2.5 oidmon

The Oracle Internet Directory Monitor (oidmon) initiates, monitors, and terminates directory server processes. If you elect to start a replication server or integration and provisioning server, Monitor controls it. When you issue commands through Oracle Internet Directory Control (oidctl) to start or stop directory server instances, your commands are interpreted by this process.

2.5.1 Syntax for oidmon

oidmon [connect=connect_string] [host=hostname] [sleep=seconds] start | stop

2.5.2 Arguments for oidmon

connect=connect_string

Optional. The directory database connect string. If you already have a tnsnames.ora file configured, then this is the net service name specified in that file, which is located in $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin. If not provided, defaults to the value of $ORACLE_SID environment variable.

host=hostname

Optional. Enables you to specify a virtual host name for the server or the name of an Oracle Application Server Identity Management Cluster Node. If not given, the default of localhost is used.

sleep=seconds

Optional. The number of seconds after which Oracle Internet Directory Monitor should check for new requests from Oracle Internet Directory Control and for requests to restart any server instances that may have stopped. The default is 10 seconds.

start | stop

Required. The operation to perform (start or stop the Monitor process).

2.5.3 Tasks and Examples for oidmon

Using Oracle Internet Directory Monitor, you can perform the following tasks:

Starting Oracle Internet Directory Monitor
Starting Oracle Internet Directory Monitor on a Virtual Host or Cluster Node
Stopping Oracle Internet Directory Monitor

2.5.3.1 Starting Oracle Internet Directory Monitor

You should start Oracle Internet Directory Monitor before using Oracle Internet Directory Control.

Example:

oidmon connect=dbs1 sleep=15 start

2.5.3.2 Starting Oracle Internet Directory Monitor on a Virtual Host or Cluster Node

Use the host argument to specify a virtual host name when starting an Oracle Internet Directory Monitor on a virtual host or a Oracle Application Server Identity Management Cluster Node.

Example:

oidmon connect=dbs1 host=virtualhostname.company.com start

2.5.3.3 Stopping Oracle Internet Directory Monitor

Stopping Oracle Internet Directory Monitor will also stop all other Oracle Internet Directory processes. The oidmon tool does not remove server instance information from the ODS_PROCESS table. When an oidmon start operation is executed, it will start all the server processes it had stopped previously.

Example:

oidmon connect=dbs1 stop

2.5.4 Related Command-Line Tools for oidmon

See "oidctl"