Re: Oracle & Solaris : several oracle product installation

On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 20:42:53 +0100, diapo_5400_II <diapo_at_jir.ath.cx> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>We experience several installation of oracle (not only different
>versions but also multiples identical version) and then we have several
>oracle inventory. Is there any mean to specify to the oracle installer
>to use one inventory rather than one ?
>
>Is there any other drawback to this operation ?
>
>Any other experience of this kind would be appreciated.
>
>Regards
>
>Paul

Installing the same Oracle version multiple times is wasting disk space and creates an administration nightmare. You won't have multiple inventories, unless someone smart in your organisation decided to use multiple Unix accounts. That person should be physically punished for that decision.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA