Re: symlinks/OUI
- From: Ray Stell <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Pass, Stephanie" <Stephanie_Pass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:20:01 -0500
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 12:50:59PM -0700, Pass, Stephanie wrote:
> would walk away. Sym links can be a good thing if you are careful. We
define careful. When is good use to refer to ORACLE_HOME with a symlink
and when is it not? I'm sure I've used them without trouble in the past,
but I can't prove it at this moment.
> use them frequently.
> We tried installing 10r2 OEM and it aborted due to our sym links.
Did it abort cleanly with warnings about the symlink or did it crash?
If it gave warnings that's a good thing. 9.2.x here and OUI does not
complain when I point to the software with a symlink, it just corrupts
under some circumstances, apparently.
> https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=200:27:126792149666654937
> 82::::p27_id,p27_show_header,p27_show_help:617811.992,1,1
I don't consider this documentation. I guess the install doc implies
that real mount points should be used since it says to create the
mount points:
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/html/A96167_01/pre.htm#i1076681
The Oracle9i installation requires at least two mount points:
* one for the software
* one or more for the database files
I think they should give an explicit warning here if OUI can get
so ugly. I got lazy and learned the hard way. Thought I'd share
the wealth. Here Be Dragons.
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