Re: DBA Alert

Yes, but it affects only Sun Solaris SPARC platform, 32bit and 64bit, Oracle Server and Oracle Enterprise Server 8.0.X through 8.1.6. Please see the note : 118228.1 in Oracle MetaLink. Patches are available for all the version.

Bala.

• Original Message ----- From: Sanjeev Singh <ssingh_at_symyx.com> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 2:42 PM Subject: DBA Alert

> Hi Folks,
>
> Please read this very carefully. I was reading a article in eweek
> magazine(September) on oracle. Following are exact words.
>
> " Oracle has been quietly alerting customers that systems running oracle
> 8.1.6 or earlier could find the database control file corrupted if the
> server runs for 248 consecutive days without a reboot".
>
> Is this legit???
>
> Sanjeev Singh
> Sr. Database Administrator
> SYMYX Technologies, INC.
> 3100 Central Expressway
> Santa Clara, CA 95051
> http://www.symyx.com
>
>
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Received on Wed Sep 27 2000 - 15:17:16 CDT