Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!peer02.cox.net!cox.net!p01!fed1read03.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ana C. Dent" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: question on 9iAS, backups and different platforms References: <4FNYa.174$US5.165@newsread5.news.pas.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <4FNYa.174$US5.165@newsread5.news.pas.earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 51 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 16:41:42 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.7.207.68 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: fed1read03 1060386101 68.7.207.68 (Fri, 08 Aug 2003 19:41:41 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 19:41:41 EDT Organization: Cox Communications Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:240143 pheonix1t wrote: > hello, > before I get too far with my current project i'd like to run this past > the experienced people on this list to see what they've seen regarding > this issue. > I have to deploy an oracle 9iAS server. For now, we have the windows > 2000 disks for this....but eventually the whole 9iAS system will be pure > linux. I didn't read too much about doing backups for 9iAS or how much > trouble it is to move apps. between platforms (windows to linux). > Supposedly, the 9iAS package makes the applications independant of the > operating system.....so in theory this shouldn't be too much of a > pain...but we all know how much theory actually works in a production > setting! > Are there any issues about this that I should be aware of....I can get > the windows servers up sooner than I can the linux servers. But once > done, the linux servers will run with less problems than the windows ones. > I'd like to setup the 9iAS on windows, develop the apps, then while > that's being done I can setup the linux servers, then move the apps to > the linux servers running 9iAS. Does this sound reasonable or should I > bite the bullet and forget the "quick and dirty" windows approach and > just take the time to setup linux instead? > Also...I got a bit of an odd request yesterday. Can oracle serve as a > file server to store a bunch of stuff that is being shared on a network? > I don't think so. But I did recall the Collaboration Suite does > something like this, but you can't just use windows explorer to see the > shared files....you have to use an oracle client to see all of your > stuff. Can something like this be done? The reason is that this > medical center has a very strict way they have setup their folder > structure for the shared files. Like I said....I'm not sure, but if > anyone can confirm this, that would be cool! > > Thanks, > > Oskar > > On OTN is a White Paper dated April 2003, IIRC. The title is quite similar to "Oracle9i Application Server: Backup and Recovery" along with the paper is a Perl based utility to either completely or incrementally backup mid-tier nodes plus infrastructure nodes. You might want to check it out. HTH & YMMV HAND!