Re: Linker concerns while installing and distributing to other machines - patching later

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:22:47 -0400, Peter Sylvester <peters_no_spam_please_at_mitre.org> wrote:

>Ignoring the Oracle support issue that the OP brought up, you can check
>what shared libraries are being referenced using:
> ldd $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle
>
>You might want to check a few other key executables, then see if the
>same version library files are available on the target box. If they are
>not there, you will not be able to run the copied installation,
>otherwise you *should* be able to.
>
>Another option, if you really want to maintain the exact same
>configuration is to "dd" the whole system (Solaris + Oracle) over. This
>assumes the same architecture boxes are being used.
>
>--Peter

Please do not advice people to ignore support issues. Are you going to pay for any claims they may come up with? Your last advice is horribly unprofessional.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA