"The Raven" <wsmc_at_flashmail.com> wrote in message news:<a7bk31$216u$1_at_otis.netspace.net.au>...
> Hi,
> This is my first post here and I admit to being far from an Oracle
> expert. At this point it would appropriate to refer to me as a newbie with
> limited hands on experience.
>
> My question is more high level rather than strictly technical BUT I'm
> willing to hear any technical responses.
>
> I have a web-enabled application (Oracle 8i, or perhaps 9iAS) that needs to
> be deployed over a WAN. There are numerous LANs (approx 20 nationwide) which
> will each have their own Oracle servers and databa etc but otherwise the
> configuration will be near identical.
>
> Is it possible to make an "image" of a virgin configured server that can
> then be used to setup each site server? Obviously, some further
> configuration would be required once an "image" is installed. I've been told
> the practice of making "images" is widely used in the Windows world but it's
> not clear if it would apply to Oracle. Is this feasible, practical, or
> recommended?
>
> Any suggestions as to how a roll out of 20+ server nationwide could be best
> achieved would be appreciated.
In Unix there is no need to make images. Every part of your
configuration can be coppied just as files. No registry keys, no
sharing problems with copying running system executables. Just tar
everything you want to have on the other site, put on tape and untar
in destination. However if your servers are not strictly identical,
then you can encounter problem because of differencies in
configuration. And of course if your servers are running different
version of Unix or even another type of Unix, you must carefully
handle differencies between versions.
The best strategy for you is hard to tell you because of lack of
informations.
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Dusan Bolek, Ing.
Oracle team leader
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Received on Thu Mar 21 2002 - 07:01:18 CST
