RE: Server failures

Chris,  

Why would you not want to take a cursory look around? It could be as simple as looking at the alert logs and saying "Oracle did not report any problems" and then kick it up to the SA's. I know I would do it.

Tom  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Taylor, Chris David Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:19 AM To: ORACLE-L
Subject: Server failures  

So how many of you are responsible for examining your database servers for hardware/software faults when it crashes? Not the database, but the actual machine?  

We recently had a server crash that reported problems when it came back up. It has also saved a dumpfile to be examined and it reported problems during the POST routine.  

Now I get this email from my DBA manager: (paraphrased)  

"Chris,  

John [pc/lan mgr] requested that we try to put our finger on what caused MachineA to failover on Saturday. I looked through the logs extensively today [uh huh] and couldn't find anything - can you look around too and see if you find anything?"  

-Bob"  

(Obviously names changed)  

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood this morning....grrrr      

Chris Taylor

Sr. Oracle DBA

Ingram Barge Company

Nashville, TN 37205

Office: 615-517-3355

Cell: 615-354-4799

Email: chris.taylor_at_ingrambarge.com  

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