Re: command line vs grid control

On Jul 3, 1:45 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
> Bob Jones wrote:
> > "DA Morgan" <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote in message
> >news:1183413703.619051_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...
> >> emdproduct..._at_hotmail.com wrote:
> >>> I am used to my old time shell/perl scripts to monitor my database,
> >>> routine work, should I invest in oracle 10g grid control?
>
> >>> Any commends will be appreciated
> >> Assuming some version of Oracle more recent than 9.2.0.8 you can not
> >> monitor a database using shell/perl scripts any longer.
>
> >> Anyone that claims otherwise doesn't understand the product.
>
> > What is the change in 9.2.0.8 makes it impossible?
>
> I said "more recent than" and the list is nearly endless which
> is precisely the point. You couldn't write all the scripts
> required to duplicate the functionality of the OEM grid control
> if you worked on it 40 hours a week for the next 6 months. In

No need to duplicate everything. OP talks "monitor my database, routine work". This can continue to be done with his existing scripts. "You can not monitor a database using shell/perl scripts any longer" for 10g+ looks like an overstatement.

> fact some of that functionality is literally impossible to
> duplicate with any shell script.

And what this functionality is exactly?

Regards,
Igor

> The original question was "should I invest in" and the answer is
> yes.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org
Received on Tue Jul 03 2007 - 00:43:42 CDT