Re: Oracle on ONE Processor of a DUAL Processor Server...

HARI OM wrote:
> New Year Greetings to Everyone here!
>
> I have a IBM AIX box with a DUAL Processor. I want to install Oracle
> 9.2 on it and was wondering if there is any way to install it such
that
> it uses ONLY ONE PROCESSOR rather then using BOTH PROCESSORS (without
> disabling the other processor).
>
> We DO NOT want to DISABLE the other processor becos other programs
are
> using the Server for different (non-Oracle) purposes. We cannot
afford
> 2 License Of Oracle on this box.
>
> So I was wondering if we can install Oracle and make it use only ONE
> PROCESSOR.... I know it sounds silly... but becos of crunch budget we
> are trying to work on cost-cutting.....

http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/cmds/aixcmds1/bindprocessor.htm

Also, search *aix* groups for comments on this, like http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.unix.aix/msg/9361fe605bf4e322?dmode=source

The more usual consensus seems to be don't mess with the scheduler. Look carefully at the licensing terms for Oracle, too, to be sure you are not making a lot of unnecessary work for yourself.

jg

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