Re: Will time synchronization affect Oracle?

From: <decompton_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 23:22:59 GMT
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In article <38722eca.71969636_at_client.nw.news.psi.net>, chuck_at_phi.org (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?
>
> Thanks,
> CHuck
>

The one thing that will be affected is small chance you have to do a time based recovery to a point and time around which the time was sync'ed. It will recover to the first instance of the time found.

This is really more of an issue in Late October when you fall back from daylight savings time.

dave

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Before you buy. Received on Thu Jan 06 2000 - 17:22:59 CST