On 08/08/06, William B Ferguson <wbfergus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Personally, I prefer the datafiles at the same level as ORACLE_BASE or higher. When I upgrade or install a new version, I don't have to worry about juggling the datafiles around to a new location before I delete the old binaries.
You don't necessarily have to juggle things around, if you follow the reccomendations in the Oracle 9i Installation Reference Guide ( the Solaris one at least), which is what I follow.
ORACLE_BASE=[whatever top level directory structure you want to install Oracle under, I believe it reccomends /oracle/app/oracle, I use that or /opt/oracle/app/oracle depending on the department who's database it is (different departments have standardised on one or the other depending on long standing political allegiences)] ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/[version]
so if ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/app/oracle and you're installing 9i then ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/app/oracle/product/9i, if you are installing 10g then ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/app/oracle/product/10g
for both the datafiles will live under /oracle/app/oracle/oradata/[dbname] (assuming you use the default dbca location), when you move from one version to the next the datafiles don't move as the location is the same for all versions.
Stephen
-- It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption.
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