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ADMINS

This variable holds the administrator email address where emails will be sent upon success or failure of Dbvisit Standby. Multiple emails should be separated with a comma (,). Also see SUCCESS_MAILTO.

Examples: 

ADMINS = alert@mycompany.com

ADMINS = alert@mycompany.com,dba@mycompany.com

SUCCESSMAIL

Specifies when Dbvisit Standby should send an email from the primary server.

Possible Values:

• Yes (default value)
  Every time Dbvisit Standby is run an email will be sent.

• No
  Only when an error occurs or a threshold is exceeded will an email be sent.  

Example (default) value:

SUCCESSMAIL = Yes

SUCCESSMAIL_DR

Specifies when Dbvisit Standby should send an email from the standby server.

Possible Values:

• Yes  (default value)
  Every time Dbvisit Standby is run an email will be sent.

• No 
  Only when an error occurs or a threshold is exceeded will an email be sent. 

Example (default) value:

SUCCESSMAIL_DR = Yes

MAILCFG_MAIL_CLIENT

Web Based version can display this parameter as:

OWN_MAILCFG_MAIL_CLIENT

Specifies the mail client. Default is to use internal Dbvisit Standby mail client. The Dbvisit Standby internal mail client requires a smtp mail server to send emails. Other mail clients can be specified. Example: mail, sendmail or javamail.

The default option of "dbvisit" should work for most environments and is the recommended option to set for this variable.

If the Dbvisit Standby mail client is to be used, specify "Dbvisit".

Example (default) value on Windows Based Systems:

MAILCFG_MAIL_CLIENT= dbvisit

Example (default) value on Linux (Unix) Based Systems:

MAILCFG_MAIL_CLIENT= sendmail

MAILCFG_FROM

Specifies the FROM email address of the primary server. If this is not specified, the emails may not arrive.

Example:

MAILCFG_FROM = oracledba@dbvlin101.dbvisit.com

MAILCFG_FROM_DR

Specifies the FROM email address of the standby server. If this is not specified, the emails may not arrive.

Example:

MAILCFG_FROM_DR = oracledba@dbvlin102.dbvisit.com

MAILCFG_SMTP_SERVER

Specifies the smtp server to send the email to. Is only used if the mail client is Dbvisit. Is not required when the mail client is sendmail.

Examples:

MAILCFG_SMTP_SERVER = smtp.<yourcompanyname>.com

MAILCFG_SMTP_SERVER = smtp.example.com

MAILCFG_SMTP_SERVER = mail.example.com

MAILCFG_SMTP_SERVER_DR

Optional smtp mail server for the standby server.

Only used if smtp mail server for the standby server differs from the main smtp mail server (MAILCFG_SMTP_SERVER).

Examples:

MAILCFG_SMTP_SERVER = smtp.<yourcompanyname>.com

MAILCFG_SMTP_SERVER = smtp.example.com

MAILCFG_SMTP_SERVER = mail.example.com