Re: Oracle 9.2.0.4 uptime W2K 6 months

Hotfixes does not need reboot.

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:opr52te1em3d8uqx_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:28:56 +0200, tojo <Tojo_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <XvNcc.44$qk3.14_at_read3.inet.fi>, none_at_noe.com says...
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >>
> >> We have now six instances on Win 2000 ,
> >> just added the sixth instance and notised that
> >> uptime was 6 months since last reboot.
> >> (Other pc has 12 months uptime.)
> >>
> >> Perhaps we should install patch 9.2.05 to get some excitation.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Pretty remarkable for Windows. One of our servers is going on 18 months
> > with Oracle 8i.
> >
> > "Oracle makes Windows stable"
> >
> > -- Tom
>
> Bloody impossible with Windows if you actually care about security. There
> have been at least two, possibly 3, extremely serious security wanrings
> from Microsoft in the past six months, with associated patches for
> download. All of which (IIRC) require a reboot after applying them.
>
> Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, in particular, came out within the past six
> months, so the only way that box mentioned in the original post can still
> be running with a six month uptime is if the thing hasn't been looked
> after properly.
>
> Sad but true.
> Regards
> HJR
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Received on Wed Apr 07 2004 - 04:07:37 CDT