EM13c – Database Monitoring Template with DB Alert Log Metric

The new  DB Alert Log metric Since the Oracle Enterprise Manager database plugin version 12.1.0.4, there is a new metric “DB Alert Log” available. This metric replaces the existing “Alert Log” metric. The benefit of the new plugin is if an ORA error is detected multiple times in the database alert log based on same error stack, it will be de-duplicated and only one metric alert is generated. Oracle’s recommendation is to replace this metric on the database targets – Changes to the Metric Alert Log Monitoring in Database Plug-in 12.1.0.4 and later (Doc ID 1587020.1). How to create such metrics  and many more is very well described in Kellyn Pot’Vin blog post serie http://dbakevlar.com/2013/08/em12c-enterprise-monitoring-part-i/ The old metric Alert Log: The new metric DB…

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