RE: windows host name length

Reading some documentation

 

63 is the max length for windows names, may have some problems with DNS
systems

 

15 is recommended for backward compatibility with Win NT

 

All of our servers use 15 chars or less, some DOD standard thingy

 

On Oracle 8.1.7.4.1, the desc for v$instance length is 64

 

Our 15 char ones show perfectly well

 

Georgette P Cornio

 

 

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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Latham
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Subject: Re: windows host name length

 

We have one called exchange-2009 I think that's our longest

2009/4/3 Arm, Mike (IS) <michael.arm@xxxxxxx>

I just checked my windows box running Windows Server 2003/Oracle
10.2.0.2.0 and the 12 character name shows up just fine in v$instance.
All my redhat boxes have 6 or 7 character names. 

 

Mike

 

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Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:46 AM
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Subject: RE: windows host name length

Not being a Windoze admin I certainly don't know, but there is a bug in
Oracle (at least through 10g) that limits the host_name in v$instance to
the first 8 characters.

 

Dick Goulet 

 

 

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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Beckstrom
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:35 AM
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Subject: windows host name length

We just received some new servers and the admin group is proposing a new
naming convention for them.  The name would be 12 characters in length.
Are there any limitations on windows for the length of a server name?

 

 

Jeffrey Beckstrom
Database Administrator
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
1240 W. 6th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113 




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Howard A. Latham

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