Re: Solaris 2.6 and Oracle 7.3.2.2.0

From: Jan Bjelde <bjelde_at_sdata.no>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:37:46 +0200
Message-ID: <35E65E4A.E4DBA880@sdata.no>

Kevin Seneviratne wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Has anybody had any problems running Oracle 7.3.2.2.0 on Solaris 2.6 ?
>
> Any patches etc. required ?
>

You need kernel patch 105181 revision 6 or above. 105181-07 is available now. Solaris 2.6 has a bug 4089777 (shared memory) that is fixed in this patch. If you do not get this patch you have to set use_ism=false in the Oracle parameter file. This decrease performance.

> Does the i/o improve as promised ?
>

I/O performance should improve with this patch an use_ism=true compared to
Solaris 2.5.1.

> Thanks
>
> Kevin

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