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Description of problem:
Please add 

[vm]
transparent_hugepages=never


to the tuned-profiles-oracle package.

Oracle databases do not use transparent huge pages and for customers who run Oracle as the main application on their system will choose this profile. Oracle also disables THP on their kernel.



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Hi Sanjay,

we've had 'transparent_hugepages=never' in the Oracle profile from the very beginning [1]. I'm not sure what there is to do.

[1] https://github.com/redhat-performance/tuned/blob/master/profiles/oracle/tuned.conf#L29

I am very sorry. We were having this discussion internally and I put the wrong requirement. 

We need auto numa balancing turned off. Oracle kernel also turns it off. We also turn it off for larger database implementations like MSSQL Server because they do their own NUMA management. 

We need to set the following.

[sysctl]
kernel.numa_balancing=0


Sorry again for the mistake.

No worries.

Upstream pull request:
https://github.com/redhat-performance/tuned/pull/236

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (tuned bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:4559