Instance Status

Description

This metric will return 0 if the instance is down, and 1 if the instance is up. If the instance is down, the reason 'Abnormal Termination or Instance Shutdown', will appear in the State Description column.

Metric Summary

The rest of the information in this section is only valid for this metric when it appears in either the Enterprise Manager Grid Control or the Enterprise Manager Database Control (if applicable).

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected and compared against the default thresholds. The 'Consecutive Number of Occurrences Preceding Notification' column indicates the consecutive number of times the comparison against thresholds should hold TRUE before an alert is generated.

Target Version

Evaluation and Collection Frequency

Upload Frequency

Operator

Default Warning Threshold

Default Critical Threshold

Consecutive Number of Occurrences Preceding Notification

Alert Text

10.1.0.x; 10.2.0.x; 11.1.0.x; 11.2.0.x

Every 15 Seconds

Not Uploaded

=

Not Defined

0

1

The instance is down, and health check reported: %text%.

Data Source

Memory-mapped file $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/hc_.dat

User Action

Consult the corrective action on the database home page. Corrective action could include starting up the database.

Related Topics

About Alerts

About the Metric Detail Page

Editing Thresholds

Understanding Line Charts