RE: installing security patches on a Windows database server (was "Oracle 10g for Windows")

From: Nelson Flores <nflores_at_expand.cl>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:22:20 -0800
Message-ID: <003201c3f1a5$ee15cd90$cce8cd18@neltox>

They just bring it down :( ... And endure all the hassle that entails from doing this...

This is unless you have 2 servers and you apply patches on each one at different times so as to have max(uptime)...

I still don't know what the big deal is with windows bashing. Both *nix and windows server their purpose. It's the tech people's job to determine what needs to be used in their specific circumstances (the very root of engineering)... there is no good or bad ... just wrong choices..
(That's if you don't count Windows ME ;) )

p.d : I use Oracle 8.17 on Solaris and Windows 2000 ...

-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jacques Kilchoer Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:16 AM To: Oracle-L (E-mail)
Subject: installing security patches on a Windows database server (was "Oracle 10g for Windows")

I'm sure that with proper management etc. a Windows database server can =
be reliable. But one thing that puzzles me - when you install a = Microsoft security patch, the dialog box at the end (almost) always says =
"Reboot the machine now." I religiously do that since all of my Windows =
databases can be brought down (they're used for development.) What do = people do with a production database server?

> -----Original Message-----
> Mercadante, Thomas F

>=20

> ...

>=20

> I have windows databases that have been running for 3 years=20
> now. *Never*
> does the machine crash. And *never* do we reboot "just=20
> because we should".

>=20
> ...

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