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9-2 PATROL
®
Database Administration Installation Guide
Overview
For platforms where PATROL Database Administration is not supported
or is not installed, you can still connect to the relational database
management system (RDBMS) server by using the native database
protocol. When you connect using this protocol, you can manage
database objects on an unsupported OS platform by establishing
communication between the
patroldb process on the supported host, the
client, and the unsupported OS host. This communication is established
using a communications protocol, such as SQL*Net.
The following illustration provides an example of how to connect from a
supported OS host to an Oracle instance on an unsupported OS host. This
scenario is conceptually the same for connecting to Sybase, Informix and
DB2 database instances.
Figure 9-1 Managing Databases on Unsupported Platforms
In this example, a user who wants to manage Oracle Instance #2 would
specify the service name (from the
tnsnames.ora file) of Oracle Instance
#2 in the connection profile. When the
patroldb process on Host_1
receives a connection request for Oracle Instance #2, the
patroldb
process checks the oratab file to determine if this instance resides locally.
Not finding Oracle Instance #2 in the
oratab file, the patroldb process
Host_1 (Supported OS)
Oracle
Instance
#1
SQL*NET
listener
patroldb
process
Manage Oracle databases
on unsupported platforms
Host_2 (Unsupported OS)
SQL*NET
listener
Oracle
Instance
#2
SQL*NET
listener
Native
Database
Protocol
