A VM machine that your vpn is loaded on keeps your local machine free and out of that special vpn black hole. Outside of that, ssh to host, run local sqlplus. keep your fav scripts on an ftp/www site that you can easily access to pull them over. John ________________________________ From: Don Seiler <don@xxxxxxxxx> To: howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx Cc: mschmitt@xxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-freelists <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Fri, July 23, 2010 4:13:33 PM Subject: Re: Tools for remote DBA work VNC client, ssh client, irc client, IM client. Probably a VPN will be required. I usually ssh to a server and run sqlplus locally, but some might prefer to install Oracle client on their local machine and connect over TNS remotely. Don. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just vnc onto any box I need to work with. > > On 23/07/2010, Michael Schmitt <mschmitt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can anyone recommend any tools or software that they have found useful when >> working remotely? Is a static IP address a must? My main concern is team >> collaboration, and any software that can help facilitate that aspect of the >> job when not in the office for long stretches. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> > > > -- > Howard A. Latham > > Sent from my Nokia N97 > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Don Seiler http://seilerwerks.wordpress.com ultimate: http://www.mufc.us -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l