Oracle-L: Re: Server upgrade NT4 -> W2K Oracle implications

From: <Jared.Still_at_radisys.com>
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 16:53:52 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0045DE59.20020509165352@fatcity.com>

Sounds good in theory.

What if the upgrade destroys some DLL in the SYSTEM32 directory that Oracle is dependent on?

There may be none Oracle registry entries set such as:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WaitToKillServiceTimeout

This is sometimes set to a much higher than default value to allow Oracle to shutdown properly without getting killed by NT.

Sounds like something that should be tested on a non-critical system first.

Jared

"O'Neill, Sean" <Sean.ONeill_at_organon.ie> Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
05/09/2002 03:47 PM
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        Subject:        Server upgrade NT4 -> W2K Oracle implications

We have an 8.1.7 SE database on a server which is currently NT4 SP6. The System Admin group wish to upgrade the server to W2K and propose doing so by
recreating the C: partitition. Our Oracle software resides on E: (same physical disk) and database files on other disks/partitions. Are there any
implications for the Oracle software and database for this upgrade. Are there any steps I need to take pre or post OS upgrade?. In particular I'm wondering about implications for the registry. Any advice/help would be appreciated.

Seán O' Neill
Organon (Ireland) Ltd.
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