Re: ORACLE on MVS

From: <Steve.Troutman_at_oklaosf.state.ok.us>
Date: 1997/02/11
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In Article<33007EE4.242F_at_umassp.edu>, <m.chmura_at_umassp.edu> writes:
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> From: Michael Chmura <m.chmura_at_umassp.edu>
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> Subject: ORACLE on MVS
> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:15:03 +0000
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> Does anyone have experience with deploying Oracle on MVS/ESA? If
> so please send me your email address. We're a mainframe shop and
> I'm interested in installing ORACLE on that platform. Already have
> it on some small open systems platforms.
>
> I'm interested in performance, ease of administration, resource
> utilization, customer satisfaction. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
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> m.chmura_at_umassp.edu
I have very limited experience with Oracle on MVS/ESA. It is version 7.1.6 for MVS. Version 7.2 is out according to Oracle's web page. My shop is still at the beginning stage of using it. There is no production on it as yet. SQLNET is also being run on the mainframe. My shop just went to OS/390 and Oracle 7.1.6 is having a problem. I have contacted Oracle Support for help. I have no good feel for the performance issues other than some very preliminary results indicate its resource usage may be high. As far as administration I do not have SQLDBA on a PC. I use the SQLDBA under TSO, both the full screen mode and line mode on 3270 devices. The full screen is only so-so. Some parts do not seem to work. There seems to be a lot of little gotchas for a lack of a better term if one administers the database under MVS on 3270 devices. Installation is ok although I had Oracle people here guiding and installing it with me. I might look at options of running the instance on a different machine & just keep the database on the mainframe if such options are available.                  Received on Tue Feb 11 1997 - 00:00:00 CET

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