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observer.compaction

Last Updated:2026-04-13 09:12:25  Updated
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If OceanBase Diagnostic Tool (obdiag) is independently deployed, you can specify the observer.compaction scenario in the obdiag gather scene run command to collect the information required for analyzing major compaction issues. The command helps address the pain point in collecting information on distributed nodes.

Syntax

obdiag gather scene run --scene=observer.compaction [options]

The following table describes the options.

Option Required? Data type Default value Description
--scene Yes string Empty The name of the scenario. You can run the obd obdiag gather scene list command to view the scenarios supported by the current version.
--from No string Empty The start time of log collection in the yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss format.
--to No string Empty The end time of log collection in the yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss format.
--since No string Empty The most recent period of time for log collection, in the format of <n> <m|h|d>, where n specifies the time value, m represents "minute", h represents "hour", and d represents "day". For example, 30m specifies to collect logs of the last 30 minutes.
--store_dir No string The current path where the command is executed The local path where the results are stored.
--temp_dir No string /tmp The directory where temporary files generated by the remote node during log collection are stored.
-c No string ~/.obdiag/config.yml The path of the configuration file.
--inner_config No string Empty The configurations of obdiag.
--config No string Empty The configurations of the cluster diagnosed by obdiag, in the format of --config key1=value1 --config key2=value2.

Examples

Method 1: Use the command out-of-the-box without a configuration file

Note

For more information about the parameters used in the command in this section, see Configure obdiag.

# Collect information for major compaction issues. If you do not specify any other options, the command collects the information of the last 30 minutes.
obdiag gather scene run --scene=observer.compaction \
    --config db_host=xx.xx.xx.xx \
    --config db_port=xxxx \
    --config tenant_sys.user=root@sys \
    --config tenant_sys.password=*** \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.ssh_username=test \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.ssh_password=****** \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.home_path=/home/admin/oceanbase

# Use the `--since` option to specify the time range of information to be collected for major compaction issues.
obdiag gather scene run --scene=observer.compaction --since 30m \
    --config db_host=xx.xx.xx.xx \
    --config db_port=xxxx \
    --config tenant_sys.user=root@sys \
    --config tenant_sys.password=*** \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.ssh_username=test \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.ssh_password=****** \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.home_path=/home/admin/oceanbase

# Use the `--from` and `--to` options to specify the time range of major compaction issues.
obdiag gather scene run --scene=observer.compaction --from "2022-06-30 16:25:00" --to "2022-06-30 18:30:00" \
    --config db_host=xx.xx.xx.xx \
    --config db_port=xxxx \
    --config tenant_sys.user=root@sys \
    --config tenant_sys.password=*** \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.ssh_username=test \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.ssh_password=****** \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.home_path=/home/admin/oceanbase

Method 2: Use the command with a configuration file

Before you run the command, make sure that you have configured the logon information of the target nodes in the config.yml configuration file of obdiag. For more information, see Configure obdiag.

# Collect information for major compaction issues. If you do not specify any other options, the command collects the information of the last 30 minutes.
obdiag gather scene run --scene=observer.compaction

# Use the `--since` option to specify the time range of information to be collected for major compaction issues.
obdiag gather scene run --scene=observer.compaction --since 30m

# Use the `--from` and `--to` options to specify the time range of major compaction issues.
obdiag gather scene run --scene=observer.compaction --from "2022-06-30 16:25:00" --to "2022-06-30 18:30:00"

Results

The command generates a folder in the specified directory. A sample folder name is obdiag_gather_pack_20240808105846.

#tree
.
├── ob_log_remote_xx.xx.xx.xx_20240808201458_20240808204558.zip # The logs of OBServer nodes.
├── result_summary.txt
├── sql_result.txt # The SQL statement execution results required for analyzing major compaction issues.

Cases

When a major compaction issue occurs, you can run the following command to collect the information required for diagnostics. Then, you can post the information on the OceanBase community forum or send it to OceanBase Technical Support.

obdiag gather scene run --scene=observer.compaction \
    --config db_host=xx.xx.xx.xx \
    --config db_port=xxxx \
    --config tenant_sys.user=root@sys \
    --config tenant_sys.password=*** \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.ssh_username=test \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.ssh_password=****** \
    --config obcluster.servers.global.home_path=/home/admin/oceanbase

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