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Checks: Verify the status of daily scheduled jobs.(dbms_schedular)10g 9i(dbms_jobs) Verify the success of daily backups in the morning very first hour. Verify the success of archive log backups, based on the backup interval. 4. Check the space usage and make sure that all the tablespace usage is below critical level once in a day.( Select * from dba_tablespace_usage_metrics;)

5. Check the availability of the database and instance, every 30 min. 6. Check the availability of the listener, every 30 min 7. Check the database performance, periodic basis usually in the morning very first hour after the night shift schedule backup has been completed. 8. Check the sync between the primary database and standby database, every 20 min. 9. Make a habit to check out the new Alert.log entry hourly specially if getting any error first go through it. 10. Check the space usage of the archive log file system for both primary and standby DB. 11. Check the system performance, periodic basis 12. Check for the invalid objects 13. Check out the audit files for any suspicious activities. 14. Clear the trace files in the udump and bdump directory as per the policy. 15. Verify all the monitoring agent, including OEM agent and third party monitoring agents, once in an hour. 16. Make a habit to read DBA Manual. Weekly Checks: 17. Perform level 0 or cold backup as per the backup policy. Note the backup policy can be changed as per the requirement. 18. Dont forget to check out the space on disk or tape before performing level 0 or cold backup. 19. Perform Export backups of important tables. 20. Check the database statistics collection. On some databases this needs to be done every day depending upon the requirement 21. Approve or plan any scheduled changes for the week. 22. Check for critical and patch updates from oracle. 23. Verify the schedule jobs and clear the output directory if required 24. Look for Security Policy violation. 25. Archive the alert logs (if possible) to reference the similar kind of error in future. Monthly or Quarterly Checks: 26. Verify the accuracy of backups by creating test databases. 27. Checks for the critical patch updates from oracle make sure that your systems are in compliance with CPU patches. 28. Checkout the harmful growth rate. 29. Perform Tuning and Database Maintenance.

30. Verify the accuracy of the DR mechanism by performing a database switch over test. This can be done once in six months based on the business requirements. Bg prcess Invalid user Listener up or not Table space utilize Invalid idexes(dba_indexes) Jserv up or not patches