Re: Alert Log Monitoring / Notification

Ana,

I've had the exact same thing happen to me. Inside our script, we had to monitor the mail queue with '/usr/lib/sendmail -bp'. If the local mail queue was backed up, we sent the message from a different server.

Mark Simmons
Sr. Oracle DBA
Sabre-Holdings, Southlake, TX

"Ana C. Dent" <anacedent_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<lxP3c.16628$BA.14445_at_fed1read03>...
> Charles Davis wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I would like to be notified almost immediately if Oracle 9.2 writes certain
> > messages to the Alert Log, such as any of the 'unable to extend' messages.
> > An email sent at the moment of the error would be best.
> >
> > Can this be done somehow within Oracle v9.2?? If so, please describe it or
> > point me to the docs on this.
> >
> > I already have an external alert log monitor process, but am looking for
> > something more immediate that its polling interval.
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> > charles
>
> On Solaris 9 if the system load exceeds a certain value,
> sendmail decides to stay dormant until after the load
> decreases sufficiently. It can take HOURS before a "warning"
> message actually gets sent/delivered. :-(
>
> I know this from first hand experience.
Received on Sat Mar 13 2004 - 12:19:07 CST