Mark - Well, speaking for myself, I appreciate your openness in pointing out the major issues one would have to deal with if they were going to write their own.
Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:34 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dang, I just new that would cause a stir! ;P Mark <Running away now> Leith -----Original Message----- Rajendra Sent: 03 December 2002 14:32 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Go buy a tool? Here is an idea instead ... Write a small Perl (pick your favorite language here) script that looks at /etc/oratab followed by a check to see if each of the instances listed in /etc/oratab is up on the side where it is checking. It then log in as a schema (we call it) called heartbeat, insert a row into a table with sysdate. Wait 3 seconds, retrieve the row and checks the time difference. If it is more than 5 seconds, you have a potential delay somewhere and have it alert appropriate people. (If it is night, page your VP with "This is your heartbeat calling ... we have a problem" ...) Life is great with "cron" ... HTH Raj ______________________________________________________ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of ESPN Inc. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, but having an opinion is an art! -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
