Db is sudden down....

hii
What will be ur initial step u take when a database is suddenly down in 24/7 ?
i was asked this question in my interview....pls pals help me to get rid of such cunning questions
thanks in advance...

I think you asked this question in a wrong forum...
Anyway, I check the alert log to see what happened.
regards
Gokhan

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