Re: How to customize 8i Client installer?

Thanks for the suggestion, Mike.

I can write a Delphi app to do this, but I'd like to have as few steps as possible in the process for the sake of the end user.

What I'd really like to do is somehow modify the actual Oracle installer files themselves so the installer does the work - hence the Java connundrum.

"Mike O" <ora7dba_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:976o8k$coa_at_nntpa.cb.lucent.com...
> If you are an NT/2000 shop .. I guess you could execute a batch file which
> would copy the current tnsnames.ora file to the proper location. I would
> assume that you have standardized the ORACLE_HOME. We encountered a
 similar
> issue and to avoid paying IBM Global Services $50,000+ (it was $xx per
> machine * thousands) to use SMS .. we wrote a simple batch file to
> accomplish this task. After a period of time, we stopped checking to see
 if
> everyone had/has the current tnsname.ora file.
>
> The other thing to keep in mind ... even if you don't add new
> servers/world's/nodes to your tnsnames.ora file with any frequency .. that
> is.. you may change the location of the server .. not the name (dss.world,
> oltp.world, etc) .. you may want your DBA's/SA's create an alias in your
 DNS
> service. I can move an Oracle instance to another server and no change to
> the tnsnames.ora would be required. So the customer would never know that
 I
> have moved the database from Omaha to Orlando.
>
> But back to you question .. the login batch file could also change, fix,
 or
> add other environmental variables ..
>
> -Mike
>
> News wrote in message ...
> >I am deploying Oracle 8i Client as part of a CRM package. I need to be
 able
> >to customize the installation - we tried Oracle Software Packager but
 have
> >not been able to get it to run (a java exception occurs).
> >
> >The customizations I need to make are:
> >
> >1. Be able to install my own modified tnsnames.ora in place of the
 default
> >that is installed.
> >
> >2. Prefill the Oracle Home and Path to install the client with a
 different
> >name.
> >
> >3. If possible, prevent the Net8 Configurator from running at the end.
> >
> >I'd like to do this without having to do Java programming. Any ideas? If
> >files are mentioned, please include the full path to the file - Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Fri Feb 23 2001 - 17:06:48 CST