Re: How to customize 8i Client installer?

If you are an NT/2000 shop .. I guess you could execute a batch file which would copy the current tnsnames.ora file to the proper location. I would assume that you have standardized the ORACLE_HOME. We encountered a similar issue and to avoid paying IBM Global Services $50,000+ (it was $xx per machine * thousands) to use SMS .. we wrote a simple batch file to accomplish this task. After a period of time, we stopped checking to see if everyone had/has the current tnsname.ora file.

The other thing to keep in mind ... even if you don't add new servers/world's/nodes to your tnsnames.ora file with any frequency .. that is.. you may change the location of the server .. not the name (dss.world, oltp.world, etc) .. you may want your DBA's/SA's create an alias in your DNS service. I can move an Oracle instance to another server and no change to the tnsnames.ora would be required. So the customer would never know that I have moved the database from Omaha to Orlando.

But back to you question .. the login batch file could also change, fix, or add other environmental variables ..

-Mike

News wrote in message ...
>I am deploying Oracle 8i Client as part of a CRM package. I need to be able
>to customize the installation - we tried Oracle Software Packager but have
>not been able to get it to run (a java exception occurs).
>
>The customizations I need to make are:
>
>1. Be able to install my own modified tnsnames.ora in place of the default
>that is installed.
>
>2. Prefill the Oracle Home and Path to install the client with a different
>name.
>
>3. If possible, prevent the Net8 Configurator from running at the end.
>
>I'd like to do this without having to do Java programming. Any ideas? If
>files are mentioned, please include the full path to the file - Thanks!
>
>
Received on Fri Feb 23 2001 - 16:28:55 CST