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-- "Joel Garry" <joel-garry_at_home.com> wrote in message news:91884734.0308060815.75ebbbc7_at_posting.google.com...Received on Wed Aug 06 2003 - 21:14:27 CDT
> "Burton Peltier" <burttemp1REMOVE_THIS_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:<cF%Xa.11301$Ee7.3130_at_fe02.atl2.webusenet.com>...
> > Just a little clarification on "what is support"... doing this from
memory
> > and you really should read the Metalink docs on this subject for more
> > detailed information.
> >
> > Oracle has full support (ECS=Error Correction Support) and almost full
> > support (ES=Extended Support). I think the main difference is with ES,
they
> > will not fix any new bugs you may find. Actually, there are other
> > differences like no certification with new versions of OSs. Again, you
> > really should read the Metalink docs on this.
> >
> > Also, there is another option which is more like ECS (called
EMS=Extended
> > Maintenance Support), but it costs extra.
> >
> > ECS ended 12/31/2000 for 7.3.4 and ES ends 12/31/2003 . So, you are
really
> > on a halfway-supported version.
> >
> > ECS ends 12/31/2003 for 8.1.7 and ES ends 12/31/2006 .
>
> To clarify a little further:
>
> You should check the Certify and Compatibility option at metalink. In
> general, some of these extended supports only work if you have never
> interrupted your support contract. In particular, check the matrix
> for your OS, I took a quick look and it appears it is not certified
> beyond 8i. So you should seriously consider an OS upgrade in the very
> near future. cdo.server and other boards are very useful, but when
> crunch time comes you want to be supported.
>
Never would have thought of interrupting support of Oracle in the large corporation I work in... Good point about the OS and upgrading. Years ago, we had an old HP 755 that couldn't be upgraded to the latest HP-UX 11.0 . I think that was when we wanted to go to 8i and 8i required HP-UX 11.0 . So, we had to replace the hardware, which was needed anyway. Amazing how long those machines ran and with amazingly high availability.
> jg
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