Len Rugen writes: >We use Oracle on Z only to talk to databases on other platforms, so I >guess it's a client-only install. The version 10g install required a >install process run to an X display. Getting that environment >established was the hardest part of the install. The install is written >as though the database will be hosted on z, so figuring out just what >client parts needed was confusing.
Just to clarify, Oracle Database 10g certainly does operate as a server database on both Linux on z and z/OS (in case anybody was wondering). In fact, Oracle's first two platforms for the Version 10.2.0.2 (the current release) were z/OS and Linux on z. Installation is indeed "Oracle standard" which is to say that it's unlike anything else. No SMP/E on z/OS, for example. This can be distressing. However, I think I read something about being able to bypass the X display requirement if you use a 100% unattended/scripted installation. Maybe somebody knows more about that. There are a pair of IBM redbooks published that provide a lot of information on Oracle 10g running on System z. Here they are: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247055.html http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246482.html - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
