Re: ALARMPROGRAM (was DSA 7.22 UC1 on HP-UX 10.10 Crash )

Clem speaks . . . } The release notes for 7.23 mention bug #67335, described as "ONCONFIG.STD } ALARMPROGRAM SETTING INCORRECT." At the moment I'm web-impaired, so I'll } leave it as an exercise for the reader to research more about that bug. } I'll check it out . . . never knew that it was a bug. } The engine does indeed default to log_full.sh if there is no value in } the onconfig parameter ALARMPROGRAM, but you can change it to be whatever } you want. } } I've wondered why people don't use the ALARMPROGRAM more often. It is } a very powerful feature that we used to have to kludge up for ourselves. } I strongly advise any DBA to automate monitoring functions. Let us rejoice } to have a vendor that provides it for us! } That's on my list of things-to-do. One thing that bugs me (no pun intended) is that, when a problem arises on the system, the users are the first to notice, unless I just happen to be on the system. It seems like a little experimentation with ALARMPROGRAM would solve the problem. (Of course, an alpha pager wouldn't hurt too, but then, the freedom is gone. I'll actually have to carry a pager. <G>) } A tutorial on the practical implementation of the ALARMPROGRAM, especially } with field-proven examples, sounds like an excellent topic for the IIUG } technical track. Anyone care for a free conference pass in Seattle? } (Submit your proposal--it's easy--at the IIUG site http://www.iiug.org .) } I'll have to look into this also. Haven't been yet, but planning on it this year. John Carlson Informix DBA WH Smith, Inc.