RE: Oracle on VMS?

From: QuijadaReina, Julio C <QuijadJC_at_alfredstate.edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:04:21 -0500
Message-ID: <7091A5ABA356E04B8FA592067D78B539253A95@mail.alfredstate.edu>

Paul,

Oracle Downloads shows that there is an early drop of 10g (10.1.0.3) for = OpenVMS Alpha. Not a finalized release, but Oracle says it is good if = you'd like to take an early peak.

Regards,
Julio

-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org on behalf of Paul Baumgartel Sent: Thu 3/31/2005 8:59 AM
To: Mercadante, Thomas F
Cc: Oracle-L (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Oracle on VMS?
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Tom,

Actually, the argument is being made by the data center people because a major back-end system already runs on VMS. We currently run Oracle on Windows and want to move to RAC, which to me means Linux; the data center would prefer that we not introduce another OS. I agree about stability, and the OS expertise exists in the data center, but I think the availability and support issues will carry the day. BTW, Oracle10g is still not available for VMS.

Thanks for your 2 cents!

Paul

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:21:34 -0500, Mercadante, Thomas F <thomas.mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us> wrote:
> Paul,

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> Unfortunately (for your argument), you probably will not get any =
firestorm
> stories about running Oracle on VMS. It is, by far, the most stable
> platform anywhere today.

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> But for your argument, you can simply argue market share and software
> availability. VMS is probably one of the last ports that Oracle =
releases to
> - but (according to them) only by at most a month.

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> How about arguing that supporting another operating system is not cost
> effective. If all of your sys admins are linux-based, then the cost =
to
> train everyone in VMS would mean it's a bad idea. Probably too late =
for
> this discussion.

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> Not much help - sorry.

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> Tom

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Baumgartel [mailto:paul.baumgartel_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:47 PM
> To: Oracle-L (E-mail)
> Subject: Oracle on VMS?

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> I'm soliciting backup for a recommendation NOT to migrate our
> Oracle10g databases to a VMS cluster that our parent company is
> installing in a new data center. I'm thoroughly convinced that it's
> not the way to go (I'm planning to use RAC on Linux), but the more
> ammunition I have, the better. Do we have any VMS users who can
> relate their experiences regarding release availability, technical
> resources at Oracle, etc.? On the flip side, do we have anyone on the
> list who has chosen VMS for a new Oracle deployment?

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> Thanks,
> --
> Paul Baumgartel
> paul.baumgartel_at_gmail.com
> --
> http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
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