Re: Oracle Failsafe questions

Thanks.

I can't move up to 9i, as at least one of the third part applications we run is only confirmed on 8.1.7!

James

In article <58qs9.57072$g9.163986_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>, Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> writes
>Hi James:
>
>I'm only being mildly flippant when I suggest that you take the opportunity
>to migrate both to a supported version of Oracle (9i R2, as a for example!),
>and to Real Application Clusters.
>
>Doing both would definitely be the 'best way' of migrating!
>
>As to your specifics: the FailSafe product has a server component that needs
>to be installed on each node of the Cluster, onto the private disk of each
>node. There is then a FailSafe Manager component which is installed on a
>client to manage the failovers.
>
>I've no idea what the SAMPLE database is: I assume it's just a cluster-sized
>equivalent to ye olde SCOTT.EMP schema.... to practice with, without
>stuffing up real data. It's certainly not a core component that's required
>to make things work.
>
>Regards
>HJR
>
>
>"James Chappell" <james_at_rees-chappell.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:HUgOULA$Jds9EwcW_at_rees-chappell.demon.co.uk...
>> We've currently got Oracle 8.1.6 on a single server, and we're going to
>> move this to a clustered pair of w2k servers, with Oracle Failsafe.
>>
>> * What's the best way of doing the migration?
>>
>> * What's the purpose of the SAMPLE database that Failsafe produces?
>>
>> * Which box (or boxes) should Failsafe be installed on - the servers, a
>> client, somewhere else all together?
>>
>> Appreciate your help.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> --
>> James Chappell
>
>

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James Chappell