Oracle-L: RE: Any scripts to check the health of the database

From: Farnsworth, Dave <DFarnsworth_at_Ashleyfurniture.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 03:48:22 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0044F030.20020425034822@fatcity.com>

This is something that I am looking for a way to check on an 8.1.7 database running on NT without me physically having to login myself. Is there some automated way to do this, that maybe can send an email to a computer operator??

Thanks,

Dave

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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
04/24/2002 12:24 PM
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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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