Tom, I see no problem that would prevent you from having multiple instances in the Oracle home. You would need multiple Oracle homes if you had different version of Oracle. With one Oracle home and multiple instances you have to be sure to include all instances in the shutdown and start up scripts or at least have a check list to insure all instances are down or up. Adding the java stuff should not effect the other instance if the init parameters are set correctly. It will make life easier to keep the Oracle software up to date with only one home. I like the KISS syndrome. Ron
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/30/2003 1:34:49 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 Oracle home. 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: Ron Rogers 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).
