Re: DBA Monitoring Tools

In article <CtAyAy.5Eu_at_world.std.com>, lparsons_at_world.std.com (Lee E Parsons) writes:

I could give you quite a discourse on differences between Patrol and Ecotools. However, I will give you a bullet version.

Patrol uses a proprietary script language. Eco you can use bourne, perl, c, korn etc.

Patrol allows corrective actions, however, you must write them yourself. Same for Eco except Eco supplies about 3 dozen out of the box.

Patrol has no chargeback feature (resource account - both unix and oracle). Eco has this feature.

Patrol has no security. A Patrol user has complete access to everything (could be dangerous when agents require root privleges). With Eco you have role based security. In other words you can assign users to run specific agents and on specific machines.

Patrol has no intelligent data points behind their graphs. With Eco, you can click a point on a chart and see the underlining data.

Patrol ignores many of the Motif standards. In fact, they use sockets communication interface (no one else is).

Patrol has no process monitor capabilities. With Eco's process monitor, you can see whats happening on a machine. For an Oracle user you can drilldown and see the actual SQL statement this person is executing.

Patrol has no command line interface while Eco has.

Finally, Patrol (their owner BMC), is a telemarketing firm. They simply send you the stuff and let you install it. Compuware (Ecotools owner), has local sales and field support people throughout the country along with a large consulting staff.

Hope this helps. Recommend calling Compuware at 1-800-437-2135 or Ecotools at 408-252-3801 for further information.

Tibor Vari
Ecotools Field Support Received on Fri Jul 29 1994 - 03:41:01 CEST