If you need to change the system date on a local zone (i.e. due to some testing), it has to be changed on the global zone and will affect all local zones on that server (and others if you use RAC in the global zone)... Regards, Vlado Barun, M.Sc. Senior Enterprise Database Architect Jewelry Television Mobile: (865) 335-7652 Email: vlado.barun@xxxxxxx <blocked::mailto:vlado.barun@xxxxxxx> ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian MacLean Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 12:55 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Solars Zones and Oracle Solars Zones and Oracle......It's a whole new world for me. Any quick thoughts on this anyone? Pro's; Con's; GotYa's; Stability; Performance (CPU and I/O) hit; FYI's; Dynamic resizing issues; etc. etc. etc. TIA