Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: starting oracle with solaris project

Re: starting oracle with solaris project

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:11:31 -0700
Message-ID: <1184443890.36233@bubbleator.drizzle.com>


gerryt wrote:
> On Jul 14, 8:52 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:

>> Andrew Gabriel wrote:
>>> In article <1184419924.848..._at_bubbleator.drizzle.com>,
>>>    DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> writes:
>>>> If there is something called "Solaris Projects" please provide a link as
>>>> I would like to learn what they are. Thanks.
>>> man project
>> That requires having Solaris which I not have access to in my lab.
>> Surely there is some online documentation or mention on the web.

>
> Indeed
> Its online with a little Google assistance:
>
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5174/6mbb98uiu?a=view
>
>> And, again, do they relate do Solaris 10 containers? Is there some
>> reason no one can state what they are?

>
> man -s 5 zones on Solaris 10
>
> NAME
> zones - Solaris application containers
>
> DESCRIPTION
> The zones facility in Solaris provides an isolated environ-
> ment for running applications. Processes running in a zone
> are prevented from monitoring or interfering with other
> activity in the system. Access to other processes, network
> interfaces, file systems, devices, and inter-process commun-
> ication facilities are restricted to prevent interaction
> between processes in different zones.
>
> Again available online
> (but the usual PITA to find on docs.sun.com : <)
>
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5175/6mbba7f4a?a=view#indexterm-345
>
> Whether this a good idea for Oracle in larger installation could be
> debateable..

Again thank you and again this IS containers and again this is not an environment supported by Oracle except in a very superficial manner. It seems you are putting your databases your DBAs, and your organization at risk.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Sat Jul 14 2007 - 15:11:31 CDT

Original text of this message

HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US