Re: missing oratab

From: Matthias Hoys <anti_at_spam.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:51:54 +0100
Message-ID: <43c57dfc$0$32185$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>

"ton de w" <ton_de_winter_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1136998904.644999.49950_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
> I am trying to configure an snmp agent that queries oracle instances
> for performance data.
> in this agent i must specify oratab and ORACLE_HOME
> no probs with ORACLE_HOME it is
> ORACLE_HOME=/ora8/m01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7
>
> but oratab is missing!!!
> find / -name oratab -print
> oracle is running and working OK.
>
> root_at_sun18 # uname -a
> SunOS sun8 5.9 Generic_118558-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100
>
> crikey what can i do now? I thought oratab was essential..
>
> TIA
>
> Ton
>

I seem to remember that the oratab file is only created when you install an Oracle database with the DBCA. Did you create the database with sql scripts ?

Matthias Received on Wed Jan 11 2006 - 15:51:54 CST