RE: Alert Log

2003-12-08 Thread Jesse, Rich
Maybe in %ORACLE_HOME%\dbs ? Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA -Original Message- Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:05 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi List My

Re: Alert Log

2003-12-08 Thread Mladen Gogala
Shed some light on your dump parameters? They'd look much better if they had slashes instead of backslashes, but you probably can't help it. Now that you've told us where are your log and trace files, please tell us what's in them. My ESP capabilities are damaged by the snow and I need to actually

RE: Alert Log

2003-12-08 Thread Gary W. Parker
This is from the Oracle 8i Administrators Guide for Windows: Oracle8i for Windows NT background threads use trace files to record occurrences and exceptions of database operations, as well as errors. Background thread trace files are created regardless of whether the BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST

Re: Alert Log

2003-12-08 Thread Tanel Poder
If nothing else helps, download procexp or filemon from www.sysinternals.com and see which files are open by oracle.exe Tanel. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 5:04 PM Hi List My database is taking vert

RE: Alert Log

2003-12-08 Thread Jesse, Rich
Regardless of whether or not it works, download it and the other tools like ntregmon, prcvire, and the almighty FileMonitor. No installs, no DLLs, no uninstall crap. Just extract and run the .exe. Excellent debugging tools. Rich Rich Jesse System/Database

RE: alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Faroult
This seems strange to me, because things are written to the alert log file when the instance starts, even when the database is not opened. It should have been background_dump_dest (not user_dump_dest) and sometimes stuff is written to $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/log. If you have looked for the file with

Re: alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Unless they have radically changed how they handle physical standby databases, you should have an alert log for that database. Have you logged in as sysdba and checked the location of the background_dump_dest in v$parameter? --- Paul Baumgartel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've created a physical

Re: alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Alternately check in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory for alertSID. log. I observed that people are still using defaults while creating databases Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:24:26 -0800 Unless

RE: alert log for physical standby?--pilot error

2003-09-11 Thread Murali_Pavuloori/Claritas
Can we setup a physical standby on a different OS (Win 2003) than the primary db (Win 2000). Thanks in advance. Murali. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: Murali_Pavuloori/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051

RE: alert log for physical standby?--pilot error

2003-09-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
not according to the oracle documentation. A physical standby has to be on the same platform/same operating system (including patches)/same database release logical standby databases do not have to conform to that restriction --- Murali_Pavuloori/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we setup a

RE: Alert log....

2003-08-28 Thread Jared . Still
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/27/2003 03:44 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To:Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Alert log Be careful of grepping for ^ORA-, I occasionally getORA- (spaces) when I use this. Anjo

RE: Alert log....

2003-08-27 Thread Post, Ethan
Be careful of grepping for ^ORA-, I occasionally get ORA- (spaces) when I use this. Anjo gave me a call to make to attempt to get the line to start at the beginning but I don't think it works. Hard to test since this situation is not recreatable. AIX 64 bit 4.3 Oracle 8.1.4. - E

RE: alert log file

2003-03-31 Thread MARREIROS,RUI (HP-Portugal,ex1)
just backup it ( cp alertDBSID.log backupalert.old) and empty it (echo /dev/null alertDBSID.log) no need to bounce DB rui -Original Message-From: AK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 4:54 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: alert log file for one

RE: alert log file

2003-03-31 Thread Pete Sharman
Title: Message No problems, just move it. No need to shutdown, Oracle will just create a new file next time it needs to write to it. Moving the alert log should be something you do on a regular basis. Pete "Controlling developers is like herding cats." Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook

RE: alert log file

2003-03-31 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
You can rename the alert log or move it. Oracle will create a new one the next time it has to write to it. You don't need to bounce the DB. Dave -Original Message-From: AK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:54 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list

Re: alert log file

2003-03-31 Thread Rachel Carmichael
rename it, Oracle will create a new alert log file when it needs to write to the alert log again --- AK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for one of the db over here alert log is biggg .Looks like its never been truncated or backup . Is it a problem if i just move this alert log file to another

Re: alert log file

2003-03-31 Thread Scott Stefick
If you move the alert log to another directory, Oracle will create a new one in its place. There is no need to bounce the DB. -Scott At 07:54 AM 3/31/03 -0800, you wrote: for one of the db over here alert log is biggg .Looks like its never been truncated or backup . Is it a problem if i

Re: alert log file

2003-03-31 Thread Ron Rogers
Copy the alert log to the desired location and then CAT /dev/null into the alert log. CAT /dev/null alert.log This will zero out the alert log and allow you to keep the old data. Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/31/03 10:53AM for one of the db over here alert log is biggg .Looks like its never

RE: alert log file

2003-03-31 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
When I see a humungous file like that, I build a little ksh script that hasn't failed me yet. suffix=`date +%y%m%d` cp -p alertSID.log alertSID_${suffix}.log alertSID.log The only thing that might happen is if Oracle is updating the log file at EXACTLY the moment you execute this script

RE: alert log file

2003-03-31 Thread Whittle Jerome Contr NCI
Title: RE: alert log file We compress ours which makes them much smaller for storage. Oracle will create a new alert log file and there is no need to bounce the db. Jerry Whittle ASIFICS DBA NCI Information Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 618-622-4145 -Original Message- From

Re: alert log file

2003-03-31 Thread AK
thanks, - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:53 AM rename it, Oracle will create a new alert log file when it needs to write to the alert log again --- AK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for one of the db over

RE: Alert Log reporting question

2003-02-24 Thread Stephane Faroult
Hi all, I am writing a script that can grep ORA- from alert log. I think it will be good if I can grep the time of the error occur, can you please help me? If you are lazy to type please introduce me any related unix function, I will do man the function myself. Thanks Sinardy Sinardy,

Re: Alert Log reporting question

2003-02-24 Thread Tim Gorman
Sinardy, I've posted a shell script called chk_oerr.sh on http://www.EvDBT.com/tools.htm;. It doesn't do exactly what you ask, but it remembers where it left off scanning in the alert.log file. You can run it hourly, daily, or weekly if you like, and the timing of the emails it sends you should

RE: Alert Log reporting question

2003-02-24 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Alert Log reporting question Checkout http://www.zephyrus.com ... it is a very nice tool ... Raj - Rajendra dot Jamadagni at espn dot com Any views expressed here are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts

Re: Alert Log reporting question

2003-02-24 Thread Connor McDonald
I have a script to do this (but not access to it at the moment) but its basically egrep and awk to: a) grep for ORA-, ^Mon, ^Tue, ... ^Sat b) results piped through awk which does: if $0 like ORA-, the print p, $0 if $0 like Mon,Tue,...Sat, then p=substr($0,12) hth connor --- Sinardy

RE: alert log suppression

2002-12-17 Thread Connor McDonald
The EXTENT_MANAGEMENT column tells you if they are locally managed or not. If they are local, then the ALLOCATION_TYPE will be either UNIFORM, SYSTEM or USER. The latter means it was originally a dictionary managed tspace that has been converted to lmt. But in any event, the coalesce is just

Re: alert log suppression

2002-12-16 Thread Connor McDonald
The obvious question being why you are coalescing tablespaces --- Markham, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to suppress successful DDL within the alter log? For example, I have a cron job that coalesces 300+ tablespaces which creates a couple line entry for each. I would

RE: alert log suppression

2002-12-16 Thread Markham, Richard
Title: RE: alert log suppression ok. They are LMT's with PCTINCREASE 0. I'm running 8.1.7.4 and I believe that SMON requires PCTINCREASE 0 to do routine coalescing.perhaps you have further to add to your post. -Original Message- From: Connor McDonald [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: alert log suppression

2002-12-16 Thread Igor Neyman
Title: RE: alert log suppression Richard, If you are using UNIFORM extents (which is usually the best option),you don't need to do any coalescing on LMTs. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Markham, Richard To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: alert log suppression

2002-12-16 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Title: RE: alert log suppression Coalescing LMTs is unnecessary ! - Kirti -Original Message-From: Markham, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:00 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: alert log suppression ok. They are LMT's

RE: alert log suppression

2002-12-16 Thread Markham, Richard
: Monday, December 16, 2002 1:30 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re: alert log suppression Richard, If you are using UNIFORM extents (which is usually the best option),you don't need to do any coalescing on LMTs. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: alert log suppression

2002-12-16 Thread Wong, Bing
Title: RE: alert log suppression If it is LMT, coalescing is ignored. -Original Message-From: Deshpande, Kirti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:34 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: alert log suppression Coalescing LMTs

Re: alert log suppression

2002-12-16 Thread Igor Neyman
ry managed tablespaces. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Markham, Richard To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:09 PM Subject: RE: alert log suppression Thanks for the info Igor. In addition

Re: alert log suppression

2002-12-16 Thread Arup Nanda
and NEXT_EXTENT; they should be same. HTH. Arup - Original Message - From: Markham, Richard To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:09 PM Subject: RE: alert log suppression Thanks for the info Igor. In addition to thisI am

RE: alert log suppression

2002-12-16 Thread Markham, Richard
of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re: alert log suppression Richard, I have here versions 8.1.5 and 9.2. Both show allocation type "UNIFORM" for LMTs with uniform extent size (exceptLM SYSTEM and UNDO tablespaces in 9.2 , for which "SYSTEM" allocation type is shown),

RE: Alert log from Remote client

2001-09-26 Thread O'Neill, Sean
Nirmal, Perhaps the replies re AlertView have answered your question. AFAICR it requires FTP service to be running. You did not specify your Operating System. Do you simply want to view the Alert logs and Trace files for the various databases or be alerted if an error appears in Alert Log or

RE: Alert log from Remote client

2001-09-26 Thread Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran
for the various databases, as you said. How can i? Nirmal -Original Message- From: O'Neill, Sean [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:10 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Alert log from Remote client Nirmal, Perhaps

RE: RE: Alert log from Remote client

2001-09-26 Thread Post, Ethan
Someone posted this the otherday somewhere... http://oit.ucsb.edu/~eta/swatch/ Personally I would throw Connor McDonald's alert script on each system. Very simple and elegant. http://www.oracledba.co.uk/tips/alert_log_checker.htm - Ethan - http://www.geocities.com/epost1 -Original

RE: Alert log from Remote client

2001-09-25 Thread Aponte, Tony
Title: RE: Alert log from Remote client Check out AlertView from http://www.zephyrus.com/html/products.html. It's a java utility that provides a GUI interface to remote alert.log files. I think it's still free. Tony -Original Message- From: Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran [mailto

Re: Alert log from Remote client

2001-09-25 Thread Ruth Gramolini
There is a product (free) called AlertView. It is from zephyrus software (zephyrus.com). It runs on a pc and can monitor as many alert.logs as you have. Take a look! Ruth - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001

RE: alert log is not capturing all errors

2001-07-12 Thread John Lewis
You may be thinking of Sybase. That is one neat feature about it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/12/01 12:35PM Hi List,I have encountered a little strange incident. Here is a brief:I ran a package which runs every day early in the morning. I create a logof the process through the spool

Re: alert log is not capturing all errors

2001-07-12 Thread John Carlson
The alert log does not capture anything it considers to be a user error. HTH, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/12/01 12:35PM Hi List,I have encountered a little strange incident. Here is a brief:I ran a package which runs every day early in the morning. I create a logof the process through the

RE: alert log is not capturing all errors

2001-07-12 Thread lhoska
Thank you John. -Original Message-From: John Carlson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 5:56 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re: alert log is not capturing all errors The alert log does not capture anything it considers

Re: Alert log scan script

2001-07-10 Thread JDonson
I believe that a dedicated window running tail -f 10 /alert_log_filename will keep an eye on the last 10 lines of the alert log in Unix/Linux. - jeremy donson CateredComputing -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat

Re: Alert log scan script

2001-07-10 Thread Ruth Gramolini
Try AlertView from zephyrus.com. It is a free tool for analyzing your alert logs. Ruth - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:31 AM Last week I was bit by a corrupt block on an index. I run Analyze every week

RE: Alert log scan script

2001-07-10 Thread Mark Leith
Ron, I've attached one that I also got from the list some time ago, you may need to use something like bablefish to translate the comments :) HTH Mark -Original Message- L. Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 02:32 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Last week I was bit by a corrupt

RE: Alert log

2001-05-14 Thread Raj Gopalan
Hi I think this parameter is available from 8.1.6 where us I am in 8.1.5..Any idea how to control it in 8.1.5? Raj -Original Message- Sent: 12 May 2001 00:18 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Raj, It's new archiving tracing introduced in 8i. If you're on 8.1.6 or later you

RE: Alert log

2001-05-14 Thread Raj Gopalan
Rafiq But I want my db to be archived.. Raj -Original Message- Sent: 11 May 2001 21:46 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Your archiving is TRUE instead of false Check for log_archive_start FALSE change this parameter to false and rebounce your database. Regards

RE: Alert log

2001-05-14 Thread A. Bardeen
Raj, Nope, none that I know of. Yet another reason to upgrade ;) -- Anita --- Raj Gopalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I think this parameter is available from 8.1.6 where us I am in 8.1.5..Any idea how to control it in 8.1.5? Raj -Original Message- Sent: 12 May 2001 00:18

Re: Alert log

2001-05-11 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
Your archiving is TRUE instead of false Check for log_archive_start FALSE change this parameter to false and rebounce your database. Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 08:46:06 -0800 DBAs

Re: Alert log

2001-05-11 Thread A. Bardeen
Raj, It's new archiving tracing introduced in 8i. If you're on 8.1.6 or later you can control the level of tracing with the LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE parameter. See the following docs: Note 94055.1 Init.ora Parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_TRACE Reference Note Note 104405.1 ARCH tracefile messages VALIDATE,

Re: Alert Log

2001-02-06 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
It looks like that it is due to something with parallel query process. Please check your code or degree of tables being used in your code. Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 11:00:42 -0800 Hi gurus! I

Re: Alert Log

2001-02-06 Thread Shakeel Qureshi
Hi Rafiq, The problem looks like as what you suggested. We are working on those lines. I thank you for your input. Regards, Shakeel Qureshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Mohammad Rafiq [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks like that it is due to something with parallel query process. Please check