ASA Database Administration Guide
  Connecting to a Database
    Troubleshooting connections

Testing that a server can be found

The dbping utility is provided to help in troubleshooting connections. In particular, you can use it to test if a server with a particular name is available on your network.

The dbping utility takes a connection string as an option, but by default only those pieces required to locate a server are used. It does not attempt to start a server.

Examples 

The following command line tests to see if a server named Waterloo is available over a TCP/IP connection:

dbping -c "eng=Waterloo;CommLinks=tcpip"

The following command tests to see if a default server is available on the current machine.

dbping

For more information on dbping options, see The Ping utility.