81      0.00     53.05      0.00
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3. iostat

[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# iostat -x 1 5
Linux 6.12.0-203.76.7.3.el10uek.x86_64 (instance-20260614-1905)         08/10/2026      _x86_64_        (2 CPU)

avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
          25.65    0.03    3.10    0.04    1.46   69.71

Device            r/s     rkB/s   rrqm/s  %rrqm r_await rareq-sz     w/s     wkB/s   wrqm/s  %wrqm w_await wareq-sz     d/s     dkB/s   drqm/s  %drqm d_await dareq-sz     f/s f_await  aqu-sz  %util
dm-0             5.48    557.55     0.00   0.00    4.02   101.79    2.44  14179.58     0.00   0.00  133.05  5812.82    1.51   7994.73     0.00   0.00   61.31  5290.92    0.00    0.00    0.44  24.08
dm-1             0.10      6.14     0.00   0.00    0.64    59.07    0.00      1.36     0.00   0.00   11.00  2048.00    0.01  13821.19     0.00   0.00  275.70 1043659.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   0.08
sda              6.03    610.48     0.16   2.52    4.94   101.29   13.08  14222.39     0.42   3.11  435.49  1087.27    0.86  22780.55     0.68  43.91   63.12 26403.59    0.00    0.00    5.78  23.94


avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
          82.50    0.00   11.50    0.00    6.00    0.00

Device            r/s     rkB/s   rrqm/s  %rrqm r_await rareq-sz     w/s     wkB/s   wrqm/s  %wrqm w_await wareq-sz     d/s     dkB/s   drqm/s  %drqm d_await dareq-sz     f/s f_await  aqu-sz  %util
dm-0             0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    2.00  65546.50     0.00   0.00  543.50 32773.25    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    1.09  77.80
dm-1             0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   0.00
sda              0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00   41.00  50186.50     0.00   0.00  397.78  1224.06    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00   16.31  77.10


avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
          82.09    0.00    6.47    0.00   11.44    0.00

Device            r/s     rkB/s   rrqm/s  %rrqm r_await rareq-sz     w/s     wkB/s   wrqm/s  %wrqm w_await wareq-sz     d/s     dkB/s   drqm/s  %drqm d_await dareq-sz     f/s f_await  aqu-sz  %util
dm-0             0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    2.00  65546.50     0.00   0.00  541.50 32773.25    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    1.08  77.10
dm-1             0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   0.00
sda              0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00   40.00  49930.50     0.00   0.00  463.40  1248.26    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00   18.54  77.10


avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
          85.29    0.00    9.80    0.00    4.90    0.00

Device            r/s     rkB/s   rrqm/s  %rrqm r_await rareq-sz     w/s     wkB/s   wrqm/s  %wrqm w_await wareq-sz     d/s     dkB/s   drqm/s  %drqm d_await dareq-sz     f/s f_await  aqu-sz  %util
dm-0             0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    6.86  64501.47     0.00   0.00  155.57  9398.79    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    1.07  76.96
dm-1             0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   0.00
sda              0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00   32.35  35638.73     1.96   5.71  640.42  1101.56    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00   20.72  71.37


avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
          87.00    0.00    7.50    0.00    5.50    0.00

Device            r/s     rkB/s   rrqm/s  %rrqm r_await rareq-sz     w/s     wkB/s   wrqm/s  %wrqm w_await wareq-sz     d/s     dkB/s   drqm/s  %drqm d_await dareq-sz     f/s f_await  aqu-sz  %util
dm-0             0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00 100.00
dm-1             0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   0.00
sda              0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00   51.00  64256.00     0.00   0.00  483.41  1259.92    0.00      0.00     0.00   0.00    0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00   24.65 105.20

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4. perf


[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# sudo perf top --sort comm,dso


Samples: 48K of event 'cycles:P', 4000 Hz, Event count (approx.): 21654368464 lost: 0/0 drop: 0/0                                                                                                                                                                    
Overhead  Command          Shared Object                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  26.87%  awk              gawk
  25.43%  bc               bc
  23.74%  python3          libc.so.6
   2.96%  bootcamp-load-g  [kernel]
   2.07%  curl             [kernel]
   1.97%  perf             [kernel]
   1.88%  perf             perf
   1.72%  ls               [kernel]
   1.41%  curl             ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
   1.14%  cat              [kernel]
   0.94%  rm               [kernel]
   0.72%  perf             libc.so.6
   0.62%  stat             [kernel]
   0.58%  systemd-userwor  [kernel]
   0.51%  sleep            [kernel]
   0.45%  dd               [kernel]
   0.39%  ls               libc.so.6
   0.35%  python3          libpython3.12.so.1.0
   0.32%  bc               libc.so.6
   0.31%  curl             libcrypto.so.3.5.1
   0.29%  curl             libc.so.6
   0.29%  python3          [kernel]
   0.27%  cat              libc.so.6
   0.25%  bootcamp-load-g  bash
   0.23%  perf             liblzma.so.5.6.2
   0.23%  stat             ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
   0.22%  rm               ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
   0.21%  cat              ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
   0.19%  systemd-userwor  libsystemd-shared-257-13.0.1.el10_1.3.so
   0.18%  rm               libc.so.6
   0.18%  ls               ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
   0.17%  bootcamp-load-g  libc.so.6
   0.17%  systemd          libsystemd-shared-257-13.0.1.el10_1.3.so
   0.17%  ls               libnss_systemd.so.2
   0.13%  sleep            libc.so.6
   0.13%  perf             libstdc++.so.6.0.33
   0.13%  systemd-userwor  libc.so.6
   0.12%  bc               [kernel]
   0.12%  systemd          [kernel]
   0.12%  ls               ls



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5. ss



[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# ss -s
Total: 258
TCP:   1431 (estab 11, closed 1404, orphaned 0, timewait 1404)

Transport Total     IP        IPv6
RAW       1         0         1        
UDP       5         3         2        
TCP       27        23        4        
INET      33        26        7        
FRAG      0         0         0        

[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# 


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6. lsof

[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# lsof -i :8088
COMMAND    PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
python3   7413 root    3u  IPv4  30903      0t0  TCP *:radan-http (LISTEN)
curl    112296 root    4u  IPv4 313382      0t0  TCP localhost:60758->localhost:radan-http (SYN_SENT)
curl    112297 root    4u  IPv4 313381      0t0  TCP localhost:60752->localhost:radan-http (SYN_SENT)
curl    112298 root    4u  IPv4 313380      0t0  TCP localhost:60746->localhost:radan-http (SYN_SENT)
curl    112299 root    4u  IPv4 313383      0t0  TCP localhost:60762->localhost:radan-http (SYN_SENT)
[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# 



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7. strace



[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# sudo strace -c -p $(cat /tmp/bootcamp-load/target.pid 2>/dev/null || echo '<run before stop>')
strace: Process 7402 attached

^Cstrace: Process 7402 detached
% time     seconds  usecs/call     calls    errors syscall
------ ----------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------------
 91.86    0.606314         488      1242       621 wait4
  5.81    0.038332          61       621           clone
  1.49    0.009845           2      4659           rt_sigprocmask
  0.60    0.003971           2      1863           rt_sigaction
  0.23    0.001544           2       621           rt_sigreturn
------ ----------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------------
100.00    0.660006          73      9006       621 total

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8. ipcs



[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# ipcs -a

------ Message Queues --------
key        msqid      owner      perms      used-bytes   messages    

------ Shared Memory Segments --------
key        shmid      owner      perms      bytes      nattch     status      
0xe607dfb1 0          root       644        1048576    0                       
0x65c204d2 1          root       644        1048576    0                       
0x30809964 2          root       644        1048576    0                       

------ Semaphore Arrays --------
key        semid      owner      perms      nsems     
0xda0f24f8 2          root       644        1         
0xaaa29326 3          root       644        1         
0x0af0d682 4          root       644        1         

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9. numastat


[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# numastat -m

Per-node system memory usage (in MBs):
                          Node 0           Total
                 --------------- ---------------
MemTotal                 9480.82         9480.82
MemFree                  7993.14         7993.14
MemUsed                  1487.68         1487.68
SwapCached                  0.00            0.00
Active                    817.42          817.42
Inactive                  467.84          467.84
Active(anon)              512.65          512.65
Inactive(anon)              0.00            0.00
Active(file)              304.77          304.77
Inactive(file)            467.84          467.84
Unevictable                 9.40            9.40
Mlocked                     9.40            9.40
Dirty                       0.02            0.02
Writeback                  64.02           64.02
FilePages                 788.74          788.74
Mapped                    149.32          149.32
AnonPages                 502.34          502.34
Shmem                       8.69            8.69
KernelStack                 4.31            4.31
PageTables                  7.66            7.66
SecPageTables               0.00            0.00
NFS_Unstable                0.00            0.00
Bounce                      0.00            0.00
WritebackTmp                0.00            0.00
KReclaimable               33.27           33.27
Slab                       94.36           94.36
SReclaimable               33.27           33.27
SUnreclaim                 61.09           61.09
AnonHugePages             268.00          268.00
ShmemHugePages              0.00            0.00
ShmemPmdMapped              0.00            0.00
FileHugePages              76.00           76.00
FilePmdMapped              62.00           62.00
Unaccepted                  0.00            0.00
HugePages_Total             0.00            0.00
HugePages_Free              0.00            0.00
HugePages_Surp              0.00            0.00
[root@instance-20260614-1905 ~]# 

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10. watch -d -n1 'numastat -m'

Every 1.0s: numastat -m                                                                                                                                                                                              instance-20260614-1905: Mon Aug 10 14:20:31 2026


Per-node system memory usage (in MBs):
                          Node 0           Total
                 --------------- ---------------
MemTotal                 9480.82         9480.82
MemFree                  7937.53         7937.53
MemUsed                  1543.29         1543.29
SwapCached                  0.00            0.00
Active                    829.73          829.73
Inactive                  511.38          511.38
Active(anon)              524.96          524.96
Inactive(anon)              0.00            0.00
Active(file)              304.77          304.77
Inactive(file)            511.38          511.38
Unevictable                 9.40            9.40
Mlocked                     9.40            9.40
Dirty                       0.03            0.03
Writeback                  64.00           64.00
FilePages                 832.28          832.28
Mapped                    152.86          152.86
AnonPages                 515.71          515.71
Shmem                       8.69            8.69
KernelStack                 4.30            4.30
PageTables                  7.74            7.74
SecPageTables               0.00            0.00
NFS_Unstable                0.00            0.00
Bounce                      0.00            0.00
WritebackTmp                0.00            0.00
KReclaimable               33.49           33.49
Slab                       94.92           94.92
SReclaimable               33.49           33.49
SUnreclaim                 61.43           61.43
AnonHugePages             288.00          288.00
ShmemHugePages              0.00            0.00
ShmemPmdMapped              0.00            0.00
FileHugePages              76.00           76.00
FilePmdMapped              64.00           64.00
Unaccepted                  0.00            0.00
HugePages_Total             0.00            0.00
HugePages_Free              0.00            0.00
HugePages_Surp              0.00            0.00

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