Re: HP MC / Service Guard / Oracle 8i

..or the "package" is a HP serviceguard term, for database, init files and software?

In this case, the package actually means a set of disk volumes/partitions which will be available to the standby server, then Oracle instance is started on the stanby instance and users/clients connect to the new Oracle *instance*, not to a package.

Tanel.

"Tanel Poder" <tanel@@peldik.com> wrote in message news:3e5e557f$1_2_at_news.estpak.ee...
> Hi
>
> > Can you give an example for that "package-thing"? Do you mean that I
> > after I connected to an oracle-instance I always have to call the
> > package within each statement? Can't believe that!
>
> I think Jim doesn't know what he's exactly talking about.
>
> The issue is, that with RAC, the sessions in surviving node will continue
> normally, but when you have non-RAC conf., you just have to start up the
> instance on backup node - therefore all the package states are reset,
since
> all sessions have to be created again.
>
> The package states are in UGA, that is in the instance, it has nothing to
do
> with write access to disk.
>
> So, this standby server gives you a chance of starting up your DB in a
> minute after crash, instead of several hours of waiting for fixing the
> primary server. In addition, it can help you with some maintenance work as
> recovery testing, upgrade (testing) and stuff, if you got mirrored disk
> storage or BCVs.
>
> Tanel.
>
>
Received on Thu Feb 27 2003 - 12:25:16 CST