RE: Move oracle home

Yeah, found Metalink note 28433.1 which says:

"There is no straightforward way to change ORACLE_HOME on 8.1.x and still be able to apply patches or make changes with the Installer. The location of the ORACLE_HOME is stored in binaries under oraInventory, and there is no way to change these without reinstalling. The bottom line, for 8.1.x, is that ORACLE_HOME should only be changed by reinstalling."

So the question is not "Can you make it work?" but "Can you make it work and still be able to apply patches in the future?"

> about as stupid concept as the registry in windoze.
Actually it's worse because you can still hack at the registry stuff.

A day older and a little wiser...
Steve Orr

THANKS ALL! -----Original Message-----
From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Deshpande, Kirti
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:00 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Move oracle home

Joe,
Believe me it does bite and bites hard.. I have a fine mess when 8.1.6.2 patch failed for some reason. The OraInventory stuff got modified in $ORACLE_BASE, but the patch was not applied to $ORACLE_HOME contents. Subsequent attempts to re-apply the patch told me that I the said patch is already applied. OWS told me that there is no way to fix OraInventory. Soln is reload 8.1.6. From that day, I copy $ORACLE_BASE and $ORACLE_HOME before applying any patches as well as in our backup process (or making a copy to install on other servers).. Cheers !
- Kirti

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph S. Testa [SMTP:teci_at_oracle-dba.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 6:31 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: Move oracle home
>
> yeppers, i couldnt find it in any of my data files either, BUT, i'm not
> so sure the oraInventory could byte you, its about as stupid concept as
> the registry in windoze.
>
> go figure.
>
> joe
> Steve Orr wrote:
> >
> > I performed strings on a control file and didn't find any reference for
> the
> > $ORACLE_HOME directory path. For O8.1.6 is $ORACLE_HOME not maintained
> in
> > the control files?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Testa
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 12:36 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> > Use to be the oracle home was stored in either the controlfile or the
> > headers of the datafiles, i cant remember which but if it was the
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