Re: Symbolic link pointing to Oracle Home

we use symbolic links for the init.ora files (we relocate the init.ora files from the default $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory to the OFA compliant location (.../admin/sid/pfile), but include the symbolic link from the "default" location).

we also use symbolic links for all datafiles on raw partitions (hp-ux logical volumes).

other than that, i have to agree with sybrand. i cannot think of a good reason to use a symbolic link as the oracle home directory.

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:th1a6oaur498d6_at_beta-news.demon.nl...
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> "Allen" <allenh_at_starbase.neosoft.com> wrote in message
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> > Solaris 7.. I used to do this with Oracle 7, have a symbolic link
> > pointing to Oracle Home. Is this still cool with 8i? Any problems for
> > OEM or other Oracle tools? Having a symlink sure makes it easier when I
> > upgrade versions to new directories. I also like having symlinks
 pointing
> > to datafile locations, makes it easier to move them around if necessary.
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> > thx.. Allen
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> IMO it has never been cool, and it is for the lazy only.
> It has resulted in problems at various sites I have been overseeing more
> than once, because people beliieved Oracle was installed two times, and
> there seemed to be lack of disk space. You can guess what happened.
> I would avoid using links as much as possible, except for the init.ora
 (and
> config.ora)
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> Hth,
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> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
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Received on Sun May 27 2001 - 16:46:32 CDT