This Zip package contains the seven shells I described in my presentation at the 2002
IBM Data Management Conference.  There are seven shells and the powerpoint presentation
included in this package, along with this readme file.

README
alarm.sh
checkdb.sh
evidence.sh
lookatspace.sh
onchecks.sh
prunelog.sh
updstats.sh
2002DM conf_D05.ppt

The powerpoint presentation gives an overview of what the shells do and how they
can assist one in monitoring the health of your 7.x and/or 9.x Informix engine.
The alarm shell was the primary focus of the presentation. This shell is an
improved version of the "base" shell supplied by IBM/Informix, and prevents
multiple alarms from flooding the system, reduces false alarms, and has other 
features.

The lookatspace shell gives the DBA warning if a dbspace is about to fill up,
even though it may appear not to be close to filling up.  The other shells are
used to check the database to see if it is up, run oncheck commands, prune log
files, and run update statistics.

The alarm.sh and evidence.sh shells should be put in the $INFORMIXIDR/etc
directory.  Be sure to change the onconfig file entries ALARMPROGRAM and
SYSALARMPROGRAM to match the names you choose to use.

The other shells can be placed in any directory you choose and then run it as 
often as you think it needs to run.  This interval will be dependent on your 
installation needs.

If you have any questions, please email me.  I will try to answer them
within a reasonable amount of time.

Tom Horner
thorner@s1.com