Take into consideration a Unix admin with limited Oracle knowledge just got a notice from Oracle strongly recommending the application of a "patch". From what I see on metalink this is self contained software which is currently not installed on the OS. This is not a patch. That is tis what I regard as deceptive. I will check out some of the training. Thanks, Ethan On 2/19/07, Best, David <David.Best@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nothing deceptive about it, you should read up on it via the Metalink tab "Configuration Manager". We've set it up on a couple of environments to test it out and it seems to speed up the process. I've always found that the first time you open a tar there is a period of back and forth with Oracle requesting information. There is alot of information on Metalink about what information they are collecting, tutorials etc.