RE: How to monitor who has what service objectconnection?

Question

We ran into this problem, specifically because we are using a dbsession
connection pattern and the dba's did not like loosing control over
connections. We have 8 subsystem, each with a dedicated connection that
is shared across multiple users. We also have a security pattern in
place that is token based. Since we have to pass a security token
through service objects we can track this information using a
"connection array" on the service object and a system agent to poll the
contents of the array. When a sql statement is invoked on a
persistence object we add the user to the array on the persistence
manager (SO). When the sql is complete we remove the user from the
array. Since the PO has a system agent we can ask the system agent at
anytime, who has an open connection/session with the PO. Since system
agents plug into econsole, the dba can go look any time.
Any questions, please contact
Chris [email protected] or
Gary [email protected]
MCI Systemhouse
From: ADRIAN PEGGY LYNN
To: [email protected]
Subject: How to monitor who has what service object connection?
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 1996 9:12AM
Here at Eli Lilly & Co., we have a customer that would like to know if
anyone out there has successfully
devised a method to be able to tell what user has what service object
connection. Basically, if a customer
calls the system administrator with a problem with the application, the
system administrator would like to
be able to kill certain processes. Right now, the database connections
running on the server all look the same.
Some ideas were generated internally, one referring to setting up agents
but we'd like to see if anyone
has had success in doing this already that we could use as a contact.
Thanks,
Peggy Adrian
Eli Lilly & Co.
[email protected]

Answer 1

Hello Peggy,
I suggest that you make contact with Paolo Sidoli at DS Data (Italy). They
have written a very nice package called DORE that includes trouble shooting
utilities, that allow you to monitor what a remote user is doing (you can
actually see their screen!).
You can contact Paolo at [email protected]
Best regards,
Richard