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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re: Where to Find Sample QUESTIONS for OCP-DBA Exams?
> >> I am a Newbee, preparing for OCP/DBA Oracle8i Exams. I would appreciate
> >>if some one can help me for the following queries.
> >> 1) When exactly Oracle8i is expiring?
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> http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=148054.1
excerpt:
Oracle Corporation
Product Obsolescence Desupport Notice
Product Details: Platform(s) Details:
Product: Oracle Server - Client, Enterprise Edition, Parallel Server, Personal
Edition, RAC & Standard Edition/Workgroup Server
Product Version(s): 8.1.7 (8i)
Platform(s): Platform Version(s):
ALL Platforms ALL
Desupport End Dates: Error Correction Support (ECS): 31-DEC-2003 Extended Assistance Support (EAS): 31-DEC-2006 Extended Maintenance Support (EMS): 31-DEC-2005
Product Obsolescence / Desupport Information: Oracle Corporation announces the end of Error Correction Support for Oracle Server - Client, Enterprise Edition, Parallel Server, Personal Edition, RAC & Standard Edition/Workgroup Server version(s) 8.1.7 (8i) on the following platform(s): ALL Platforms, effective 31-DEC-2003. Oracle Corporation recommends customers upgrade/migrate to the following as soon as possible to maintain the highest level of support:
Customers running on one of Oracle's strategic platforms should upgrade to the current version of Oracle Server. Please refer to the most current version of Oracle's "Strategic Platform Advisory" published on Metalink. At the time of this notice, Oracle Server 9.0.1 is the current release but it is likely that others may be released prior to the desupport date for 8.1.7. Customers who are NOT running on one of the above-mentioned strategic platforms should plan to migrate to a then-supported platform in time to upgrade to a currently-supported version of Oracle Server. EAS will be provided until 31-DEC-2006, if the customer has a current support contract in place.
EAS includes the following: EAS does NOT include the following:
Telephone and Electronic support, consisting of:
Answers to customers' questions
Assistance with migration plans to a supported platform and/or product
Workarounds, where possible
Error Correction Support (ECS) - No new bug fixes
Backporting of fixes
Certification with supported products, newer operating system versions or new
compilers
Escalation support, response time adherence and skill availability
EMS will be available until 31-DEC-2005, if the customer purchases EMS and has a current support contract in place.
EMS includes the following: EMS does NOT include the following:
Continuance of full metals services, consisting of:
Error Correction Support (ECS)
Answers to customers' questions
Assistance with migration plans to a supported platform and/or product
Backporting of fixes
Escalation support, response time adherence and skill availability
Workarounds, where possible
Certification with supported products, newer operating system versions or new
compilers
Customer Action:
To upgrade/migrate, U.S. customers must contact Client Relations at the
following: (NOTE: Non-U.S. customers must contact their Oracle Local Support
Center (LSC).)
West: (719) 785-7600 Central & Mountain: (719) 635-8900 East: (407) 240-
8900 Toll-Free: 1-800-223-1711
Exceptions and/or Miscellaneous Information:
Extended Maintenance Support (EMS) will be offered on the following platforms
ONLY until 31-DEC-2005:
Compaq Alpha OpenVMS (DEC)
Compaq Tru64 UNIX (Digital Unix)
Data General Intel Unix
Fujitsu-Siemens RM200-600E Reliant Unix
HP 9000 Series HP-UX
IBM NUMA-Q DYNIX/ptx (Sequent)
IBM OS 390 (MVS)
IBM RS/6000 AIX
Intel Based Server LINUX
Intel Caldera Open UNIX 8 with LKP
Microsoft Windows 2000
SGI Unix
Sun SPARC Solaris
UnixWare (SCO)
Novell NetWare Customers:
ALL Oracle products on Novell NetWare will be desupported 31-DEC- 2001. In
order to ensure that customers have sufficient time to migrate to the terminal
release on Novell Netware, Oracle is extending ECS for Oracle Server -
Oracle8i 8.1.7 on Novell Netware until 30-SEP-2002.
This desupport notice is addressed to the customer's contact currently on file
with Oracle Corporation. (NOTE: If the contact information is not current,
please email the current contact information and CSI# to
OBSSUPP_US_at_oracle.com.)
This document is for informational purposes only, and is intended to outline
Oracle Corporation's current migration path. The information in this document
is subject to change without notice at Oracle Corporation's discretion. In
accordance with Oracle Corporation's current transfer policy, future releases
of Oracle programs (migration paths) are provided to customers who have a
valid support contract only.
Customers with a current support contract may also view the current desupport
notice via Oracle MetaLink at http://metalink.oracle.com, under "Product
LifeCycle" --> "Desupport Notices".
For further assistance, please email OBSSUPP_US_at_oracle.com. Last modified: 12-Feb-2002 15:31:28 (U.S. Pacific Time) .
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