Re: Any scripts to check the health of the database

Personally, I think that many folks go a bit overboard when it comes to checking the health of a database.

These are the things I like to check for:

• is the database up? this is the most important tech check
• status of jobs in DBA_JOBS
• space issues. Will a table be able to extend N times without error?
• are the users happy? This is actually more important than any of the technical issues.

There's a lot of other things you can check, but personnaly, I quit checking them long ago.

I do log a few things from the database, and periodically store the explain plans for SQLin the cache for troubleshooting later the things go awry. This is really not part of a periodic health check though, this is a whole different matter.

One thing to keep in mind: Rolling your own helps you to understand what's being monitored. :)

Jared

Praveen Sahni <Praveen.Sahni_at_kshema.com> Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
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Hi All,
I need to write a report on the health of a database. Please send if any of us have a scripts and any report format for the health
of the database.
Thanks in advance
Praveen

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