Re: How can you tell that ontape is running?

andy lennard wrote: > > Hi, > I have responsibility for a system that has no full-time DBA and I'd > like to put together a 'cron-ish' script to check whether the database > is happy. > > I was wondering if anyone can help me find out whether an 'ontape -c' > is actually doing anything? The system is Sun Solaris 2.6, with 7.23UC4. You can see if it's clocking up CPU via ps. If it's writing to tape you can do an mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status and see if it's busy. You can run onstat -u, identify the ontape from its flags, and have a look to see ifit's clocking up any activity. Neil Truby Chase Manhattan Bank Bournemouth, UK