Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-17 Thread Richard Troth
Wow ... many replies to what sounds like a simple question. You should look further ahead. Will this system ever run anything else? (ie: besides Oracle) Marcy's point about the security patching is spot on. Keeping up with actual threats is tough enough, and if your organization is big enough

Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-16 Thread Mauro Souza
-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR) Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:20 PM To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: [LINUX-390] Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on I got into a discussion with a co-worker over packages that are installed

Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-16 Thread Damian Gallagher
...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 December 2011 10:56 To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on There's a RedBook (http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247634.html) for installing Oracle on System Z. It contains all the needed packages, so

Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-16 Thread CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)
-Original Message- From: Mauro Souza [mailto:thoriu...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 December 2011 10:56 To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on There's a RedBook (http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247634.html) for installing

Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-16 Thread van Sleeuwen, Berry
15:47 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on Oh, we can do better than that :-) On the assumption that you have a support contract, all you need is in this article: Note 1086769.1 -Ensure you have prerequisite rpms

Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-16 Thread Damian Gallagher
[mailto:berry.vansleeu...@atos.net] Sent: 16 December 2011 17:09 To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on I don't know if that would help too. Our Oracle specialist ran a script from Oracle to determine requirements and demanded

Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-16 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Damian Gallagher damian.gallag...@oracle.com wrote: There is a difference between the installation requirements and the runtime, as is usual. Installation requires x , but runtime doesn't - and the docs state 4GB as that's the amount needed to get a full

Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-16 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
December 2011 17:09 To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on I don't know if that would help too. Our Oracle specialist ran a script from Oracle to determine requirements and demanded that the requirements would be met

Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-15 Thread CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)
I got into a discussion with a co-worker over packages that are installed on a zLinux oracle server. We are Running RHEL 5.7 at our site, and are using Oracle 10g (about to go to 11g). I noticed that our Oracle servers have an average of 1192 rpm packages installed and 91 define system services

Re: Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on

2011-12-15 Thread Marcy Cortes
] On Behalf Of CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR) Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:20 PM To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: [LINUX-390] Required packages on a zLinux server running Oracle vs Put everything on I got into a discussion with a co-worker over packages that are installed on a zLinux oracle server