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Multiple oracle versions on windows 2008 server.
We want to install multiple oracle versions on a windows 2008 x64 server. The versions are oracle 10 and 11 Enterprise. Can anyone tell us how we can do this? I guess it not as easy as just installing oracle 10 and 11. A colleague of mine tried it one time but had many problems with not reachable instances. What do we need to configure once the installation has completed.
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Figure out what folder you want to store the master tnsnames.ora file. Create the master tnsnames.ora file in that folder (and probably a sqlnet.ora file as well).
Point the TNS_ADMIN environment variable to that folder.
If you need to know how to set it the following link is for XP but I believe the steps are very similar:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519
It also looks like you can set this in the registry for each ORACLE_HOME you have:
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=375261
Point the TNS_ADMIN environment variable to that folder.
If you need to know how to set it the following link is for XP but I believe the steps are very similar:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519
It also looks like you can set this in the registry for each ORACLE_HOME you have:
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=375261
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sorry, i have asked the wrong question. I meant how do i ( You need to set the tnsnames.ora files up to see all the instances )
is it possible to have just something like
D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\d
D:\oracle\product\11.01\db
where both version has there own sqlnet.ora en tnsnames.ora?
is it possible to have just something like
D:\oracle\product\10.2.0\d
D:\oracle\product\11.01\db
where both version has there own sqlnet.ora en tnsnames.ora?
>>where both version has there own sqlnet.ora en tnsnames.ora?
Yes. This is what you get when you run multiple homes on the same machine. Two of everything. It's normal. You just need to understand what that means.
>>A colleague of mine tried it one time but had many problems with not reachable instances
Back to this issue, the problem was likely the 'unreachable' instances were not in the tnsnames.ora file you were pointing to.
Yes. This is what you get when you run multiple homes on the same machine. Two of everything. It's normal. You just need to understand what that means.
>>A colleague of mine tried it one time but had many problems with not reachable instances
Back to this issue, the problem was likely the 'unreachable' instances were not in the tnsnames.ora file you were pointing to.
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was not complete
What was 'not complete'?
If you required more information you should have asked.
It's also not nice to penalize me with a "B" when you just closed this out to avoid the new question lock.
If you required more information you should have asked.
It's also not nice to penalize me with a "B" when you just closed this out to avoid the new question lock.
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