Re: NIS database resolution
- From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Vlad Sadilovskiy" <vlovsky@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:58:09 -0800
It is beginning to appear that virtually no one has done this.
As long as an NIS infrastructure is already in place, it seemed like a
good idea.
It's probably not well supported either, as evidenced by the lack of
response to the SR on it.
Guess it will be OID.
Jared
On 11/7/07, Vlad Sadilovskiy <vlovsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jared,
>
> Possibly it is not very common. But I see the mentioning of it in the Docs
> from v7 to v11. Says it is available with NIS adapter. But I'm sure you read
> this already. Probably Oracle TS is the best bet. Interresting thing to
> know, so if you have a word from them, please keep us posted.
>
> Vlad Sadilovskiy
> Oracle Database Tools
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>
>
> On 11/7/07, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hmmm...
> >
> > No takers yet?
> >
> > Could it be that no one here has tried this?
> >
> >
> > On 11/6/07, Jared Still < jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'm investigating the use of NIS for database resolution.
> > >
> > > The 10g Net docs state that tns2nis can be used to transform a
> > > tnsnames.ora file into a format usable by NIS.
> > >
> > > There are however very few references to the tns2nis utility, and none
> > > of them are useful.
> > >
> > > The tns2nis utility is not installed with any options I can find, and
> > > it is not in any Oracle Home.
> > >
> > > This utility has been around for quite awhile, I think I saw a
> > > reference to it in Oracle 7 docs.
> > >
> > > I've opened an SR to ask about this, but that kind of SR doesn't get
> > > priority treatment.
> > >
> > > So, if you've ever used NIS to resolve database names, how did you go
> about it?
> > >
> > > How well did it (does it) work for you?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jared Still
> > > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> > >
> >
> >
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> > Jared Still
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