Is it possible to check database status from a remote host?

Is it possible to check database status from a remote host?

 

  

Is it possible to check database status from a remote host? I thought of
tnsping as an option but it would return me "success" if listener is up
but database is down.

Any ideas?

Anand Prakash


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