Re: Oracle's relationships with expert DBAs (and the rest of us mere mortals)

  • From: "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mvetmp-ora@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 18:49:30 +0100

On 6/1/06, MVE <mvetmp-ora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Well lets see here ... just for ORACLE EE (not even OAS, not even ORACLE APPS just plain old ORACLE EE):

Certify - Certification Matrix: Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition on
Solaris
Operating System (SPARC)

Solaris 2.6     ORACLE 9.2 Addtl. Info.: NONE
Solaris 9       ORACLE 9.2 Addtl. Info.: NONE
Solaris 8       ORACLE 9.2 Addtl. Info.: NONE
Solaris 7       ORACLE 9.2 Addtl. Info.: NONE
Solaris 10      ORACLE 9.2 Addtl. Info.: NONE

Certify - Certification Matrix: Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition on
Linux
(x86)

RH-E Linux AS/ES 4      9.2 Addtl. Info.: pointer to a OTN doc
RH-E Linux AS/ES 3      9.2 Addtl. Info.: huge list of pre-reqs
RH-E Linux AS/ES 2.1    9.2 Addtl. Info.: pointer to a metalink note


Interesting that you don't include solaris 10 there. The matrix for 9.2 and
10.2 currently looks like this for solaris


*OS* *Product* *Certified With* *Version* *Status* *Addtl. Info.* * Components* *Other* *Install Issue* 9 10gR2 64-bit N/A N/A Certified Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=6675&p_product_line_id=453&p_os_version=9&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=57120&p_release_no=12755&p_html_source=0> None None None 8 10gR2 64-bit N/A N/A Certified Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=6675&p_product_line_id=453&p_os_version=8&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=56804&p_release_no=12755&p_html_source=0> None None None 10 10gR2 64-bit N/A N/A Certified Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=6675&p_product_line_id=453&p_os_version=10&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=57121&p_release_no=12755&p_html_source=0> None None None 2.6 9.2 N/A N/A Certified Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=5167&p_product_line_id=453&p_os_version=2.6&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=43392&p_release_no=9365&p_html_source=0> None None None 9 9.2 N/A N/A Certified Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=5167&p_product_line_id=453&p_os_version=9&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=43515&p_release_no=9365&p_html_source=0> None None None 8 9.2 N/A N/A Certified Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=5167&p_product_line_id=453&p_os_version=8&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=43397&p_release_no=9365&p_html_source=0> None None None 7 9.2 N/A N/A Certified Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=5167&p_product_line_id=453&p_os_version=7&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=43391&p_release_no=9365&p_html_source=0> None None None 10 9.2 N/A N/A Certified Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=5167&p_product_line_id=453&p_os_version=10&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=55871&p_release_no=9365&p_html_source=0> None None None

and this for RedHat

Server Certifications

*OS* *Product* *Certified With* *Version* *Status* *Addtl. Info.* *
Components* *Other* *Install Issue* Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 4 10gR2 N/A N/A
Certified 
Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=6673&p_product_line_id=-6&p_os_version=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20AS/ES%204&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=57082&p_release_no=12752&p_html_source=0>
None None None Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 3 10gR2 N/A N/A Certified
Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=6673&p_product_line_id=-6&p_os_version=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20AS/ES%203&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=56801&p_release_no=12752&p_html_source=0>
None None None Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4 9.2 N/A N/A Certified
Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=5167&p_product_line_id=-6&p_os_version=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%20AS/ES%204&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=56496&p_release_no=9366&p_html_source=0>
None None None Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3 9.2 N/A N/A Certified
Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=5167&p_product_line_id=-6&p_os_version=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%20AS/ES%203&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=51649&p_release_no=9366&p_html_source=0>
None None None Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 2.1 9.2 N/A N/A
Certified 
Yes<https://www.metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/cert_matrices2.addtl_info?p_version_id=5167&p_product_line_id=-6&p_os_version=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%20AS/ES%202.1&p_status_id=1&p_srv_version_id=949&p_cli_version_id=0&p_certification_no=43393&p_release_no=9366&p_html_source=0>
None None None

for 10gr2 in both cases the additional notes are that 10.2.0.2 is available.
Suggesting that support for linux from Oracle is less good than support for
Solaris really doesn't wash. Especially as I've excluded the RAC doesn't
work in solaris 10 containers special note.



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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.orawin.info

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