Thank you so much for the advice. I have some works to do now. Going to download gird control setup and configuration document. Just Out of curiosity can you please help me in getting my following queries cleared. 1.Does gc send email alerts when something crosses a threshold 2. Can i schedule custom SQL queries from gc ? 3 can gc monitor if some file system or mount point say reaches 90 % 3. Alert log monitoring 4. RMAN backup job status ? Regards, Sreejith -- Sent from my iPhone On 03-Jun-2012, at 6:45 PM, D'Hooge Freek <Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Sreejith, There is no difference in terms of licensing between db console and grid control. So no, you would not need additional licenses. Kind regards, Freek D'Hooge Uptime Oracle Database Administrator email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 http://www.uptime.be disclaimer: www.uptime.be/disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Sreejith S Nair [mailto:sreejithsna@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: zondag 3 juni 2012 14:50 To: D'Hooge Freek Cc: ilmar.kerm@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle - L Subject: Re: Oracle database pro active monitoring and alerting. Thank you for the hints In the database we wish to monitor we have the diagnostics pack license purchased. We use OEM db console on these databases and use AWR, ASH features and data. In short , suppose I have a database for which I already used to take AWR , OEM db console and such things which come with DP license. Now I installed grid control ( which is free ) and added this database to Grid control for monitoring , do I need to have any other license ? Regards, Sreejith -- Sent from my iPhone -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l