Re: New Oracle Home for listener install?

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:11:00 +1000, "Snid" <snid_at_snider.sno> wrote:

>I'm thinking of installing Oracle's network stuff in a new oracle home so
>that I can upgrade or patch the listener at short notice without affecting
>the rest of the oracle stuff.
>
>For example, if you want to upgrade the listener from 9.2.0.3 to 9.2.0.4 (on
>Solaris) you can simply upgrade the listener without haveing to worry about
>upgrading the databases as quickly.
>
>Obviously you would still need to do comprehensive testing of the upgraded
>listener before upgrading production's listener, but I can see this being
>quite beneficial.
>
>How many people currently run their oracle installations like this and what
>are the traps to look out for?
>

I don't see *any* (I repeat *ANY*) reason to upgrade the listener separately. The listener is a broker only. What on earth are you trying to accomplish?

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA