Re: Can 7.3 and 8.0 co-exist on NT 4.0?

From: Lawrence Simela <lsimela_at_mahalini.prestel.co.uk>
Date: 1998/01/10
Message-ID: <697nnj$qqg$1@svr-c-02.core.theplanet.net>#1/1

Yes, Oracle 7.3 and 8.0.3 can co-exist on the same NT box.

1. Install both servers on the same Oracle home i.e. if your oracle home for
7.3 is D:\ORANT be sure to install Oracle8 in the same directory.
2. Ensure that the two databases have differennt SIDs.

If ORACLE_SID (in the registry) is set to the Oracle8 SID then you can connect to the orcle 8 database using Oracle 8 tools (Sql*plus8 ect) without specifying a database connect string. If you use old Oracle7 tools you have to use a sqlnet2 connect string.

Hope this is of help
Lawrence Simela
MAHALINI CONSULTING LIMITED Zoran wrote in message <34B5B0F8.FE793714_at_echo-on.net>...
>Can both 7.3.3 and 8.0.3 be installed and co-exist on the same NT 4.0
>machine? Has anyone encountered problems?
>
>I want to be able to run both instances concurrently. I read some docs
>for 8.0 that said it can co-exist with V7. But I'm finding that
>SRVRMGR23 complains with "Message 4505 not found; No message file for
>product=RDBMS73, facility=MGR" after I start the TNSLISTENER and
>OracleServiceORCL services.
>
>Zoran.
Received on Sat Jan 10 1998 - 00:00:00 CST