Understanding SQL*Net

Benefits of Oracle SNMP Support

Oracle SNMP support allows a network listener, Oracle7 database, Oracle Names Server, and MultiProtocol Interchange to be queried by any SNMP-based network management system. The primary benefits of Oracle SNMP Support are:

Oracle products can be located, identified, and monitored in realtime across enterprise networks of any size.

Database administrators see the current status of Oracle products, selecting from among several status variables that are defined for each product in a management information base (MIB).

By using a management framework such as HP's OpenView, DBAs can see at a glance how the Oracle environment is running. Among the tasks that Oracle SNMP Support allows DBAs or network administrators to do are to:

monitor the status of Oracle services such as databases or tools throughout the network

identify performance bottlenecks

"discover" Oracle databases or tools as they start up on any node

receive alerts when exceptional events occur, for instance, the database going down

define thresholds and automatic responses to specific events

detect and diagnose potential problems quickly and easily

be notified when certain events occur

store, report upon, filter, and analyze historical data