Rob Turk wrote:
> "Robert Klemme" <shortcutter_at_googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:5j8ucpF3svq59U1_at_mid.individual.net...
>> On 24.08.2007 19:53, DA Morgan wrote:
>>> Rob Turk wrote:
>>>> We have a situation where Oracle RAC runs on a set of HP/UX Itanium
>>>> systems and one of our tools is no longer supported on this platform.
>>>> Would it be possible to configure a different hardeware platform (HP/UX
>>>> PA-Risc or maybe Linux) and allow it access to the RAC shared storage
>>>> environment? Is this in any way supported or ever tried before?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rob
>>> No. All nodes must be the same o/s.
>>>
>>> No doubt you can find a work-around but if you do your support from
>>> Oracle will evaporate.
>> Rob, what exactly does your tool with the storage? Just curious.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> robert
>
> It's a backup application. The vendor recently decided to drop support for
> their Oracle RMAN integration module on HP Itanium (lack of market
> penetration) and one of our clients has several of these running in
> production. Rather than force the client to go to another backup tool (lots
> of work with 150+ servers) I was looking for an alternative way to get to
> the Oracle data safely. Oracle RMAN on HP PA-Risc and Linux are still
> supported by the vendor.
>
> Rob
If I had a choice between anyone's tool and RMAN ... I would choose
RMAN every time. Dump the application.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Fri Aug 24 2007 - 16:25:53 CDT
