Using the Oracle TNSPing Wizard

The Oracle TNSPing wizard helps you add a Resource to a Monitor that tests the availability of an Oracle® instance.

Requirement:  Oracle client must be on the Reveille server for this wizard to work.

To test the availability of an Oracle instance using the Oracle TNSPing wizard, follow these steps:

1. From the Add Monitor Tests Using Wizard dialog, select Oracle TNSPing Wizard, and click OK.  The Test Definition Wizard window appears.
2. Under Web Server Performing Test, enter the name of the Web server performing the Test.
3. Under Oracle Host Name, enter the host name to be traced.
4. Under Retry Interval, enter the number of times you want to retry the Test before an error is declared.
5. Under Resource Name, enter the name of the Monitor Resource associated with this Test.
6. Under Test Description, enter a description of the current Test.
7. Select Auto-generate Resource Name to automatically generate the Resource Name based on the Host Name.
8. Select Run Test to run the current Test. The Test Result dialog appears.
9. Close the Test Result dialog, and click Add Test.  The Oracle TNSPing Wizard dialog appears.
10. Click OK, and then click Finish.  

The Left Navigational Pane shows the new Resource and Test.