ExpectMonitoring.html
11-11-2001 Bikle
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Monitoring Oracle with Expect Scripts

This page serves as a demonstration of using the Expect scripting language to alert
a DBA to bad conditions within an Oracle environment.

Summary
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-A description of Expect
-A simple Expect demo script
-Checking if Expect is installed 
-Installation of Expect
-A simple screen dump of an Expect demo
-A more elaborate Expect demo
-Using autoexpect
-Using autoexpectBikle.exp
-Checking for down database

Details
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-A description of Expect

ExpectDescription.html

-A simple Expect demo script

simpleExpectDemo.exp

-Checking if Expect is installed 

checkExpectInstalled.txt

-Installation of Expect

expectInstallation.html

-A simple screen dump of an Expect demo

expectDemoScreendump.txt

-A more elaborate Expect demo

elaborateExpectDemo.html

-Using autoexpect

UsingAutoexpect.html

-Using autoexpectBikle.exp

autoexpectBikle.html

-Checking for down database

chk4downDB.html

The above demonstration of using Expect to alert the DBA of a down
database is a tiny step towards building a complete suite of
scripts which check for a wide variety of events and situations.