Message-Id: <10570.113049@fatcity.com> From: guy ruth hammond Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:41:28 -0400 Subject: Re: Oracle HA .. > One problem is with the script the (monitor in sgi's case) that checks to > see if the instance is running. It basically just searches for the pmon > process. Problem is we have two instances with similar names - MC and MCTR. > As long as MCTR is up, the software thinks MC is up too because a scan for > ora_pmon_MC finds the ora_pmon_MCTR process too! Consider: $ echo MCTR |grep MC MCTR $ echo MCTR |grep MC$ $ g -- guy ruth hammond | One is punished for being Technology Analysis & Consulting | weak, not for being cruel. 617 4521300 http://www.agency.com | -- Baudelaire