Re: Is it quicker to ghost an image or do silent installs?
Date: 20 Jun 2003 06:38:59 -0700
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Banic <banicki_at_insightbb.com> wrote in message news:<3EF13575.C3AAAF8A_at_insightbb.com>...
> I will have to install Oracle RDBMS on 6 new servers next month.
> To save me some time I was wondering if I could install Oracle RDBMS on
> one.
> Then make an image of that server and then blow the image on the other 5
> machines.
> Then create the instances separately.
>
> Seem like that could save a couple hours on each machine.
>
> Thoughts, comments, pro's, con's?
Remember that depending on your platform Oracle installs part of itself into directories other than the Oracle home directory such as /etc or /var/opt/oracle for the listener. You will need to account for these as well as rcd.
I would strongly suggest trying this out in advance. Perform the copy, build a database, and run as many tests as possible before going away from the recommended procedure.
Good luck -- Mark D Powell -- Received on Fri Jun 20 2003 - 15:38:59 CEST