7 Monitoring a Database on Windows

Learn how to monitor Oracle Database for Windows.

• Overview of Database Monitoring Tools
  Database Monitoring Tools describes tools that enable you to monitor Oracle Database.
• About Event Viewer
  Oracle Database for Windows problems and other significant occurrences are recorded as events in an application event log.
• About Trace Files
  Oracle Database for Windows background threads use trace files to record occurrences and exceptions of database operations, and errors.
• About Alert Logs
  Alert logs contain important information about error messages and exceptions that occur during database operations.
• Viewing Oracle Database Thread Information
  To view information about Oracle Database threads using Oracle Administration Assistant for Windows, you must either enable Windows native authentication for the database or run the utility ocfgutil.exe with arguments username and password.