Monitoring database links

You can monitor a selected database link and view the time it takes to ping through the PingTime parameter. If you have a problem with a database link in your replication environment, you can display the information for all database links on the instance. For example, you can run the Database Links report to ensure that the connect string is the same for all database links.

Selecting a database link to be monitored

Before you can monitor a database link, you must select it from within PATROL for Oracle.

Choose Select Database Link from the DB_LINKS menu, select the link to monitor from the Available list, and click Update.

PATROL will now monitor the link. A DB_LINKS_INSTANCE application icon is created under DB_LINKS.

You can also use this function to remove a database link from being monitored.

Getting database link information

The Link Information report provides information about the database link.

Choose Link Information Report from the DB_LINKS menu.

The report appears in a text window. The following table shows the information that the report provides.

Link Information report