5 Database Administration

Monitoring the Database

The dbfrag Command

dbfree Command Options

The -hoption removes the column headers.

The dbfree Command Output

The dbfree program returns the following values:

0 — Success

1 — Processing error

The dbfrag command is a shell script that reports on database allocation, usage, and fragmentation. The block size reported is in ORACLE blocks (2048 bytes). This command is useful to get a quick check on database usage and provides a shell interface into some key ORACLE statistics. This command only reports on information in the SYSTEM tablespace.

The dbfrag Command Options

The dbfrag command has two options:

-breports the information in megabytes. Example: # dbfrag -b

-hprints the listing without a header. This option is useful if you want to parse the output to select a specific field.

UCS 1000 R4.2 Administration 585-313-507

Issue 3 April 2000 250