Re: Multiple VMs using the same Oracle binaries

From: Wayne Smith <wts_at_maine.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:13:51 -0500
Message-ID: <CAEgY-F5F8bv6cEWGRYo+Tv2rGeJ2zrpRzJ8NpeehfGwgk56CWA_at_mail.gmail.com>

I've not done this, but it will not work if your UIDs and GIDs for oracle, oinstall, etc. vary at all from system to system. Cheers, Wayne

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On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Sandra Becker <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Currently we are running 10g EE on SUSE10 on an IBM mainframe. Early
> February we will be getting a new mainframe. The storage for all
> databases will be unplugged from the old mainframe and plugged into
> the new one. So far no issues, I've done this before.
>
> The next step is to upgrade all databases to 11g. My lead SA informed
> today that he wants to use the same oracle binaries for all database
> VMs. I can see the benefits from his perspective but I don't think
> that should be the overriding concern here. He doesn't manage the
> oracle binaries, I do. Has anyone done the shared binaries between
> servers before? What are your thoughts?
>
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> Sandy
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