I seem to be missing part of this thread, and have been gone most the week.
Re SNMP: I haven't played with it myself, but there are ~100 Perl modules dealing with SNMP. It would take some research to determine which are the most useful, and go from there. Definitely doable. Maybe "Perl for DBA's" 2nd edition. :) Jared On Wednesday 23 October 2002 16:16, John Kanagaraj wrote: > Raj, > > I looked at the TCL scripts that comes along with OEM, and did see that > SNMP is being used therein. If TCL can do it, I am sure Perl can do it. > Jared - Any inputs? > > John Kanagaraj > Oracle Applications DBA > DBSoft Inc > (W): 408-970-7002 > > What would you see if you were allowed to look back at your life at the end > of your journey in this earth? > > ** The opinions and statements above are entirely my own and not those of > my employer or clients ** > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 3:20 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Thanks Dennis, Gary > > I have tools at my disposal to monitor the db, and I have no problem with > that. I was just reading through snmp and was intrigues by the idea that I > could get some information without running scripts through sqlplus > interface and if so how to accomplish that. > > I know it is doable because IA does that, just wondering if it would be > feasible to do it be some scripting ... > > 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! > > > -----Original Message----- > <mailto:DWILLIAMS@;LIFETOUCH.COM> ] > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:04 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Raj - I'm no expert on SNMP, so maybe someone that is more knowledgeable > will reply. I believe that SNMP underlies most of the monitoring tools on > the market today. OEM may even use SNMP. I can see two approaches for you. > 1. You write your own tool that will issue SNMP alerts. Perhaps this > would be a Unix daemon process that executes database queries, and then > based on what it finds, issues SNMP alerts. > 2. Use an existing tool to accomplish what you want. > > If your desire is to create a database monitoring tool that you can give > away for free, then sell to CA for a lot of money, take path #1. If your > goal is to become a better DBA, then I would go with #2. > > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 40%OCP > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < mailto:dwilliams@;lifetouch.com > <mailto:dwilliams@;lifetouch.com> > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:39 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Has anyone implemented basic DB monitoring using snmp MIB information > rather > > than running queries against the db? > > I am looking into this and have no clue or available docs on how to do this > (esp on AIX). If someone can point me to the right direction, I would > really > > appreciate that. > > TIA > 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: Jared Still 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).