Re: How to check Oracle is running with ps

Chris:

SMON is an essential process, so I would check for that.

Hope this helps.

Tom Best

chrisdowsett_at_hotmail.com (chris dowsett) wrote in message news:<80f6fa7e.0107160013.10d0de55_at_posting.google.com>...
> chrisdowsett_at_hotmail.com (chris dowsett) wrote in message news:<80f6fa7e.0107130435.6a6dde29_at_posting.google.com>...
> > I am trying to write a fault management procedure to check whether
> > Oracle 8.1.6 is running on Solaris 7.
> >
> > I have suggested we use ps -ef|grep CLFY (Where CLFY is the SID of the
> > database i am checking)
> >
> > this gives me the following 8 processes
> >
> > ora_pmon_CLFY
> > ora_dbw0_CLFY
> > ora_lgwr_CLFY
> > ora_ckpt_CLFY
> > ora_smon_CLFY
> > ora_reco_CLFY
> > ora_s000_CLFY
> > ora_d000_CLFY
> >
> > I am checking the listener seperately with lsnrctl stat.
> >
> > Are there any other processes which are essential and should be
> > checked for ?
> >
> > Do all of these processes need to running to indicate a fully
> > functional database ?
> >
> > TIA Chris
>
> PLEASE HELP ME
Received on Mon Jul 16 2001 - 15:04:02 CEST