Re: Oracle/Unix/Netware???
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 08:43:53
Message-ID: <mcallister.27.0008BB8D_at_neptune.grad.missouri.edu>
In article <3gre2g$bng_at_news.cais.com> rono_at_cais2.cais.com (Ron Olshavsky) writes:
>Hey all,
> Anyone tell me how ORACLE 7 running on an IBM AIX box can be gotten to
>by users logging into a Multi-Netware 3.12 server WAN?
> I guess Im looking for a way for the ORACLE Listener on the AIX box to be
>seen from the Netware clients...
> Is there someway for a Unix box to see/read/send/understand SPX
>packets? I was under the impression that Unix was TCP/IP and that was
>about it, but our sales slime said it can be done, but Im not sure...
>Any thoughts/ideas/suggestions greatly appreciated...
>Ron
snip ron's sig
Very easily done. Netware clients (Dos, windows, macs) can run a tcpip stack (Novell's works fine). Then you can install SQL*NET for TCP/IP on the client and use any Oracle or 3rd party tool to get data from the server. Forms, reports, dba tools, etc are all available on windows (dos and mac are supported too).
The TCP/IP stack from novell is now included free of charge with Novell's VLM client kit. This kit is the preffered method for connecting to Netware servers. It is available for $99 US for a "site" license, meaning you can give it to anyone who will be connecting to your server.
As for using unixes talking spx, Novell sells Unixware (SVR4) that can talk spx. Oracle also sells an Oracle7 server that runs on Unixware. Thus, Oracle on Unixware can talk spx eliminating the need for tcp stacks on client machines.
One note for anyone considering Oracle and Unixware: Oracle and Novell are bundling their products and calling it Oracleware. You get Unixware and Oracle in one box. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT! Instead, buy a copy of Unixware and Oracle separately. Support and upgrade policies for "Oracleware" suck! But the policies for Oracle on Unixware are the same as any other platform.
Andy
Andrew McAllister -- mcallister_at_grad.missouri.edu
Office of Research, University of Missouri-Columbia
The views above are my own, and NOT those of my employer.
Received on Fri Feb 03 1995 - 08:43:53 CET