Register Oracle Alert Mailboxes

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Register the electronic mail accounts you want to use
with Oracle Alert.
• Identify the appropriate command to invoke the
electronic mail system.
• Determine the number of mail accounts you want
to use.
• Oracle Alert automatically displays two default
mail accounts, the Send Mail Account and the
Response Mail Account.
• You can define as many additional applicationspecific
response accounts as you need.
• Identify the username and password of each mail
account.
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Use the Mail Systems region of the Oracle Alert
Options window to enter:
• Name
• Command
• Parameters
• In Use
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Use the Mail Server Options region of the Oracle Alert
Options window to enter:
• Mail Database/Server Name
• Accounts
– Application
– Installation
– User Name
– Password
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Step 4: Configure Concurrent Managers
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Your system administrator should configure
concurrent managers to optimize event alert request
handling.
• Define one concurrent manager to run only the
Check Event Alert program (ALECTC).
• Define all other concurrent managers to run all
other programs (except the Check Event Alert
program).
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Key implementation questions:
• Will you be defining many event alerts?
• Do you need event alerts to be processed
immediately once an event is triggered?
• Can you meet your business needs using a
periodic alert and :date_last_checked?
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Step 5: Define Database Links
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Create database links for applications where
necessary.
• Define a database link if you want to define
periodic alerts for an application that resides in a
database outside the database where Oracle Alert
is installed. (To define event alerts for an
application, the application must reside in the
same database where Oracle Alert is installed.)
• Define a database link for an Oracle Application if
that application is installed in a different database
than Oracle Alert.
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• Define a database link for an Oracle Application if
that application is installed in the same database
as Oracle Alert, but in a different Oracle
Application Object Library context than Oracle
Alert.
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Key implementation questions:
• Do you want to use Oracle Alert with an
application on