On Apr 8, 11:40 am, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfi..._at_dial.pipex.com>
wrote:
> Andrea wrote:
> > hi,
>
> > i'll try to install a oracle 10g DB with active directory support for take
> > advantage of integrated authentication in the 2003 domain.
>
> > I've been read this doc:
> >http://www.dizwell.com/prod/node/23
>
> > and it describe to register (REGSVR32 SCHMMGMT) dll for alter the microsoft
> > Active Directory Schema before create instance of db.
>
> > I would like to know if this is a correct procedure and if could be incoming
> > problem for AD of microsoft.
>
> Is it a correct procedure - yes. It's one of the few of Howard's
> articles I don't like much and purely because it rather glosses over
> what you are doing here and why.
>
> What you are in fact doing is changing the list of types of things that
> AD knows about and creating a few instances of the new things
> (listeners, databases, clusters etc). Consequently you will also be
> changing the list of things that your domain, or trust domains or
> forest, exchange information about and maintain. Now if your server room
> is your study (as in the article) that's just fine and dandy. If however
> you are a multi-national corporation well you may well encounter a few
> challenges. The basics are the same but the implications - in terms of
> what is replicated where and who has access to change this sort of thing
> are a wee bit different.
>
> > Another question, is needed install oracle on windows server domain or also is
> > enough on windows server standalone (joined in domain).
>
> Not sure what you mean here, but I couldn't possibly have communicated
> in italian so that's Ok. If you mean do you do this without an active
> directory domain - no you don't. If you mean does this action have to be
> taken on a domain controller - no it doesn't, any workstation will do.
> If you mean should the oracle services be running on domain controllers
> - again no, and in fact that would likely be a bad idea
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBAhttp://www.orawin.info/services
"glosses over..." I agree. It is somewhat misleading to those not AD
aware, but good procedurally.
Received on Mon Apr 09 2007 - 08:25:10 CDT
