Ana C. Dent wrote:
> pheonix1t wrote:
>
>> hello,
>> before I get too far with my current project i'd like to run this past
>> the experienced people on this list to see what they've seen regarding
>> this issue.
>> I have to deploy an oracle 9iAS server. For now, we have the windows
>> 2000 disks for this....but eventually the whole 9iAS system will be
>> pure linux. I didn't read too much about doing backups for 9iAS or
>> how much trouble it is to move apps. between platforms (windows to
>> linux). Supposedly, the 9iAS package makes the applications
>> independant of the operating system.....so in theory this shouldn't be
>> too much of a pain...but we all know how much theory actually works in
>> a production setting!
>> Are there any issues about this that I should be aware of....I can get
>> the windows servers up sooner than I can the linux servers. But once
>> done, the linux servers will run with less problems than the windows
>> ones.
>> I'd like to setup the 9iAS on windows, develop the apps, then while
>> that's being done I can setup the linux servers, then move the apps to
>> the linux servers running 9iAS. Does this sound reasonable or should
>> I bite the bullet and forget the "quick and dirty" windows approach
>> and just take the time to setup linux instead?
>> Also...I got a bit of an odd request yesterday. Can oracle serve as a
>> file server to store a bunch of stuff that is being shared on a
>> network? I don't think so. But I did recall the Collaboration Suite
>> does something like this, but you can't just use windows explorer to
>> see the shared files....you have to use an oracle client to see all of
>> your stuff. Can something like this be done? The reason is that this
>> medical center has a very strict way they have setup their folder
>> structure for the shared files. Like I said....I'm not sure, but if
>> anyone can confirm this, that would be cool!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Oskar
>>
>>
> On OTN is a White Paper dated April 2003, IIRC.
> The title is quite similar to
> "Oracle9i Application Server:
> Backup and Recovery"
> along with the paper is a Perl based utility to either
> completely or incrementally backup mid-tier nodes plus
> infrastructure nodes.
>
> You might want to check it out.
>
> HTH & YMMV
>
>
> HAND!
>
cool!
Thanks a lot :)
Oskar
Received on Fri Aug 08 2003 - 19:08:18 CDT
