RE: Server failures

Perhaps I should clarify. I did take a look through the logs and pointed them to the event viewer items reporting the POST errors and the restart time along with the event ids. (Windows Server 2003)  

So I didn't mean to imply that I didn't look through the logs at all. Now I'm being asked to diagnose the problem it seems.      

Chris Taylor
Sr. Oracle DBA
Ingram Barge Company
Nashville, TN 37205
Office: 615-517-3355
Cell: 615-354-4799
Email: chris.taylor_at_ingrambarge.com  

From: Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR)
[mailto:Thomas.Mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us]
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 8:34 AM To: Taylor, Chris David; ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Server failures

Chris,  

Why would you not want to take a cursory look around? It could be as simple as looking at the alert logs and saying "Oracle did not report any problems" and then kick it up to the SA's. I know I would do it.

Tom  

From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Taylor, Chris David
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:19 AM To: ORACLE-L
Subject: Server failures  

So how many of you are responsible for examining your database servers for hardware/software faults when it crashes? Not the database, but the actual machine?  

We recently had a server crash that reported problems when it came back up. It has also saved a dumpfile to be examined and it reported problems during the POST routine.  

Now I get this email from my DBA manager: (paraphrased)  

"Chris,  

John [pc/lan mgr] requested that we try to put our finger on what caused MachineA to failover on Saturday. I looked through the logs extensively today [uh huh] and couldn't find anything - can you look around too and see if you find anything?"  

-Bob"  

(Obviously names changed)  

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood this morning....grrrr      

Chris Taylor

Sr. Oracle DBA

Ingram Barge Company

Nashville, TN 37205

Office: 615-517-3355

Cell: 615-354-4799

Email: chris.taylor_at_ingrambarge.com  

--
http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l