Re: Will time synchronization affect Oracle?

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 19:17:50 +0800
Message-ID: <3871D6DE.FF4@yahoo.com>

Chuck wrote:
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> I have some 805 db's running on Sol. 2.6. I sync the times of these
> servers frequently using rdate. The db's are not running in archive
> log mode. How does Oracle respond to changes in the system time?
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> Thanks,
> CHuck

Use NTP instead of rdate - its more accurate, and does changes in deltas rather than 'big' changes that rdate does.

I've crashed an instance by setting the date backwards in oracle...I wouldn't recommend it.

HTH
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"Some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue." Received on Tue Jan 04 2000 - 05:17:50 CST