Thanks a lot, Chuck
"Chuck" <chuckh_at_softhome.net> wrote in message
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> "David COSTE" <dco_at_compaq.com> wrote in
> news:7XJva.660$3c7.628_at_news.cpqcorp.net:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to have 2 oracle names server
> > The 1st one on a linux platform running oracle 8.1.7.3
> > The 2nd one a winXP platform running oracle 8.1.7.4
> > I'm trying to use the cache replication mechanism to avoid creating a
> > region database.
> > I set up my names preferred servers to specify my 2 addresses, but
> > when I try to discover the names server on which ever machine using
> > Net8Assistant it cant't find the server running on the other machine
> >
> > Has someone already make this config work ? and how ?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance
> >
> > David
>
> We have been using Oracle Names for about 3 years with a similar setup to
> yours - 2 names servers, dynamic discovery, no region database. One thing
> we discovered is that all names servers should be on the same version,
> same patch right down to the last digit. If you deviate from this you are
> asking for problems. The documentation doesn't say anything about this,
> but OTS has seen the same problems over and over and recommends the same
> thing.
>
> We also run into problems where Net Assistant can't discover the names
> servers on one client, while another on the same network segment can.
> We've attributed it to just another bug in Oracle's code. Our solution is
> to just copy a working sdns.ora file from another client. Net Assistant
> may not be able to discover the names servers, but has no problems
> accessing them once you tell it where they are.
>
> BTW we have never gotten the cache replication to work 100% of the time.
> Most of the time it does but sometimes it doesn't, especially after a
> names server crashes. In that case we usually find we can't even restart
> the server unless we first delete the cache file. When it's restarted
> you'd think it would resync the caches but usually it does not. Whether
> it does or not seems to be very inconsistent. If it doesn't we just dump
> the other server's cache to a tnsnames.ora file and load that into the
> restarted server.
Received on Mon May 12 2003 - 11:58:37 CDT
