In that case, go with sar. Use a cron job to report off sar at the end of the day. On Linux, you will find that the "-r" flag reports memory, the "-f" flag can be used to specify the file to report from, the "-h" or "-H" flags to format the output as required. > that Jared is going to smack me with. Arggg! Okay, here goes: Linux > RHEL 4.x, monitored by OEM 10.2.0.3 (agent, OMS, and Repo all same rev). > Repo and OMS both on Linux RH 4.x. -- John Kanagaraj <>< DB Soft Inc http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkanagaraj http://jkanagaraj.wordpress.com (Sorry - not an Oracle blog!) ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine and do not reflect those of my employer or customers ** -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l