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Simon Goland wrote:
>
> When something abnormal happens, but not really crucial, how do you know
> it happened? Say, a datafile suddenly becomes corrupted, or you lose a
> redo log file, or some other act of supreme (and unfriendly) powers that
> does not cause Oracle to shutdown.
>
> One way is, of course, all the phone calls from users who cannot use the
> DB anymore. But I am looking for something more proactive. For example,
> a cron job (on Unix) that will periodically scan the alert log file,
> look for errors and email them to me.
>
> Any other ideas/suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> [ Simon Goland B-)> sg_at_mda.ca ]
> [ Without action there is no change ]
Oracle's Enterprise Manager will do exactly that and considerably more.
-- Rich Woods Technical Field Support Specialist, Oracle Corporation, USA The above statements and opinions are my own and do not necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation.Received on Thu Feb 13 1997 - 00:00:00 CST