Re: SGI Installation

From: doid <doid_at_usa.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:14:06 GMT
Message-ID: <3597E893.180879F9@usa.net>

My condolences,

I'm doing the same thing, on the same platform/OS. I hope you have a service contract with Oracle. You'll be needing their help. I doubt that any Oracle customers were able to install and run this release "as-is".

1. bug590974: only members of the "MIPS" group may "connect internal". (Pretty hard to build a database if you can't connect). It's hardcoded; you can get a patch (or recode config.c yourself, and re-make it, if you're brave. If you use the installer to relink everything, you won't have to look at all the scary error messages from the linkage-editor; I think the makefile might be flawed)
2. many of the utilities packaged with 8.0.3.0 are alpha versions
3. there is a patchset available to upgrade to 8.0.3.2.0 available by ftp from Oracle. --you will also need the patch for bug629767 when u upgrade to 8.0.3.2
4. the motif version of orainst coredumps any time I try to run it. Use the character-mode interface instead
5. the Net8 Assistant, netcw, wasn't provided on the distribution CD.

Aside from that, it's a breeze, just follow the steps in the manual:)

--define ORACLE_BASE, and run orainst
--run root.sh
--make sure you define LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include /usr/lib and

ORACLE_HOME/lib (I put these in /etc/profile, along with ORACLE_SID ... there may be a better way)
--make sure your path includes ORACLE_HOME/bin (oh, instead of /var/opt/oracle/oratab as specified in the manual, look for /etc/oratab)
--configure your tnsnames.ora and listener.ora files (in ORACLE_HOME/network/admin)

I hope some of this info helps. Just call me "disgruntled".

doid

Luis Díez Porres wrote:

> Hi there!
>
> I'm an 'expert' NT Oracle dba, but running into big problems in my new
> SGI-IRIX-unix world.
>
> We're installing Oracle 8.0.3 over an Origin 200, IRIX 6.4
>
> Could anyone help me?
>
> Thanx
>
> Luis Diez

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