support for 8i has been extended to 12/31/2004
--- "Caffrey, Melanie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > > My question is a little off-topic here, but since Ron has already > discovered the source of his problem ... > > You state below that Oracle has "extended support for a year of > 8.1.7". > > What do you mean exactly? For instance, when does support actually > end, then? > > The reason I ask is that the word from Ken Jacobs in September was > that 8i would only be supported through the end of this calendar > year. > > This is incredibly relevant information, for I will have to guide my > clients accordingly. > > Regards, > Melanie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Drake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 10/14/2003 4:59 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Cc: > Subject: Re: Database just stops > > > Ron, > > Its highly likely that if you were to open a TAR on this, that the > analyst would recite the following: > > "please apply the currently supported patchset" - which would be > 8.1.7.4.1. > > Unfortunately, there are numerous security fixes that have been made > available that are not in a full patchset release (one that can be > applied with OUI) - e.g. patchset 8.1.7.4.12. I'd recommend having > the security fixes in place, but Oracle is less than wonderful about > how they word the use of one-off patchsets. So, if you're risk-averse > in terms of applying patchsets instead of being risk-averse in terms > of some user running load<something> with a long username/password > and crashing the instance (security), at least apply the 8.1.7.4.1 > patchset. > > There is exploit code in the wild (shipped by oracle) that can crash > an instance. > You should be able to find an entry in the listener.log file for > this. > It is highly unlikely that this is causing the crash, however. > (email me backchannel, as I don't want to > > IMHO: Oracle should release an 8.1.7.5.x patchset so that the > security fixes are in a full patchset release. Now that they've > extended support for a year of 8.1.7, there really isn't an excuse > not to. > > Unless you get lucky, you're going to have to apply a patchset. > So why not just apply the patchset (properly, after reading the > release notes, full backups, exports, etc) and see if that takes care > of the problem? > > More often then not, the issue has been encountered by some other > user, they filed a tar >> bug report >> bug fix >> patch (a lengthy > process). > > hth. > > Paul > > "Smith, Ron L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have an Oracle 8.1.7.0 database running on an MS2000 server. A > few times a day the database just stops running for no reason. > There are no messages in the alert or trace logs. Nothing in the > Event logs. It just stops. > > When I restart the database it goes through crash recovery but > comes up fine. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks! > Ron Smith > > > _____ > > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping > <http://shopping.yahoo.com/?__yltc=s%3A150000443%2Cd%3A22708228%2Cslk%3Atext%2Csec%3Amail> > - with improved product search > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Caffrey, Melanie > 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!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael 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).
