Re: Oracle 9iAS and OFA

"John Opitz" <jopitz_at_nospam.optushome.com.au> wrote in news:3cafc0d3$0$11448$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au:

> I'm a DBA currently looking into installing 9iAS, and was
> wondering if there were any standards/recommendations as to the
> location of the 9iAS products? In other words, do we place the
> software under a new ORACLE_HOME under the $ORACLE_BASE/product
> directory, and if so, is there a standard for naming this
> directory ?

This is the way to do it. The default name is iSuites but you can choose any name you like. Generally it is a good idea to put the version number of 9iAS in the ORACLE_HOME directory name, unless you plan to upgrade it regularly.

• Sander