I would opt to separate them. I ran into some problems with a Collaboration Suite install, where I wanted to use the OID database, to store my files data as well. It failed in a spectacular fashion. An Oracle support analyst said that was a bad idea. When I asked him if I could just create another instance with the same $ORACLE_HOME, he frowned on it, because the database version used by OID isn't really *that* supported by Oracle.
I don't know what makes it so special, but I got the impression from him that it was a fragile database release, meant for use by Oracle only. My $.02 - Brian ----- Original Message ----- Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:34 pm > All, > > We have a AIX 5.2 box serving a new 9.2 database. We also > installed the OID > software on this box. Oid requires it's own database. So we have two > instances on this machine. > > We received notice from Oracle that a security patch (#62) was > required. We > were applying the patch and it failed because some Java stuff > needed to be > installed separatly first. > > Now I'm wondering if we should have created two Oracle Homes - one > for the > production database and one for the OID database. I'm worried > that we will > always have problems keeping these two instances sharing the same > Oraclehome. > > Anybody got an opinion? > > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Mercadante, Thomas F > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: 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).
