Oracle DOES NOT SUPPORT NFS MOUNTED DATAFILES, use at risk of loss of
support.
Joe
Diana Duncan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This works just fine for us, with the following caveats:
>
> 1) The NFS mounts must be performed before the database is brought up after
> a reboot.
> 2) You cannot do a backup controlfile to trace onto the NFS mounted drive -
> it runs forever.
>
> Reboots would be a problem, if your database is open and you reboot the
> machine owning the drives you are using. We haven't had that happen.
>
> Diana
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:00 PM
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>
> Hello,
>
> Is Oracle 8.1.6 capable of creating and using a datafile
> on an NFS-mounted disk on another machine? We have two
> Sun machines (OS block size is 8k on both); the machine running
> Oracle is short on disk, while there is plenty available on the
> second machine. We are planning to purchase another larger machine,
> but in the meantime would like to get by for a short period without
> investing more in the present machines. We are not using hot backups
> (it's a small datawarehouse). What problems occur when either of the
> machines is rebooted?
>
> Thanks to any responders.
> beckerb_at_dgabby.mfldclin.edu
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