Dennis... > 1. Are any of you using the Oracle Names?
I am! :-) > 2. Is it as easy to configure as Oracle makes it > sound, or is it difficult? it is an easy task, Oracle has Net Manager on 9i, and Net8 Assistant on 8i... both guides you through the configuration, where you need to define regions. > 3. Is Names reasonably robust? I can see this as yet > another single point of failure. I think so... I have two names servers, the second is just if the first one fails. Of course, I can obtain network load balancing using both. :-) > 4. Oracle hinted that Oracle Names is going away in > favor of LDAP. Is this > imminent, or just a scare tactic? I had held off > using Names because of > this, but the company has made a commitment to MS > Active Directory, which I > gather from the list postings isn't very compatible > with Oracle's LDAP. > Sorry! :-( I don't know! I though that LDAP was like a standard (so, Active Directory should be compatible with Oracle's LDAP). Here we use Active Directory, but we do not use Oracle's LDAP (yet :-)). HTH JL > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jose Luis Delgado INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
