thanks for the link, I'll check it out...missed that one.

I've not found the system up/down notifications too bad, it can however, take up to 5 minutes, it depends how critical that could be.

We've found a whole host of bugs and issues with release one, the job system isn't up to scratch (its worse than 9i) and notification formats are not configurable. Oracle won't give a firm date for release 2 yet either...

The agents on the other hand, are the most stable yet...and with a bit of frigging, you can monitor a RAC setup properly.

Always surprised at how few people use OEM/Grid though.

Bazza