Re: Compuware ServerVantage?

EdStevens wrote:
> Anyone have any experience with Compuware ServerVantage, as regards
> monitoring Oracle databases, they'd care to share? Or simply links to
> other reading?
>
> My boss just dropped on me an extract of the installation/setup
> procedure and asked what was needed for account setup on the OS and the
> database. This is the first I've even heard of this, but it smells
> like its purchase and implementation might already be a fait accompli.
> Looks like someone, somewhere else, is trying to solve a percived
> 'database problem' without doing any internal research or consultation
> with the DBA's. (This company has a deep history of low and mid-level
> managers hatching up 'solutions' in a vacuum.)
>
> I'm looking at the Compuware web site, but of course want to gather any
> other potentially useful info. I'm not trying to mount a knee-jerk
> opposition, just trying to get educated as quickly as possible so I can
> decide if counter recommendations are warranted.
>

Any reason why your company cannot use Enterprise Manager to monitor the databases? What 'database problem' is this software attempting to solve?

Cheers,
Brian

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