RE: shared tnsnames.ora

-----Original Message-----
> I am looking for info on how you support a large
> number of PCs (200+) and keep each ones tnsnames.ora
> file in sync.

One way is to use Oracle names servers. For some reason, I have never liked this. No particular reason.

Another way is to use push software, like Tivoli, to push a tnsnames.ora out to client PC's.

If you have fewer PC's to fiddle with -- for example, a department -- and if you have NT admins with enough knowledge to set it up, you can e-mail a link to the users for them to click on to update their tnsnames.ora

I've seen all of these methods used. The one I thought worked the best was the push method.

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