OK so two exclamation marks probably wasn't enough to convey my sarcasm/irony. I do agree with Robert's remarks below, which somewhat echo Oracle's arguments when they were explaining why they broke shell scripts that had been working for many years. I realize that there are some old parts of the suite that may not yet follow the new standard (IIRC opmn doesn't for example and neither I think does warehouse builder) but I don't see any reason at all why a *new* facility shouldn't have its logging and tracing infrastructure mandated as part of the design. (actually I think retrofitting the old components and enhancing adrci for them would be a good plan as well, but probably not one that sores highly on the marketing bumf). Niall On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I like the idea of the DIAG destination. The whole idea is about > standardizing the location of these files for troubleshooting, etc. In my > mind it's kind of like OFA. It takes getting used to, and it's probably not > perfect across the suite yet, but they will get there. > > RF > > > > Robert G. Freeman > Oracle ACE > Ask me about on-site Oracle Training! RMAN, DBA, Tuning, you name it! > Author: > Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON IT'S WAY > SOON! > OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide > (Sybex) > Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) > Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) > Other various titles > Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Vishal Gupta <vishal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx; daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > *Cc:* oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Sun, November 22, 2009 1:41:52 AM > *Subject:* RE: Filewatcher frustration > > This whole diag destination sucks. What Oracle keeps changing location > of every file in every release. Why the heck they can't put all the logs in > 1 place. > > > > Vishal > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Niall Litchfield > *Sent:* 20 November 2009 20:07 > *To:* daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Cc:* oracle-l > *Subject:* Re: Filewatcher frustration > > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Daniel Fink <daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > I've installed the scheduler agent and it is running. The only entries in > $ORACLE_HOME/data/agent.log (thanks for the obvious location and file name > Oracle!) are related to start/stop > > part of the whole new diag_dest approach I guess!! > > > -- > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > http://www.orawin.info > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info