Re: Moving Oracle filesystem to SAN

howard wrote:
> NetComrade wrote:
> > On 20 Jul 2006 16:49:23 -0700, "howard" <pkowal74_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >When I move my Oracle 10g DB filesystem to a SAN, what do I have to
> > >change to my Oracle config files that will point to the mount?
> > >
> > alter database rename datafile 'old' 'new'
> >
> > you can also use file system links to avoid any changes on the db
> >
> > depends on your situation
> >
> > .......
> > We run Oracle 9iR2,10gR1/2 on RH4/RH3
> > remove NSPAM to email
>
>
> NetComrade,
>
> What would a "file system link" be? Would that be the init file etc.?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Howard

It is where you create a symbolic link between one file and another file at some other destination. It is used in Unix environments. So oracle would still reference the old file name, but when I hit that file the OS would actually direct to a file at a different location. Received on Fri Jul 21 2006 - 11:09:21 CDT