The hosting company we use does it that way.... so when we upgrade we
only have to change the soft link. No forgetting to edit a script!
- Stephen Lee <Stephen.Lee_at_DTAG.Com> wrote:
>
> Maybe ... Install Oracle in one directory tree; create soft links to
> it
> (although soft links, like GUIs, are inherently evil). Then show the
> auditors that the oracle home for each is "different".
>
> That way you don't have to try to explain that the oracle_home points
> to the
> Oracle software which is completely independent of your Oracle
> databases.
> Do they insist that the Unix admins install a separate copy of Unix
> for
> every user on a box?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> We have one Oracle home for all of our non-11i backend instances and
> one
> each for each of them (more for the extproc's that Dick was talking
> about
> and for ease of testing upgrades than for any other pressing reason.)
> Auditors are a funny breed... they want total separation even at the
> expense
> of practicality.
> April Wells
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net
> --
> Author: Stephen Lee
> INET: Stephen.Lee_at_DTAG.Com
>
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