Frank van Bortel wrote:
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> DA Morgan wrote:
>> adam.ornstein_at_tridion.com wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Im having a bit of a problem, we renamed our server that is housing
>>> oracle XE and a website... Now it cannot find the database!
>>>
>>> Is there any steps that you know of that may help to solve this issue?
>>>
>>> Thank you SO much.
>> Rename it back to its original name and promise not to do things like
>> that again without reading the docs and understanding the implications.
>>
>> Why would anyone care what name a server has as long as long as it
>> isn't a duplicate?
>
> Maybe the server moved to another domain?
> Machine was renamed to more appropriate text?
> Maybe the company "merged"?
> Maybe some higher gods decided it would be
> A Better Idea to name computers sequentially?
>
> (I'm currently sitting behind frank03, the successor of...
> yes! frank02!)
>
> Lots of people care... for the wrong reasons, mostly
> - --
> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel
>
> Top-posting is one way to shut me up...
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At a telecom I worked with years ago they named servers after cats.
Lion, Tiger, Couger, Garfield, Sylvester, Panther. Lots of ability
to add servers and never a reason to rename.
I can only imagine what will happen to frank03 when you eventually
leave that job.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Tue Jul 17 2007 - 17:55:16 CDT
