RE: OT RE: Database writer

2001-06-07 Thread Eric D. Pierce
"The Oracle DBA's Guide to NT" Guy Harrison Published Spring 1998: http://www.oreview.com/9805harr.htm ( linked from: http://home.mira.net/~gharriso ) --- excerpts --- ... The architecture of Oracle in an NT environment is somewhat different [than Unix/etc.] (see Figure 2). O

RE: OT RE: Database writer

2001-06-06 Thread C.S.Venkata Subramanian
-L > > >No winner! I drink the freaking beer all by myself. > >I think I'll pour myself a Smithwick's...somewhere in Dublin...aaa! > > >(Jefferson Starship) > >|| -Original Message- >|| From: Jerry C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >|| Sent: Tues

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2001-06-06 Thread Mohan, Ross
: OT RE: Database writer || || || Can you make that 3, I haven't been to Dublin for ages and hope to be || popping over in July sometime. Lucky for me though its only || a short hop || across the Irish Sea. || || Jefferson Starship link is I saw them in a FREE concert || in Orlando in ||

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2001-06-06 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
u if I can get my stars and stripes ass over to GB and buy us *both* a Smithwick's. || -Original Message- || From: Mark Leith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:26 AM || To: Lyris; Mohan, Ross || Subject: RE: OT RE: Database writer || || || Does that mean I

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2001-06-06 Thread Mohan, Ross
or Kantnergeez, now I have to pull a Pierce and throw some electrons at google.com || -Original Message- || From: Mark Leith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:41 AM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: RE: OT RE: Database writer

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2001-06-06 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 11:32 AM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re: OT RE: Database writer || || || So... no winner Ross? || || Do we get the answer?? || || || - Original Message - || To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L"

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2001-06-06 Thread Mark Leith
'll be as happy as you if I can get my stars and stripes ass over to GB and buy us *both* a Smithwick's. || -Original Message- || From: Mark Leith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:26 AM || To: Lyris; Mohan, Ross || Subject: RE: OT RE: Database writer

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2001-06-06 Thread Mohan, Ross
: Database writer || || || Does that mean I can get a beer? || || -Original Message- || From: Mohan, Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 01:08 || To: 'Mark Leith '; 'Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L ' || Subject: RE: OT RE: Database

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2001-06-06 Thread Mark Leith
f a Smithwick's...somewhere in Dublin...aaa! (Jefferson Starship) || -Original Message- || From: Jerry C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 11:32 AM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re: OT RE: Database writer || || || So... no winne

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2001-06-06 Thread Mohan, Ross
, 2001 11:32 AM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re: OT RE: Database writer || || || So... no winner Ross? || || Do we get the answer?? || || || - Original Message - || To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> || Sent

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2001-06-06 Thread Mark Leith
(Jefferson Starship) || -Original Message- || From: Jerry C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 11:32 AM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re: OT RE: Database writer || || || So... no winner Ross? || || Do we get the answer?? || || || - Origin

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2001-06-05 Thread Mohan, Ross
ipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re: OT RE: Database writer || || || So... no winner Ross? || || Do we get the answer?? || || || - Original Message - || To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> || Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 4:25 PM || || || &

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2001-06-05 Thread Jerry C
t song lyric reference and i buy you a beer. > NT bigots and their families summarily excused from this offer.:) > > || -Original Message- > || From: Christopher Spence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > || Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 2:16 PM > || To: Multiple recipients of l

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2001-06-05 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
I've used it on NT. Kev -Original Message- Bruce (CALBBAY) Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Nick, Does spotlight support an Oracle server running on NT? The requirements page says: "Server Oracle versions from 7.3.3 and above Solaris (2.5,

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2001-06-04 Thread C.S.Venkata Subramanian
I don't think multiple db writer process in NT has any use. I tried all ur method. In unix only I have seen this parameter taken into effect when u bounce the db after u change in init.ora -- On Mon, 04 Jun 2001 10:16:08 Christopher Spence wrote: >Doubt, didnt' see NT, boy NT blows. > >I ha

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2001-06-04 Thread Reardon, Bruce (CALBBAY)
Nick, Does spotlight support an Oracle server running on NT? The requirements page says: "Server Oracle versions from 7.3.3 and above Solaris (2.5, 2.6, 2.7) HP-UX (10.20, 11.00/32 bit, 11.00/64 bit) AIX (4.2, 4.3) Digital (v4.0d, v4.0f) " which seems to me to say the Oracle server must

RE: Database writer

2001-06-04 Thread Nick Wagner
Title: RE: Database writer you can download a free fully functional trial version of Spotlight on Oracle from the Quest Website at http://www.quest.com/spotlight_oracle/ there is a link to 'download trial' on the left hand side.  You can click on the screenshot to get  a full

Re: Database writer

2001-06-04 Thread Jared Still
Kevin, What size is your redo log buffer? Jared On Monday 04 June 2001 08:55, Kevin Kostyszyn wrote: > Hi all, > I added db writer processes last week to try and improve performance of > one of my 8.1.7 db's on NT. Does anyone know if there is a way to see if > Oracle actually started t

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2001-06-04 Thread Post, Ethan
stay near zero most of the time. Buffers Scanned = "Number of times that the database writer scans the least-recently-used chain for more buffers to write. The scan can be invoked either by a "DBWR make free requests" or by a checkpoint. " This is also probably not the best in

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2001-06-04 Thread Mark Leith
Well duh? :) Sorry, but isn't the Database Writer an Oracle process? -Original Message- Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 08:46 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L But I don't see any Processors for DBWr except ORACLE80.EXE!! SIDSERIAL#

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2001-06-04 Thread Rodd Holman
$bgprocess to get the thread name. Rodd Holman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 6/4/01, 2:46:19 PM, Raghu Kota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding

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2001-06-04 Thread Mohan, Ross
, June 04, 2001 2:16 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: RE: Database writer || || || Doubt, didnt' see NT, boy NT blows. || || I hate how it doesn't list out the processes. || || "Walking on water and developing software from a || specification are easy

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2001-06-04 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
by looking at the number of buffers scanned, redo log space requests and the lru scans. According to what I have read there was a possibility that my DBW0 was not performing very well. It was just a shot in the dark to try and squeeze some performance out of the db. Kev -Original Message---

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2001-06-04 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
7 SYS SNP0 9 7 SYS SNP1 9 rows selected. >From: "Kevin Kostyszyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PRO

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2001-06-04 Thread Raghu Kota
NP1 9 rows selected. >From: "Kevin Kostyszyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Database writer >Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 10:16:07 -0800 > >That was the query I was

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2001-06-04 Thread Kevin Lange
Would the NT Resource kit program PSTAT.EXE not show you the processes on the NT box ?? If it will and you don't have it you can pick it up at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/pstat-o. asp -Original Message- Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 1:16 PM To: Mult

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2001-06-04 Thread Christopher Spence
Doubt, didnt' see NT, boy NT blows. I hate how it doesn't list out the processes. "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen." Christopher R. Spence Oracle DBA Fuelspot -Original Message- Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 1:18 PM To: [EMAIL

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2001-06-04 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
odd Holman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 6/4/01, 10:55:35 AM, Kevin Kostyszyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Database writer: > Hi all, > I added

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2001-06-04 Thread Mark Leith
Have you tried v$bgprocess ? Regards Mark -Original Message- Kostyszyn Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 04:56 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, I added db writer processes last week to try and improve performance of one of my 8.1.7 db's on NT. Does anyone know if th

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2001-06-04 Thread Jared Still
On Monday 04 June 2001 10:16, Christopher Spence wrote: > Look under ps. Really? On NT? Jared > > "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if > both are frozen." > > Christopher R. Spence > Oracle DBA > Fuelspot > > > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday,

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2001-06-04 Thread murosa
You can see that at operating system level using next sentence: ps -ef | grep dbwr 04/06/2001 17.55 "Kevin Kostyszyn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/06/2001 18.10 Por favor, responda a [EMAI

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2001-06-04 Thread Rodd Holman
r. Rodd Holman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 6/4/01, 12:10:53 PM, Vadim Gorbounov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding RE: Database writer: > Hi, Kevi

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2001-06-04 Thread Vadim Gorbounov
Hi, Kevin, Maybe this query will help: SQL>select PROGRAM from v$process where PROGRAM like '%DBW%'; Regards Vadim Gorbounov Oracle DBA -Original Message- Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE

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2001-06-04 Thread Post, Ethan
Kevin, I apologize for asking but this is for the benefit of others possibly. But how did you determine that your instance may require an additional DBWR process. What led you to think that you had an bottleneck with only one process? Thanks, Ethan -Original Message- Sent: Monday, Jun

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2001-06-04 Thread Rodd Holman
listing of background processes. select s.sid, s.serial#, s.schemaname, s.program, b.name from v$session s, v$bgprocess b where s.paddr = b.paddr; HTH Rodd Holman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<

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2001-06-04 Thread Haskins, Ed
from MetaStink on the issue: Oracle on NT only allows/needs a single database writer process (DBWR). Multiple DBWRs on UNIX is not multiple "real" DBWRs which all go scan for dirty buffers and write them to disk. It's really just one "real" DBWR and some I/O slaves. The "

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2001-06-04 Thread Christopher Spence
Look under ps. "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen." Christopher R. Spence Oracle DBA Fuelspot -Original Message- Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, I added db writer p

Database writer

2001-06-04 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Hi all, I added db writer processes last week to try and improve performance of one of my 8.1.7 db's on NT. Does anyone know if there is a way to see if Oracle actually started the additional db writer processes? I added db_writer_processes to the init file, the instance started so I am