Re: Help required - running 2 instances with the same name on a single server

Tim wrote:
> Hi all, please forgive my ignorance in the oracle arena , I am not a
> dba but I am a Unix sytems Administrator.
>
> The scenario : we are upgrading from Oracle 8 to Oracle 10g and will be
> having both releases running in parallel on the same server for a
> limited period of time.
>
> Question: Is it possible to have an instance named 'XYZPRD' running on
> Oracle 8 and Oracle 10g at the same time (they are the same in name
> only) on the same server and, if possible, how is it done?
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Regards
>
> Tim

It is NOT possible as the SID uniquely identifies an instance.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA