Re: System requirements for Oracle SQL client on IBM-AIX.

Hmm...

I'm a UNIX S.A. on a range of RS6000s (F50's and S70's), and I also do the Oracle DBA work.

I can't quite see where the 250M of disk came from - that seems mighty excessive just for the *SQL Net client*. Are you sure it's that, and not the entire server binary? Look in the Oracle Install Guide for AIX - it has the space requirements in it for each installable package. Check with your Oracle guy just which ones he wants.

Ditto, I'm not sure which 'AIX kernel extensions' you mean. The 'post wait' kernel extensions and async I/O support would only be required for a server install, to the best of my knowledge. Again, read up the install guide.

MotoX.

leblond wrote in message <361AB542.56FBCBD7_at_cam.org>...
>I'm a unix system admin. (IBM-AIX).
>
>DBA and I just installed an Oracle DB on one of our RS6000 system
>running AIX 4.1.5. Now DBA ask me to free up 250Mb of disk space to
>simply install the SQL client on others RS6000 which requires the
>installation of AIX kernel extensions on all of them. I just said "NO".
>
>First of all I don't have this disk space and I don't want to mess AIX
>on all systems.
>
>Assuming SQL client stands on a couple of floppies for other OS like
>Windows NT, why does it need as much disk space on AIX and why do we
>have to install kernel extensions ???
>
>Please reply to my personnal address: ag.leblond_at_videotron.ca
>
>Thanks.
>
>--
>Alain Gilbert
>Montreal, CANADA
>ag.leblond_at_videotron.ca
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 07 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT