Don, I agree with Joe & Raj. We use cron. We have OEM and are exploring using it for "fixit" jobs. We also use Maestro for NT systems - only because we don't have "privs" to run 'AT' on those boxes. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: Freeman, Donald [mailto:dofreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 9:32 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Job Scheduling Tool We have been using the Oracle OEM to schedule our critical nightly = warehouse ETL and have been hit with bug 3092358 in which the Oracle = agent intermittently hangs stopping the process. The fix is scheduled to = be released in the 9.2.0.6 patch in September. =20 We want to replace the OEM job scheduler with a better one. We have = been looking at the Embarcadero job scheduler which seems moderately = priced, gives a lot more flexibility in creating dependecies between = jobs, and provides a failover capability. I have also contacted BMC for = info.=20 What are other members of the list using and would recommend? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------