Answer to Sean's question is yes. We use 'copied' CDs to install Oracle s/w.
Per our licensing terms we get 1 CD per version per platform from Oracle.
The Centralized Asset Mgmt then supposedly sends it out to some vendor who
makes copies for us. I have not seen Oracle's original s/w CDs in a while
now. Unfortunately I could not get the details on the h/w s/w the Vendor
uses to make copies for us.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Armstead, Michael A [SMTP:maa25681_at_glaxowellcome.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 3:56 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: [Slightly OFF-TOPIC] CD-Writers
>
> Whoa. Hold up a minute.
>
> I mis-read Sean's original and mistakenly replied.
>
> He wasn't asking for a backup medium. He was asking if he could copy
> Oracle
> software. I'd like to see him get an answer to his question.
>
> Sean,
> We copy our NT software to a file share so that users can install to their
> clients. So I assume you can copy the software to CD.
>
> Duh. My fault.
>
> Michael Armstead
> Database Administrator, OCP-Certified
> Corporate & Finance Information Systems
> Glaxo Wellcome
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Rogers [SMTP:RROGERS_at_galottery.org]
> > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 3:40 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: [Slightly OFF-TOPIC] CD-Writers
> >
> > Does anyone have any information on a DVD-CD writer? I think they can
> hold
> > 5GIG+ and I would like to make my read-only files on DVD-CD's.
> > Thanks,
> > Ron Rogers
> > DBA OCP
> > Atl.ga
> >
> > >>> maa25681_at_glaxowellcome.com 08/04/00 02:04PM >>>
> > We looked at the CD vs. Tape solution. Capacity for CD's were less than
> 1
> > GB compared to about 2 GB for tape. Price for tape was much cheaper
> than
> > CDs. And Tapes were reusable, while the CDs weren't.
> >
> > It was a really short conversation. We still backup to tape.
> >
> > Michael Armstead
> > Database Administrator, OCP-Certified
> > Corporate & Finance Information Systems
> > Glaxo Wellcome
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: O'Neill, Sean [SMTP:Sean.ONeill_at_organon.ie]
> > > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 10:04 AM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Subject: [Slightly OFF-TOPIC] CD-Writers
> > >
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > I'd appreciate feedback, positive and negative, on performance,
> > > ease-of-use,
> > > gotcha's etc. from anyone out there who use's CD-Writers to make
> backup
> > > copies of Oracle Software CD-ROMS.
> > >
> > > Sean :)
> > >
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Received on Sat Aug 05 2000 - 14:05:17 CDT
