TO CHECK ALERT LOG FILES IN ORACLE
$ adrci
ADRCI: Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on Thu Dec 1 15:38:15 2011
ADR base = "/u01/app"
adrci> show homes
diag/tnslsnr/ip-10-100-255-165/listener
diag/rdbms/uw01/uw01
adrci> set home diag/rdbms/uw01/uw01
adrci> show alert -tail 100
Alternately, do it the old-fashioned way (on Linux or Unix):
$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.2.0 Production on Thu Dec 1 15:43:43 2011
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> show parameter background_dump
NAME TYPE VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- -----------------------------------
background_dump_dest string /u01/app/diag/rdbms/uw01/uw01/trace
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g...
$ tail -100 /u01/app/diag/rdbms/uw01/uw01/trace/alert_uw01.log
$ adrci
ADRCI: Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on Thu Dec 1 15:38:15 2011
ADR base = "/u01/app"
adrci> show homes
diag/tnslsnr/ip-10-100-255-165/listener
diag/rdbms/uw01/uw01
adrci> set home diag/rdbms/uw01/uw01
adrci> show alert -tail 100
Alternately, do it the old-fashioned way (on Linux or Unix):
$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.2.0 Production on Thu Dec 1 15:43:43 2011
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> show parameter background_dump
NAME TYPE VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- -----------------------------------
background_dump_dest string /u01/app/diag/rdbms/uw01/uw01/trace
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g...
$ tail -100 /u01/app/diag/rdbms/uw01/uw01/trace/alert_uw01.log